DIXIT - 8 March 2019

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EDITION 46 8th March 2019

The weekly newsletter for the Holyport College family

World Book Day Mr Graham encouraged staff to dress up for the 22nd annual World Book Day yesterday! World Book Day is a registered charity on a mission to give every child and young person a book of their own. It’s also a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. In fact, it’s the biggest celebration of its kind, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world. Students started the day with a World Book Day quiz. As you can see, staff joined in with enthusiasm! 

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IN THIS EDITION

From the Boarding Houses Milton Fawcett’s weekly meeting report and other activities

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From the Houses What the Houses have been up to recently!

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From the Music Rooms Music Department news

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From the Sports Field Reports from recent fixtures

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From the College Various department activities

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From the CCF A report from last weekend’s camp

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From the Refectory Next week’s lunch menus

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From the Calendar Upcoming events and dates for your diaries

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FROM THE BOARDING HOUSES

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Milton Fawcett weekly meeting Every Monday we have introduced a whole house meeting. All students attend to hear each other’s successes. It’s still in its infant stages but the first two meetings have been lovely - the staff really enjoy seeing all the girls in one place. The premise of the meeting is to share the week’s celebrations, award a Boarder of the Week and a Sixth Former will lead our “inspirational woman of the week”.

Boarder of the Week will be based on the girls’ input to house, the school and the community - we want to recognise when the girls are making the most of all the opportunities Holyport has to offer.

Celebrations from the house.

Thandi tamed a goat! The girls enjoyed Animal Rangers in Holyport at the weekend. Despite Thandi’s initial hesitations she was won round by “taming a goat”…  We also celebrated sporting and music celebrations but do not want to repeat information from other pages in Dixit!

Boarder of the Week Can you believe in our second ever meeting we forgot to award Boarder of the Week!? Shame on the staff!! We will therefore announce two next week. The Boarder of the Week gets to choose a little gift from our boarding basket of joy. Hints for this week’s boarder of the week…  She’s a real team player  She throws herself into lots of school events  She featured heavily in the top 10s last term  She has shown herself to be kind and keen to help a new student in her year transition into boarding.  Do you recognise your girl? All will be revealed in next week’s Dixit!

Inspiration of the week Dr Maya Angelou - she has been selected by Sami in Year 13. Sami chose her as Angelou was an incredible poet and black activist who shows that hard work and perseverance pays off so we should always persevere to achieve our goals. 

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FROM THE BOARDING HOUSES

Last night, Year 7 had a lovely session of 5-aside football. It was a very close match but in the last minute Harry’s team scored a goal meaning they beat the other team 11-10. Well done boys. 

On Wednesday we took some boarders to the Royal Festival Hall in London to see Bear Grylls interview Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

A night of inspirational anecdotes of his polar adventures.

The Friday morning running club were out as usual this morning! 

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FROM THE HOUSES

Brunel win Holyport's first Inter-House Pancake Event!

Mr Hardee brought a tradition from Oriel College, Oxford University to Holyport College this week by setting up the first ever Inter-House Pancake race.

Essentially a relay race around the Quad with a flip at every corner, run by five members of each House with the Year 13s finishing off the final leg.

It was a hotly contested race that after about lap 3 came down to a Brunel vs Hershel duel. The dramatic final lap saw Oscar Newman (Hershel) leading Tobani Olabowale (Brunel) only for Oscar to slip and lose his pancake out of the pan meaning that Tobani brought home the win for Brunel.

Thanks to everyone for helping out - it was Flippin' Good Fun!

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Next Friday is Red Nose day and Brunel House are running the fundraising; two years ago (with only 380 students) we raised nearly £1,000, we are hoping to exceed this amount this year. Events are:       

Brunel students taking House assemblies next week Year 7-8 selling red noses next week - £1.25 each Jack Fulford having his top-knot removed (he is being sponsored separately for this) at a.m. assembly Cake sale run by Year 9 at break time Mufti day - with a red or blue (Brunel!) theme Staff v student contest at lunchtime

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FROM THE MUSIC ROOMS

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Music Department news Best Vocal Ensemble Overall Trophy

Last Friday Year 9 vocal sextet In Angelis performed at the Gold Medal Winners ‘Final of Finals’ Concert for the LVS Ascot Music Festival and the adjudicator awarded them the Best Vocal Ensemble Trophy for the entire festival! He complimented the girls on their ‘impeccable tuning’, ‘superb blend’ and ‘beautiful expression’! It was a trophy extremely well deserved and we are very proud of them!  English National Opera @ Coliseum trip Tuesday 12 March Just a courtesy reminder to students and parents that this trip is on Tuesday. Please bring ‘smart-casual’ clothes (no pale blue denim, ripped jeans, trainers or ‘Converse’ style shoes please) to change into at lunchtime, spending money (we will have a little free time at Covent Garden!) and a mobile phone. Meet in the Music room at 2:45pm please ready to leave.

