JCG Life Issue 12 July 2014
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Dear Parents De Jesus takes promotion to second in the Languages department at Le Rocquier School and Miss Le Brun moves on to pursue new challenges. Mrs Foster leaves the excellent work she has done here in the English department to pursue her vocation in Youth work. There are also four staff leaving who deserve special mention. Mrs Concannon is leaving teaching to pursue her passion for textiles. Her setting up of her own workshop is a natural extension of what she has developed at JCG over the past 17 years. Through her inspirational teaching and deep commitment, the students have flourished under her care in this area of creativity.
The end of an academic year is a series of intense activity of comings and goings. Students leave for their expeditions to Mexico, Morocco, Italy, France, amongst others. We welcome our new generation of students who will be joining us in Year 7 in September and we say thank you to our students leaving us in Year 13. A fundamental part of their preparation to leave is their organisation of the Leavers Service. This is always an emotional affair and full of their delights on being part of JCG and their thoughts on leaving us to go onto great things. As I said in my address at this service, in life, a person will come and go from many homes. We may leave a house, a school, a town, a room, but that does not mean those places leave us. Once entered, we never entirely depart the homes we make for ourselves in the world. They follow us, like shadows, until we come upon them again, waiting for us in the mists of our future. For these shadows are those who have had great influence on shaping our character, our hopes, our dreams. Things go away to return, brightened for the passage. And the same is for our students. In leaving us, we know you they return brightened for their journey. We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place; we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there. And we do hope and know they will come back to enrich us and enrich future generations of JCG students. Our Year 13 students are not the girls who arrived some years ago. They are the strong, bright, kind, sophisticated woman of which we are so proud. The end fo a year is also the time to thank the staff who are also leaving us. Miss
Mrs Hanson is relocating to England with her family. Since joining JCG, Mrs Hanson has taught us the connection of vocal art and the human spirit. After setting up the Chamber Choir on her arrival it has become an integral and prestigious part of college life. In the hustle and bustle of our day-to-day activities, the dedicated discipline of rehearsals and concerts has had a myriad of positive outcomes: our students have sung at a sublime and uplifting level. I know the students are eternally grateful to Mrs. Hanson for the profound effect that she has had on them. She has done incredible things for this College and will be greatly missed by all. Mr Timothy takes up his appointment as Deputy Head teacher at St. Georges Preparatory school. Mr Timothy joined the College in 2002 as Head of Science and following promotion to Assistant Head teacher. In true Irish fashion he understands people and makes them laugh. The students are enamoured by his tales but most of all they appreciate his dedication, loyalty and focus. Not only a first class Biology teacher, he is an impressive assistant head teacher. Having pioneered JCG Serves he also leaves an indelible mark on the ecoclub. He has made a lasting impression and been an inspiration to so many. Sláinte Mr. Timothy! And finally, Mrs. Parsons retires after 20 years of service to the College as PA to the Principal. As Registrar, every student at JCG will have been admitted through her welcome, care and attention. Working with five Principals, Mrs Parsons has played an integral role in the College’s evolution, growth and success. I really don’t know what I will do without her. As a College we thank these staff for their dedication and commitment to your daughter and wish them every happiness in the next chapter in their lives.
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In finishing this letter, I do want to draw our attention to the incredible efforts of those staff and students who have been involved in the wide range of activity which makes JCG the place it is. This JCG Life is full of those aspects that without the goodwill, desire and deep sense of pride in providing a dynamic education, things would just never happen. A good example of this is the Tour De Jersey undertaken by 6 staff and 21 students. In their desire to raise money and awareness for the Stroke Association, they have cycled 250 miles over 5 days raising over £4000. More than the money, the resilience, camaraderie and sheer strength of character in supporting each other, they have demonstrated the sense of service that exists here. They didn’t need to do it, no-one would have noticed if they hadn’t done it. Yet, they did do it because it was a challenge worth accepting. I ended my address at the Leavers’ Service with this short poem by Karen Ravn; Only as high as you reach can you grow Only as far as you seek can you go Only as deep as you look can you see Only as much as you dream can you be As we head off into summer, I can think of no better reminder of what we, our students and staff, seek to achieve at JCG and beyond. May I wish you and your family a long, happy and warm summer and thank you for helping us help your daughter. Yours sincerely,
Carl Howarth Principal Jersey College for Girls
Chair of Governors has a business background with particular knowledge of IT. The biggest change at Board of Governor level in the last 9 months has been the introduction of a more comprehensive sub-committee structure, more akin to the model in the UK, so that we now have subcommittees covering Finance and Property, Curriculum and Standards, Staffing, Safeguarding, Governance and Admissions, with these sub-committees including governors with particular expertise in the relevant area.
