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Issue 47Friday 16 March 2018
BBC School Report 2018
On Thursday 15th March, a group of students
from a range of year groups reported on a
number of stories for BBC School Report Day.
BBC School Report is an annual event which
gives young people in the UK the chance to make
their own news reports for a real audience.
Students reported on various topics from drug
usage in sport, to the British economy and future
jobs, to online safety with Social Media as well
as the impact of tripled tuition fees.
The news was created in a variety of formats:
filmed broadcasts, recorded broadcasts on Radio
Heathfield and written articles which will also
appear in the student online newspaper ‘The
Vine’.
All the pieces created were submitted to the
BBC via the School Report login and updates
were posted on the College BBC Report Twitter
account @HCC_BBC_Report and on the College
Website throughout the day.
Heathfield BBC School Report
College Website
“The commitment to writing the news stories
and enthusiasm for the day was truly brilliant. I
am quite sure that, should they desire it, each
and every student would succeed in a
journalistic career. Well done all!”
Mr Hatchard, Assistant Headteacher - English
Use the quick link below to view the reports
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Message from the Headteacher, Caroline Barlow
Student Leadership
Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl give an insight into the last couple of weeks of College.
Firstly, I would like to acknowledge and thank all the parents who responded to the Thank A Teacher
scheme mentioned in my recent letter. I have been inundated with emails from Pearson Teaching
Awards informing of the nominations our teachers have received which has allowed me to pass on the
details to individual teachers. Whilst this is linked to the National Teaching Awards, it is actually
something which runs all year and we will be issuing reminders regularly to ensure we continue to
enhance our community culture of mutual appreciation and positivity; it makes such a difference to
all, there are some very happy teachers in College this week.
On the topic of celebrating success, we heard this week that Heathfield Community College was found
to be among the best performing secondary schools in the country and will be receiving two awards
for being in the top 20% of non-selective schools nationally for attainment and for progress.
The SSAT Educational Outcomes database compares all state funded schools in England and the
highest performing for a range of measures are presented with an Educational Outcomes Award at a
ceremony in the summer term attended by winners from across the South East region. It will be a
privilege and a pleasure to receive these awards on behalf of all the staff and students who worked so
hard to achieve our exceptional outcomes last summer.
Meanwhile, the students in our current year groups continue to excel and show why we are so very
proud of them all. Whether it is through the medium of Dance, School Report, World Book Day or
Sport they are showing how their willingness to work hard and get involved. We know that the
students who get involved in school life, who show a commitment to an activity are the ones who are
more likely to develop the habits and skills that are required for success as well as the self-esteem
that is developed through success in a range of different environments
There will always be times when it is difficult, our exam year groups will be experiencing that at the
moment. The mocks have shown the work that is still left to do; all that seems ahead of them is the
hard work of revision whilst the exams and those target grades seem a long way off.
We can offer the reassurance that this is very normal! The track record of our students is that they do
get there, they do succeed and that comes through a combination of their own hard work and the
support and guidance of their teachers.
We are grateful to parents for working with us at this stage; we know that revising teenagers can find
this time challenging at home and at school and the more we work together to support them the more
secure they will be. We have every faith they will succeed in the summer. Thank you for your on going
support.
Due to snow, World Book Day was rescheduled and celebrated on the 8th March. It was wonderful to
see staff and students engaging with the day – all the costumes
looked fantastic! On Thursday, students were engaged and
enthusiastic as they took part in BBC School Report Day and the
Library Quiz saw students from all years enjoying themselves
as they tested their knowledge. Y10-Y13 have continued to show
ambition and a positive attitude towards their mock exams.
The collaboration between students during these events has been
fantastic to see! Deputy Head Boy: Theodore Hamilton & Deputy Head Girl:
Emily Randolph
Please continue to encourage your children to
read and know that the message about the
importance of reading is coming loud and clear
from school. We’ll soon be checking which
students have earned a Gold, Silver or Bronze
level reading certificate and these earn students
points for their house. As if that wasn’t incentive
enough, anyone who has submitted book reviews
([email protected]) will be
entered into our ‘Heathfield Reads’ prize draw
for a £10 Amazon voucher. The draw will take
place in the final week of this term.
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Inclement weather meant that World Book
Day didn’t happen as intended. However, we
had so many emails from parents and Year 7
students upset about snow stopping World
Book Day that we were determined to
reschedule it and reschedule it we did!
Year 7 students came into school dressed up
as a fantastic array of characters and there
were some spectacular costumes from staff
too! We had a Gangsta Granny, the boy in the
dress, even a Jay Gatsby as well as many
others. It was clear from the costumes that
Year 7 are keen readers and it was lovely to
celebrate the wonderful work of the many
authors that our students are familiar with.
