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NewsletterHurstmere School A Specialist Sports and Science College

first ever...

On 12th January 2011Hurstmere launched the

onto the next round,a national competi-tion, where they willperform in theindigO2. The songsthat they performedhave been producedin school on the'Studio Fix' scheme,which is available topupils who havemusical talents.

Miss A. Rosillo - Teacher of English

Also, on 13th February, Mr.Gilbert and I took 12 pupils toparticipate in the regional com-petition organised by 'MusicFor Youth'. Two bands, a rockand hip-hop band, performedthree songs each at Bush Hall,in Shepherd’s Bush, where thelikes of Amy Winehouse andKings of Leon have performed.If successful, they will proceed

Year 10 and 11 pupils tookto the stage to raise moneyfor two children’s charities:

Barnardos and Bexley SNAP. A surprisestaff ‘band’ also lent their support, singing aChristmas number ‘Santa Claus Is Comingto Town’.The overall winners, judged by Mr Simpson,Mrs. Missing and Robert Taylor, were3Minds (Sam Obaseki, Mthulisi Maunzeand Connor Flaherty). In total £256 wasraised - a fantastic success!! A massive‘thank you’ goes to the boys who partici-pated, all the staff involved, particularly Mr.Gilbert, and the pupils who supportedthe event and boughttickets!

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Spring 2011

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As always, it is a great pleasure topresent our latest newsletter to stu-dents, parents and friends of theschool. It provides a snapshot of lifeat Hurstmere, which is full of oppor-tunities for the boys to pursue be-yond their classroom lessons. Inaddition to these activities andevents, I am most pleased with theattitudes and efforts displayed by thestudents in their regular lessons. In

the lower school we are seeing excellent standards, andthose students on the GCSE and other Key Stage 4courses are working hard to gain impressive grades. Ihave every reason to believe that the results that they willachieve will be the school’s best ever.

I am delighted to report that, following a period of consulta-tion with relevant stakeholders, the school has beenapproved by the Secretary of State for Education fortransfer to Academy status. As previously detailed,everyday school life and our core business of educatingyour sons will appear largely unaffected, but it is envisagedthat our ability to secure value for money in services to theschool will be enhanced by the greater autonomy thatAcademy status will bring. We shall retain the name ofHurstmere School.

Our thanks go to Green-wich Catering Services,who have provided ourmeals service over the pastfour years. After Easter wewelcome Wilson Jones,‘an exciting new catering company born out of a passionfor healthy eating’, as our new catering providers.

I should like to take this opportunity to remind parentsand students that school rules prevent the selling of food-stuffs and drinks by students to others. Students whocontravene this rule are liable to school sanction and theconfiscation of merchandise. Any proceeds from suchconfiscation will go to one of the school’s associated char-ities.

I should like to close by thanking you for your support at therecent Parent-Teacher Consultation evenings. As usual,virtually every Hurstmere student was represented at therelevant evening. It is through your continued support thatthe school is best able to serve the boys.

Kind regards,

Mr. A. Stringer - Headteacher

The annual Prize Giving ceremony saw the regularawards followed by afascinating addressby former studentAndy Priston, whoonce again support-

ed the school in a very gen-erous way. He particularlyenjoyed making the tenthannual presentation of theSportsman of the Year awards that bear his name.

Non-Uniform Day was held in late October to support theJeans for Genes charity.

Year 11 GCSE Drama students visited Rose BrufordCollege in November, to view performances of ‘Childrenof the Sun’ and ‘Playboy of the Western World’.

Remembrance Services were heldin November, and poppies were sold inaid of the British Legion Appeal.

A Nativity performance for Jumping Jaks Nurserywas hosted by the school in December, which wasimmediately followed by the School's Carol Service.

London Transport sent representatives to a Year 7assembly in January which was enjoyed by all.

Year 9 experienced a visit from 'The Riot Act', atheatre company deliveringto Bexley students theexperience of an enterpriseactivity. This visit was orga-nized by Mr. MacKenzie-Ingle and designed to raiseawareness of the world ofsmall business and entrepreneurial skill; the boys enjoyeda presentation followed by practical workshops.

Hurstmere Draft in Boys’ Acheivement Champion!8th March 2011: Hurstmereinvited national expert onraising boys’ achievement,Gary Wilson, to deliver awhole staff training evening.Gary will be working closelywith Mr. Cleary and theschool in the comingacademic year to raise its

profile as a learning community and enhance the role ofparents as stakeholders in their son's achievements. Weare all hopeful that this partnership will herald an excitingnew chapter for the development of the school.