I took over as Chair of Governors in October last year and would like to take this opportunity to share some of the things that have been going on at the Board of Governors since then. We have welcomed four new invited Governors whose skills and experience enhance and compliment the existing Governors, being Bob Hassell, who brings wide experience in the field of HR, Shelagh Herbert, who has been active in Island sport for many years and was formally a PE teacher, Tom Dingle who heads the Jersey Arts Trust and Peter Murley, who
The benefit of the new structure is that the sub-committees are able to develop particular knowledge and expertise in the areas covered by their remit thereby enhancing the ability of the governing body as a whole to oversee and advise in relation to the overall organisation and performance of the College. The sub-committees have been active amongst other things in considering the following; Finance: the extension of key stage 1 classrooms and the feasibility of a new playing field to the east of Prep; Staffing: staff survey and staff development and engagement; Curriculum and standards: faculty reviews and selfevaluations; Safeguarding: updating E safety, child protection and anti-bullying policies. A separate IT Working Group led
by Peter Murley has also been helping to formulate a comprehensive IT strategy for the College to complement the work being done by ESC in relation to this. The sub-committee structure has enabled the Board as a whole to focus in its meetings on more strategic issues, including in particular developing the 6 Year Strategic Plan which was launched earlier this year and is available on the website. If you haven’t done so already, I would encourage you to read this to gain a more detailed understanding of the College’s ambitions over the next few years. In my time as a Governor and most recently as Chairman, I have been hugely impressed with the quality and standards at JCG and JCGP both from an academic perspective but also equally importantly in terms of extra-curricula activities and the caring and supportive environment it provides to students. I believe JCG and JCGP are very high performing schools within our one College, but all those associated with the College, including the Governors, remain ambitious to make it the very best it can be and the 6 Year Strategic Plan is intended to provide a blueprint for achieving this. Mr N Kershaw Chair of Governors
Our Goals are Powerful Motivators So, here we are – about to begin Year 13! Just as we finally understand how school works, our time is almost done and we have to start all over again. Suddenly the familiar fields and lanes of Jersey appear very small in context to the wider universe as we seek, once again – to define ourselves. This is a story about the universe and a man who dedicated his working life to understanding it. A practical man, he started at the very beginningwith a frustratingly simple question, “What happened in the moment before time began?” The scientific world was so impressed with his theory that they put his name on it. The Higgs Boson is a subatomic particle – it’s a tiny component of the atoms that make up the world as we know it. Its existence is based on a theory developed 50 years ago – but it proved so elusive it took more than £10 billion and the most complex piece of machinery in the world to find it. Peter Higgs, the gentleman who discovered it, had almost as low profile as his namesake – but last year he won the Nobel prize for physics. Peter was a talented schoolboy at his
local comprehensive in Bristol – except in science! You have to ask, how did the kid who never won a prize land the most prestigious award of all? The answer lies not only in how he set his goal but in how he stuck to the task when the odds were stacked against him. Let’s take a moment to consider the holy trinity of achievement: • Planning: There is no random walk that leads you to unlock the secrets of the universe. You need a goal that both interests and inspires you – and can be broken down into steps that lead towards reality. • Commitment: Hard work is easy when you are motivated – and almost impossible when you are not. Sometimes giving up is not only the easy option, but the sensible choice. Don’t – you only fail when you give up. • Courage: You have to accept that failure is possible – maybe even probable, but thankfully it is never
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fatal. Courage coaches ambition whilst failure only postpones success. As we say goodbye to our last summer as schoolgirls, our future springs sharply into focus. Many of us will be putting the last touches on our grand plan, doubling down on our commitment and plucking up the courage to test ourselves beyond the Jersey shore. However, as Peter Higgs has shown us, performance at school is not a perfect indicator for future success. Every day is an opportunity to advance towards your goals, or start a new one – whatever you do, think clearly, work hard and believe always. Jenna Volpert Head Girl
Year 10 Restaurant Visits On Friday 6 June, we went to the Michelin-starred restaurant, Ormer, for the day to get experience of life in the kitchen. We began the day at 10am feeling eager, but a little apprehensive, for the day ahead. We were first split up to work in two different sections: one in the Deli and the other in the main kitchen. In the Deli, we made sandwiches and flat breads to be sold to the public at lunch. In the main kitchen, we concentrated on preparing the starters: we made risotto balls, pea butter, and helped prepare a crab dish. Later on we worked on desserts, making soufflé, marshmallows and rosemary chocolate ganache. As service got under way, we were very busy helping plate up some of the dishes. We learnt lots about how a professional kitchen works, how the meals are prepared, and how presentation is very important. Despite the heat, it was a very enjoyable experience and it gave us a very valuable insight into the working life of a chef. Emily Renouf and Chloe Lowndes Year 10 Sadie and I visited Longueville Manor and did a day’s work experience in the kitchen. It was interesting to see how a busy successful kitchen works, for example, before the visit we didn’t know that there are three main parts to the kitchen; pastry, larder and the main kitchen.
Chloe Lowndes and Emily Renouf at Ormer
Sadie I worked in the pastry section for the first half of the day and prepared fruit to help prepare for the lunch service. At Longueville Manor they were very helpful in showing me how too cut and present fruit at a high level. I then helped them make croissants for the following day (breakfast), this involved using machinery and rolling the pastry and adding chocolate for pain au chocolat. I also helped to decorate cakes and also got too try some home-made sorbets. Then Greta and I swapped over and I helped out in the main kitchen. Greta For the first half of the day I worked in the Larder which is where the cold starters and afternoon tea is made, and also some fish preparation is done here too. I learnt how to cut chicken in such a way so it would be easier to cut after cooking. After helping make sandwiches for the afternoon tea session I moved to the main kitchen where it was too hot to help out there for too long. So after lunch I moved to pastry and helped ice macaroons and prepare fruit for the next day. We really enjoyed our work experience and it was great to see what goes on behind the scenes in a busy hotel restaurant.
Sadie Ruellan and Greta Taylor with Longuville Manor’s Executive Chef Andrew Baird
Greta Taylor and Sadie Ruellen Year 10 On Friday 6 June, we spent the day at the Michelin starred restaurant, Bohemia, learning from professionals. We started the day at 10am going through the back of the Bohemia to get to the kitchen. After we got into a chef ’s jackets we were ready to start. We got split up so we could experience different areas of the kitchen. One of us was working with main meals, this included; making risotto balls, preparing vegetables (especially mushrooms) and peeling quail eggs. The other one was working with desserts, this included; crystallizing rose petals, making mint sorbet, making a range of different types of ice cream, pastry and arranging chocolate. We then worked together and de-seeded cherries which left our working area in bit of a mess. We also both got to use the vacuum packer. This experience has given us an insight into what life is like in a kitchen and we enjoyed the whole day. We couldn’t believe how relaxed it was and the good atmosphere in the kitchen made us feel part of the team. Kelsei Price and Hannah Mundy Year 10
Hannah Mundy at Bohemia
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A Day in the Life of The Royal Navy Through the Jersey Sea Cadets we were privileged to be chosen to spend a day at sea on the HMS Iron Duke, a Royal Navy frigate based in Portsmouth. On Wednesday 4 June we boarded the ship at 08.00 hours and were given a safety talk before heading out to sea. We were towed from the dock by the Harbourmaster as the ship is too large to leave the harbour unguided. Whilst on the HMS Iron Duke we were able to explore the whole ship with a Petty Officer and Seaman as our guide. Our favourite area of the ship was the Operations room. This is where the armoury is controlled from and where the radars are. We were able to use all the equipment, but unfortunately not to actually fire the weapons!
We were very lucky to be able to go on to the Bridge and watch the Captain manoeuvring the boat. From the Bridge we went to see the ‘messes’, which are where the crew sleep and relax. They were a very long way from the Bridge and varied in size depending on the ranking of the crew. The messes have bunks, TV’s, sofa’s, lockers and a small kitchen. Lunch was amazing and we were very surprised by the choice and quality of the food on board. Whilst we were at sea we watched a ‘man over board’ exercise. It took a long time to rescue the ‘man’ as the ship needed to circle him first in order to calm the waters around him.
However, once we had said hello and started the quiz, everything was fine. We were in groups of four with me, my best friend Jyothi and our pen pals, Louise and Jules. It was really funny at times communicating with them as we were trying to understand what they were trying to say.
