Almanac 2017-18

“Together We Achieve”

Almanac 2017-18 al▪ma▪nac n.

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A register of the days, weeks and months of the year, with events, anniversaries, etc, published annually.

An annual publication containing a variety of factual information.

Head Teacher’s Introduction Welcome to this year’s Almanac. This is our seventh edition and once again we are delighted to share with you some of our accomplishments and amazing endeavours.

I’ve always believed it is important that our vision ‘Together We Achieve’ is more than just words: At Hove Park School and Sixth Form, we believe every student is entitled to a ‘whole education’ that includes great teaching, the development of wider skills and the opportunity to see, hear and do amazing things.

Jim Roberts Head teacher

Contents News

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Primary Partnerships

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Literacy

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Drama & Music

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Languages

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PE

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Digital Fluency

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Art

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Sixth Form

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GCSE Achievement There has been a second consecutive year of improved outcomes across a number of key measures, including a 5% rise in the proportion of students gaining a pass grade in both English and maths.

The proportion of students who achieved a pass in the EBACC (gaining GCSEs in English, maths, 2 x sciences, a humanity and a language) has also improved by 5% to 37%. The national figure last year for this measure was 24% and our students’ success here once again demonstrates our commitment to a broad curriculum where the majority of students continue to study a language at GCSE. The school’s Mandarin Excellence Programme continues to flourish and this year’s Chinese results reflect our continuing strength in this area with a 100% pass rate.

There has also been a significant improvement in the attainment of students for whom we receive pupil premium funding, reflecting the effectiveness of the comprehensive support we provide.

There were also many individual success stories to celebrate, including the following 22 students who all achieved the top Grade 9 in at least one of their subjects. Well done to: Harriet, Jess, Keke, Carter, Ruby, Noemi, Rosie, Siena, Jack, Maia, Elsie, Holly, Will, Kit, Mia, Joe, Jonah, Eben, Stanley, Daniel, Louis and Wilson.

Our headline figures can be seen below in relation to last year’s results and national figures: % of students achieving a pass in English & maths Our results 2018 - Our results 2017 - National figures 2017 -

67% 62% 63%

% of students achieving a pass in the EBACC Our results 2018 - Our results 2017 - National figures 2017 -

37% 32% 24%

A-Level Achievement Hove Park School and Sixth Form was delighted that so many of our A-level students deservedly did so well last academic year. They worked hard and their superb accomplishments will enable them to progress into their chosen next steps, which range from higher education courses to employment and apprenticeships.

In Year 13, the Sixth Form had lots of success with excellent results coming from maths A-level and product design A-level, where all students achieved a C grade or higher. This is also testament to the hard working staff at Hove Park School and Sixth Form.

This year’s results have maintained our excellent standards and in terms of student progress (VA) improved on the outcomes from last year.

Individual success stories include: Olivia, who achieved A, Distinction*, and a B in travel, Level 3 BTEC sport and geography respectively. Olivia will now go on to study Sport Media at the University of Chichester.

Sian, who achieved B,B,C in sociology, English Literature and history. She will now go on to study Politics and International Relations with a year in North America at the University of Kent.

Rafi who achieved A,C,C grades in psychology, biology and maths. Rafi will now go on to study Accounting and Finance at the University of Sussex.

Richard, who arrived at the school in Year 11 from China and spoke little English, has had fantastic success. He achieved a B in maths and a B in physics in August 2017 and has now completed his third A-level in further maths, achieving a C. Whilst studying this year he has also been applying to become a commercial airline pilot.

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Young Interpreters New to English students arriving at Hove Park School are benefiting from a scheme to help them with the challenge of learning in a second language.

As well as supporting students in school, Young Interpreters can also help with some of our international visitors from other schools and countries.

The Young Interpreters Scheme utilises the potential of bi-lingual students already in the school, as well as students studying other languages, by providing new students with a network of support in their year groups.

We hope that this scheme will evolve into an invaluable service for our international students and help them to quickly adapt to life at Hove Park.

Some of the Young Interpreters commented:

Over 40 students in Hove Park School have been given specialist training, Young Interpreter Training, to support the newly arrived students.

“It feels good to know we’re helping others.”

For many Young Interpreters it wasn’t so long ago that they were the new kids on the block, which helps them empathise and understand the issues and difficulties involved in settling into a new school and a new culture, in a new language.

“I remember when I was in their shoes and I wish I had someone to help me.”

“I feel really proud of myself.”

“It’s helped my character too, because you need to be confident to help other people.”

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£25,000 OneFamily Grant This year we were delighted to welcome staff from OneFamily to celebrate our achievement in winning the Active Living grant of £25,000. The money was used to install an outdoor gym on the Valley Campus which students are able to use at break and lunchtimes, in addition to their timetabled PE lessons. This was a wonderful achievement for us as a school community that has really exemplified our vision statement ‘Together We Achieve’. We should all be very proud of what we have achieved and excited about the benefits the outdoor gym will provide for students both now and in the future.

BiOrbAIR BiOrbAIR is a fully automated terrarium that creates a perfect micro-climate for tropical plants and creatures. The BiOrbAIR is packed full of technology including automatic lighting which simulates sunrise, daylight, sunset and night time.

It also includes a misting system to ensure the correct humidity.

The terrarium was successfully set up this year by a team of Year 8 students. The group carefully put the unit together and got their hands dirty planting a range of tropical plants. A couple of beetles became the first inhabitants as they were found in amongst the live moss. Later in the year students added more plants, including a beautiful orchid.

Life inside the terrarium thrives with optimum conditions for plant growth.

Recently students introduced ‘Kenny’, a young praying mantis from Kenya. Kenny has settled in well to his tropical habitat and students are enjoying handling and feeding him.

Isle Of Wight Geography Trip Year 12 geographers spent four days this year on the Isle of Wight doing coastal fieldwork. Students have been investigating a range of coastal environments all around the island and practicing techniques including beach profiling, investigating longshore drift, questionnaires, sediment analysis, and sand dune transects.

Students impressed us with their enthusiasm and work ethic. They braved the cold, wind and rain as well as enjoying some sunshine, and remained focussed and positive throughout the trip.

Whether they were hiking up to field-sketch The Needles, measuring pebble sizes on the beach, or calculating standard deviation in the evening, the students took it in their stride and were polite, helpful and enthusiastic throughout.

A huge well done to the students and a big thank you to Ms Haynes who helped make the trip a great success.

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Alumni We are delighted to be working in parntership with the education charity Future First to build a thriving alumni community. Amongst our former students is a whole host of talented role models who we want to connect with, in order to celebrate their success and inspire our current students.

Alumni can be brought back to offer careers and education advice, mentor students, provide work experience placements and much more.

We need you - please help us reach out to our former students using your own networks. From doctors to dancers, pilots to plumbers, we need alumni from a range of careers to open our students’ eyes to what’s possible.

I went to Hove Park School and now I help people find their dream job and shape recruitment strategies for global businesses.”

Alex Mann, Associate Director, Indirect Tax & Technology

If you are a former student or know of any would like to stay in touch and give back to their old school, ask them to sign up at: https://networks.futurefirst.org.uk/former-student/ hove

Former Student Talks To Pupils About Their Futures 25 students in Mr Sandford’s Sixth Form tutor group benefited from a visit by former student, Kelly Romero. Kelly came back to Hove Park to speak to students at the important transition between the end of college and the next phase of their lives, in either university or apprenticeships. Students asked a range of probing questions into Kelly’s own pathway from GCSEs into work, through apprenticeship and relocation to London and new challenges. Students commented that it was so useful to have the chance to openly discuss matters such as finance and time management with someone who they could easily relate to. More such meetings are planned and we welcome former students at school to participate in such events.

Kelly is just one of Hove Park’s recent new, Future First, Alumni group.

I went to Hove Park School and now I help save lives and protect the community.”

Andreas, firefighter

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UN Refugee Agency Features Hove Park The UN Refugee Agency, a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people, recently featured Hove Park School in their film ‘bringing hope to the table’.

The film documents Farhad and Amine, two asylum-seekers from Afghanistan and Sudan, who, through the UN Refugee Agency and the Brighton Table Tennis Club, have been coaching our students some enviable table tennis skills.

Throughout the sessions it has become apparent

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that Farhad and Amine’s bilingual skills have proved very useful. In one instance, Farhad was able to speak Pashtu with a boy, also from Afghanistan.

“What really makes the sessions is having Farhad and Amine as positive role models for the children,” said Tim Holtam, co-founder of Brighton Table Tennis Club (BTTC).

To view the film head over to http://www.unhcr. org/uk/news stories/2018/4/5ae199de4/bringinghope-to-the-table.html

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Brighton Science Festival

Hove Park School has always welcomed students with English as an Additional Language (EAL).

We celebrate the diverse range of cultures, languages and religions represented by our pupils, their families and communities. Pupils from all over the world help to make our school a vibrant school where all communities ‘feel at home’. We are committed to being a safe and welcoming place for all.

In February, our intrepid science team, Jan Cottingham, Cheryll Reynolds and Mary Wong presented an exciting array of activities for children and their parents/ carers with over 50 stalls, stands and shows across two days. Our scientific trio showed local children how to make their own troll hair-do using chromatography paper.

Head Students

We have been accredited as a School of Sanctuary and we are proud to have pupils from so many different backgrounds, sharing their experiences.

Year 10 had 9 students apply to be Head Boy/ Head Girl going into Year 11 from September.