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING IN SCHOOL?As is usual, the period since our October Newsletterhas been packed with activities linked to the curricu-lum. Many are featured within these pages, and severalothers are worthy of note.

The four Houses are Caxton, Cobham, Sidney and Chaucer whichare named after famous people with a connection to the local area.The Houses have been reintroduced to forge links between yeargroups and encourage friendly competition across all subjects. Ineach year group two forms have been put together into one Houseand these are then linked to other year groups as depicted below.

In the next few weeks pupils from Year 10 may stand in hustings againstother candidates from their House, to decide who will run for the post ofHouse Captain. Every pupil in each House will then vote to decide whoshould stand as their House Captain. House Captains’ responsibilitieswill then develop many skills that employers look for such as leadership,initiative and determination, and will be an excellent addition to their C.V.

Mr. M. Robinson

HOUSE SYSTEM We are excited to announce thereintroduction of the School House System

We have begun to run anumber of competitionsboth in curricular and ex-tracurricular PE and thestandings are as follows:

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SPECIALISM NEWS - Sports

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The Year 10 students,who will be travelling to Zambia

in July as part of their workexperience, have been working hard

to raise the funds for the trip. The students are raisingmoney towards their £13,500 target in order to fund thetrip and purchase equipment to help teach underprivi-leged children the game of Tag Rugby in Zambia. Thisequipment will then be donated to each of the orphanag-es and schools with which the Hurstmere students willwork. They have currently raised around £10,000 so, asyou can see, your support is still vital.

Not only have the students been raising money throughDiscos, Race Nights, Quiz Nights, Cake Sales and dona-tions from Blackheath Rugby Club, they have also startedto practise their coaching techniques in the local primary

As we come towards the end of the season all theteams can look back with much pride over thesuccess they have achieved this year. We have ahad a great intake of new players to the Year 7squad and it looks like they will grow into one ofthe best Rugby teams Hurstmere have fielded, sowatch this space.

The Year 7 squad has been bolstered by a very success-ful inter-house competition, during which the PE staff wereastounded by the exceptional level played by manyplayers new to the game.

The Year 8 team under the management of Mr Ball havehad a mixed season. They have a core of very goodplayers and we would like to commend the commitment ofthe following boys who turn up to training every week, in allweathers: Teddy Bevan; Ban Stock and Max Brian. Wewill be running an inter-house competition with the Year 8’sin search of new talent to bolster the squad.

The Year 9 team, under the management of Mr. Wright,has been the most successful team this season and thismay be down to the camaraderie that is present in thesquad. They have the best numbers at their trainingsessions, and there is real competition to get in the startingteam. They are the Kent Developing Schools SevensChampions, as well as being runners up in the 15 a-sideKent-Shield Competition. After narrowly losing to Tun-bridge Grammar in the final of the Kent Shield, the school

were asked to represent Kent in the Londonand South-East Division State SchoolsCompetition. This competition excluded Grammar schoolsfrom entering, and the squad of 22 players managed toprogress through to the Semi-final and were knocked outby the eventual winners. Massive congratulations to Mr.Wright and his squad. We look forward to next seasonwhere they will compete in the National Daily Mail Cup.

The Year 10 team played in the new format of the DailyMail Cup this year. After having been knocked out of thecup in the first round by Kent Cup finalists Dartford Gram-mar School, they were entered in to a mini league withBeths Grammar School and Howard School. With three ofthe first team squad missing, the team lost the first gameto Howard who consequently later lost to Beths. BethsGrammar is the ‘local Derby’ in the boys’ eyes as everygame that has been played between the two teams hasbeen fiercely contested and is always a close result. WithHoward having lost one game and won one game, andBeths having won one game, a win was the only result thatwould take us through to the next round of the competition.The game was played with a London Society referee atChislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School and the boysmanaged to win the game 17-15. Unfortunately, with allthree schools having won one game and lost one game itwent down to points’ difference. Beths went through to thelater stages of the competition, narrowly missing out on asemi-final place and were one game from playing at Twick-enham. Congratulations to the entire squad for their effortsthis season.

The Year 11 team under the Management of Mr. Davis areprogressing well through the Met-Kent Developing SchoolsLeague and we wish them every luck in their final games,and we hope that they will continue to play rugby once theyleave us in July. Good Luck!