A delayed murder mystery event will be taking
place for Key Stage 3 students in their library
lessons and all students have been given a
World Book Day token worth £1. There are
several books specially published each year
that are worth £1 each so with a token they
are in effect free. However, these books are
mostly aimed at primary school children.
This year, a selection of more grown up books
are being sold at a reduced price of £2.50 and
with the World Book Day token cost only
£1.50. There are a range of genres here:
An Abundance of Katherines John Green
Fly By Night Frances Hardinge
Gangsta Rap Benjamin Zephaniah
I Have No Secrets Penny Joleson
Summoner: The Novice Taran Matharu
World Book Day (a little delayed!)
Engaged & Enthusiastic
Motivational Speaker
Do you know someone who is inspiring, has an amazing life story to tell or has achieved highly in
their career? If so, we would like them to get in touch!
We are looking for a motivational speaker to present at our Honours Award Evening in July either this
year or next. Our Honours Evening this year will be taking place on Thursday 12 July.
If you know of anyone who may be willing/able to attend one of these events as a speaker please
email [email protected]
Thank you!
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Determined & Reflective
The Big Dance Extravaganza!
Organised by Heathfield Community College, The Big
Dance Extravaganza returned to the Assembly Hall
Theatre for another series of stage stomping
performances. Eleven primary schools from the
Wealden area showcased a variety of dance styles
choreographed by Abi Brockhurst from A.B Stage
School as they took on this year’s theme of ‘open
entertainment’.
Held on Wednesday 7th March at the Assembly Hall in
Tunbridge Wells, the event included performers from
Cross In Hand, Punnetts Town, Broad Oak, Parkside,
All Saints and St Richard's, Dallington, Maynards
Green, Burwash, Five Ashes, Mayfield and
Herstmonceux primaries with A.B Stage School
closing the show.
Justine Jackson, Head of Dance at the College, said:
It has been another exhilarating evening of dance.
The Assembly Hall was filled with amazing
energy, focus and commitment from all of the
dancers. This annual event forces these children
to be brave when trying new things and to come
out of their comfort zone. The happiness that
dance has provided me is not really something I
can explain – it has to be felt. I firmly believe
that these children felt that happiness and joy
today. A special thanks to Abi Brockhurst from A.
B Stage school for choreographing the Primary
School routines"
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Y10 Girls Mathematics Enrichment Day
Ambitious & Confident
On international woman’s day 2018, 13 Year 10 girls celebrated in style by attending a mathematics
enrichment day at Mayfield School.
Alongside girls from other local schools, the girls took part in a variety of activities based around
mathematical careers. They looked at Bridge Design and the importance of mathematics in
engineering careers, having a go at some of the calculations needed to decide how many steel
reinforcements are needed to make a bridge safe. Did you know that bridge designers have to
account for the frequency of steps of all the people walking on it at the same time?
The girls looked at Maths in Fashion and the importance of mathematics and computing in cutting
edge fashion. Giving instructions to a robot of how to put a jacket on proved pretty tricky but the
Heathfield girls did us proud and won the competition. They then had a go at finding some of the
mathematic properties and sequences in these famous pieces of Jewellery. They found some
symmetrical patterns, binary number, linear sequences, quadratic sequences, Fibonacci sequences
and special numbers such as pi and e. Did you know Ellie Goulding wears this jewellery at some of
her shows?!
The girls also had a chance to see how mathematics is used to help gritting lorries decide which is
the best route to take to minimise wastage. They started by trying to complete graphs without
taking their pencils off the page. Can you join all the dots without taking your pencil off the page or
repeating any lines?
They also took part in a Dragon quiz, showing off their problem solving skills and were able to listen
to mathematician and inspirational speaker, Ben Sparks, talk about the origin of numbers. Do you
know where numbers came from? Were they created by humans or did we discover them?
Throughout the day the girls showed engagement and enthusiasm when taking part in the workshops
and were an excellent example to Heathfield. In every session, they were confident in answering
questions and came first in most of the activities, showing ambition and determination.
Here’s what some of them had to say:
“I really enjoyed everything about the trip!
I found it very inspirational and interesting to
learn about all the possibilities of future careers
in maths from engineering to fashion. I would
definitely recommend it to other students!”
Maezie Lane
“I really enjoyed the trip. It inspired me to aim
high in maths because I found many topics
interesting. For example engineering which I
wouldn't have thought about doing before.”
Elize Curtain
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Determined & Reflective
Badminton Regional Round
On 8th March, having recently been victorious at the level 3
county round, the KS4 girls: Eloise Matthews, Grace Tye,
Georgia Reed-Davies and Daisy Adams travelled to Guildford
Spectrum at the crack of drawn to represent HCC (but also
Sussex) in the level 4 badminton regional rounds. A very high
standard of badminton was played throughout the day with
several players holding national ranks and England caps. The girls knew it was going to be a tough
day having gone up an age group from the previous year. They fought hard in every match but
sadly lost all their games 4-1 to schools that all included teams with players playing at county
level or higher.