The application process included presenting to Year 9 students in an assembly and also attending a formal interview. All students presented themselves very well and had some fantastic ideas, making the selection process extremely difficult. All applicants had lunch with Mr Roberts and once again spoke to him about some of their ideas. All 9 students will be given a leadership role within school and will deputise for the Head Boy & Head Girl when required. We are very pleased to announce the successful applicants for 2018/2019: Head Boy is Alfie and Head Girl is Mia.

Provision is made to support new pupils so that they quickly settle in to school life and benefit from the wide range of experiences on offer at Hove Park School. Pupils who need specific help with their English language are supported in class as well as being involved in targeted interventions.

Home languages are valued highly at Hove Park School and where possible pupils are encouraged to take an extra GCSE in their first language, to add to their high achievement. Many of our EAL learners have succeeded in further education, entering professions such as business management, medicine and biomedical sciences.

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Slambassadors Eben spent a weekend in London taking part in workshops and performing rap and spoken word shows. This was thanks to Eben being one of six Slambassadors (Europe’s oldest spoken word slam) winners. Out of roughly 900 entries, this was a prestigious award and was supplemented by being able to work with spoken word legend, Joelle Taylor (check out her latest book, Songs My Enemy Taught Me).

Eben said: “After meeting the incredibly talented other winners, we took part in some writing activities which were very interesting and offered new perspectives. We then worked on our performance in preparation for our show later. The show went brilliantly and I was once again amazed at how skilled the other artists were. I’ve also been busy doing other shows, such as one for the Vincent Dance Theatre where I performed at their premier of Shut Down in London, and am competing in the Hammer and Tongue annual final soon. All of this couldn’t have been possible without people such as youth music charity Audio Active and the Youth Poets vs MCs to support me, as well as many other individuals.”

2018 Prom The 2018 Prom was a glorious event held at the stunning location of Pangdean Barn. The sun was beaming down throughout the evening and created a beautiful backdrop for all of the dressed up boys and girls in attendance. Prom always marks the culmination of the Year 11 students’ time at Hove Park; an amazing event put together to celebrate their time with us and all of their achievements.

The boys outdid their teaching counterparts with how smartly they were dressed, the girls all looked incredibly glamorous in their flowing dresses, and we even had an Argus photographer there to capture the moment.

Photos were taken of the extravagant arrivals of

all the students, ranging from Lamborghinis to motorbikes to a retro vintage bus. Each student made their own unique entrance and enjoyed their final time together as Hove Park students.

As always, this was an event full of mixed emotions. Sadness over saying goodbye (most of these relationships have lasted 5 years), yet joy of recognising the milestone they have achieved and what challenges and adventures lay ahead.

What did stand out was the amount of students who were actively thanking members of staff for the help they have given the students over the years - a really beautiful way to end an amazing journey for these students.

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Prizegiving Evening Hove Park’s annual Awards Evening was held last May and was a very special event. This wonderful evening showcased and celebrated Hove Park student successes throughout the year, and is also a great way to highlight some incredible student performances. This year the Awards Evening was held at the new venue of the Old Market.

It is important for us to acknowledge how our students secured their awards. It is their passion, commitment, resilience and sheer effort that has led to them being invited to receive an award. Our awards celebration is a moment of individual and collective pride. The students should feel great satisfaction that their achievements are recognised and celebrated. We also hope parents and carers also see how their support and patience has helped their children. As a school community, we take immense pride in celebrating the success of our students.

Congratulations to all our award winners and thank you to our wider school community. It is at evenings such as this that we recognise what a special place Hove Park School and Sixth Form is.

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Year 7 Big Camp After months of meetings and planning, the Big Camp was finally upon us and on a bright, sunny July day Year 7 descended on the Nevill Campus, to experience a range of activities and camp overnight.

Throughout the day students had the opportunity to take part in a variety of activities, including festival flag making, team building, shelter building, fire skills and ‘Stomp’ style percussion workshops.

The students excelled and enjoyed all the activities. The day whizzed by and we were all grateful for the pasta supper cooked by our parent/ carer volunteers. There was little time for rest though as the evening activities got underway.

A great obstacle course, Capture the Flag and football, all accompanied by our own Hove Park music festival with over three hours of music provided by our student bands, from across all year groups. It was an exhausting but enjoyable day and evening… where did the girls get the energy to still be chatting in their tents at 2:30am?!

The first morning voices were heard at around 4am, so with less than a couple of hours rest and with bleary eyes we enjoyed the sunrise on another fine July day. The morning was a chilled out time as students emerged from their tents – some having spent their first night under canvas and some their first night away from home and family.

It was an amazing experience for all involved.

Thank you to all the staff who helped on the day to make it so successful, the parents/ carers who gave up their time to feed us all, the students who embraced the opportunity and engaged in the day and those that spent many an hour planning and organising the event to make it the success it was and a legacy that the students will always remember.

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Iceland Visit This year GCSE geography pupils recently visited one of the most geographically fascinating countries in the world, Iceland!

The many active volcanoes, cascading waterfalls, erupting geysers, breath-taking glaciers and geothermal features help to explain why Iceland is known as the land of fire and ice.

This was a fascinating and unique experience for the students and their geography teachers.

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Supporting Autism Awareness There are approximately 500 students with autism in Brighton and Hove schools. That’s equivalent to 15 tutor groups or one and a half year groups!

Sometimes people with autism get overloaded with everything going on around them – this can be described as ‘too much information’.

Understanding and relating to other people, and taking part in everyday family, school, work and social life, can be even harder.

Students and staff have taken part in a range of activities, organised by the Phoenix Centre team, to help raise money for Autism Awareness.

The Valley Campus welcomed three dog handlers from Tyler Security in to school to support and help raise awareness, by providing KS3 students with a security dog demonstration.

Students from Years 7-9 were given a talk about

Autism Awareness, followed by an interactive presentation delivered by the visitors and their dogs. Students had fun recreating ‘lifelike’ situations for the dogs in the Valley hall; not an easy task as their work involves ensuring facilities, like football stadiums and concerts, are free from explosives and drugs to secure a safe environment for supporters and the public!

Staff and students baked and sold cakes at both campuses with representatives from local charities who came in to support. For a whole week Phoenix Centre staff and students sold ribbons and homemade magnets (made by Paige in Year 9), promoting competitions around the school and to round off a really eventful week, Mr Pollard returned for a charity leg wax with all tickets sales going to Autism Awareness.

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Sport Relief This year at Hove Park another full week of Sports Relief lessons went ahead.

At the start of each lesson, students were presented with this year’s Sports Relief targets and how the money raised would be spent. This year’s Sports Relief video showed how every donation helps change young adults’ lives for the better.

This year students were taught two alternate sports in Street Surfing and Kinball.

Kinball is a huge blow up ball. The aim of the game is for teams to hit the ball into the air and for the ball to contact the ground without any other team catching it. It was also a huge hit, with lots of new tactics and strategies that our students had to learn and develop to succeed.

Street Surfing was so popular that a special one off Sports Relief after school club was attended by many students and staff, on Thursday 22nd March, raising further funds.

With very few students having any experience in these sports, it gave everyone the opportunity to learn and discover new sports together, whilst all having huge amounts of fun.

On Friday 23rd March there was a BIG Sports Relief Raffle where every student was entered.

Many parents, carers and staff had kindly donated prizes to the raffle, with the star prizes being donated by McDonalds, Nandos and Dominos.

Street Surfing proved extremely popular; in essence it is a two wheeled skateboard that demands perfect balance. It was fantastic to see all the Hove Park students try this very challenging sport and to see so many giving it a go.

The week was a huge success. We would like to thank all the students for their commitments and many for their very generous donations. We would also like to thank those who gave prizes to the raffle. We hope to have beaten last year’s total.

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Living With Gods On Saturday 3rd February nine Year 9 students went on a day trip to London with the Philosophy, Religion and Ethics Department (PRE) to see a special exhibition ‘Living with Gods’ at the British Museum. They also saw other treasures of the fantastic collection, such as the Parthenon marbles, the Assyrian and Egyptian collections and the Rosetta stone, the key to understanding Egyptian hieroglyphics. The trip was organised to give students in Year 9 the opportunity to find out more about GCSE in religious studies, as students chose their options. It was an interesting day and the special exhibition had all sorts of artefacts from religions across the world. Students found the rituals around childbirth and the stages of life interesting, as well as some of the pilgrims’ clothing.

The photo to the right shows the students outside the exhibition space on the stairway around the historic Reading Room and in the Greek antiquities with statues of the Greek graces.

PQATV Short Film Earlier this year PQATV launched the first short film screenwriting competition. They were overwhelmed with entries. Hove Park School are proud and excited to announce that Grace, Year 10, has been shortlisted as one of the ‘Highly Commended’ script treatments.

These script treatments will now move into the second stage of judging with the winner to be revealed in August.

The winning treatment will be developed into a script, with the writer receiving mentorship from a screenwriter. The script will then be made into a short film by PQATV, with the writer and their friends getting the opportunity to shadow a professional crew!

Good Luck Grace.

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Valley Challenge This year’s sponsored Valley Challenge for the Sussex Wildlife Trust was a wonderful atmosphere from start to finish, helped along by the hospitality of Southdown Caravan and Camping and the amazing fish and chips from Hassocks fish and chip shop.

Despite the heat, every student kept an amazing pace and finished the marathon 26 mile walk in fantastic spirits. A huge thank you goes to Mrs Hunt, Mr Hunting, Miss Lenon, Mr Lowrie and Miss Mulvenna for giving up their weekend and for their constant enthusiasm, Mr Paul for paying us a campsite visit and Mr Roberts who joined us for a section of the route.