Mr. M Robinson - Teacher of PE

HURSTMERERUGBY

schools in Bexley. This is aimed at developing their confi-dence and coaching skills.

There are also several large fundraising events takingplace over the next term, especially after the large successof the Year 7 Disco, held in February in conjunction withBlackfen School for Girls. The students ran anotherevening at Crayford Dogs from which all proceeds wenttowards the fundraising target.

If you would like to support us then please feel free tocontact the school.

We thank all of the students, parents and staff who havehelped so far in moving towards our final target for what willbe a life changing experience for the Hurstmere studentsin Zambia.

Mr. M. Robinson - Teacher of PE

Fund Raising

The Year 7 Football Team havehad a very successful first year at

Hurstmere. On 7th April they willplay in the Kent Cup Final against WestlandsSchool at Sittingbourne F.C.

Their place in the final has been achieved byworking hard throughout the year, including extradevelopment training sessions with Danny Mills,our Community Football coach. The boys havealso had the opportunity to play in a tournamentat Fulham F.C.’s Training Ground, and a matchagainst Charlton’s Advance Academy and havefurther fixtures arranged versus Leyton Orient,Dagenham & Redbridge and West Ham Academyteams.

Route to the Final: Kemnal Manor (A) 5 – 7Beths (A) 2 – 9 Erith (H) 3 – 1Priory (H) 6 – 0 Hayesbrook (A) 0 – 9 Mr. A. Jones - Teacher of PE

YEAR 7 FOOTBALL

As a reward for their dedication and endeavour, theHurstmere Canoe Club went on a reward trip to theLondon Boat Show. At the show they got to have a lookround the boats; after a while it became clear that the boyscouldn’t afford to purchase a boat on their pocket money,especially as some of the boats were on sale for 8.5million: something for the boys to aim for!

As well as perusing the show and taking part in the festivi-ties they were able to watch some water sports profession-als in action before getting suited and booted to have a gothemselves. Fun was had by all!

The boys in the Canoe Club are now attending a weeklypool session, learning more complex skills, including howto role the kayak. They are making good progress and willhopefully be entering a series of spring competitions as theweather improves. If you are interested in joining in thecanoeing based fun, speak to Mr. Baston.

Mr. T. Baston

HURSTMERECANOE CLUB

at theBOAT SHOW

Our very successful Year 7 football squad

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A group of Hurstmere boys enthusiastically enteredthe recent Indoor Bexley Rowing Championships atErith Leisure Centre. As current reigning championsthey had one aim: to retain their crown!

All the boys worked very hard in their individual races,giving it their all, with some of them literally crawling offthe rowing machine! Their individual efforts put Hurst-mere in a good position come the team relay, wheredouble points were available. For the second year Hurst-mere teamed up with Townley Grammar for the teamrelay, which turned out to be a winning partnership asagain we were crowned champions!

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LAKE TAHOE 2011 - Ski TripThe trip started at 6 am at Hurstmereon Thursday 17th February 2011. Allpupils were on time and before weknew it we were on the road to LondonHeathrow. Then courtesy of VirginAtlantic we flew to San Francisco andarrived in a huge rainstorm. This didnot dampen our spirits as we knewthat rain down here meant snow ataltitude. On to the coach and off downthe I-80, arriving at the hotel the nextday! Yes the next day. We had to

including the staff had the greatestbut tiring experience with mostsleeping on the return coach journeyto the hotel each day after skiing.For the last night we stayed in SanFrancisco and enjoyed a meal atBubba Gump’s on the famous Pier39 overlooking Alcatraz. The lastday involved a tour of the city then offto the airport to come home to ‘OldBlighty’.

stop overnight in Sacramento as theI-80 was shut due to snow. This wasapparently the largest snow fall in 15years within this area and as we passedwith our snow chains on we knew whythe ‘pass’ was shut the night before.Eventually we got to the hotel and thenext day we got up to the slopes. After‘ski fit’ the boys finally got onto themountain and started to ski. The views,skiing slopes and snow were all unbe-lievable and the instructors /staff at theresorts were fantastic. All the boys

Well done to all the boys who took part, truly a greatperformance, but a special mention must go to BillyKillick, Sam Nunn and Alex Boufardeas. A number of theboys did so well they have been called up to representthe borough, as well as receiving an invitation to anEngland Rowing testing session!

If any student fancies giving rowing a go, come along tothe fitness room any Wednesday after school, 3 - 4pm.Well done to all those involved!

