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EDITION 124 14th July 2021
The weekly newsletter for the Holyport College family
From the Head Master
At this time of year, I would normally enter the Summer with an equal mix of exhaustion and exhilaration, fresh off the back of public exams, rites of passage and celebration and opportunities to bring our school community: staff, students and parents together. This year, I share the frustrations of our community that so many of the plans have had to be cancelled, adapted or diminished. That said, I would like to reflect on the opportunities that we have been able to enjoy as a community this year, despite the restrictions on our lives: seeing the smiles on our students’ faces when they arrived in the quad in the sunshine last September and then again when they returned in March; enjoying fireworks on the field with the boarders knowing that so many of our day students and their families were there with us outside the school grounds in the darkness; the comradery which developed between staff and students who continued attending through the long, dark months of lockdown and the joy which reverberated around our community at events such as Nations Day, our Christmas celebrations, Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Sports Day. All of the challenges of our times are put into perspective by the devastating news in June that Motunrayo Ajibade, Year 11, had lost her long and courageous battle with cancer. Her strength, faith and bravery, and that of her family, are an inspiration to our whole community.
As we look forward to next academic year, we do so in the hope that, from a school perspective at least, things may begin to look a little more like normal. That said, events in the aftermath of Sunday’s European Cup final serve as a stark reminder to us all that we live in a society where values of equality, mutual respect and community values cannot be taken for granted. Front and centre in our planning for next year is therefore a programme of education for all students as to the values of this community. We wish to become a community which is actively anti-racist; where young people understand and respect the boundaries of healthy relationships between the genders and where respect for all, regardless of gender, race, orientation or religion is inherent and absolute on a day to day basis. With this in mind, and alongside our programme of events and education for the students, we will be reaching out to parents and carers for their support and advice in a number of forums in the Autumn. @holyportcollege
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FROM THE HEAD MASTER
Finally, at this time of year, it is with great sadness that we say farewell to a number of members of staff:
Kara Meechan (Graduate Assistant)
Ellie Harris (Graduate Assistant)
Fin Chesterman (Graduate Assistant)
Conard Haye (Graduate Assistant)
Nina Brown (PE Tech/Cover Supervisor)
Ritchie Cohen (PE Teacher)
Alexis Manlay (Teacher of English)
Will Macaulay (PE Teacher)
Emily Oliver (Visiting Tutor)
Michelle Stokes (Bursar)
Alex Walker (Housemaster Brunel)
In addition, Julia Crocker will be stepping down as Housemaster of Fawcett but will be remaining on the staff team as a teacher of Mathematics. I would like to offer my heartfelt thanks to all of them for all that they have done for the school during their time with us. I would also like to thank the entire staff team for what can only be described as a heroic effort this year. Through adversity, anxiety, illness and an ever changing landscape, they have constantly gone above and beyond to minimise the impact of the pandemic and to ensure that any educational disruption was minimised and that, wherever possible, students continued to benefit from a broad range of additional opportunities.
Finally, I would like to thank you, our parents and carers, for all the messages of support we have received throughout the year. By the end of 2019-20, I felt that we had survived the hardest year in education any of us would ever encounter. It turns out I was wrong. 2020-21 has brought many of us to breaking point on so many occasions but we will emerge from it a stronger community than we have ever been and that would not be possible without your support. I wish you all an amazing Summer and cannot wait to see what next year holds. Ben McCarey
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IN THIS EDITION
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From the College
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From the CCF
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From the Science Department
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From the History Department
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From the Boarding Houses
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From the Drama & Politics Departments
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From the Music Department
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From the Sixth Form
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From the PE Department
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From the English Department
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From the Geography Department
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From the Art Department
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From the Eco Society
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From the Welfare Department
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From the Careers Department
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From the Calendar Upcoming events and items to note
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FROM THE COLLEGE