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Enterprise And Employability Workshops Year 11 students took part in Enterprise and Employability workshops last year. The workshops have been focusing on interview skills and techniques, CV building, financial awareness and 21st century employment. Many thanks to staff and colleagues from Barclays Bank, Elev8 Careers, Future First, Lloyds Bank, Mott Mac Engineering, Phil Davies, & Pragmatic companies for giving up their time on the run up to Christmas to reach out to our students and help prepare them for their next journey after post 16 education.

It is much appreciated.

Mr Warwick

Food Bank Donations Over the years, my tutor groups have always been involved in a ‘secret santa’ which is a lot of fun. Essentially most gifts are really just trivial, have no real use and end up adding to the evergrowing landfill. This year I suggested to my students, instead of buying each other random gifts, we actually each bring in something that will be truly needed and appreciated by those less fortunate than us, and the gifts will be taken to the local food bank on the last day of school.

To my surprise, this idea was met with so much enthusiasm and the very next day students were coming in with donations! We have collected such a great variety from pasta, tinned soups, beans, sanitary products and toiletries to mention just a few!

I feel so proud of my tutor group and they have really set a beautiful example to the rest of the school during this time of giving.

Thank you! Ms Paluch

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Bike It Project Sustrans is the Sustainable Transport charity with the stated aims of making it easier for people to walk and cycle. The Bike It Project, an established national Sustrans project, is working across the city to get more people cycling in and around schools. Bike It Ben and Bike It Lucy have been working alongside Hove Park to create opportunities for students based around bikes and the benefits have been felt across the school.

Working with small groups of young people, Ben and Lucy are creating opportunities to learn new skills, not only bike handling skills on our mountain bike rides, but also things as diverse as: learning and using engineering principles, mindfulness and well-being, opportunities for raising selfesteem, problem-solving, nurturing, and working with the wider community in local primary schools, by fixing bikes and teaching young children to learn to ride.

The ‘Bike It’ duo have worked closely with our inclusion team and the mental health team within Hove Park, as Bike It has a strong mental health focus. Their work, funded in the city

by Public Health, has enabled them to help train staff and pupils in key mental health first aid techniques, which when combined with the benefits from working with bikes, create resilience in the young people on the project. The regular Dr Bike sessions mean also that the whole school benefits from having bikes checked on a weekly basis.

Airboat Challenge On Friday 22nd June approximately 50 Year 9s and Year 8s had a visit from John Dalton, an engineer from the Smallpeice Trust. The Smallpeice Trusts’ ethos is about ‘Daring Young People to Imagine’ and their mission is to inspire young engineers and scientists in the making. They want young people to get into science, technology, engineering and maths and to live in a world that supports and celebrates their passion. The particular Stem Day the students participated in was called the Airboat Challenge.

Students had to work in groups of 4-6 designing and building a model air boat and then testing it in water, timing how fast it would go from one end of the water track to the other. They had to choose their equipment wisely as they had to pay for each part that they wanted.

With the help of John and other staff members from the Science and Design & Technology Departments, the students produced some fantastic models. However, what all the staff commented on was how analytical all the students were. Once they had tested their models they discussed and evaluated as teams how to improve their designs to gain faster times.

This resulted in some excellent boats and very quick times. We were very proud of all the results from all teams, however we did have winners.

From the Year 9s the winners were ‘The Blow Boat’ with an average time of 3.20 seconds closely followed by ‘Stanton’ with a time of 3.41 seconds and thirdly ‘HMS Ogglebury’ with a time of 3.68 seconds.

The Year 8s also had exceptional times and the winners were ‘Marunindi’ with an average time of 3.30 seconds closely followed by ‘Barry Scott’ with a time of 3.34 seconds and thirdly ‘Lamboatghini’ with a time of 3.42 seconds.

The winning teams all won a pair of headphones.

We have also been donated a STEM Think Kit to start a new STEM club in September. The Think Kit comes with the tools and resources and complements the National Curriculum in science, technology, engineering and maths.

We cannot wait to use these fantastic new resources with our Year 8s and 9s and bring textbook topics to life.

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Whole School Council The Whole School Council is something that I, the rest of the Student Leaders and Mr Roberts are very excited about and hopeful for. This is the first time ever that a structure has been put in place which can really put into action the things students say they would like to happen. In the past, although the philanthropy of the students at our school has been absolutely stellar, we have perhaps not looked inwards and actually asked ourselves the question; “What do we want to see?”

And, of course, this is not without reason. On top of preparing for GCSEs, doing coursework, rehearsing for shows and more, the Student Leaders body are separated from the Year 7s, 8s and 9s by our split site school. Thus, it proves quite a challenge to stay in touch with the KS3 students to understand what they deem to be important to change in our school.

This Whole School Council gives us a way to communicate with Years 7, 8 and 9 and gain this vital information. We can see if certain things are prominent only in particular years, or if they are school-wide concerns. We can gain ideas from a broader spectrum of people than just Year 11, or just the Head Boy and Head Girl. Most of all, we can communicate with our younger peers and make sure that messages, notices, announcements and tasks we need to get to them are recieved with the importance that they require -

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for, as aforementioned, we just cannot get down to the lower campus as much as we’d like to.

We believe that this is the start of something brilliant for Hove Park School. Never before has such student leadership structure been put in place. Even if, when our terms expire, we haven’t done everything we wanted, the apparatus will still be there for the next Head Girl and Boy to carry on. After all, this isn’t really for us in Year 11 - this is, hopefully, for the many years to come hereafter.

Jim Roberts, Head teacher at Hove Park said: “We had our first whole school council meeting and the agenda was put together by our Senior Students, using their newly created digital suggestion box, which allows students to raise concerns or make suggestions about school improvement, through our website home page.

The agenda included items on Equalities, Facilities and Mental Health and Wellbeing. It was lovely to hear the students discuss and debate their thoughts and ideas. The notes and actions were collated and school council representatives were asked to feed these back to their respective year group.

Stanley, Year 11, Head Boy 2018

Greenpower It was an amazing day at Goodwood, the sun was shining and the atmosphere was electric. Despite a break down during practice we were able to find a replacement part and we were up and running again.

All of the students worked really well together to make the driver changeovers and swap the batteries very efficiently.

Every student managed to compete and we were eventually placed 40th out of 78, our highest ever ranking. Bella from Year 8 managed the fastest lap at 6 minutes, 39 seconds. We’re looking forward to next year’s Greenpower race, and hope to do even better.

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Duke of Edinburgh’s Award 2017-18 saw the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award really take off at Hove Park after the previous academic year when DoE was trialled with Year 11 students and a group of 15 Year 10 students for the first time. This year all students from Years 9 and 10 were invited to achieve the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. We had over fifty Year 9s and forty-eight Year 10 students set out to achieve the award.

It is one of the most widely respected qualifications for employers, universities and colleges because it tests the qualities which they are looking for. In volunteering, candidates show the ability to be punctual, carry out a regular commitment, work with others and serve the local community; many of the candidates this year helped out in charity shops such as Oxfam and The British Red Cross, which involved working in a team and with the public. Some were involved in helping run after-school clubs in primary schools amongst a whole range of other voluntary activities.

The skills section means candidates try out new skills or develop existing ones they already practise regularly. By doing this they show the

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ability to set goals in dialogue with others, pursue excellence and achieve what they set out to do, whatever that skill may be: cooking, watercolour painting, repairing a dinghy or coaching sports.

In the physical section, candidates develop their physical fitness through dance, football, climbing and other sports or activities which they must commit to regularly.

We had so many glowing reports of their achievements across all the different sections from their assessors, some teachers and others outside, to whom we are very grateful for taking on this voluntary role.

Lastly the candidates excelled themselves in expeditions, for many the highlight of their Bronze Award. The expedition section involves training in camp-craft, cooking, first aid, map reading and navigation, which are then used on a practice expedition. If the candidates are ready, they then undertake a two-day assessed expedition. The Year 9 candidates undertook a very wet weekend practice expedition on the South Downs behind Shoreham, walking to Waterhall or vice-versa and camping together near Henfield. However, for their assessed expedition in the hot, sunny days

of June, which took place on the South Downs between Waterhall and Stanmer park, via the spectacular Ditchling Beacon, the sun shone fiercely.

Year 10s undertook their practice expedition in the same area, but for the assessed expedition, they walked from Eastbourne to Lewes, camping overnight inbetween at Alfriston enjoying the stunning ridge walk over Firle Beacon and the most spectacular part of the Downs.

Both groups enjoyed memorably fine weather, even if it was a little hot!

Many of those in Year 10 who had completed their Bronze the previous year also went on undertake the Silver Award, continuing with their volunteering and other sections, taking on the same or different activities while preparing for GCSE. Their practice expedition took place in the Ashdown Forest in September and the assessed one in the same area in Spring 2018. All of them found getting away from the revision to the quiet beauty of the Ashdown Forest and misty mornings on camp, with a few weeks to go, a helpful way of preparing for the stress of the exam season. Many of these who have gone on to other colleges have begun their DoE Gold Award!

Looking forward here at Hove Park, all Year 10 and Year 11 students have the opportunity to undertake the Silver Award; Year 10s can join anytime, have two years to complete within school and can go on expedition either year.

This September, the practice is taking place in the Ashdown Forest with 39 candidates from Year 10 and Year 11. With so many outdoor activities as part of the programme at Hove Park from Year 7, it is hoped that everyone in Hove Park will achieve the Bronze Award, which is now open to all of Year 9, with the expeditions taking place in the Summer.

We also look forward to the opportunity to offer the Gold Award here at Hove Park Sixth Form!

A big thank you to all the staff who have helped to make this happen, by being administrators, helping with training, being assessors, or giving up their free time on expeditions. A special thanks to Mr Bartlett currently on a sabbatical year.