We had a fantastic day, which as inspired us more to pursue a career in the Royal Navy. Carys and Catherine Unwin Year 8
Granville Students’ Visit
When we went to St Brelade’s Beach with our French pen pals from College Andre Malraux, it was only the second time we saw them so everyone was a bit worried that it would be awkward speaking to them again.
As the next day was the D-day celebrations there were many other ships around getting ready for the flotilla. We also experienced a flyby from an RAF Tornado.
We soon started to get used to talking to them as we went along and when we had finished the quiz, we went to eat lunch on the benches at the far side of the beach. Afterwards, we went to buy an ice-cream and said goodbye to them. I didn’t think I would be able to see them again as I wasn’t planning to go on the trip to Granville at first but I enjoyed it so much that I luckily was able to go! I couldn’t wait to see them all again at their school in a few weeks! Hannah Wright Year 8
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Buddy Baking 2014 The Food Room was a hive of activity throughout the month of March as Year 7 students and their Year 12 buddies took part in the annual House ‘Buddy Baking’ competition. The ‘bake off ’ is designed to be a fun activity that helps to strengthen interaction between students, whilst at the same time testing every aspect of their baking skills, as teams from all Houses battle it out to be crowned the best Buddy Bakers.
have Shaun Rankin from Ormer adjudicate at the final event. The overall winners were Molly Hamilton (Year 12) and her buddy Tiegan Franco (Year 7) from Cavell House. The inaugural award for creativity was awarded to Hannah- Marie Luce (Year 12) and Miriam Crowcroft and Charlotte Perchard (Year 7) from Curie Fry. My thanks also to Mrs Debra Curtis, who kindly agreed to sponsor this award annually.
This year students were tasked with displaying their creativity by designing and preparing four beautiful cup cakes that not only had to technically correct, but had to also taste good and should be designed to impress the judges. We were again fortunate and delighted to
Well done to all students who participated in this event.
Jenna Volpert, Mr Howarth and Year 7 students
Molly Hamilton and Tiegan Franco with Shaun Rankin, Cavell House Winners
Mrs A. De Louche Head of HE
Charlotte Perchard, Miriam Crowcroft and Hannah-Marie Luce winners of the Creativity Award with Shaun Rankin ‘Tea for Two’ Creativity Award
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National Prize for Jersey College for Girls
JCG Students win the national final of the 2014 ICAEW Business, Accounting and Skills Education (BASE) competition. The team of five JCG students beat off competition from forty seven other schools from across the UK to be crowned 2014 BASE national champions. Aimed at 16-18 year olds BASE links schools, students and employers together in a bid to, not only to increase awareness of a career in business and finance, but to also develop key employability skills in the future workforce. Assuming the role of chartered accountants, the students had less than three hours to analyse, discuss and decide on the next steps of a fictional organisation (Fletchers Ltd) before presenting their ideas to a panel of business professionals in a room with five other schools. The event, which took place on Wednesday 25 June at The Hilton Metropole Hotel in Birmingham, followed over forty regional heats (involving over 2700 students), which saw sixth form schools and colleges from around the UK compete to be in with a chance of reaching the grand final. Congratulations to our winning team: Lindsay Young, Emily Bain, Hannah Paton, Amy Meeks and Eva Hurst. The BASE competition is billed as the ultimate business challenge and the JCG team, through applying the knowledge, skills and experience that they had gained so far, needed to show determination, business excellence and creativity. The BASE competition is supported by
local Birmingham firms who provided professional mentors and judges. In addition students and teachers were given the chance to hear first-hand accounts about the range of career options chartered accountancy can provide. The JCG team were pleased to have the support Nicola Davis (BPP Birmingham) acting as a mentor for the team. The judging panel included: - Tom Mackay, Head of International Finance M&S - Liz Rylatt, Executive Director, Finance, Operations and Members - Carl Swansbury, Director - Corporate Finance Ryecroft Glenton The students were filmed whilst they gave their 8-minute presentation and impressed the judges. The leading teams from the 7 other syndicates were compared by the head judges. The girls had the opportunity to revel in their achievement at the celebration dinner in the evening. With a delicious three-course dinner, award ceremony and evening entertainment, there was much to look forward to. Shortly before 10pm, Zarin Patel, ex-Chief Financial Officer for BBC, awarded JCG the prestigious title of the ICAEW Base 2014 National Winners. In addition to being crowned national BASE champions, the JCG students each received a cash prize of £500 towards their education and a visit to Chartered Accountants’ Hall in London, where they will enjoy a celebratory lunch and the
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chance to meet and interview ICAEW Chief Executive, Michael Izza. Sixty students at JCG will also benefit from a full day employability skills workshop, lead by head judge Angus Farr (Director Training Counts) to be held at JCG later this year. Commenting on their win Adam Sykes, Employability and Enterprise Co-ordinator at Jersey College for Girls, said: “This was JCG’s second consecutive year at the national final. We are immensely proud of our students for taking the top award. One of the greatest moments of this competition was observing the blend of skills as the students worked together in preparation for the national final. The JCG team shone because they really played to their strengths; be that research, numbers or presentational skills. Team JCG had the BASE Factor!” Principal, Carl Howarth, said: “This is a tremendous achievement for our students. We are delighted that their talents and abilities were recognized at a national level beating off competition from across the country.” During the evening dinner JCG had the pleasure of the company of Brian Boswell, who was the founder of the competition. He explained that the purpose of the competition was to give students a real insight into the world of work and provides them with important and informed careers information. We certainly feel that the JCG team benefited a great deal from their participation in this competition and are grateful for ICAEW for this opportunity. Mr A Sykes Employability Co-ordinator
Barcelona Geography Field Trip
Field trips in the sun are certainly a different experience to the more usual rainy UK trip but the Geography learnt is just as valid. This May 32 Year 10 students with Miss Le Miere, Miss Lumley and myself travelled to Barcelona for a five night trip to look at coastal erosion and defences, flash flooding, urban rebranding and the impact of de-industrialisation. The trip didn’t have the best start when one passport and two pieces of baggage were lost between getting on the plane and immigration. While the rest of the group went on a tour of the city, I was on the wrong side of immigration with a student hoping they would let us in to the country, after about two hours this was sorted and they were re united with the group for the short drive to Sitges where the field trip was based. The field work was run by Barcelona Field Studies which is led by English
tutors. The first day we studied the coastal defences in Sitges which have not been entirely successful and is a good lesson in the knock on effects of putting in offshore breakwaters and groynes. We had two days in Barcelona, one looking at the El Ravel area of the inner city. This area was a very run down part of the city in the 1970s but was improved for the Olympics and is now quite a multi cultural area but still has pockets of poverty which was quite an eye opener to our students, especially some of the graffiti depicting a murder in one of the more deprived parts. The second day in the city involved a coach journey around all the new developments, such as the waterfront with its interesting architecture and the 22@ area which is the new media and ICT centre of the city. Both areas could give a lesson to Jersey in iconic buildings and sustainability. The final day was spent looking at the hazard risk of flash floods