Mr. T. Baston and Mr. A. Maher

Every single pupil on the trip was a pleasure to take across ‘the pond’ to the United States and all responsesfrom the airline, hotel and resort staff echoed these positive comments regarding their behaviour and manners.

Both Mr. Wright and I would like to thank the staff, Ms Allsop, Mr. Davis and Mr. Robinson for their hard work,the administrative staff at Hurstmere, in particular Ms Sharpe, parents and pupils for their help and assistancethroughout the organisation and delivery of the trip.

Mr. K. Wadsworth - Head of PE

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Ms. Guyan would like to thank Mr. Syplywczak, Mr.McKenzie-Ingle and Mrs. Faurie, without whose help thetrip would not have been possible.

It is almost time to start organising the next trip; if you areinterested and are in Year 8, see Ms. Guyan in Room 1.

Mme. L. Notton, Head of Modern Foreign Languages

Vendredi dernier nous sommes allés en Belgique, c’était super. Je me suis levé à quatreheures et demie parce que devais être au collège à cinq heures et demie. Après ça nousavons quitté le collège en car. Nous avons pris le train sous La Manche. Quand noussommes arrivés en Belgique nous sommes allés à La Colline Soixante-deux et nous avonsécouté des histoires sur la guerre. Après ça nous avons mangé dans une ferme. J’ai mangédu pain et j’ai bu du thé. Après ça nous sommes allés à Ypres, c’était super. Le guide araconté des histoires. Après ça nous sommes allés au musée, où il y a des tranchées, quiétaient très, très boueuses, c’était amusant. Le guide nous a donné du shrapnel.

It seems a long time ago now but lastterm Ms Guyan arranged a trip to theWW1 war graves. It was an earlystart and a long day but as the boyswere all so well behaved and theguide was so helpful and informative,everyone enjoyed themselves.

Once back at school, Ben Matthewswrote the best description of the day inFrench (translation on page 11).

YPRES - Year 9 Visit WW1 War Graves

Our apologies to Mme. L. Notton, Head of Modern Foreign Languages for attributing her article in the October edition to Ms. Guyan.

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MATHEMATICSThese competitions have continued in

Years 7 and 8. Two of the most recent are here for you totry to solve - the answers are on page 11!Congratulations to the winners: Year 7 - Aaron Malpas, Daniel Marks, Alex Sneddon and Mark Cerisola

Year 8 - Bradley Sargent, Elliot Benn, Josh Wood and Isaac Trinder

Competitions

Trixie Triangle waslearning to play thepiano. She decidedto practice for 5 min-utes on day 1, 15 minuteson day 2, 25 minutes on day 3,and so on.

How many days would it be beforeshe was practising for more than halfthe day?

Answer

The final score of the hockey matchwas 7 - 5.

How many possible different half-time scores could there have been?

Answer: ____

Rearrange each of these sets to make a decimalnumber as near as possible to 1. There must be onenumber in front of the decimal point, e.g. 6.401

6 41

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5 8

410 0

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Year 7 Year 8

‘World of Maths’ Road ShowIn January the ‘World of Maths’ road show wasinvited back to Hurstmere School to work withYear 7 students. The boys were given theopportunity to work in groups and solve avariety of problems, discover numberpatterns, identify geometric properties andapply Mathematics to the physical world.

The response from the students was verypositive and all of them seemed to enjoy thehands-on problem solving activities.

5 + 6 + 7 = 185, 6 and 7 are consecutivenumbers.

Find three consecutive numbers to make each of thesetotals.

+ + = 57 + + = 81

Mr. R. Nagra -Advanced Skills Teacher,

Mathematics

Year 7 students problem solvingat the ‘World of Maths’ roadshow.

The Maths Department has a subscription for:-

(login ‘hurstmere” - password ‘thirty’).

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Design & Technology

In the Autumn Term, 80 Year 10 pupils took part in the DesignVentura Project. This was an exciting new enterprise projectthat placed design skills in a real world context, developingstudent creativity and enterprise capabilities.

The brief was to design and manufacture a product thatwould be sold in the Design Museum Gift Shop. Pupilsworked in teams that were divided into four areas:

� Team Leader� Research� Finance andMarketing� Designer

The team leadersand researchersvisited the DesignMuseum in Londonfor the official projectlaunch and thedesigners and finance

and marketing people were involved in special ‘in-house’ work-shops led by practising designers and experts from the financeworld.