Ms Cobbold said: “On women’s day it was great to see so many young girls taking part in such
a high level of sport. I am in no doubt that a couple of the girls performing today will be seen
representing GB in future Olympics. The Heathfield girls have tried their hardest during
every game and rally, no matter what the score line, giving their best. Although we lost 4-1
in every match, it doesn’t paint the full picture of how close many games were with us just
narrowly losing 21-20/19. They did themselves and the College proud. I was privileged to be
able to watch them perform at such a high standard.”
On Saturday 24th February, Heathfield students Harry Oxley (Y7) and Nicholas
Brown (Y8), who both attend Bushido Judo Club in Wadhurst, attended a Judo
Competition at Rosehill School in Tunbridge Wells.
Harry Oxley went on to win Bronze medal for his rounds and Nicholas Brown
won Gold medal for his rounds. Congratulations to both!
Students Win at Judo Competition
Year 11 student, Meghann Wingsutton, played against Essex in the Sussex Schools National
semi-final on Wednesday 7 March. Meghann is a fantastic footballer and although her team
unfortunately lost against Essex, we are very proud of Meghann for reaching the semi-finals.
Meghann said: “I first started playing football at four with pro-direct
soccer academy. I have always enjoyed playing the game and now play
for Lewes Ladies in their Foundation and Development squads. I never
dreamt I would be playing for my county and started playing at that
level four years ago with a great group of girls. I want to continue my
professional career in football by, hopefully, going to America.”
Meghann Competes Against Essex in National Semi-Finals
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Determined & Reflective
School Equestrian Success
Rosie Moon (Year 8) competed for Heathfield
Community College at the British Showjumping Just
for Schools regional qualifiers and has qualified for
the National Winter Finals to be held in Wales this
weekend. Rosie won the class on her pony Kizzy
and also took 2nd place on her other pony Leo.
Well done Rosie!
Engaged & Enthusiastic
Library Quiz House Competition
Our Term 4 and 5 house competition
has got underway this week with year
7 and 8 boys and girls battling it out
in 6-aside football matches. Students
have been hugely enthusiastic and
risen to the challenge of trying to gain
more points for their house.
As we rapidly approach the end of
term 4, we will soon know the current
positions of all four houses and the
results of the house football will be a
big contributor when it comes to
crowning the winning house at the end
of the year.
We are looking forward to years 9, 10
and 11 continuing the competition
after the Easter Holidays - may the
best house win!
A fantastic evening was had by all at the Library Quiz
on Thursday 15 March!
The annual event which raises money from ticket
sales and refreshments, goes towards the Y11 Prom &
College Library. This year, we had an impressive 44
teams from all year groups taking part and Y11
students bringing homemade cakes to help raise
additional funds.
Well done to the winners from 6th Form who scored
an impressive 111 points & to the 'best dressed' team
from Y11 who dressed as characters from Lord of the
Flies.
A big thank you to all the students who helped on the
night scoring, selling refreshments and collecting
answer sheets.
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Sixth Form
UCAS Convention
Events & Notices
Volunteers Wanted
Volunteers wanted to be involved in a highly rewarding opportunity.
We require volunteers to assist with providing access arrangements during exam periods.
Volunteers need to have numeracy and literacy skills which would allow them to act as readers and
scribes for candidates sitting GCSE qualifications. Some candidates will have Special Educational
Needs and associated difficulties.
Full training for the role will be provided.
Please contact Ben Barnett, Specialist literacy teacher by email if you would like further
information or to register your interest [email protected]
Year 12 Students attended the recent UCAS Convention at the Brighton Centre. During this
event they were able to discuss University Courses directly with a wide range of universities and
visit stands for Apprenticeships and future destinations Post 18.
This event follows on from our Next Steps day and therefore our students went with a clear
agenda to find specific courses and ask questions about their progression routes.
As always, our students impressed us. Falmouth University commented to a member of staff
about their manner but also about the quality of the questions being asked.
Supporting your child’s next steps
Students have an account
with Unifrog. An online
platform which can support
the decision making process.
It can be accessed at the
following link:
https://www.unifrog.org/
The College has access to a
Careers advisor who can be
booked to meet with
students. Any student who
would like an guidance
interview should speak to
Miss Reed or Miss Barham.
A Careers Bulletin is published
to students regularly. This is
emailed directly to their
College email accounts. It
includes opportunities for
after College but also jobs
and work experience
opportunities.
CAREERSBULLETIN
If you have any questions regarding your child’s next steps please contact the Sixth Form Team
EVERY SCHOOL DAY COUNTS Every single day a child is absent from school
equates to a day of lost learning. Attendance
percentages can be misleading.