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with measurements of a dry valley and study of some flood defences. In the evenings we spent time discussing what we had learnt and in the classroom collating all the data we had collected. Once this was all completed we walked up the road to the local restaurant for our evening meal. The trip really opens student’s eyes to what a varied subject Geography is and helps in both the field work aspect of the final IGCSE and also gives some superb case study material. The present Year 11 said how useful it was to be able to write about what they had seen as opposed to using out of date ideas from a text book. We have already booked our dates for next year. Mrs N Mansell Head of Geography
JCG Expedition to China
After three years of studying Mandarin Chinese, the chance to travel to China and explore the country and its culture for myself was a fantastic opportunity. Arriving in Shanghai gave a glimpse of what one might mistake for an Asian version of New York. Although the skyline is unique to Shanghai, both cities reflect a vastly developed cityscape complete with stereotypical urban attributes. In Shanghai however, the traffic does not abide by any system of rules as bicycles zigzag with wild abandon while people walk halfway across the road and then wait until they can reach the other side at their leisure. Additionally, the skyscrapers tower around you in a seemingly endless fashion, whether it is the HSBC building from which I viewed the famous Pearl Tower which provides television broadcasts or the scaffolding covered latest addition to the skyline; the city surrounds you. Within this world of concrete, metallic hues, glass and hazardous driving, I found myself astounded that actually, I was in China. I had landed in the country that I have spent three years talking about, learning the history of and practicing the necessity of enunciating the language of- as one word has four different meanings dependent on how you pronounce it- and it was surreal. After landing, I was looking forward to finding a toilet which would not test my
balance at 12,000 feet mid turbulence with the challenge of not sliding off the seat. (I had avoided such bathroom acrobatics however by remaining in my seat for the entirety of the flight- I fall asleep quickly and remain that way thanks to earplugs.) You notice the signs in Chinese, comment on the advertising boards with your tired travelling companions. Then panic as you were unaware of the necessity of filling out an arrivals card and are fast envisaging being sent to a Chinese prison in the style of Bridget Jones: Beyond the Edge of Reason. Whilst realising this with growing excitement, I was travelling via the Maglev which is the fastest high speed train in the world as it can reach 311mph- the thought that you could not experience this anywhere other than Shanghai did not fail to escape me. Within the city, we explored the mayhem of markets and bazaars whilst also discovering the social setting of a Chinese park. One could learn from the Chinese as walking through Hyde Park, we do not encounter free dancing classes or find a corner for karaoke which is incredibly popular in Asia. Nor do we see toileting which consists of babies being held over bushes as is fairly common in China, the attitude towards life which was reflected in the park was insightful into the Chinese culture. Being self-conscious does not seem to exist as young and old
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alike would dance, whether to hip hop or in a ballroom style. Alongside the park, the contemporary establishment of Jackie Chan’s nightclub contrasted with the traditional song and music which could be heard beneath the trees. With clusters of bamboo, beautiful cherry blossoms and the necessary pond within the garden, you find yourself questioning your surroundings and wondering how something as beautiful as this could be flanked by the grey mass of Shanghai buildings. Visiting the Bund enabled the group to become celebrities for an hour as the Chinese flocked to take photos of Western girls with preference given to the lighter skinned fairer haired members of our group. Some soaked it up, others hid in the background, we all realised though that we certainly were the odd ones out rather than being the common majority as we would experience were we in London. Our introduction to Chinese food had begun on the plane with surprisingly edible offerings of duck and pork for dinner and then lunch as we changed to the Chinese time zone. Our first few days were spent in Shanghai, visiting the Shanghai Museum, art galleries and enjoying the luxury of Holiday Inn Express whilst tasting the famous hot pot and exploring one of the most unique cities in the world.
From Shanghai, we moved on to Suzhou to explore the Chinese “Venice” with the network of canals revealing old traditional architecture and street food delicacies such as chicken feet. Between inhaling the smoke from a crematorium and smelling the tell-tale odour of fried chicken feet from a street cart, you would be better off with the crematorium. The maize of side streets entertained us as we were guided by students from the international college in the city, purchasing cakes which resembled small Neapolitan rum babas with cream replacing the alcohol content. Delicious as these were, we enjoyed dinner in Suzhou at the Silk Museum and I learnt how to appreciate the fine skill needed to make something ornate which would cost you between £5 and £50,000 respectively. The practice of making silk screens may be considered traditionally Chinese but the skill required as well as the patience needed to produce items as beautiful as those we saw, is inspiring. With the first four days of the trip spent in urban, developed surroundings, the relocation to Yunnan province provided a stark contrast. Whilst Kunming mimics any large city complete with old and new architecture, neon signs for late night food stops, manic road sense and tall, ugly buildings comprising shopping malls and office blocks alongside traditional pagodas, the city is located near areas of astounding natural beauty. One hour away, you find
hillsides which lead to the mountains, whilst driving alongside these you could be mistaken for thinking you are in Italy although on closer inspection the bamboo is noticeable. Travelling up the mountainside provided a series of tight turns which were worrying at best due to the narrow width of the roads. Looking back the way you have come is a zigzag traversing the mountainside, reaching the entrance which leads to the Dragon Gate, one must choose between a mile long uphill climb and a ride on the chairlift. During my time in China, I discovered multiple things, the first of which concerns the aforementioned chairlift. I have always preferred to have my feet on solid ground and though tears springing to my eyes in terror at the prospect of what I thought would be a terrifying experience is hardly the coolest thing to admit, I was petrified. The chairlift seats looked like garden swings painted in a gay shade of light green to jolly them up and the trip up the mountain was providing me with considerable dread. However after having felt unwell for the previous day, the prospect of climbing stairsin China the steps are uneven and perilous at best- did not provide an alternative. Getting onto the chairlift with my Mandarin teacher though was reassuring and to my surprise, the chairlift was sturdier than it first appeared and though long, the journey up the mountainside was at a much lower height than I had anticipated. This
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experience, although it did not cure my anxiety towards heights, did reveal the fact that chairlifts aren’t as scary as I thought they were. While I will not outwardly search for opportunities to be suspended above the ground, I did survive and that in itself was an achievement. Reaching the Dragon Gate, one has to consider the importance given to religion by people of all cultures, whether it is Tibetan Buddhism such as that which we experienced whilst in China or the other religions we see more widely in the West. The fact that people will trek up mountains to build monuments to their deities or adhere fervently to the belief that prayer will resolve all of their problems, speaks volumes about the importance bestowed upon religion which is becoming less explicit in the West. Whilst in Yunnan Province, we visited a monastery where the monks were isolated from the nearby community. Although this may seem self-evident by the very nature of monastic life, once you spend an hour hiking up to a monastery from the sprawling village below, you appreciate the withdrawal from life experienced by members of monastic circles. Despite the relative poverty of the area, the Tibetan monastery featured intricate ornaments which adorned the worship space. Though modest in comparison to a Cathedral in England, the solemn virtue of the temple exceeded extravagance in the West.