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Emotional Wellbeing And Mental Health At Hove Park emotional wellbeing and mental health of our students is one of our top priorities. We are leaders in this area for schools in Brighton and Hove and this year the work we performed to support our young people resulted in local and national recognition.

In November we launched an exciting new peer leadership role within the school and selected our Mental Health and Wellbeing Champions.

MHWC’s Saige and Rosa reported from their training event at Sussex Country Cricket Ground. “In 2017 students from different years took part in a course to educate and help people understand what it is like to live with mental health issues as well as to get rid of the stigma surrounding disorders.

We had the amazing chance to meet and ask questions to people like Michael Yardy who has played for England and coaches the Sussex team. He, like many, has spoken out about struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder.

Over the two days we discussed many things such as being a helpful and supportive listener, knowing what to solve ourselves and what to pass on.

We did many activities such as the mental health market, where each table researched a type of mental health and then we went around the tables and ‘bought’ facts about mental health.

Overall we thought the experience was a great opportunity to learn new skills that we look forward to putting into practice in the school environment.”

Our champions have had such a positive influence that the program is being rolled out to other schools.

Dfe In 2018 Hove Park was chosen to take part in the Department of Education’s Mental Health Champions Project. Our tiered response to mental health, strong pastoral teams and fully integrated counselling service were praised. Having mental health and emotional wellbeing embedded across the school has reduced stigma around mental health, ensured shorter waiting times for counselling and built a team of staff who are supported, skilled and feel confident offering emotional support to students. We were thrilled to be published as a case study of good practice.

BBC Radio 4 This year, Mr Roberts and Mrs Pinney were interviewed for a BBC Radio Series about Adolescent Mental Health. The BBC described us as at the vanguard of mental health provision in schools and visited us to take a look the innovative way that we bring together education with awareness and action on Mental Health.

Wellbeing Network In partnership with Right Here and Public Health England, Hove Park hosted Brighton and Hove’s first ever Young People’s Wellbeing Network Meet on the 3rd of July. Students and staff from across the city came together to learn from each another and take part in some fantastic activities including skating, yoga and creating a soundscape.

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Diversity Project At Iford & Kingston Primary School In January, 16 of our Years 9 & 10 and newly trained Year 8 Peer Tutors took on a very exciting assignment! They went to Iford & Kingston Primary School, near Lewes. They were celebrating the diversity of cultures that we have here at Hove Park School and Sixth Form giving presentations on Islamic Festivals, Hungarian traditional customs and Greek village life. The students were amazing! Quickly assuming the role of student leaders they soon were loving the relationships that were being forged between them and the Year 3s. They also went out at playtime and lunch time, played games with the pupils and were chased around the playground – a tradition that was set

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will be returning to the school later in the year to see how they got on with their topic ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’. The teacher in Year 3 was hoping to include some of the work they did on that day and include it in their topic books. A fantastic collaboration thoroughly enjoyed by all. Huge well done to Hove Park Peer Tutors!

The Head teacher at Iford and Kingston said: “It sounds like the day was a real success. Our pupils really enjoyed it and both Shona and Karen, my Deputy, were really impressed with how confident and articulate the students were and it really gave us a great launch pad for the work on Who Do You Think You Are?”

Sports Leaders Last February our Year 10 Sports Leaders put theory into practice and successfully ran their own sports activities, delivering sessions to Year 6 pupils at Aldrington Primary School. The Hove Park students have been learning about how to lead and run different sporting activities and the characteristics needed to be a successful leader.

The students have demonstrated great dedication and a fantastic attitude since starting the course and this was evident throughout the 1 hour sessions. The pupils at Aldrington said the sessions were ‘ really fun’ and our students were asked back to deliver further sessions.

Our sports leaders also supported the annual ‘Road to Eastbourne’ primary tennis competition at Withdean Sports Complex in June. They supported the event over two days which allowed 8 primary schools the opportunity to compete for the chance to represent Brighton and Hove at the Eastbourne Open in the Sussex regional event.

The leaders were enthusiastic, motivating and supportive throughout the two days and enabled the Years 3 and 4 children to enjoy an amazing experience. Teachers, parents, carers and organisers commented on the maturity, commitment and leadership skills that students demonstrated - they were a real credit to Hove Park.

Humanities Project Last February, Years 9 and 10 Peer Tutors travelled to Iford and Kingston Primary School to take part in a Humanities Project. The project was set up for Peer Tutors to support Year 5s in understanding how environments differ. Students visited our Nevill Campus and were taken on a beautiful walk through Kingston and the Downs.

The project was hugely successful and staff from Iford commented on how delightful our students were. We finished the day with a huge football match with the Year 5’s and talked about how we wanted to set up a shop in the village selling ice creams and other such essentials.

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Peer Tutors Visit Hangleton Primary 16 Year 9 Peer Tutors have been visiting Hangleton Primary this year, to work with Year 6 students in their maths lessons. The students have been walking up to Hangleton independently on Friday mornings and staying for a double maths lesson with buddies in Year 6 there. The project has been amazing and has had a huge impact, not only on pupils at Hangleton, but with our Peer Tutors benefitting from the experience greatly! The pupils at Hangleton love

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the students coming in and the consistency of this project has meant that secure relationships have been made between the students and pupils in the primary school. Our students have behaved in such a responsible way and have been superb ambassadors for Hove Park School.

We are hoping to continue the project next year and are proposing a new project with the Year 5’s at Hangleton after Christmas too.

Day Of Birds This year Hove Park’s Science Department celebrated British Science Week by organising a ‘Day of Birds’.

We invited Years 5 and 6 children from West Blatchington, Hangleton and St Bartholomews Primary Schools to join us, along with 60 Year 7s, Phoenix Centre students and curious Hove Park teachers! They enjoyed finding out about the super powers of birds of prey. East Sussex Falconry brought in some owls, a vulture, a hawk and a peregrine falcon and gave great talks about these amazing creatures. There were lots of activities such as dissecting owl pellets, nest building, looking at different beaks and examining feathers. Years 7, 8 and 9 peer tutors did a great job helping out on the day.

Here are a few comments from Year 7 students: “I didn’t know that owls’ ears are not symmetrical. They are diagonal” - Aaron “I really liked seeing the owls and different birds. I also found out some new facts about them” - Millie

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World Book Day Celebrations Hove Park celebrated World Book Day in a number of ways this year.

Tutor groups were asked to select their favourite book and then decorate their door to reflect this. A ‘Book Buffet’ event was held in Valley library at lunch time. 36 students in Years 7,8 and 9 chatted about books that have made an impression on them whilst sharing lunch. Each student in Years 7-9 was given a WBD £1 token and were able to exchange it for one of the special WBD books in the library, or at their local book shop. Other activities included a ‘Match the Selfie to the Shelfie’ competition, a ‘Book in a Jar’ competition and book related quizzes. Prizes were awarded to winning entries.

English Trip To Poetry Live Earlier this year, a group of Year 11 students went to the Dome in Brighton to take part in Poetry Live 2018. The students heard a variety of poets reading their work – from Simon Armitage to the ever popular John Agard. It was a great opportunity for the students to hear aloud the GCSE poems they are studying for English Literature. The poets also gave an insight into what influences them when they are writing, and some of the historical and social factors that come into play with their poetry. The students also participated in the afternoon session where they heard about practical ideas on how to answer questions in the exam and how to respond to unseen poems.

Journalists Cut Their Teeth On Sports Day Aspiring journalists Maisie, Marni and Circe, from Hove Park School, who are thinking of careers in journalism in the future, got a good insight into the workings of the job by covering the school’s sports day at Withdean Stadium.

The girls learnt the need to be well organised, have good background research, work at speed to meet deadlines and most of all have a good nose for a story.

On the day, the girls recorded many interviews with winning athletes and put together a written report of the day for the school website.

Miss Ashdown, Joint Head of PE said: “As soon as the first gun was fired at the start of the day the girls were off. They worked with enthusiasm and showed great talent for the job interviewing their fellow students with confidence. Thanks to the girls we have a great record of the day’s events and some fantastic interviews with many of our outstanding athletes.”

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Stratford Upon Avon On Wednesday 2nd May, members of the English Department took 50 Year 9 students overnight to the home of the Bard, Stratford Upon Avon, to watch an amazing performance of Romeo & Juliet and to visit Shakespearean houses, including Shakespeare’s Birthplace and Ann Hathaway’s Cottage.

The students were amazing and a credit to the school throughout the two day trip. We were particularly proud to see them in their finery for our evening in the theatre, where we had some glamorous dresses and even bow ties! We were also so proud that the students, when selected by actors in the gardens of William Shakespeare’s Birthplace, got up and carried out an impromptu performance of a Midsummer Night’s Dream. They were incredible! Please congratulate any students you know that went on the trip for their commendable behaviour and attitude throughout.

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Radio Stars Little Green Pigs, a local creative writing charity, visited the Valley Campus on Wednesday 28th March to lead a writing for radio workshop. A group of 26 Year 7 and Year 8 pupils were selected by the English Department to take part in the workshop.

Pupils shared their experiences of listening to the radio and their favourite stations. Most pupils enjoyed listening to music stations at home and in the car. In small groups, pupils then discussed ideas and topics that they would like to listen to on the radio. There was a lot of lively discussion and debate on topics from football to gun control, feminism to ‘If I was Prime Minister for the day’ and ‘Is graffiti art?’. Pupils then voted on their favourite topics and pooled their ideas.