At the end of the project pupils were invited to present theirideas along with financial plans and manufacturing specifica-tions to a panel of judges where the winning Hurstmereentrant was decided. This team went forward to representthe school in the final that was judged by SebastianConran. Unfortunately our boys didn’t win this time butfound the project invaluable and an excellent starting point fortheir Technology GCSE.

Mrs. S. Lloyd-WoodHead of Design and Technology

Design Ventura

During January groups of parents andpupils have been coming in to Hurst-mere to learn how to use Fronter tosupport their sons’ learning. As GCSEstudies are such a pivotal part ofschool life parents have shown thatthey are ready and able to play asignificant role in their sons’ develop-ment. Selected parents have accessto an online forum to discuss theirsons’ progress with English and Mathsteachers. This shows further evidencethat the upper school 'Strives toSucceed'.

Mr. D. ClearyTargeted Intervention Manager (KS4)

Parental LearningConversation Training

HURSTMERE PARENTS GO ONLINE

GCSE Product Design and Graphic Products

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DRAMA AND COMMUNICATIONSKS4 SHAKESPEARESCHOOL FESTIVAL2010/11

On 14th October Year 10 GCSE Drama stu-dents performed William Shakespeare’s“Macbeth” at the Ashcroft Theatre in Croy-don as part of the National ShakespeareSchool Festival. The students’ production,directed by Miss Woodward and Mrs. Wilson,was a huge success and received praise fromthe show’s organisers.

The Drama department and pupils enjoyed the process so much that we havesigned up again this year and will be performing “Julius Caesar” at a professionaltheatre closer to home.

On 16th December, Drama class 7Avisited the Alzheimer’s Centre for theElderly in Bromley. The pupils sangChristmas carols for the residents andperformed the poem “T’was the NightBefore Christmas”. The centre wasextremely impressed with the perform-ance and how the pupils engaged inconversation with the patients. Theyhave invited us back in the summer toperform more songs and attend theirannual summer barbeque! We will, ofcourse, also be taking our superb mini-bus drivers Mr. Joyce and Mr. Jagni-aszek again!

KS3 DRAMAIN THE COMMUNITY

UNWANTED BOOKSIf there are bookscluttering up yourson’s bookshelveswhich are nolonger neededHurstmereLibrary wouldbe extremelygrateful for any donations that youwould like to make. We would wel-come any books that are suitable forboy readers from 9 years to 15 yearsof age. All donations can either bebrought to the School Reception or bystudents directly to the Library.Thank you.

Mrs. E. Tubbs - Librarian

On World Book Day Thursday 3rd

March, an event entitled ‘Murder in theLibrary’ was held in Hurstmere Library.

Year 7s were invited to sign up tobecome detectives and solve the cluesthat had been set. The scene was setwith dimmed lights, bloody footprintsand handprints and evidence plantedaround the body. The Library and thecrime scene were cordoned off withpolice tape and at 1:15pm the detec-tives arrived. With detective badges,clipboards and clue sheets issued thedetectives began to solve the mystery.

All the answers to the clues could befound within the Library.

We would like to say congratulationsto our winner for this event, JackMonksfield. Jack received a WH-Smith voucher and an Easter egg.Our two runners up James Tilley andSam Mayzes both received an Easteregg.

A great time was had by all and welook forward to another ‘Murder in theLibrary’ next year. Well done to all theboys who took part.

Recently Year 7has been takingpart in a schemecalled AcceleratedReader. This is a

scheme to encourage pupils to read and to understandwhat they have read. Boys are expected to read a bookand take a quiz on that book. They should always havea book in their bag so they are able to read at anyopportunity.

All boys are put into teams and receive stars on the team board for every bookthat they achieve 80% or more for when they take the quiz. There are alsomany more prizes and lots of credits to be earned.

We have noted a marked improvement in the number of boys reading, and todate Year 7 boys have managed to read an amazing 14 million words and 2075books!

We are confident that the programme will have a positive impact across thewhole school curriculum. We are very proud of the Year 7 boys and theirachievements.

Mrs. E. Tubbs - Librarian

STAMPSfor CharityThe Library is collectingused stamps for charity.Please keep your oldstamps and when you haveseveral send or bring theminto school.