For myself, experiencing entirely different cultures such as those we encountered whilst in China, allows you the opportunity to consider life and what truly deserves the attribution of value. Materialism is present in daily Western life, from our branded biscuits to designer dresses. When you are on the back of a horse drawn cart surrounded by the beauty of a Chinese landscape, you are awed by the mountains to your left while regarding the clear waters of the lake to your right. You note the builders eating rice for lunch while labouring in 26 degree heat, in this you realise that materialism can be avoided. While you appreciate available Wi Fi in order to contact loved ones at home, one could find relief in being away from the constant streaming of news and the mundane drone of routine. You realised what you truly appreciated. The desire for communication with loved ones was selfexplanatory but going without, enabled you to acknowledge what one might otherwise take for granted. In the town of Dali, you are able to explore the network of streets with runaway lamas, live fish markets and street vendors in every direction. The ancient walls and gates encompassing the town echo the remnants of an older traditional China without the influx of Western commerce and new attitudes which though influential, have not entirely eradicated the Chinese way of life for rural communities. Spending a lunch meal in the courtyard of a Chinese family home treated our digestion to quality homemade food where the flavours were untainted by the cheapness of quickly cooked meals. It could be considered sentimental to say that the food was cooked with love but were you to sit at the table, watching swallows fly to their nest built in the eaves and observing the grandmother making an intricate waistcoat by hand, you would understand what my words are trying to express. The simplicity of the lives of the Bai people is sparse in contrast to the Western lifestyles we take for granted. While a child born in the family home will be content to continue in the footsteps of their ancestors by learning the Bai customs, here in the West we aspire and often forget customs in our rush to escape the ‘boredom’ of home. For someone in Jersey, the possession of a smart-phone and laptop is common, the aspiration to attend university in England or further afield is taken for granted and the opportunity to explore outside of our immediate area is one we take with ease. For the Bai people living in Dali and the nearby villages however, the traditional life is the one which they seek. The women wear custom dress which reflects their marital status and the descriptive, “jinhua” meaning ‘golden flower’ when referring to a young unmarried woman cannot
be accused of sexism. Instead, the label, “jinhua,” is steeped in their culture whereas in the West, utilisation of a colloquialism such as calling a woman a “doll” might result in legal feuds. In China, the way of life is founded upon respect, honour and the historical customs of the people. Perhaps explaining why in China, it would be a disgrace to abandon your elderly parents to a care home. Whereas in the West, this is a common act too frequently used as an easier alternative to returning the care given to you in your infancy, to a parent in their time of dependency. The Chinese family structure is stronger than that in the West, witnessing the consideration shown to us when the grandmother-who was at least in her 80s-brought stools for us to sit on while watching the tea ceremony, demonstrated this clearly. While we may not go out of our way to provide for others unless it reaps some indirect benefit for ourselves, the Chinese are welcoming and hospitable with kindness shown not out of fulfilment of some obligation but out of their choice. The friendliness I reference here was shown in forming a new friendship with a woman I met in an art shop in Shanghai. In consideration of how email enables correspondence with someone in China, one can also note how experiences on the other side of the world can alter your perspective drastically. Additionally, the kindness of a stranger in carrying your suitcase to the top of the never-ending staircase at a train station cannot be taken for granted when you are unable to do so yourself. Personally, the highlight of the trip in regard to where we travelled within China was the time spent in Lijiang. A beautiful town nestled in the mountains provides one of the most beautiful landscapes in China with the Black Dragon Pond being the central focus of a park which is often used for wedding photos while in the backdrop, the Black Dragon mountain range slumbers as it always has done. Wandering through the town during the day gave an experience of the China I had wanted to see after romanticised images of Disney’s Mulan created a lasting impression. Lijiang did not disappoint in the slightest. Lijiang at night is a beautiful sight; the wooden buildings are hung with lanterns which bear glowing orange orbs which dot the night skyline as far as the eye can see. The smells of cooking fill your nose with the fragrance of sizzling yak meat. With the pungent spices and fresh zing of various dishes which you need a strong stomach to handle at times. The sound of drumming is clear in the air as you pass a demonstration in a shop doorway. The bustle of the streets makes you want to take the hand of the person nearest you as it would be easy to get lost. Lijiang is the kind of place you would
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love to take your time to explore with the maze of lantern-lit streets being picturesque. After two weeks in China, I was desperate to devour a steak though frankly, any meal which wasn’t rice-based would have done the job. Even a mangy cat would be considered although I would have needed to go to a Cantonese region to have that on the menu. Shanghai Airport taught me how to chug down a bottle of re-hydrating powder in combination with Sprite and while waiting in the departure lounge, I was able to reflect on the experience of the trip as a whole. This reflective state was paused shortly thereafter when an Australian sat beside me and in the course of thirteen hours, went from stranger to a new friend. When travelling, it is not just the places you visit and things you see but also the people you meet, the anecdotes shared amongst travellers provide laughter and insight. My time in China has afforded me the opportunity to share my experiences of travel in a beautiful, diverse country with a rich culture unlike any other. Sometimes, being on the other side of the world allows you to discover not just your Mandarin skills, master the art of chopsticks and explore a culture wholly different to ours but instead helps you discover aspects of yourself which you hadn’t been aware of before. The dynamics of the trip allow you to make memories which you will remember throughout your life. In the course of an incredible trip, China changed from a place I hoped to visit to a place I have visited. Grace O’Regan We began in the most modern part of China, by taking the Maglev, or magnetically levitating train, from Shanghai Pudong Airport to the centre of the city’s financial district. Here among the skyscrapers we found the HSBC tower where we had an appointment in the boardroom with Terrence Chi, Head of Global Private Banking, for a talk on the history of the Bank in China. It was an interesting talk, but the view of multiple skyscrapers all around us was even more captivating. We spent our first full day in Shanghai visiting various parks, markets and areas in the older part of the city. A visit to a park in the French Concession was a revelation; everyone was out doing communal activities such as dancing, singing and Tai Chi. We came to love these parks and join in the dancing later in the trip, but for now we just watched. The highlight of the day was probably the Bund where we were photographed by many Chinese tourists and gathered a large crowd.