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Sir Nicholas Winton Day 2021 When I opened the College 7 years ago, I wanted us to have a tradition of our own which we could celebrate in our first year and every year thereafter. We were honoured when Sir Nicholas Winton agreed to us naming one of our buildings after him. It was then that I had the idea that we could celebrate the work that he did at the start of World War 2 and keep the memory of his work going. The Winton family agreed to us holding an annual Sir Nicholas Winton Day. Over the years, survivors of the Holocaust have visited the College and told pour pupils about their experiences of being rescued by Sir Nicholas. We have also had survivors from Auschwitz visit us to tell their story. This year, we were unable to invite anyone in, but pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 attended workshops on the Holocaust and the role of Sir Nicholas Winton in rescuing so many Jewish children from nazi-occupied Europe. The links below are well worth a watch. One tells the story of Sir Nicholas. The other is a heart-warming story of how many Albanians risked their lives to shelter Jewish people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKkgO06bAZk&t=74s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17WKgTOE9Xg One thing that Sir Nicholas said, and something by which we should all live is 'if it isn't impossible, there must be a way to do it'. This is a message we try to give our pupils at the College. The second message of the day is a simple one, 'Be kind'. Walter Boyle Founding Head Master
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FROM THE CCF
CCF Summer Camp 3rd - 11th July
Second Lieutenant Loudoun and Second Lieutenant Brownridge and our 10 Holyport Cadets had a fantastic week at Eton College’s CCF Summer Camp. We were staying at a military training area in Wales, supported by First Battalion The Rifles, in order to develop fieldcraft, team building, battle tactics and weapons handling drills. The military stage was divided in two halves to mimic deployment. The first stage was orientation: Setting up camp, zeroing weapons and physical training, all taking place at the Barracks of the Regiment. The second stage was going on operations. Several objectives were set including patrolling in the field and engaging the enemy, close quarter battle, ambush and reconnaissance patrols. It was not long before our cadets realised how intense the experience would be with 6am wake-ups and briefings, recce patrols and weapons cleaning, not to mention hourly sentry duties through the night. Uniforms were ironed every evening and rooms inspected by the RSM (Regimental Sergeant Major). Our two senior cadets, Cadets Clarke and Dudley had passed their weapons handling test and were able to shoot live ammo on the range while the others practiced fire and manoeuvre drills in the field.
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FROM THE CCF
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On the sixth day of military camp, and the second day out on exercise, Cadet Darcy Clarke was the Platoon Commander leading 3 sections, with fire support from 1 Rifles, to successfully suppress and occupy three enemy buildings. Darcy had to strategically place the two heavy machine guns and sharp shooters for maximum impact. Afterwards the cadets employed some of their basic first aid training and had to stretcher their wounded to the safe zone. Darcy’s leadership was first class and the exercise a resounding success. Cadet Elwyn Mollart won the Rifles Coin, an award given to one cadet who overall exemplified the skills and standards taught during the week.
After the military phase the cadets headed north to the Brecon Beacons for Adventure Training. For the remaining three days our students took part in gorge walking and hill climbing before having some much needed free time in the evening.
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FROM THE CCF
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Recruitment for September 2021:
For those who are interested in joining cadets next year details will come out in the first week of September with a week to join. We are asking for your patience until then for asking questions however can outline briefly below what is expected for new recruits. We will be taking first year (D Company) recruits from Year 9 and Year 10 next academic year. If there are any Year 12s who have come from another school which ran cadets then we are happy to interview them for suitability to join. The fees for joining are £400 per year for new recruits, and £300 for cadets re-joining Eton CCF. Students will miss a number of lessons during the Monday afternoon sessions and will be expected to catch up on work missed. Students will have to be signed off as being physically and mentally fit enough by the Welfare Team and nurse along with signing a behaviour declaration to ensure they are going to work safely and to the values and standards of the CCF and our school policy. 7
FROM THE SCIENCE DEPT
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Year 12 Psychology - Research Methods Our Year 12 Psychology students have been applying their research method skills over the last few weeks. Working in groups, students came up with a research proposal in an area that interested them, carried out data collection and analysis and then created amazing presentations to showcase their findings. Research was varied, ranging from facial symmetry as a beauty standard to studying the impact of authority on obedience within a school setting.
Well done to all students who helped to gather the data and those that so confidently delivered the presentations, and a huge thank you to students and staff who agreed to be participants.
Year 10 Biology To consolidate our learning of adaptations and food chains, some of our year 10 biologists went back in time to visit the dinosaurs. Students were tasked with designing and building Jurassic Park and had to study the dinosaurs for their adaptations, their diet and what security measures would need to be in place if we chose to have them on the island. Once this was decided, students then had to think carefully about where each of their attractions would go on the island, taking into account the dinosaurs' needs and adaptations (as well as keeping the visitors safe!). Things got slightly competitive at points, with students debating whose island was the best, but in the end some incredible parks were created by all. Well done!
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FROM THE HISTORY DEPT
Year 12 Lessons from Auschwitz Project This year the Lessons from Auschwitz project was slightly different - with it all taking place online the students didn't get the opportunity to visit Auschwitz but the Holocaust Education Trust still managed to put together an incredible series of sessions.