EXAM DATES

Please check the school websitefor dates for next term.www.hurstmere.org.uk

Year 11 exam period16th May - 24th June 2011

DIARY DATES

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Trixie Triangle 72

Consecutive Numbers18 19 20 = 5726 27 28 = 81

Hockey Match 48

Decimal Numbers1.046 1.2471.004 1.058

Maths QuizAnswers:

FRENCH GCSE

CONFERENCE

ScratchImpro

Hurstmere Art Department in partnership with MarlboroughPark Avenue Doctors’ Surgery ran a poster design compe-tition to highlight the forthcoming ‘National No SmokingDay’ 9/3/2011 – prizes of £25, £15 and £10 were kindlydonated by the surgery. First prize was won by JamieHowatson, while Ross Mattingly and Joshua Wakefieldwon the second and third prizes.

The prize winners’ posters are to be displayed at thesurgery, and Jamie Howatson’s poster is to be used fordisplay throughout the school.

The Art Department has agreed to provide pupils’ art workto the doctors’ surgery to help promote future health cam-paigns they will be running.

Mr. D. Blower - Head of Art

Art: National No Smoking Day Poster Competition 2011

Representatives from Marlborough Park Avenue Doctors’ Surgery withthe winners of the Poster competition.

Translation of student’s work on Ypres (from page 7)

Last Friday we went to Belgium, it was great. I got up at half past four because I had tobe at school by half past five. After that we left school by coach. We took the ChannelTunnel. When we arrived in Belgium we went to Hill ‘62 where we listened to somestories about the war. After that we ate at a farm. I ate bread and drank tea. After thatwe went to Ypres, it was great. The guide told us some stories. After that we went tothe Museum, where there are some trenches, which were very, very muddy. It was fun.The guide gave us some shrapnel.

On March 4th a group of 26 Year 10 students went to London’s Piccadilly Circus for the day to attend aNational French GCSE Conference. After their train journey, they joined another 500 students from schoolsall over the country. The day consisted of interactive activities led by French GCSE specialists and sketchesperformed by Scratch Impro, one of the UK’s leading comedy improvisation groups.

Our boys had a great time and they left the conference with fresh ideas and tips for their GCSE coursework andexaminations. They displayed exemplary behaviour and learned a lot from the day. My thanks to Mr. James and Mrs.Faurie for accompanying the students and myself, and helping to make the conference an enjoyable and valuableexperience.

Mme. L. Notton - Head of Modern Foreign Languages

I will get a chance to say farewell to the boys of Year 11when I address them at the final assembly, but first I would like to thank the parents whohave supported their boys, and myself, since starting at Hurstmere in 2006. I am confidentthat with your help and the hard work of the teaching and pastoral staff at the school thatthis year’s results will be above expectations. Having taught for over 30 years, half of thattime as a Head of Year, I would say that this group of young men are a credit to everyoneinvolved. There have been some upsets, tears and trouble but what is important is that thepupils are ready to move on to college or employment. Most boys would have taken partin the many school journeys such as Marchants Hill, the Ardeche and the USA. There havealso been sporting activities, music events, the Speak Out Challenge and variety ofextra-curricular events. For five years I have had the support of an excellent team of tutorsand no doubt they will go on to help many more boys through their school careers. Onbehalf of them and myself I say good luck, good health, work hard and enjoy your life to thefull. Mr. G. Jagniaszek – Head of Year 11

FAREWELL TO YEAR 11FAREWELL TO YEAR 11

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THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH’SAWARD 2011

On Tuesday 9th Novem-ber 2010, 27 Hurstmerestudents were presentedtheir Bronze Duke ofEdinburgh’s Award bythe Mayor of the LondonBorough of Bexley, CllrVal Clark. Their presen-tation was the final partof their award, whichwas completed during the autumn term of 2010. Itwas a fantastic opportunity for our students to meetwith some of the other 400 students and youngpeople from around the borough, who had also com-pleted part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.

It was a very proud moment for all of the students, parentsand staff involved in this year’s award and was a great

Presentation Evening

way for the students of Hurstmere School to be recog-nised for all of their achievement.

We look forward to taking another year group through theBronze Duke of Edinburgh Award in 2011, which iscurrently being completed by some 40 Year 9 students.

Mr. A. Reddy - Head of Geography

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award trip toCold Blow Farm, near Maidstone.

I would like to ask if anyonehas any old camping equip-ment which they do not need,perhaps gathering dust in ashed, then it could be a big helpto us for the D of E Award trips.Any donations of equipmentwould be greatly received! Mr. A. Reddy - Head of Geography

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Trips 2010

Produced by Mrs. J. Dowse - School photographs Mr. C. Richardson and staff - Printed by EHV Print Limited - March 2011