The next morning we began with a choice of breakfast at the hotel or Chinese-style from street vendors outside. We then visited the Shanghai Museum, with collections of ancient bronzes, ceramics, jade and ethnic minority costumes. After a good lunch, we took the coach two hours west to the 2500 year old city of Suzhou, famed for silk and wedding dress tailoring. The old town is surrounded and traversed by canals so we took a 40 minute boat tour before visiting a silk embroidery centre. We watched a technician stitching two sides of an embroidery at the same time using thread thinner than a human hair. We ate well at the centre before checking into a conference hotel built around a garden. On our second day in Suzhou we visited the museum, designed by the architect I M Pei which had a very well displayed collection of traditional art. In the afternoon we lingered at a Confucius Temple before heading for Pingjanglu to meet students from Dulwich College. Here we went off in small groups to get to know each other and socialise. The next morning we checked out of the hotel and headed for Dulwich College, where we met up with Mr Lewis and the students from yesterday. We had a Chinese calligraphy class and made dumplings in the canteen. We discovered that Dulwich College is within the campus of Suzhou Middle School, which is 1000 years old and founded by the same scholar whose statue we took a group photo in front of at the Confucius Temple. After lunch, we enjoyed the large classical garden that belonged to
the ‘Humble Administrator’ who was the architect of Suzhou’s walled city 500 years ago. From there, we transferred to Suzhou station where we caught a bullet train to Shanghai’s Hong Qiao - Asia’s largest transport hub. After a 3.5 hour flight to Kunming, we were met by Mr Mao and were shuttled 30 minutes downtown to our hotel. All ready for bed now! This morning we headed to the Western Hills. Half the group walked up the Green Rooster Hill; the other half took a chair lift. It was a lovely sunny day and we enjoyed views over Dian Chi lake and Kunming city. After a wonderful lunch, we had a short rest at the hotel before meeting up with Mr Mao again. Many of the girls joined in with dancing at Cuihu park by a lake of water lilies where two men were flying kites on lines so long their kites were just dots above the sky-scrapers. We saw two pagodas and two old city gates before enjoying an hour’s free time to explore the downtown area and market stalls. We then had a great dinner at an old restaurant that used to be a private club for high officials until a year ago. The evening was rounded off with the stunning Dynamic Yunnan dance show. After several late nights, we had a leisurely start and checked out late morning. We went to a restaurant for lunch which had an indoor waterfall and live geese on a pond. We then went to a peaceful Buddhist Bamboo Temple on a hillside and enjoyed the tranquillity and sunshine. We headed back into town and stopped for a group photo at Yunnan University before 13
returning - by popular demand - to the Cui Hu park to dance with the local retirees. Continued After dinner, we had a marvellous couple of hours enjoying the most popular form of modern Chinese entertainment: Karaoke in a large private room. When some of the girls had sung themselves hoarse, we headed for the station to catch the 23:22 overnight train to Dali. We slept in open compartments of 6 bunks each: as people settled, we had some fun conversations but once lights went out at midnight, all was quiet until 6:00 in the morning when we were approaching our next destination. On Saturday we woke up in Dali. We spent the morning exploring the old city, including a visit to a Catholic Church designed in a Chinese style. In the afternoon we had group activities exploring the city. The next morning we checked out of the hotel in Dali and made the smooth three hour expressway journey to Lijiang. Lijiang (Beautiful River) is home to 300,000 Naxi (Black) people, who are ranked 26th out of the 55 ethnic minorities in China by size. They have their own language, culture and religion - called Dongba (Eastern Bon). The Naxi believe their ancestors emerged from a black egg laid by a bird, who also laid a white egg that produced spirits. They believe that spirits live in every part of the natural world, so we saw red ribbons tied around trees and a statue of the spirit of the Jade Dragon mountain, who is believed to take human form at night and ride around the town on a horse to keep watch over the people. The Dongba shamans also
have their own pictographic script which we’ve seen in decorations around the town. Less than 20 years ago, Lijiang was almost unknown - the only way to reach Kunming (the provincial capital) was on horseback, which would have taken 54 days. Then, in 1996 an 7.4 earthquake caused 250 deaths and huge damage to the old town. UNESCO designated the town a World Heritage Site and huge investment was made by the Chinese government and the World Bank to restore it and make it more accessible. Today, it only takes 9 hours by train, 6 hours by car and 45 minutes by plane to get to Kunming and the town receives 15 million tourists a year, 95% of whom are Chinese. We first visited the stunning Black Dragon Pool park, originally built 500 years ago as a summer retreat for the ruling Mu (Wood) family. The nearly 6000m high snow-capped Jade Dragon mountain towers over the area, but at dusk the reflection of the trees in the park look like a black dragon swimming in the pool. Also in the park is a 500 year old temple with 3 layers of roof. The bottom two layers have two up-turned eaves, so in each corner it looks five phoenixes are set to take off. Below the temple, a man was producing amazing black and white paintings using only different parts of his hand. After lunch, we checked into a courtyard hotel - which never normally receives Western guests - before heading into the old town. We climbed the Lion Hill to a 5 storey pagoda for wonderful views over the old town, the palatial home of the Mu family and the surrounding area. The old town is outstandingly beautiful, with
cobbled streets along narrow waterways lined with willow trees and traditional wooden buildings. Although it does feel like one big gift shop, there is a lot of live music and colourful woven fabric at every turn, which makes it a relaxed and uplifting place to be. So we allowed the girls to explore freely before and after dinner. We took the 8 hour soft sleeper train (4 bunks to a compartment with a door) from Lijiang back to Kunming, walked back to the hotel we stayed in previously and boarded a coach for the 6 hour journey up to Zhaotong. The landscape was extraordinary - endless huge terraced hillsides with enormous pylons being built to support a widened carriageway. We were greeted on the edge of what is now a town of 6 million people by the Party Deputy Secretary of the First People’s Hospital and were escorted to our hotel. After a quick shower and change, a noodle lunch was available before we headed off to a hillside on the edge of town where Dr Lilian Grandin is buried. The original graves of Dr Grandin and her fellow missionaries were dismantled and used as building materials during the ‘Great Leap Forward’ of the 1950s. But in 2007 - with funding from churches in Hong Kong - the local church rebuilt the graves. They have held a service at the graveside every Easter Day since. We then had a brief visit to the hospital that Dr Grandin ran in the 1920s and saw some of the equipment left over from those days. Today, the hospital has 2000 inpatient beds, a staff of 2000, and cares for 60,000 people a year. Our last stop was the church that Dr
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Grandin helped lead. The building has recently been demolished in preparation for a £1 million building project that includes a 6 storey church, a dormitory block and a theology school. We were able to see the original foundation stones, some recovered stones from the missionaries’ original graves, and the church’s original altar table. Next door is the building the church is currently using, which was the original hospital. The school the missionaries also ran has since been passed on to the local government. We were made very welcome by members of the congregation, including the Minister, whose mother and grandfather were Ministers before her. We finished the evening in a new restaurant trying to fuse Chinese and Western styles. We were guests of the hospital and exchanged gifts with our hosts, formally cementing the link between JCG and Zhaotong. Unfortunately, we seem to have picked up a tummy bug that struck almost everyone in the group, making the hours of travelling all the more gruelling. However, the girls showed great strength of character and sense of humour and dealt with it really well, supporting each other. The next day we travelled for some 16 hours today and arrived back at Shanghai’s Holiday Inn - where our journey started two week before. We have all had a fantastic trip. Mr T Fallon Head of RE
University of Southampton Maths Challenge 2014
Do you remember our social media post about three of our Year 7 students being selected as prize winners of the University of Southampton Maths Challenge 2014?