Naomi Dias reports:
During this course, we were fortunate enough to have Jewish survivor Kitty from the Auschwitz Birkenau camp share her experience under the Nazi dictatorship. During this emotive testimony, not only did Kitty talk about the inhuman treatment she suffered and the countless sleepless nights she endured - fearful for her exposure in hiding, but she also explained pre-war Jewish life in Poland. This talk was insightful as it really humanised these atrocious events that so many of us have simply read about in textbooks. Hearing Kitty’s retelling of how she was split from her mother, father and siblings - soon becoming a self-reliant young orphan - really made the statistics of the deaths that derived from anti-semitism more tangible for me. Personally, the greatest lesson I learnt from Kitty was the power in unity and equality - throughout the testimony she repeatedly emphasised the importance of support and sense of communal belonging. Kitty is a doubtless inspiration who continues to fight against discrimination in today’s world so that nobody has to experience what she has undergone and that through the education of others, together we will avoid the repetition of history. Aemilia Baumann writes: Throughout the month of June, I attended the live ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ sessions. The 3 sessions walked me through the destruction and hurt imposed by the Holocaust. It served as a key reminder to me that the families of the once marginalised Jews are still healing and will continue to heal from their losses. I am thankful to the organisers for arranging the first-hand testimony, from Kitty Hart - Moxon, giving me insight on how regular her life had been in the run up to her time in Auschwitz - Birkenau. Lessons from Auschwitz returned individuality to every Holocaust story they shared by including personal accounts, names of victims/ survivors, family members affected, careers pursued, schools attended etc. It is so important to remember the details of the lives lost and remember who they were by recalling personal information, even when it seems trivial, such as a favourite colour. I participated in these sessions with the fundamental goal of gaining a deeper understanding of not only the widespread damage caused but also the sheer depth of this havoc. The project definitely fulfilled my goal as I truly began to comprehend how unique every experience was even though the final destination was unfortunately the same for so many. The messages were portrayed clearly and respectfully which formed my strong view on the matter now. Unexpectedly, I was inspired to memorialise the past in order to prevent it from happening again. Many forms of discrimination manifest themselves by failure to acknowledge varied prerequisites and experiences. Having followed these sessions, I will be sure to further shed light on the terrible consequences of the Holocaust as well as what can be learnt from it.
Emily Embery reports: During the course, we were highly fortunate to experience an online, virtual tour of the Auschwitz extermination camp. This was a really insightful and rather overwhelming event. Additionally, we overlooked the definition of the term “Holocaust”- seeing the people as individuals rather than a statistic of deaths. I would highly recommend anyone in the future to take on the same opportunity as it’s highly important and something that is critical to educate on as the number of remaining survivors of the Holocaust are greatly reducing today and their stories are reliant on us passing it on. Additionally, a book I was inspired to read from the course was the Tattooist of Auschwitz, which I really recommend. 9
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FROM THE BOARDING HOUSES
Boarders enjoyed a rainy day at Thorpe Park on Sunday 4th July!
Year 8s went on an Art trip to RHS Wisley
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FROM THE BOARDING HOUSES
Monday night we enjoyed our Boarders’ Festival with the Chipsmyth and Little Reds pizza, Sunday’s faces and top banana inflatables! It was a really great evening ☺
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FROM THE DRAMA & POLITICS DEPARTMENTS
Last Monday, Miss Larsen-Edgar introduced the Year 10 students to their stimuli for their devising component. To make it exciting, I created this cool concept room for them to explore the stimuli both practically and academically. Arguably the best moment of GCSE Drama. All the students were completely immersed in the experience and came away with some great ideas from what they had seen!