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Hairspray Is A Big Bouncy Bouffant Of A Hit Show

By Student Reporter, Mai Bright, colourful, energetic and uplifting was the Hove Park’s production of Hairspray. Full of upbeat, catchy songs, jaw-dropping dance moves and a wardrobe of vibrant costumes, made it a real stage spectacular which made you want to get up and out of your seat and dance along.

Mya Dorman’s vocals are powerful and her performance is strong and sassy as Motormouth Maybelle who is the owner of the downtown record store and host of Negro Day. Alfie Jukes brings just the right mix of confidence, hesitancy and stereotypical jock to the part of Link.

Francesca Gibbs is outstanding in the comic yet touching role of Penny Lou Pingleton. Safwan Elaattaoui’s energy and sharp wit brings the hip and hop together playing Seaweed J. Stubbs.

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Jim Roberts, Head teacher said: “The students have put on absolutely fantastic show. An amazing performance which delivered the serious message of integration and understanding, whilst remaining upbeat and full of joy. Well done to all involved cast, crew and technicians. I felt like I’d had a night in the West End!” The show is set in Baltimore in 1962 where, against the odds, overweight teenager Tracy Turnblad lands a role dancing on her favourite TV programme, The Corny Collins Show. She uses her new-found fame to fight for integration of black and white dancers on the show, putting her own future at risk for what she believes in.

Helen Davies, Chair of Governors said: “Wow! What a fabulous evening. So many talented young people, who had obviously put in many hours of rehearsals. And such dedication from the staff who were behind it all. It was so uplifting.”

The production, directed by Drama Teacher, Ms Chloe Holt, was tightly polished, with brilliantly-slick choreographed numbers. There are also plenty of outstanding individual performances too.

of Alex Scott who plays Wilbur Turnblad, Tracy’s father, and Alfie Martin as her mother Edna (the part is traditionally played by a man in drag).

The chorus vocals provide the pizazz and drive that really bring out the feel of the 60’s.

Daisy was a natural Tracy Turnblad. There’s a sparkling quality to her performance. Cate was wondrously villainous as Velma Von Tussle, producer of The Corny Collins Show, who will go to any lengths possible to see her daughter Amber (the vivacious Ruby) succeed.

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Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Hove Park students were invited by Sussex University’s Widening Participation team to a production of ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde’. The musical was performed and directed by current Sussex University students who are members of the Sussex Musical Theatre Society.

The event, which was attend by four other schools in Sussex, included a tour of the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, as well as some English and drama activities and a chance to find out more about student life at Sussex.

Mia, Year 10 said: “We had a fantastic day at Sussex University. The musical was superb and we were amazed at how good the performances were, especially Dr Jekyll who convincingly transformed into Mr Hyde before our very eyes.

We are studying the novel next year so this introduction to the text is really beneficial!”

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Nu Civilisation Orchestra Jazz Event At Brighton Dome A group of musicians, from Nevill and Valley campuses, combined for a performance at the Dome as part of the Jazz Ticket event They performed an Ella Fitzgerald song, called ‘How High The Moon’, to an audience of parents, carers and schools from Brighton and Hove.

Their performance was excellent and even saw a few students improvising a solo! They worked with jazz professionals from The Nu Civilisation Orchestra to perform their piece and the students loved experiencing what was a completely new style for some. One student wrote they loved performing the music they love and in an amazing venue!

Well done to all involved.

Chinese Immersion Project Students from Years 7, 8 an 9 enjoyed a 2 week visit from Chinese students as part of an immersion project in school this year.

Buddies learning Chinese looked after our visitors, all of whom were very smart and well focused in classes. Great friendships were formed and the many cultural exchanges both in class and outside will have contributed greatly to understanding and global awareness. There were a wide range of activities that were undertaken by our guests. A huge thank you to the buddies and staff for the successful visit.

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Catalunya Buddies Visiting students from Catalunya, Spain buddied up with Hove Park students this April at both Valley and Nevill campuses. The Spanish students took part in lessons and participated with great eagerness. The students of Spanish at Hove Park enjoyed the chance to speak and learn about the area of Spain the students came from, and many were quick to take the opportunity to make their studies real and to have the chance to speak to people of their own age from a very different part of Europe.

We would like to pass on a very big thank you to the Spanish leaders of this group for their engagement in the whole process. There were many promises of keeping the contact going.

Spanish at Hove Park is celebrating its first fully paid for and sponsored trip for 5 students to Granada in May with a further 10 students to be fully sponsored to spend time in Barcelona in October.

Granada Diary Saturday - The group met at the station and by some miracle everyone was there early so we hopped on an early train! All group members, including leaders, arrived at Gatwick and (after much fun on the moving walkways) headed to the shuttle and made their way through security.

For those who had never flown before it was an exciting new experience already. The students wandered off around the airport and the teachers sat and relaxed whilst babysitting a battalion of suitcases.

When the group got to Granada, they passed through security and a rep from the Spanish agency met the group and showed them to a private, air-conditioned bus!

They arrived in the city and were immediately met by host families, who whisked them away for dinner and an early night.

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Although the families didn’t speak much, or any, English, everyone managed to communicate. The teachers were already so proud of the effort that the students were putting in.

Sunday: The group were met by their guide, Daniel. It was reassuring for the group to know he would remain with them for the next three days.

The weather was baking hot by 11am at the Nerja caves and everyone was almost happy to be heading deep underground.

The caves were amazing; a Spanish guide explained everything. What the students didn’t understand, Daniel and the teachers were able to explain, but the students got most of it from the Spanish.

The walk down into the caves was easy; the walk back up was more effort. Then it was time for a quick tour around the gift shop and an ice cream, then lunch and back on the bus to head into Nerja Town.

The group visited the beautiful Balcon Europa and then spent two hours chilling on the beach, followed by free time in the town.

Lots of ice cream and shopping! Finally, it was back on the bus again to visit a small town called Frigiliana.

There were lots of historical mosaics, and it was boiling hot, so lots of suncream and yet MORE icecream. The group arrived back in Granada at 7pm and the students had free time until being back at their host families at 9pm for dinner. It was great to see how the Spanish timings of the day are different and by now the two school groups were starting to get to know each other a bit better too.

Monday: On Monday morning the group met at school and were introduced to their Spanish buddies and their English teachers.

Everyone was so friendly! The students had a tour of the school with their buddies and then went and settled into lessons. The teachers had a chance to get some work done.

After school there was a walking tour of the Albecin area and we saw the Alhambra.

The Hove Park students put in so much effort to speak Spanish in all their transactions with patrons in shops and interested passers by. At about 6pm, the students disappeared off to meet their buddies and the teachers went for some well earned tapas.

Again it was instructed to be home by 9pm and everyone obeyed their curfew. It was brilliant for the teachers to be able to trust their students to follow instructions and not get lost!

Tuesday: Met at school again, this time without Ms Stallard who had to fly home. Everyone met their buddies and had a great day of lessons, with lots of participation. At one point the students from Longhill and Hove Park actually led an activity in an English lesson, and learned about philosophy!

After school they had a packed lunch and met Daniel in town to tour the Alhambra. Suddenly there was a huge rainstorm, everyone got soaked but survived, and by the time the tour was over, churros and hot chocolate were much needed to warm everyone up!

Wednesday: Another early morning and off to school with the buddies. After that, the students went to the Nevada Shopping Centre for some retail therapy. The buddies joined so that everyone could have a last adventure together. At the end of the day the group got the tram back into town. The group was very nearly depleted by the loss of two of the Longhill girls, but it was all OK in the end!

Back home for an early night and packing ahead of the sad journey home.

Thursday: As usual, everyone was on time and ready to go for the flight home, although packing the suitcases full of souvenirs was not easy!

Luckily easyJet allowed us to put our bags in the hold for free, so it was a hassle free journey home.

Granada Airport is not very exciting! Everyone from Longhill was picked up at the airport, and the Hove Park students, Mary and Ms Perronno made their way back to Brighton on the train.

A truly fantastic adventure!

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Ryan Sutton - Studying Languages At Uni Post HPS There is no doubt that moving your life from the home comforts in Brighton to Nottingham is an interesting transition. Not just as a student, but as a young man. Studying german under the mentorship of the likes of Frau Gibb and Herr Sandford prepared me the way no other teachers could possibly do. The dedication required to teach languages is unparalleled in my opinion. I even teach german on a one to one basis now.

Having studied creative writing and history at the same time, I appreciate what the above subjects offered. However, my urge to speak in another code and learn the diverse aspects of a language really encouraged me to apply for the course at Nottingham Trent.

Every step in education is a challenge. I built friendships at Hove Park that I left behind, stories that seem a lifetime ago continue to make me smile.

It’s important to remember that each stage presents various benefits. I live in a great house of eight, two of whom come from Brighton and the other five from different parts of the country, with different life experiences but all in the same boat. It’s the perfect mixture; I’m combining home with people that I would consider lifelong friends. My main concern was maintaining friendships I built at home. Year by year, we have strengthened our bonds (mostly from Hove Park) and travel around the country to visit one another. Whether it’s East Anglia, Bristol or London, there is no distance too far.

This ties in suitably with my studies. I intend on studying abroad during my time at Nottingham Trent and I know my friends look forward to visiting me in Germany. The world is so accessible and contact is hard to lose when the effort is applied.

Most importantly, university is about you. My continued studies in the languages field was the best decision I made. The depth and the sense of achievement is incredible.

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The Mandarin Excellence Programme

Mandarin Chinese is the most widely spoken language in the world. The Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) is a nationwide intensive language programme. Hove Park is one of the few schools in Sussex at the forefront of delivering this ground breaking programme. The programme has opened up a world of opportunity for students who have taken part this year and they certainly get a head start in their pathway towards language mastery. Hove Park will continue to deliver this programme for our future Year 7 students who wish to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.

Our MEP students enjoy the variety of lessons.

Students who take part in the MEP project generally possess the following skills. They are very enthusiastic about learning chinese. Almost all students feel the language is very interesting and it engages them. The more they know about the language, the more they want to learn chinese.

They actively participate in the after school club and many use their lunch time to learn more chinese!

The learning is very effective. The degree of cooperation is extremely high between students and teachers, so students can grasp the content quickly and easily during lesson time.

Leila said, “I learn a lot more in the most fun way possible.”

“Chinese is such an amazing language and it’s logical. All the teachers are supportive,” said Nancy.

“We learn about chinese culture as well as the language,” said Ciara.

Last year over 20 students also learnt how to make chinese dumplings as part of a taste of chinese culture. Students were extremely enthusiastic about kneading the different coloured dough and making pastries with chinese rolling pins. The most fun part was to wrap chocolate with pastry and then afterwards unwrap it and eat the chocolate!

“The dumpling making was fun and creative. I learned how to use chopsticks!“ said Mila.

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China Trip For the fourth year in a row, Hove Park School, in partnership with the Hanban Education Project, continued our great tradition of taking Year 9 students to experience China for two weeks. This year dividing our time between two historic cities, the ancient city of Xi’an and the bustling mega-city of Beijing. It was an unforgettable trip.

Our first destination was the southwestern city of Xi’an. A city famous for being the start of China’s pioneering ‘Silk Road’ and for being home to the breathtaking Terracotta Warriors.

Everywhere we walked in this city we experienced history: from the gigantic walled palaces, which for centuries housed China’s most famous dynasties and stretched for miles and miles, to the beautiful pagodas, which were the birthplace of Buddhism in China. For nine days our students immersed themselves in this diverse city and explored its unprecedented cultural heritage.

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From Xi’an we made our way, via bullet train, to Beijing. While in Beijing the students visited the astonishing Great Wall, took a trip around the spectacular ‘Bird’s Nest’ Olympic Stadium, marvelled at the intricate detail and vastness of The Forbidden City, and practiced their Mandarin as they haggled for bargains in the iconic ‘Silk Market’.

It was a once in a lifetime experience. Below is a snapshot of some of our students blog posts from this inspiring trip.

‘Some groups were shown around the traditional markets of Xi’an and saw how the locals lived in this amazing city. Others went to specific locations, and some left the city entirely. Most people went for lunch at local restaurants and I personally went to a small place were we had chicken soup and lots of other local dishes. Outside there was a rusty swing which we played on for a bit until going back to the city with the family, who were very nice. We explored through the backstreets and eventually went for coffee (so not just a British tradition...) before returning back to the hotel.’

By Daniel and Lenny ‘After the match we had our pictures taken with the Chinese team. They were incredibly friendly and sporting, offering us water and speaking to us about football in general. It was great to play football and meet other students, not just from England who are on the trip but the students from the chinese school too.’

By Callum and Danny ‘After a coach ride to the foot of the ‘Mu Tian Yu’ mountain, we took a chairlift to the top. The view was unbelievable. The huge, distant mountains as well as the smaller villages looked incredible, although the Great Wall was the most amazing bit of it all. Winding throughout the mountains and valleys, China’s most beautiful creation was obviously used for photo opportunities. The wall was bustling with tourists and natives alike and we split into groups and began walking.’

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Turing Triumph!

By student reporters Maisie, Marni and Circe Hove Park School’s Turing House students ran, hop, skipped and jumped their way to top spot in a closely fought competition at the school’s annual Sports Day at Withdean Stadium.

Mr Roberts, Head teacher, said: “We’ve had another fantastic sports day; all the athletes and supporters have been amazing. In a year of record temperatures, many sporting records have also been broken and the day has been filled with incredible achievements and successes. I’m so proud of them all.”

In an outstanding display of athleticism, Robert (Year 9), participated in the 100, 200, 400 metres, javelin and relay, smashing the 200 metre record in the process. Ella (Year 9) also produced an unbelievable performance, breaking two records in the 200 and 400 metres with an incredible time of 1 minute and 4 seconds for 400 metres, slicing 9 seconds off the old record set way back in 1991.

George (Year 10) nudged passed the previous 100m record set in 2015 by setting a new record of 11.46 seconds. Despite the sweltering conditions, Will (Year 8) still managed to excel by cutting a second off the 800m record, bringing it down to 2 minutes 25 seconds.

Records were also broken in field events: Emily (Year 8) produced a personal best and equalled the current high jump record of 1.30 metres. Robyn (Year 9) skipped over the previous triple jump record with a jump of 8.78 metres. Bertie (Year 9) leapt her way into the high jump record books with an amazing 1.30 metre jump.

During the event £405 was raised for Marlets Hospice, with the help of a team of students who sold snacks and drinks to the spectators and athletes.

The annual event was held at Withdean Sports Complex and temperatures reached a sweltering 26 degrees in the stadium, making conditions challenging for competitors and supporters alike.

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Rockley 2018 Last June, 55 year 8 students spent the week on our residential outdoor adventure trip to the South of France. They spent the week taking part in adventure activities such as; sailing, kayaking, windsurfing and mountain biking. They also visited the idyllic town of Arcachon and experienced climbing the tallest sand dune in Europe, the Dune De Pilat.

Students had a fantastic week basking in glorious sunshine whilst taking on new challenges. Many even plucked up the courage to try the French cuisine, including escargot (snails), and cuisses de grenouille (frogs legs). The students were a delight and worked as a fantastic team to ensure enjoyment was had by all. A real credit to Hove Park School.

Many thanks to all the staff involved in making this trip such a great success.

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Ski Trip To Folgaria The annual ski trip visited Folgaria in Italy during February half term for a week of thrilling alpine skiing.

The 63 students from Years 9 and 11 made the long journey to Italy before beginning their ski school instruction. The advanced group quickly made their way up the mountain exploring the resort, quickly followed by the intermediate group.

It was fantastic to see that the four beginner groups all progressed off the nursery slope by the second afternoon.

All the students made excellent progress during the week, learning to parallel turn, with some attempting the resort’s three black runs. The week included some exciting apres-ski activities,

including tubing, ice-skating, swimming and the famous quiz night.

A midweek trip to Verona was made to rest weary legs, which also gave us the chance to sample a traditional Italian pizza from a pizzeria in the heart of Verona.

The trip ended with the Fancy Dress Party where all students dressed up as film or TV characters and got into the spirit of the trip. Despite a lengthy journey home, the trip was a huge success. Thank you to the students for being well behaved and also to the staff that supported the trip.

Next up is Folgarida in 2019!

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Sea Swmming On Thursday 28th June and Friday 29th June, Hove Park took sixty Year 7 students to Brighton beach. Both days were gloriously sunny and perfect for some lifesaving.

Students were all taught vital lifesaving skills and first aid techniques by Brighton’s famous lifeguards. Pupils were put through their paces trying out the latest beach rescue techniques and how to use lifeguards’ rescue boards. The experience taught the students how to save lives in and out of the water, and what dangers to look for.

Mr Lowrie, who co-ordinated the trip, said “All the students had a fantastic experience learning vital lifesaving skills. We are already looking to book in again next year. We would like to thank Surf Life Saving for putting on another exceptional experience for our students.”

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Albion In The Community Hove Park School were lucky enough to have Albion in the Community come to the Valley Campus in January to deliver two Year 9 boys’ classes the game of Futsal.

Students were then organised into teams and took part in a very competitive Futsal tournament that was refereed by the Albion coaches. It was a fantastic experience for our students.

Futsal is an indoor version of football designed to develop technique and control. It is played with a heavy ball to keep it on the ground.

Albion in the Community are now being booked in to deliver these session to our GCSE classes.

Ex Brighton and Hove Albion Legend, Danny Cullip, arrived with Chris Day, Head of the Programme, to deliver a very exciting session. The classes were run through the history of the sport, the rules of the game and then practices to help students learn and develop their ball skills.

A huge thank you to Albion in the Community for offering their time. The students had a memorable experience.

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5K Race We are absolutely overjoyed with the success of the second Hove Park School 5K Race last year. What an amazing event!

160 students and staff from Hove Park and Goldstone Primary took part in a cross country course around the school grounds and the local park. It was a really tough run in the heat, but Dan from Year 11 came to defend his title, running the course in less than 19 minutes, with Year 9 student Finley in second place and Year 7 student Joe in third place. It wasn’t all about speed though. We had some real awesome efforts from students and a huge, overwhelming sense of community spirit around the course. A special thanks goes to our sponsors, Active Physio Clinics, Phone Mike and Safety Mode who donated printed water bottles. Local supermarket Sainsbury’s donated water bottles, sweets, chocolate and carrier bags and Tesco and Coop donated chocolate bars! Leader of the local running club Hove Hornets, Matt Lambert, started the race and donated oranges for all the students for after the race.

Another hugely successful event in the school calendar and students are talking about next year already!

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England vs South Africa Cricket 120 Year 8 students went to support our England women’s team beat South Africa at the Sussex County Cricket Ground on Tuesday 12th June.

Hove Park students were part of a 1,700 strong crowd, which was a great support for the team.

Sussex’s Sarah Taylor scored her seventh oneday hundred as England beat South Africa by 69 runs at The 1st Central County Ground to set up a decider in the three-match series at Canterbury.

The students and staff all enjoyed a fantastic afternoon watching a great England display in the sun.

Let’s Dance At The Dome On Wednesday 21st March, Hove Park students were one of many local schools to perform in the week long dance festival, Let’s Dance at the Dome.