a degree from current undergraduate and PhD students, were all individually awarded their certificates, and were finally addressed by the Head of Division; Professor Graham Niblo (http://www. southampton.ac.uk/maths/about/staff/gan.page) who inspired them by speaking about the importance of building bridges in Mathematics.
Well, after much angst and waiting at Jersey Airport due to a flight cancellation they finally set off on 4 June. Unfortunately they missed the evening buffet and Maths recreation but were able to make it to the prize giving ceremony.
A wonderful evening to celebrate a huge success – well done girls.
The three students; Ellana McAlister, Hannah Owens and Emma Noel were able to hear about what it’s like to study Mathematics as
Mrs K Lumley Mathematics Teacher
Physics Field Trip to the aMaizin! Adventure Park A Year 12 Physics group visited aMaizin! Adventure Park to investigate frictional forces involved in the Toboggan ride. Various parameters were measured such as slope length and angle before a volunteer was “chosen” to act as testpilot. The runs were timed and the data was processed back in class. Other quick experiments included shifting centreof-gravity control of Balancing Bikes and some momentary effects of weightlessness (0 g)! Mr A Sykes Physics Teacher
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Potential Plus Event
Jersey College for Girls invited representatives from Potential Plus UK to Jersey to deliver an event for the College’s high learning potential students. This was the first event that involved not only students from Key Stage 3 and 4 but also their parents. There were a variety of sessions looking at student’s gifts and talents and focusing on critical thinking, speaking out and research and revision skills. It was an opportunity to equip high potential learners with tools and skills to challenge
themselves and also to equip their parents with skills to support their daughters beyond the classroom. Parents learnt how to structure work, conversations and how to plan with their daughters to get the most out of their studies. There were also two continual professional development sessions run and a variety of teachers from all of Jersey’s primary and secondary schools attended to hear about how to meet the learning needs and emotional needs of these individual students.
The event was run as part of the Ogier sponsorship programme for secondary G&T students in Jersey and it is hoped it will become an annual event across the schools. Plans are in place to run a similar event in the Autumn term to allow more students and parents the opportunity to participate.
shortly. Any students who score within the top 2% of the population will automatically be invited to join Mensa. There are many benefits to being part of Mensa and members have the chance to meet as groups at structured conventions, contact through newsletters and the chance to work with like minded individuals. It can open up opportunities through universities and work and is a definite asset to anyone’s CV.
Students found the test challenging and yet rewarding with some very thought provoking questions. Following on from the success of this year’s test JCG plans to run the Mensa test again in the future.
Mrs R Cleave ENCO
Mensa Jersey College for Girls held it’s first Mensa Supervised IQ test on Wednesday 2 July and students from Years 7 – 13 participated. Mensa now provide tests to be taken through schools and JCG was the first school in Jersey to participate, others are now planning to follow. The girls sat six subtests that got progressive more difficult and will receive their results
Clockwork Universe Physics rocks at JCG! - Students from JCG, Victoria College, Hautlieu, Beaulieu, Le Rocquier and Grainville were blown away watching the performance of The Clockwork Universe on Thursday 3 July. It was a riotous rock ‘n’ roll rampage through the history of science from ancient Greece to the 20th Century. Key concepts in Physics were brought to life in an hour of music and song, ridiculous costumes and a spectacular multimedia visual show. We enjoyed songs including “Do The Maths”, “Galileo Galilei” and “Halley Watch The Stars”. Mr A Sykes Physics Teacher
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Mrs R Cleave ENCO
JCG / Hawksford Debate Series JCG’s debate series sponsored by Hawksford has now been running since September 2012 and has involved students at JCG and the wider educational community of Jersey. The whole initiative began at the House of Commons where Hawksford launched their Thought Paper, ‘Thinking Beyond Tomorrow’ and Mr Howarth, Mrs Cleave and two sixth formers were invited by Mr Peter Murley, Hawksford’s former CEO, to the event to meet many of the inspirational individuals who had contributed to the paper. The debate series has been set up in order to encourage public speaking, the voicing of opinions and to create a bridge between today’s leaders with the leaders of tomorrow. It gives students the opportunity to hone their research skills, to work in groups and to really study the world in which they live. The usual debate rules are followed and students are kept very strictly to time when presenting their arguments. The audience are given the chance to question them and really challenge their arguments and facts before closing with a vote. The series started with JCG sixth form students debating the pros and cons of protesting in our modern society focusing on riots, pickets, petitions and the latest craze flash mobs and whether these are a sign of a healthy society. They discussed issues locally for example bus drivers in Jersey going on strike and how that affected so many people on the island and more global issues, focusing on many different countries of the world. All debates are evening events run at JCG and all members of the JCG community and Jersey as a whole are invited to attend. The second debate saw JCG students from Year 10 upwards focus on ‘What replaces mainstream media will be good for society in the long run,’ another ‘hot topic’ of the day and one that was argued with passion and real commitment. This debate was hosted by Harry McRandle who is ideally placed to facilitate a debate on the future of the media and if what replaces mainstream media will in fact be good for society. The aim of the debates is to get the students thinking ahead to the future, inspiring them to become the thought-provoking people we all aspire to be. The debate series expanded in the Autumn term of 2013 and JCG extended the series to invite participation from other schools, allowing students to work together with like minded students. November’s debate saw JCG sixth form students working with Grainville Year 9 students. The title being ‘This House believes it is better to stay than