‘The greater the attendance the greater
the achievement’
THE FACTS ABOUT ATTENDANCE Research shows:
• 17 missed school days a year equals a grade
LOWER in GCSE results
• 90% of persistent non-attenders DO NOT
achieve five or more good grades of GCSE
and around one third achieve no GCSEs at
all
• Employers want to recruit people who are
reliable and have attended school regularly
• Poor school attendance is also closely
associated with crime. The Audit
Commission found that a quarter of school
age offenders have truanted repeatedly.
• Young people who regularly miss school
without good reason are more likely to
become isolated from their friends, to
underachieve in examinations and/or
become involved in anti-social behaviour.
‘A child who misses a day of school per
week misses an equivalent of two years
of their school life’
REPORTING AN ABSENCE
Our preferred method for reporting student
absences is via email. Please email any
absences to [email protected]
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Events & Notices
Attendance
Per academic year
Attendance
Percentage
Days of Absence and lost Learning Hours missed compared
to peers
Rating
100% 0 days Outstanding
97% 6 days Good
96% 8 days College Minimum Expected Attendance
95% 9 days = 1 week 4 days of missed learning 45 hours missed learning Satisfactory
90% 19 days = 3 weeks 4 days missed learning 95 hours missed learning Poor
85% 29 days = 6 weeks 3 days of missed learning 145 hours missed learning Very poor
80% 38 days = 9 weeks 1 day of missed learning 190 hours missed learning Unacceptable
75% 46 days = 9 weeks 1 day of missed learning 230 hours missed learning Unacceptable
HOW PARENTS CAN HELP• Ensure your child is fully prepared for school
each day – ensure you have made sure they
have organised their school uniform,
equipment, homework, PE kit, etc. the night
before.
• Ensure your child attends school every day
and arrives on time, in order to keep up with
school work.
• Show your child that you think school is very
important – ultimately attendance at school
will shape achievement and later
opportunities.
• Praise and reward your child’s achievements
at school.
• Get them into good habits early on.
• Recognise that children can get into bad
habits from an early age and then these are
difficult to break later.
• Encourage your child with school work.
• Let the school know if there are any problems
or changes.
• Do not keep your child at home if you or your
child is worried or has a problem. The best
way to support your child is to as for a
meeting with the Pastoral Manager to explain
any difficulties and to address the problem.
The more time your child is absent from
school the harder it will be for them to
return.
• Arrange dental and medical appointments
outside school hours when possible. (If not
possible ensure your child comes to school
before and after the appointment)
• Always inform the school if your child is
absent due to illness
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BT Apprenticeships
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right through to degree level and the benefits
will vary depending on the particular level or
programme that you are interested in. Salaries
start at £14,936 per annum and you’ll be
pleased to know that one of the benefits of
becoming an apprentice at BT is that at the end
of your apprenticeship you will graduate from
your apprenticeship and continue your career
with BT.
We’ve got opportunities for apprentices all
across our business in areas such as Customer
Experience, IT, Cyber Security, Business
Management, HR, Finance, Logistics, Vehicle
Maintentance and of course Engineering. You
can find more information on any of our
programmes on our website using the quick link
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Date Event
Monday
19.03.18.
Sport Relief Week
Broadbridges Uniform Sales
Thursday
22.03.18.
Y11 & Y10 (Intensive) Revision
Evening
Friday
23.03.18.
No School Uniform Day – Sports
Relief
TRIP: Y12 Geography Heathfield
Data Collection
Y13 Drama Monologue Pieces
Monday
26.03.18.University of Brighton Taster Day
Tuesday
27.03.18.Y7 Race for the Line STEM Day
Thursday
29.03.18.END OF TERM
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Are you aware of what "live streaming" is?
This is a service provided by some apps e.g.
Facebook, twitter and many others, which allow
the user to broadcast live video of themselves to
the world. Some of these apps have no privacy
settings and have become hunting grounds for
predators to take advantage of vulnerable users.
One of these services is called Musical.ly. This
app was originally designed as a way for unknown
musicians to get an audience for their
creativity. It's purpose is anti-privacy because it is
about advertising to as many people as possible.
It has become very popular with teenagers, which
makes them vulnerable, especially if they are not
censoring what they are filming by following the
standard rules of internet posting:
• no school uniform or other clothing that can
identify you
• no background that could identify where you
are (including turning off location features on
the camera).
However, it is not just what your child might be
broadcasting, it is what they might be viewing
that is the equally real issue here - there are far
worse live streams on these apps that children
and teenagers should not be exposed to. A very
good analysis of the wider dangers of this and all
social media can be found in an internet article
titled "Porn is not the worst thing on Musical.ly"
E-Safety
Porn is not the worst thing on Musical.ly
Medium.com
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