The Key Stage 3 students had been working hard throughout the Spring term during dance club to help choreograph the dance piece and rehearse their performance.

Hove Park were the closing act following local schools PACA and Blatchington Mill, so the pressure was on. The students surpassed themselves with a stunning performance that closed the show with a bang! They were incredible and had an amazing time. They are looking forward to potentially performing the piece again at Prizegiving, so watch this space!

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Digital Leaders March saw the launch of Digital Leaders into Learning for Life. Before Damian Hinds (Secretary of State for Education) announced the need to prepare students for a “high proportion of jobs that require digital skills”, we were already hard at work recruiting Digital Leaders from Years 7-9 to pass on these skills to our student body. It would be fair to say back then we didn’t quite know how we were going to do it. We knew that it was a good thing our Digital Leaders were developing their skills and preparing them. But we recognised that we could go one better and that it would be a whole different ball game if we could get them doing the coaching of these skills to their peers.

Following the recruitment process, we now have 34 Digital Leaders. When we started our Digital Leader workshop back in January we had 5 students. We now have a very large class full, all sharing a common interest in anything digital, working together and making friends across year groups. We recognise the varied skills our DL’s already possess and aim to kit them out with new ones. The skills these students will learn are of course largely transferable. Getting them to transfer these skills to others across the school is something we aim to make sustainable going forward with our new Year 7 in September.

We decided the best way to do this would be for Digital Leaders to go into Learning for Life lessons.

Learning for Life is delivered through the use of iTunes U, a file sharing platform where students are pointed to a range of resources to guide their learning in literacy and PSHE. Our Digital Leaders focused on the skills needed to create a Quizlet or Kahoot on the “fortnightly five” key word definitions.

Teachers said this of our Digital Leaders: “They gave clear instructions with scaffolded modelling. Furthermore, they confidently identified and assisted the students who needed more help (including myself!). They are more than welcome to come back to 7S anytime.” - Mr Rafferty “Big-Up to Maddie, Bella and Venus who were awesome with 7E. They did really well and are welcome back any time!” - Mr Himsworth

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Visitors Impressed With Innovation Last year a group of 20 teachers and school leaders visited Hove Park School to work with staff and Digital Leaders to develop their own digital fluency and the impact this has on their students.

The visitors took part in a variety of activities, including lesson observations being taught by Mr Whiteman and working with Digital Leaders.

Our student Digital Leaders were incredibly impressive and wowed our visitors with their technical skills, knowledge and communication skills. These events are incredibly important for our students to participate in because they give them experience of learning and developing learning, confidence and skills outside the classroom.

Further to this, our Digital Leaders and some other students took part in Digital Day on 14th November.

The aim of the day was two-part; firstly, to give our students a real experience of what working in the digital industry is like (we worked with a Brighton based digital marketing agency) and, secondly, to take part in a national competion against schools across the country, using the skills they have learnt during the earlier part of the day.

Digital Genius Art Challenge Selected Year 8 art students have had the opportunity to be entered for a Digital Genius Art Challenge. They have been assigned to a project involving the creation of digital art using various drawing apps on iPads. The final outcomes were animated figure drawings of athletes. These were exhibited at Sussex University at the Apple Conference. This was great for raising the aspirations of our students and developing our digital practice in the art rooms.

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Education Summit 2018 Hove Park students presented at the Annual Education Summit held at Sussex University this year. Yogi and Nick’s presentation (which was far and away the best, although we are biased!) told the story of this year’s achievements with the Digital Leaders which will create a sustainable model for digital leadership in years to come. Yogi and Nick presented with such confidence it made us all proud.

Hove Park also had artwork created by our students on display using augmented reality; where the artwork comes to life with video when an iPad is aimed at it using the app HP Reveal.

We were awarded for our achievements with digital technology in the classroom and for the role our students play in making this happen. The resources Ms Sorensen has created for Learning for Life being an example of this. Ms Benjamin also presented to delegates demonstrating the apps Paper and Brushes, and how the Art team use them at Hove Park. The school’s reputation in this area grows each and every year, thanks to the work Mr Sumner continues to lead. It was another one of those occasions I felt incredibly privileged to be part of Hove Park.

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Apple Distinguished School In the last 5 years we have been fortunate on two occasions to hold the accolade of being an Apple Distinguished School (ADS). Whilst still being a current ADS school for 2016-18 we have been invited once again to apply for this status for 2019-22 and demonstrate how our technology-rich environment captures our aspirations for learning and teaching.

Our school’s targets for learning align with the technology implementation of this vision and we will be demonstrating how we feel we have made progress in meeting the needs of the 21st century learner over the last two years. We feel our school’s approach to the curriculum should enable and enhance learning on a day to day basis, allowing students to access learning resources, collaborate and critique their work. In the last

year our teachers have shown great commitment in becoming Apple Teachers and working to create innovative learning spaces to support our students’ learning.

A school is more than just a place where students come to learn. It is also a place where a community develops and thrives. It is a place where we come together to support each other achieve. Our digital strategy has been an enabling factor in making this happen. Our students go into the communities they live in and the wider world ready and able to make a positive contribution.

If we are successful with our application, in October 2018 we shall be releasing an iBook evidencing our journey.

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GCSE Art Roundup This year has been an exciting year for GCSE students.

Some of the most popular exam starting points were Telling Stories, Connection and The Human Figure. Our outcomes varied from pieces incorporated with textiles, photography, ipad drawings, printmaking and ceramics sculpture.

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Junior Snailway Campaign You may remember the snowdogs that filled the city of Brighton and Hove in autumn 2016.

Snowdogs by the Sea was a fantastic public art trail run by Wild in Art that not only got everyone walking about searching for giant decorated snowdogs, but raised a staggering £337,000 for the Martlets Hospice. Well the good news is that during autumn 2018 it all happens again, with snails!

You may have noticed a giant shelled gastropod taking up residency in Valley reception. Hove Park School’s art teacher Miss Griffin, who painted Bobby the snowdog, was selected as one of the 3 artists to kick start this event and dedicated a huge amount of her own time painting a giant snail. Her snail represents all 4 seasons, from spring and summer flowers, autumnal fungi and migrating birds to a fox sitting in the snow. The snail is named Felicity, after her late mother, which means ‘happiness’.

Students from Valley Campus posed with the giant snail and were published in Brighton’s newspaper, the Argus, to promote the Junior Snailway campaign. School and youth groups from all over Brighton and Hove were invited to take part in the trail this autumn. All they needed to do was to commit to fund raising £750 to help the valuable work at the Martlets Hospice and some creative design skills!

Hove Park were thrilled to take part this year. The Art Department ran a competition in February to design our Hove Park mini snail. 8 snail designs were chosen – those artists got to paint the snail and one winning design was carefully chosen by Mr Roberts and Ms Prentice.

The Martlets cares for people living through a terminal illness in and around Brighton and Hove. They provide essential care for terminally ill patients and their families. Everyone can get involved in fund raising; we want to hear your best ideas!

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Harry Potter Trip Over two M.A.D.E. days on the 5th and 7th June, 260 Hove Park students explored the Warner Bros Harry Potter Studios to discover the magic behind the world famous films. We learnt a few secrets along the way and enjoyed the opportunity to see first hand the props and scenery that our favourite characters would have used during the filming of the series.

Students and staff alike were inspired by the world behind the making of the films. The creation of the props with the minute details and quest to create just the right effect was amazing, and the architect’s drawing for the interiors and exteriors of Hogwarts could get you believing that everything within the films could be real.

Students were impressed by the science and technology behind the special effects, and the array of career opportunities have got Key Stage 3 students buzzing with ideas!

The students were fantastic and did both Hove Park and Hogwarts proud. The staff, too, were well behaved and there was no need to call on Snape to take control.

Huge thanks goes out to everyone; students, parents and carers and those at school who made this trip possible!

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Art In Amsterdam!

40 students from Years 9-11 set off for a 3 day visit to Amsterdam. Armed with art packs and drawing equipment, they set off to explore the museums, sites and architecture.

After an 11 hour coach journey, they started with a guided tour of The Van Gogh Museum, which features the world’s largest collection of works by post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh.

Some of the highlights included the masterpieces ‘Sunflowers’ and ‘The Potato Eaters.’

Additionally, students got to discover what inspired Van Gogh in his art through an interesting exposition about his life.

A cruise through Amsterdam’s beautiful canals, to admire the city from a splendidly unique perspective, rounded up the end of a very long day 1!

The weather held out for a visit to the Kroller Muller Museum, located in the “Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe”, which has an amazing sculpture garden with a variety of modern sculptures.

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From here we went back in to Amsterdam to visit the Anne Frank House. Anne Frank went into hiding with her family in this 17th century canal house when the Netherlands was occupied by the Nazis during WWII. She and her family managed to hide here for over 2 years before they were discovered and then deported to concentration camps. After the discovery of Anne’s diaries, the house was turned into a museum, which tells the story of Anne and her family through an exhibit of historical documents and documentaries. Truly a memorable and profound experience to have when in Amsterdam!

The trip ended with a group photo at the ‘I amsterdam’ sign and a visit to the Rijksmuseum.

After a lengthy 10-year renovation, the majestic Rijksmuseum opened its doors again in 2013.

The museum focuses on history and art from the Middle Ages to present day, and its impressive collection includes many masterpieces by worldrenowned painters, such as ‘The Night Watch’ by Rembrandt and ‘The Milk Maid’ by Vermeer.

ICONIC / ICON Project ICONIC / ICON is an exciting project taught to Year 9 in which students are encouraged to look at contemporary iconic imagery and popular culture.