to go’. This debate was led by Matthew Price a familiar voice in the mornings as the presenter of the BBC Jersey breakfast show. Students from the different age groups worked together to offer their views and opinions on whether it is better for Jersey for them to remain on the island at the age of 18 or to leave to study or work elsewhere. The views did vary among the students, and the different age groups, although the outcome was quite unanimous. From the success of the third debate JCG opened up the invitation to all secondary schools and the fourth debate saw JCG, Hautlieu, Beaulieu and De La Salle students working together to debate the title ‘This House believes a decline in the printed word will lead to a decline in literacy standards.’ This was a fantastic opportunity for Year 9 and 10 students from different schools to meet and debate a topic that was very pertinent not just to themselves but to all ages and the evening saw the greatest audience turn out to date with many different generations keen to ‘argue’ both sides of this topic. The outcome of this debate came down to just
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two votes and opinions were very strong amongst the debaters and the audience. Our 5th debate was set for 10 July and was run and hosted by Year 7 JCG students. The format of the evening was slightly different, splitting into two short debates, allowing many students from the year group to get involved. The two titles were, “This House believes that holding the Island Games in Jersey will have a positive impact on our economy’ and ‘This House believes that each Jersey household should own just one car.’ Students worked with various prominent figures on the Island and JCG welcomed Deputy Lewis, the transport minister into College to meet with the girls working on the ‘one car’ debate. This was an excellent end to the year for the debate series and work with other schools will commence again in the new academic year with ideas based on Jersey’s tourism industry, education and the environment already being discussed as possible topics for next year. Mrs R Cleave
Music News HOUSE MUSIC 2014 Many congratulations to the house captains, senior musicians, accompanists and soloists of all houses who worked so hard to prepare last term’s House Music performances, and sincere thanks to Mrs Hanson and Mr Whittell for accompanying the junior and senior vocal and instrumental soloists. The rehearsing and conducting a choir of over 100 is undoubtedly one of the most daunting challenges of the house year. The class results were: Original Composition: 1st Yasmine Sinel for Nightingale; 2nd Isobel Osborne for Cavell; 3rd Vanessa Reynolds for Garrett-Anderson Junior Instrumental Solo: 1st Charlotte Arthur for Austen-Bartlett; 2nd Niamh O’Hare for Inglis; 3rd Lauren Trachy for Curie-Fry
Inglis Ensemble OVERALL WINNERS OF HOUSE MUSIC 2014: Inglis
Senior Instrumental Solo: 1st Isobel Osborne for Cavell; 2nd Ella Huelin for Inglis; 3rd Liberty Lees-Baker for Nightingale Junior Vocal Solo: 1st Jessica Donoghue for Garrett Anderson; 2nd Olivia Inns for Austen-Bartlett; 3rd Emily Garton for Inglis
Junior Instrumental Solo Heather Orpin Senior Vocal Solo: 1st Rachel Hayden for Inglis; 2nd Kathryn Baker for Garrett Anderson; 3rd Laura Clark for Austen-Bartlett Ensemble: 1st Garrett-Anderson; 2nd Inglis; 3rd Cavell
Junior Instrumental Solo Liluy McGarragle
Choir: 1st Inglis; 2nd Cavell; 3rd Austen-Bartlett
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SUMMER CONCERT The annual Summer Concert on 6 May was one of the highlights of our year as Music Captains. Enjoyed by a capacity audience, it featured a wide range of memorable ensemble performances and original compositions, beginning with the Chamber Choir’s Walk in Beauty, an evocative Navajo prayer. Appearing from different areas of the hall, the Chamber Choir created a special experience for the audience. Other choral highlights included the Choir’s Like a Singing Bird by Bob Chilcott and Seal Lullaby by Eric Whitacre, JCGlee’s highlights from Matilda and Inglis and Garrett-Anderson’s house ensembles. Highly Strung and Camerata, our string orchestras were joined by a new group this year – M7S (Magnificent Year 7 Strings) and all three groups delighted the audience with a wide range of repertoire ranging from La Réjouissance by Handel and Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, to Ludwig’s Dance Party, an atmospheric performance of The Irish Washerwoman featuring Emily Bridson on harp, and I feel good by James Brown, complete with cool sunglasses! In the second half our two concert bands performed similarly wide-ranging and challenging repertoire, of which our favourite was music from the film How to Train your Dragon. Stix, our percussion ensemble entertained and mesmerised the audience with their Ball Percussion piece, in which all of the players used a basket ball. Première performances of imaginative and atmospheric original compositions by Isobel Osborne, Vanessa Reynolds and Hannah Scriven also delighted everyone. Continued
Chamber Choir
The concert finale, directed by Mr Abraham and featuring vocal soloist Rachel Hayden, combined the Senior Concert Band, Stix, Camerata and the Chamber Choir in Music from Riverdance, bringing the concert to a climactic end. We must finally say a massive thank you to the whole music department. Mrs Le Feuvre, Mrs Hanson and Mr Abraham, without all of your hard work the annual summer concert simply wouldn’t happen, let alone be of as high standard as it always is. This event is one that we are all proud to be a part of, and we are extremely sad that this year had to be our last. We were also completely overwhelmed at the generosity of our audience in giving £757 in the retiring collection for the Jersey Stroke Association. Isobel Osborne, Music Captain 2013-14
Camerata
Senior Concert Band
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tremendous contribution to the musical life of our College. Mrs Hanson and her family take with them our love, sincere thanks and very best wishes. MUSIC CAPTAINS We wish to thank our two retiring Music Captains, Isobel Osborne and Nicole Taylor, whose term of office officially ended last term. As well as working very hard indeed throughout the year they have been exemplary role models for our younger musicians, and we are truly grateful to them for their tremendous hard work, commitment and support.
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Stix LEAVERS’ SERVICE The College community enjoyed a moving and uplifting service for all Leavers at St Helier Methodist Centre on Friday 27 June. Particular thanks to Mrs Hanson, Isobel Osborne and Nicole Taylor for arranging music and leading ensemble rehearsals, and especially to Isobel Osborne for directing the whole of Year 13 in their performance of Wherever I Go by Miley Cyrus.
A job for the summer holidays: MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IDENTIFICATION In a typical week in the Music Department over 200 instruments are brought into school. Many have identical cases and identical instruments inside. