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Ortu Gable Hall School Newsletter Issue 7 - Autumn Term Thursday 13th November
Diary Dates
Thursday 13th December Christmas Showcase - 7.00pm
Friday 14th December Christmas Jumper Day
Tuesday 18th December Aladdin Pantomime Trip
12.45pm - 5.00pm
Wednesday 19th December Last Day of Term - 1pm Finish
Return to School Thursday 3rd January
Wednesday 19th December
Last Day of Term - 1pm Finish
Monday 7th January Year 8 Girls HPV Vaccination
Monday 7th January
Year 8 Girls HPV Vaccination
Thursday 10th January Year 8, 9, 10 Photographs
Thursday 17th January Year 10 Parents Evening
4.30pm - 7.30pm
On 27th November, a group of Year 7s and 8s
visited Shakespeare’s famous Globe Theatre.
After a long coach ride to London the group
arrived at the famous Globe Theatre. Firstly we
split into groups and explored the Globe. We
learned interesting facts about its history and
we even got the chance to walk on to the
famous stage!
We then went to workshops and rehearsal
spaces to work on extracts from Much Ado
about Nothing and Twelfth Night, these are the
Shakespeare plays we are studying in English at
the moment. Afterwards, we went to the gift
shop and managed to buy all sorts of things.
Finally, we went to the Shakespeare exhibition
and the Tate Museum and saw lots of amazing
things like famous statues and ‘The Weeping
Woman’. Everyone had the chance to learn
something new and enjoyed themselves.
By Hilda Banda
Trip to Shakespeare’s Globe
On Wednesday 28th November the PE department took a group of pupils to Lee Valley Velopark. The trip allowed the pupils to experience mountain biking on the course and cycle on parts of the remade Olympic BMX track. All pupils took part in one hour sessions on each course and really enjoyed the chal-lenge of the different tracks. Amy Vamplew, Year 10 said: We enjoyed the BMX course as it was challenging and a good experience that we probably would not have taken part in if we were not given this opportunity. The mountain biking was also quite challenging in the wet and mud, however it was rewarding to complete the course.
Reward Trip to Olympic Park
Merry Christmas from all
of us here at Ortu
Gable Hall School
Inset Day
Monday 4th March 2019 Staff Training Day
Non-Pupil Day
Sports News... Food Department Recipe:
Giant Christmas Pudding Cookies
Ingredients 125g / 4oz Butter or Margarine 220g / 7oz Light Brown Sugar 180g / 6oz Self Raising Flour 1 Egg 1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence 1 tsp Mixed Spice 1/2 tsp Baking Powder 90g / 3oz Milk or Dark Chocolate Chips 60g / 2oz Raisins 90g / 3oz White Chocolate Glacé Cherries / Angelica to decorate
Method 1. Preheat the oven at Gas Mark 5 / 190°C and grease two baking trays. 2. Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla and beat well. 3. Sieve in the flour, baking powder and mixed spice and stir in carefully. 4. Add (brown) chocolate chips and the raisins and stir again. 5. Chill mixture in the fridge for an hour if you have time. 6. Divide the cookie dough into 10 pieces and roll into balls. Flatten the dough onto 2 baking trays (5 cookies on each). 7. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the cookies are firm on the outside but still slightly soft on the inside. 8. Cool for 5 minutes on the tray then lift onto a cooling rack. Decoration 1. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave for about 20 seconds until runny (make sure you do this carefully). 2. Spread the chocolate on the cookies and decorate with the cherries and angelica to look like Christmas puddings / Father Christmas etc.
Year 9 Netball
Congratulations to the Year 9 Netball Team who were placed 3rd in the District Netball Rally.
Within our pool we were extremely successfully and came first with wins over Harris, Gateway and Grays Convent.
In our first game against Harris, the girls achieved a 9-0 win with player of the match awarded to Ruby Trencher for excellent movement around the court. Our second game against Gateway was very close with both teams working so hard in the wet and cold conditions with goals being score in quick succession by both teams. However luck was on our side with the final result being 6-5 to us. Player of the match was awarded to Natasha Hildrew for an amazing interception that allowed us to get the final goal. In our last game we played Grays Convent in again a very close game where we were victorious with a result of 4-3. Player of the match was awarded to Emma Cox.
We progressed through to the semi-final where we played William Edwards; unfortunately we were unlucky and the final result was 5-2, all girls kept working and played their hardest during the final match. Player of the match was awarded to Ellie-May Davis. Congratulations also goes to player of the rally Poppy Proctor.
Congratulations to the Year 9, 10 and 11 girls’ football team who
played Grays Convent on Monday. All girls played fantastically;
final result 0-0.
Also Congratulations to the Year 7 and 8 girls’ football team who
also played Grays Convent and won their game after two
fantastic goals from Dakota Glandfield, making the final score
2-0 to Gable Hall.