There are still 2 places left if anyone would like to join us at a cost of £16.50 / £19 (travel cost only as we have been given free tickets). Anyone (student or parent) is welcome to join us - don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to see one of Mozart’s brilliant operas in a world-class venue!

We can only continue to run trips if we meet our costs and we need to sell the last two tickets to break even on the cost of hiring the coach. Please support your Music Department! Thank you.

Spring Concert 26th March - Tickets now on sale!

Music Department Advance Dates for your Diary:

Our box office is now live for this amazing annual showcase on Tuesday 26 March at 7pm in the Sports Hall of our wonderful students brilliant musicianship and progress. We have been careful to ensure that it will not be the three hour marathon that last year ended up being as the ensembles have been limited to the number of pieces they are performing and some students have opted to perform at the informal concert next term instead to allow for more preparation time. The Friends of Holyport will be kindly running the bar and raffle for us and Splaat Media will be present all day taking professional photos and selling them to parents in the evening. All the students are putting a great deal of effort into their rehearsals so it promises to be a wonderful occasion.

Please visit this link to book your tickets: https:// www.ticketsource.co.uk/holyport-college-music

12 March 3pm - 10:30pm Musicians Trip to the English National Opera 19 March 4pm RSL Assessed Live Performance, all welcome, venue TBC 22 March RSL Controlled Assessment Final Day 26 March Spring Concert Dress & Tech 1:30 5:30pm, Performance 7pm. Doors open 6:40pm.

Sports Hall 1 April all day Year 11 GCSE Music Recording Day @ Eton College. Meet in Music at Holyport College at 9am 3 April ABRSM Piano accompaniment rehearsals with Mr Frankel, times TBC 4 April ABRSM Graded Exams at LVS Ascot.

Times TBC

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FROM THE SPORTS FIELD

8th March 2019

Sports Department news It’s been a week full of sport here at Holyport College. Well done to the students who attended the Fives 3 pair team event at CharterHouse competing in the Vargas Slaver Cup. Holyport finished 5th overall. 

Very well played to the U12B hockey team, who played in a round robin tournament with Newlands, Furze Platt this week, winning 2 out of the 3 games! Well done girls! 

Well done to the U15 Boys 7 a-side football team, who came 2nd in the U15/16 inter schools football tournament this week.

Our senior girls netball team played some super netball last week vs Reddam House.

This week saw our A & B netball teams travel away to Reading Blue Coat School. Our B team came out on top as winners! Well done ladies! 

The new changes in Co-Curricular have meant that Girls Rugby is thriving at Holyport College! It’s been great to see so many of our girls want to try a new sport and get involved! 

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FROM THE SPORTS FIELD

8th March 2019

Upcoming fixtures Mon 11th

Semi-Final

Football

Senior

JMA Away

Tues 12th

St Marys

Swimming Gala

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St marys

15:30

16:30

18:30

Claires Court

Hockey

U12B

Bray

15:45

16:30

17:30

Football League

Football

U15

Away Cox Green

15:00

15:45

18:15

Netball super 9s

Netball

U18 A&B

Home Shiplake

14:00

14:30

15:30

Football Super 8 Football

U18B

Away Claires Court

13:30

14:30

15:45

Football Super 8 Football

U18C

Away Claires Court

13:30

14:30

15:45

Fives National U14 Girls Fives at Eton

U14

8 pairs

Football League

Football

U13

Away Altwood

15:00

15.45

17:30

Basketball

Basketball

U16

Away Holme Grange

15:30

16:00

17:30

Wed 13th

Thurs 14th

Fri 15th

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FROM THE COLLEGE

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From the English and Drama Department Year 7 have been exploring some of the characters from the Italian style of theatre Commedia dell’Arte. This is a highly physical style of theatre that requires the students to consider the status of the character and interpret this through their physicality. Here is one class demonstrating what they have learnt this week whilst creating a contemporary version of slapstick comedy. 

From the MFL Department: A huge congratulations to Giulia Moretti and Jemima Jones (Year 12) who participated in the UK Linguistics Olympiad competition. It was an extremely difficult exam where students had to solve linguistic data problems in a range of languages. Both girls sat the Advanced Level exam and Giulia achieved the Silver Award! Well done to you both!

Year 11 Maths: In Maths this week, some Year 11 students were designing their own exam questions and teaching them to the class.

They had a lot of fun teaching! Well done to Will Spires, Tabitha Clark and Craig Schloss. 

Seven students went to Eton on Tuesday night to attend a Psychology talk. It was a round table discussion with the speakers sitting in close proximity to the students. It was a casual talk with the students asking many questions and the speakers freely answering them. It was not a formal talk, which made it much more interesting to follow and engage with the speakers. There were three speakers who spoke about coaching and leadership, they were Sandy Loder, Chris Berthoud & Ed Haddon.

They were introduced by Simon Kelton. They all spoke about their personal experiences with Psychology and what paths they took after leaving Eton College. Sandy Loder spoke about joining the Army after leaving Eton, which helped him to get into the correct mindset with Psychology and how it has now led him to coaching many people and taking them across the world for expeditions to help build a positive mindset.

Psychology is the scientific study of brain, mind and behaviour and is hugely popular at university. In 2017 there were 115,000 applications through UCAS. It can lead to a number of well-defined career paths within Psychology including the health professions, human resources, marketing & communications and there is growing interest in sports and forensic psychology.

Recent (2017) research showed that nearly 60% of all graduates were employed six months after graduation, higher than the rate for all Science degrees!

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FROM THE CCF CCF camp

Three Holyport students were taken to Bramley training area for a camp on Sunday 3rd to Monday 4th March. For this camp we used paint ball guns with compressed air to simulate blank firing, all cadets slept in bivvie bags and cooked ration packs to keep them warm.

49 D and C Company members attended this weekend along with 6 B Company members who were based elsewhere on site.

D Company - (Eton Year 11) learnt a variety of army lessons, patrolled and also planned snap ambushes on buildings.

C Company- (Eton Year 12) taught lessons and were assessed by the officers and adult volunteers. They led the D company members on their section attacks.

B Company- (Eton Year 13) The 6 B blockers caught and skinned squirrels for food and lived in the wilderness for 2 nights.

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FROM THE REFECTORY

8th March 2019

Next week’s lunch menus Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Spicy Chicken Penne

Beef Bourginion

Chicken Katsu Curry

Shepherd’s Pie

Pasta, Soup & Jackets

Pasta, Soup & Jackets

Pasta, Soup & Jackets

Pesto Pasta & Jackets

(v) Aubergine Parmagana Pen(v) Ratatouli ne

(v) Quorn Katsu Curry

(v) Quorn Shepherd’s Pie

Garlic Bread Sautéed Peppers Roast Squash

New Potatoes Mixed Vegetables Crusty Bread

Basmati Rice Stir Fried Vegetables Peas

Roast root Vegetables Broccoli

Salads & Protein items

Salads & Protein items

Salads & Protein items

Salads & Protein items

Strawberry Sponge

Choc Chip Shortbread

Crumble & Custard

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Burgers

Chicken Caesar Salad

Brunch

Fish Bar

Soup & Jackets

Mousses

(v) Halloumi & Mushroom BurgRoast Vegetable Salad er

Chips Salad

Petit Pains

Salads & Protein items

Salads & protein items

Sausage & Bacon Eggs, Mushrooms Beans & Hash Browns

Pancakes Chocolate Brownie

If you suffer from a food allergy or intolerance you are advised 11 to consult with the Sodexo manager or head chef.

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FROM THE CALENDAR

8th March 2019

Some Dates for Your Diaries Friday 15th March—Exeat weekend Friday 5th April—end of term

Tuesday 23rd April—Inset day Wednesday 24th April—start of summer term BUS PASS REMINDER All students using the home to school service on either Fernhill or White Bus company coaches must show their pass when they get on the bus. Drivers will not let students use the service if they do not have a valid pass as the coaches are now very full.

Temporary passes are held in Reception for any student who cannot find their bus pass for the return journey home. If a student has lost their pass, a replacement can be issued at a cost of £5.

The College is currently recruiting for the following positions: House Master Resident Fellow Learning Support Assistant SEND Assistant If you know anyone who may be interested please let them know—application information can be found on our website: www.holyportcollege.org.uk/news/job-vacancies

Parents’ Evening Dates 2018/19

Reporting Dates

Year 7 and 8 parents’ evening: Monday 5th November 2018

Year 7/8/10 interim reports—18th January 2019

Year 11 parents’ evening: Wednesday 5th December 2018

Year 9 full reports—25th January 2019

Year 10 parents’ evening: Wednesday 6th February 2019

Year 11 mock exam reports—30th January 2019

Upper Sixth parents’ evening: Monday 25th February 2019

Year 13 mock reports—15th February 2019

Year 9 parents’ evening and GCSE options presentation: Wednesday 24th April 2019

Year 7-10 interim reports—8th March 2019

Lower Sixth parents’ evening: Wednesday

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Year 11 full reports—29th March 2019

May 2019

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