Year 12 student Jonathan Semugooma was recently published in a Politics blog! Here is the link: https://www.alevelpolitics.com/political-ideas/to-what-do-conservatives-agree-on -the-role-of-the-state He also posted the following on the classroom ... Hello guys, I am very honoured to announce that one of my essays has been chosen to feature on an A level politics website as an exemplar essay! Many thanks to Mr Bloor who helped me to understand conservatism to the point where I could construct a fine essay! Kind regards, Jonathan S
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FROM THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT
14th July 2021
Music Graded Exams Successes! It’s been a busy term for our musicians who have relished the opportunity to take music exams again. Whilst at the time of writing not all of the results have been received, massive congratulations to the following: Cate Cowper
Grade 6 (Trinity)
Singing
Pass with Merit
Connor Jones
Grade 6 (Trinity)
Singing
Pass
Teagan Parry Williams
Grade 5 (ABRSM)
Music Theory (written)
Pass with Distinction
Peyton Sani
Grade 5 (ABRSM)
Tenor Saxophone
Pass with Distinction
Rachel Agbeyegbe
Grade 5 (ABRSM)
Singing
Pass with Merit
Rachel Agbeyegbe
Grade 5 (ABRSM)
Piano Performance
Pass with Merit
Ayra Tengku
Grade 5 (ABRSM)
Piano
Pass with Merit
Flossie Anderson
Grade 5 (ABRSM)
Singing
Pass with Merit
Teagan Parry Williams
Grade 5 (ABRSM)
Piano
Pass
Rachel Agbeyegbe
Grade 5 (ABRSM)
Piano
Pass
Zoe Makepeace
Grade 4 (ABRSM)
Singing for Musical
Pass with Merit
Max Ladimeji
Grade 4 (ABRSM)
Alto Saxophone
Pass
Deborah Oyewole
Grade 4 (ABRSM)
Alto Saxophone
Pass
Jachin Aghoghovbia
Grade 3 (ABRSM)
Alto Saxophone
Pass with Merit
Deborah Oyewole
Grade 2 (ABRSM)
Piano
Pass
Jazz Band Success The Jazz Band under the leadership of the wonderful Mrs Brown has gone from strength to strength this term, culminating in a fab afternoon workshop last week. Unfortunately due to all the recent mandatory isolations, their end of term open air concert has had to be postponed but this will be rescheduled for the start of next term and we can’t wait for them to have the opportunity to perform! Huge thanks to Teagan Parry-Williams, Max Ladimeji, Jachin Aghoghovbia, Teagan Pickering and Dan Leaver for all your hard work. 13
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FROM THE SIXTH FORM
After a much disrupted year, it was wonderful to finally get some social events under way for our Year 12 students last week. We spent the day at Bournemouth on Thursday where students spent time enjoying themselves on the beach. The weather was kind to us and everyone had a fun and relaxing day. On Friday, we finally got the opportunity to run our team building day that we would have run in September. The day involved a series of challenges in the morning followed by a Mr Hardee quiz in the afternoon. Once the dust had settled on the activities, Mr Parry's form came out winners by the narrowest of margins. Congratulations to everyone involved, I wish all of the Year 12 students a wellearned summer break and look forward to welcoming them all back in September. Mr Alford
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FROM THE SIXTH FORM
L6 Tutor Challenge Day a roaring success! As with much of Covid – we had to postpone a number of things from earlier in the year until now. Normally we would run a challenge/bonding day for the incoming L6 students in September but it’s taken until the end of term for them to finally be able to complete it. Although given the tutor groups have recently been reformed this was a rather opportune moment. Despite a few students self-isolating and around 25% of the year in Wales on the Geography field trip – that didn’t dampen the spirits of those remaining. The morning was all about five challenges – Logic Problems, Marshmallow and Spaghetti tower design, recreate a famous art work, a rowing challenge and finally a science egg drop challenge. Points were awarded for success and teamwork. After lunch and an ice cream – things moved to the Sports Hall for Mr Hardee’s big quiz. After all the points were added together the winning form was … Mr Parry’s form (Milton).
But the real value in the day was a chance for the L6 to bond and connect with their new tutor group. A big thanks to all my colleagues who made the day possible. Mr Hardee
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FROM THE PE DEPARTMENT Sports Day 2021
What a fabulous day we had on Monday spirits were high and the weather stayed dry! Herschel won the title this year ☺. Well done to all the students who took part – Year 9 were missed! A huge thank you to all the staff, students and parents and carers who supported the event, and especially to Mr Macaulay and the PE Department for organising such a great event.
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FROM THE PE DEPARTMENT
In the inaugural Staff vs Dads’ Club cricket match last Saturday, the staff team beat the Dads’ team with a score of 112 for 9. Dads were 80 all out. It was such a fantastic day and we are already looking forward to next year's Cricket Day. Well done to Miss Kerr - player of the day! Thanks to Mr Wilson for organising a great day.
Staff continued their winning streak by beating the girls’ Year 9/10 netball team! Interhouse Year 9 cricket results: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Milton Fawcett Brunel Herschel
Year 7s spent a lovely afternoon playing tennis at Eton’s Willowbrook tennis courts yesterday
Interhouse Year 9 rounders results: 1. 2. 3.