Christmas Jumper Day at Gable Hall is
Friday 14th December.
Jumpers to be worn in place of blazers and can
be Christmas themed or homemade just add
some baubles, tinsel etc.
Tickets are £1 and can be purchased from the
charity committee or Mrs Nkallo’s room (503)
before school, at break/lunch or after school.
The charity committee will also be coming
round during Form.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS….. Congratulations to...
Commendations 263 Students received an award this term. Letters have been sent home - Well done!
Above & Beyond Awards 11 Students received an award this term. Letters have been sent home - Well done!
Masterpiece of the Week
This piece has been designed by Jayne Elvin - Year 9, inspired by Keith Haring.
Do you have (or know of someone with) talents you would like us to shout about?
Please contact your child's Form Tutor or email us at [email protected]
with details.
Year 11 Students in the City Daniel Meyers, Ben Roche, George King and George Mendrys, all
Year 11, got to visit Ernst and Young as part of the work they do
with an organisation called 1UP. This visit was to open their eyes
to the wealth of opportunities available to them in the city.
All Gable Hall Extra-Curriculum and
Intervention Clubs have now started!
Please check the Timetables for your
relevant year.
Everyone is welcome!
Year 7 Silver - Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night 7 silver have been studying Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night this term. Here they are working in threes and performing as one of the characters. Thespians one and all.
Mrs Kay McGuire, a member of the support staff, gives blood regularly and has just reached the 100 donations milestone. The Transfusion service is always looking for new donors to meet demand and it’s very easy to donate as you make an appointment online and don’t have to wait around.
This is a very good way to make a difference and give back to our NHS so why not do something new in the
New Year and Give Blood.
Staff Achievement...
We would like to wish all our Students, that are starring in Pantomime this year,
the very best of luck!
Parent Surgery Monday 17th December 5.30pm - 7.00pm Monday 7th January 5.30pm - 7.00pm
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT PARENT SURGERY IS NOW BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
If your son/daughter suffers from Asthma, it is vital that they have an asthma pump on them at all times, and a spare one in the Medical Room, especially now the weather conditions have changed! Thank you.
Contact us
Key Stage 3 Co-Ordinators [email protected]
(Mr McCabe) [email protected]
(Mr McCabe) [email protected]
(Miss Marley)
Key Stage 4 Co-Ordinators [email protected]
(Mrs Harrington) [email protected]
(Miss Nancolas)
Gable Hall School Latest News and most recent letters sent home can be found on the school website:
www.ortu.org/Gable-Hall
HOMEWORK CLUB Need a quiet place to work? Need help to get organised? Need support with projects?
The Homework Club is the club for you!
We run every day in the LRC Monday to Friday from 7.45am until 8.45am and 3.10pm - 4.30pm (4pm on Friday).
Year 10 and 11 homework club will run every evening from 3.15 until 4.30 (4pm on Fridays) in room 205
Two members of staff will be available to support you. No need to sign up, you can come along as you please. Sign in on arrival and this will earn you points on the school reward system. If you have any queries please contact the team on:
We look forward to seeing you there.
Activate the parental controls on your home broadband, and any devices
including mobile phones and games consoles.
If using Google then set up the Safe search settings as well as on other sites such
as YouTube and on entertainment sites like iTunes and iPlayer.
E-Safety Tip:
Students travelling to
school on the bus
We have received many phone calls from members of the public informing us that students are exiting the bus and walking in front of it to cross the road, rather than using the zebra crossing located next to the bus stop.
This is a serious safety concern for students, as cars are overtaking the bus and on several occasions, have come close to hitting our students.
Please can we request that you reiterate the importance of road safety to your child and ask them to use the zebra crossing to prevent any future accidents.
Introducing the new sQuid mobile app
All sQuid account holders are now able to access the sQuid mobile app, which enables
parents to pay for trips via mobile devices in addition to lunch top-ups.
The app is available from your usual app provider by searching “sQuid”
Student Sickness/Illness Procedure
We advise students who feel unwell dur-ing the school day to report to
medical bay and not to call their parents themselves .
We ask parents to support us by liaising with the school before coming to collect their children as this could result in an
unauthorised absence mark.
We invite parents to take a look at our Ortu Gable Hall Facebook and Twitter page @OrtuGableHall.
We are updating the page daily with information on what students are doing in their
lessons, upcoming events, sports results and much more.
Should you have any queries or concerns about your child, in the first instance please can we ask that you speak to their Form Tutor. If you have an issue with a specific lesson, please can we ask you to speak to the relevant subject teacher. After speaking to the Form Tutor or subject Teacher we are sure that issues will be resolved, however if you are unhappy with the response, please can you contact the school so we can direct it to the relevant person. We would politely inform parents that we cannot guarantee that if you arrive at school without an appointment, you will be able to see a member of staff there and then as most of our teachers have full timetables throughout the week. We thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
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