We explored how artists such as Andy Warhol made being famous into an art form and we looked even further back to discover how religious icons were identified by the ornate addition of a halo in paintings and frescoes. We then zoomed forward to looking at the contemporary art work of Shepard Fairey and borrowed his style and technique to generate ideas, and to produce our own paintings of those people who the Year 9 students chose as their icons. We combined the religious halo with modern geometric circular designs generated on the iPad and then ‘iconised’ their chosen figures.

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KS3 Roundup The art huts this year have been thriving with activity, from plaster sculpture, to print making, creative ways of drawing, and Mexican Day of the Dead collaborations. Students experience a range of art teachers each year who deliver projects from our iTunes U courses. Each course is carefully designed so that students experience a diverse and exciting curriculum and have the opportunity to explore a wide range of skills and practices from a range of teachers.

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Summer Exhibition The art exhibition this year revealed the many creative outcomes and talents of our students who have worked hard during their time in school to develop their skills and practices in art. The exhibition highlighted how students have been challenged to observe the world around them and are able to record their findings in personal ways.

A large body of the work was informed by the exam board starting points, where students were encouraged to create pieces around themes such as; The human figure, telling stories, making connections, and looking at things in a different way. Some work was informed and observational, other pieces expressionist or abstract. There were sculptures, paintings, printmaking, photography and much more. The highlight of the show was our very own Hove Park snail, a project that KS3 students were involved in to raise money for the Martlets. This is currently being exhibited in Brighton.

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HP6 Pathways HP6 will be offering four distinct pathways from 2019, to help students not only be able to access the combination of qualifications they want, but also to give them a range of valuable experiences that are aimed at enriching their time at college, and help them to demonstrate a deeper understanding of their chosen area of interest. We aim to equip our students with the qualifications and experiences necessary to be a success on the next part of their journey. The range of these further experiences and opportunities includes first aid courses, local voluntary work, computer coding courses, FA coaching, competitions and mentoring to name but a few.

We would like every student to take part in a work placement or employability activity that is linked to their area of study, and offers leadership opportunities such as working closely with Years 7 and 8 students in a mentoring capacity, working in local primary schools as reading mentors or taking up voluntary positions within the local community.

All these opportunities enhance students’ CV’s and UCAS applications.

Below are three students that followed these pathways last year.

People & Society “I like a smaller Sixth Form where I can get more personal support in and out of lessons. I am studying sociology, English Literature and history. I chose these because I enjoy essay based work where I can study subjects in more depth.” - Sian Health & Leisure “I really liked HP6 because of its small class sizes and it was the place I was most familiar with. The courses in my pathway were the ones I was looking for and has allowed me to pursue a career in health. “ - Jessica C Business & Sport

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“I chose travel and tourism, geography and sport.

My passion is for sport, and I am now going to study sports media at Chichester University and then go into a career in sports journalism “ - Olivia

Student Success -Harry Harry preferred a college with a smaller environment and familiarity, and knew that Hove Park Sixth Form was the choice for him. After two years Harry achieved 2 As and 2 Bs at A-level which gave him what he needed to get into Bristol University. He studied Film & Television and has just finished his degree achieving a 1st.

His love of film and tv had started with his dad showing him cult classics. This was then developed when he joined the Film Club at Hove Park which showed him something new every week. He enjoyed editing and the creative side of things. Whilst at Hove Park he got the chance to interview celebrities on the red carpet including George Clooney.

Whilst in Sixth Form, Harry attended work experience at an independent production company following contacts made at a Sussex University study experience day. During his degree he also worked for the BBC with the natural history unit who gave him lots of advice. His ultimate dream is to direct a film one day, but he knows he must work up to that so will be looking for a job in post-production to get started.

Student Success - Josh When Josh sat down to talk to us, he had just finished his degree at Warwick University. He was a very proud and optimistic young man and rightly so, as he had just achieved a 1st at Warwick University in Computer Science.

At the end of Year 11, Josh finished his Key Stage 4 studies with an excellent set of results that consisted of 3 A*s, 4 As, a B and a C. He knew that Hove Park was the place for him and moved seamlessly into the Sixth Form where he studied maths, further maths, physics and computing. He gained an A in computing at AS Level and continued studying his other 3 subjects to the full A-level achieving an A* in maths, an A in further maths and an A in physics.

Josh had known that Hove Park was the place for him to continue his studies and talked about how the staff knew him well and how he knew them.

He talked about the inspiration that his maths and physics teachers had been and how his passion and love for his subject had made the choice easy

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for him. He also felt very comfortable and settled in an environment that he knew well and had lots of friends who stayed on which helped the transition.

He also talked about his own love of maths and computing and knew that whatever his degree, these would be the main focus.

So after 3 more years of hard work, Josh is now a very well qualified young man. When talking about the future and his next steps, Josh explained how he hopes one day to become a software engineer as this is the area of computer science that really appeals to him. He talked about still having a lot of learning to do, but how the job he has secured in Warwick will be the perfect platform from which to learn. His job is working for ARM, who amongst other things create architecture for mobile phones and create debugging software for super computers.

Who knows, maybe Josh will be writing software for the next generation of mobile phones in the not too distant future.

University Of Amsterdam India is currently studying politics, psychology, law and economics at the University of Amsterdam.

Whilst studying at Hove Park Sixth Form, India had always wanted to study abroad and even an offer from Cambridge University was not enough to tempt her away from this dream. She visited during our cold spell in March, but said it was nothing compared to the frozen canals of Amsterdam!

India successfully completed her GCSE’s at Hove Park and naturally continued her education at HP6. She talked about Sixth Form being the perfect balance between freedom and structure, making sure she felt like an adult in an adult environment, yet keeping enough structure in place to ensure she completed her studies and did very well in them. She said the Sixth Form had allowed her to identify and study the subjects she was passionate about and her time at Hove Park fostered a long term love for learning as well as giving her valuable skills. She hopes one day to become a teacher and help future generations to develop the same deep passion for learning that Hove Park did for her.

Student Success - Roberta’s Flying World!

My name is Roberta and I am currently studying A levels at Hove Park Sixth Form. In the future I am hoping to train as an airline pilot, as it my dream job and I have a big passion for flying.

Flying has always been a big part of my life as my dad is a Commercial Airline Pilot, my mum used to be cabin crew, and my grandad used to be in the RAF, so I guess I’ve always been exposed to a different side of flying and it sounds amazing to me. I love the idea of a day at the office being more than a day and thousands of feet in the air.

On Friday 16th March, I arrived at RAF Benson with the rest of the cadets who also had the chance to go flying that day, we got kitted up with flight suits and gloves. We were then shown the safety brief. After what seemed like forever, I was taken to the waiting room where I received a helmet and a parachute. I was led out to the aircraft and met my pilot who was so lovely. We took off and as soon as we were in the air I got the chance to take over the controls of the plane. I absolutely love having control and I also got the chance to speak to air traffic control over the radio, which I’m not so keen on.

Outside of college I attend the Royal Air Force Air Cadets and hold the rank of Corporal. I recently got the chance to go flying at RAF Benson. I’ve been flying a few times already and it’s never dull. I still remember my first flight in a Grob Tutor. It was at MOD Boscombe Down and I was incredibly nervous sitting there waiting to be taken to the plane.

However, I had the best time and as soon as I got up in the air I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. As my mum said to me, I’d caught the ‘flying bug’: there is no other job I can see myself doing.

We just flew around for a bit and then I had the chance to take control whilst performing a ‘wing over’ which is a type of aerobatic manoeuvre. It was terrifying in a good way, I had butterflies in my stomach but I had a massive grin on my face and I absolutely loved it. Then the pilot took back the controls and we did a ‘barrel roll’ which I also thoroughly enjoyed. I spent a total of 44 minutes in the air but I enjoyed it so much it only felt like 5 minutes. As they say ‘time flies when you’re having fun’ and I hope to go flying again soon.

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University Destinations 2018 Name

Destination

Course

Miriam Aboud

Portsmouth

Accounting with Finance

Al Ali

Brighton

Mathematics with Finance

Venuji Bandara

Brighton

Biomedical Science

Mira Beshara

Brighton

Business Management

Cristina Beskaly

Brighton

Law

Leon Blackman

Nottingham Trent

Journalism

Eirini Channa Rizkalla

Brighton

Business Management with Finance

Steven Chotuis

Reading

Psychology

Eleni Dhima

Roehampton

Criminology

Olivia Eckworth

Chichester

Sport Media

Peter Elyas

King's College

Psychology

Patrick Fox

Brunel

Mathematics

Florence Gadsby

Nottingham Trent

Physics with Astrophysics

Luke Gatenby

Derby

Photography

Nour Ghatas

Essex

Psychology

Martina Gidis

Brighton

Applied Psychology

Marvina Gidis

Brighton

Applied Psychology

Kaia Greader-Palme

Bournemouth

Events Management

Jonathan Hill

Sussex

Arts and Humanities

Jonathan Ibrahim

Brighton

Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences

Antoun Kaldas

Sussex

Biosciences

Sithembinkosi Khanye

Portsmouth

Social Work

Matthew Magaryous

Coventry

Interior Architecture and Design

Yassin Magd

Bournemouth

Film

Alfred Martin

BIMM

Performing Arts - Acting, Dance and Singing

Thaila Mason

Sussex

Psychology

Parthenia Moussa

King's College

Biomedical Science

Nadia Rehahn

Brighton

Law with Business

Sian Reilly

Kent

Politics and International Relations

Sydney Sutton

Manchester Met

Politics

Kirollos Tadross

Brighton

Business Management

George Zakher

London Met

Business Management

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