Herschel Brunel Milton
I would personally like to thank every pupil for their engagement and enthusiasm when representing the College over my glorious six years of working at Holyport. I leave with so many great memories and that is all down to pupils, parents and staff. Thanks Mr Macaulay
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FROM THE ENGLISH DEPT
14th July 2021
Mr Slyper’s Year 7 class has been exploring the world of food writing over the last week. Students had the opportunity to write their own enticing menus using descriptive vocabulary. This week parents were given the night off cooking as the Year 7s were tasked with the challenge of preparing a meal for their family, taking photos and writing a food review. Here are just some of the examples of the wide variety of meals cooked so expertly. Well done to all the Year 7s! The food looks delicious!
Chloe Hughes
Daniel Topping
Precious Paine Charles
Shana Obilonu
Hannah Gay
Kathan Liyanage Sophia Withers
Jessica Hancock Mikolaj Kunicki
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Oli Druce
Harry Myhan
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FROM THE GEOGRAPHY DEPT
Year 12 Geography Field Trip to Snowdonia “We’ve actually got here!” Those were Miss Lunney’s words of amazement and relief on arriving at the Field Studies Centre near Betws-y-Coed on Monday. Having firstly postponed then cancelled the 2020 trip for the current Year 13, then having to postpone the Year 12 trip by a week it was a massive achievement! This year the field course was slightly different to usual, with Covid protocols in Wales more strict than in England, not only did we have the entire centre to ourselves but each student had their own bedroom, toilet and shower - the height of luxury on a school trip! It was though still 5 days of intense work with classroom lessons after dinner not finishing until 8pm! Upon arrival, we went into the local town Betws-y-Coed. Students started to practice different data collection methods, including a survey about different smells —finishing our data collection by enjoying a delicious ice cream. On the second day, we went to Cwm Idwal, a relic glacial environment, where we looked for signs of erosion from a glacier such as striations, aretes, Ushaped valley and roche moutonnees. The drive in the minibus to the roche moutonee was a tiny winding road with a steep drop to the right! Experienced driver Miss Lunney had no issues, but Miss Tatton was relieved to reach the end! Tuesday was also a special day because it was Rafeek’s birthday, so the Geography teachers couldn’t let it pass without some singing, a cake and candles all before the (reasonably) important first semi-final of the football! On Wednesday, we headed to Llanberis to look at the impacts of rebranding from a slate mining village to a centre of adventure activities. Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side, torrential downpours left us extremely wet, but they did not dampen our spirits or ruin the amazing views of the lake. In the slate museum the students learnt the history of slate mining and were very impressed by the still operational water wheel.
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FROM THE GEOGRAPHY DEPT
We managed to shorten our Wednesday evening lesson slightly as there was a rather important football match on the TV that everyone was apparently keen to watch! The centre staff said that at certain points it sounded like the roof might come off with the amount of cheering and yelling that emerged from the TV room! There was definitely a jubilant air amongst staff and students after the match and bedtime was a lot later than Miss Lunney would have liked! On Thursday it was over to the pupils to create their own investigation questions, some choosing to investigate the glacial landforms while some wanted to look at rebranding in Llanberis. The rest of the students chose to create titles from a mix of topics within Geography from the environmental impact of Covid-19 to assessing flood management in Berkshire. They then all headed back out again either to collect their coursework data or conduct a pilot study to trial the data collection methods they intended to use. Thursday evening was awards night, with Miss Howard and Miss Tatton creating much laughter as they awarded students with edible prizes for various achievements including “the most forgetful/biggest loser”, “the best waterproofed”, “the most geographically curious” and “best human/physical geographer”.
Friday saw the opportunity for students to finalise their planning and further data collection at Cwm Idwal or Llanberis, with Lewis deciding to be the most adventurous and head to the coast to investigate the glacial deposits in the cliffs opposite Anglesey. Throughout the week the students were fantastic, with the centre staff praising them on their politeness and behaviour around the site. The tutors and Geography teachers were also incredibly impressed with the knowledge they demonstrated in the classroom sessions. This field trip has helped them to develop their skills in collecting different types of data, researching topics and processing data so that they are now hopefully fully equipped to start researching and writing up their independent investigations this summer. More pictures can be found on @HolyportHum on Twitter 20
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FROM THE ART DEPARTMENT
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FROM THE ECO SOCIETY
Here is a challenge for students to complete over the summer holidays! Please share any photos with Miss Howard, as she would love to see how you are working to improve our planet: h.howard@holyportcollege.org.uk The above is a screenshot of the challenge as we couldn’t add the original to our Dixit Publisher file. To access the challenge so you can click on the various links, click here:
LSEN 2021 Summer Challenge 9 Brunel Birthday Celebrations In 9 Brunel we finally managed to catch up on all of our birthdays that were missed during the various lockdowns, isolations and school holidays. Thank you very much to Katie Wood and Teagan Parry Williams for making the most incredible cake with a tasty little surprise in the middle! ➔ 22
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FROM THE WELFARE DEPARTMENT
With schools having to be closed during this unprecedented period, we recognise that many of our students, parents and teachers may be in need of some support at this time and we wanted to let you know NHS Talking Therapies are here to support you. •
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Feeling stressed, anxious, overwhelmed or low is a completely normal response to the current situation for us all. If you are struggling to look after your wellbeing or mental health and feel you could benefit from free NHS support, Talking Therapies are here for you. We are here to support those aged 17+ living in Berkshire struggling with mildmoderate low mood, stress, sleep difficulties, worry and bereavement. We offer a variety of treatment options depending on your needs including: o Silvercloud online individual support programmes (including a new module for coping with challenging times) o Online Stress Less— A four session seminar delivered by our therapists o 1:1 support via telephone or video consultation o Employment support o Wellbeing and bereavement support related to Covid-19 distress
It’s quick and easy to access free NHS support by: o Signing up – Sign Up o Calling our friendly and approachable admin team – 0300 365 2000 o Finding out more about what support we can offer visit our website
Nina Matharu Sixth Form Welfare Officer email: n.matharu@holyportcollege.org.uk
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FROM THE WELFARE DEPARTMENT
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Music competition To celebrate their 10th anniversary, national award-winning charity Achievement for All have launched a UK Song Writing Competition for 11-19-year-olds. Achievement for All is a national charity working to raise funds to provide much needed support for child and teen mental health and wellbeing, while celebrating youth talent and creativity. Over the last few years, the charity has seen a significant rise in the amount of support required for wellbeing and mental health of young people, so the ‘Achieving Wellbeing’, programme has been developed to provide high impact support for schools, colleges and other providers working with children and teens. There is still an increasing demand to put help where it is needed in as many places as possible, hence the launch of this incredible fundraising event. The song writing competition is open to all 11–19-year-olds who permanently reside in the UK. Achievement for All want to see original music composition and lyrics. They welcome all genres of music, anything from opera to rap and beyond. The competition is open NOW and all entries to be uploaded onto the website by 25th July. First prize is a recording session at the highly prestigious Real World Studios, with technical support and mentoring. The winner will get to record their song in a professional working environment that has seen many a famous musician through their doors. The winning song will be played on local radio stations, including our own Radio Aspire Youth. There are prizes for runners up too! See the website for full details www.afamusic.org
The Local Authority has been asked to share the below survey with you from CAMHS. The aim of the 5-10 minute survey is to understand how parent/carers: • •
currently try and find information about mental health, autism and ADHD services for their children and whether this needs to change to find out parents and their child's views on how helpful these services were if they used them.
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FROM THE CAREERS DEPT
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FROM THE CALENDAR
14th July 2021
Some Dates for Your Diaries Wednesday 1st September Thursday 2nd September
Inset day Year 12 and Year 13 Leadership Team boarders arrive 5pm Sixth Form only (Year 12) Year 7, 9 and remainder of Year 13 boarders arrive 5pm
Friday 3rd September
Year 7, Year 9 & Sixth Form only
Sunday 5th September
Year 8, 10 & 11 boarders arrive 5pm
Monday 6th September
All students in school
GCSE Options 2021/22 Great news! It is with great pleasure that we can confirm all of our Year 9 students have successfully secured their Options choices for their GCSE’s which start in September. Thank you to Mrs Longstaff for overseeing such a smooth process.
The hard work starts now...
Internal Chess Tournament Final Standings 1.Alfie Hewitt 4.5 2.Ire Adekunle 4 3.Adam Czarnomski 3.5 Special mention - Max Ladimeji who unfortunately couldn’t play the last round.
Due to Covid restrictions, we haven’t been able to do our normal “Reading Over” event this term. However we are delighted to let you know who the Tops Tens are by year group and subject below:
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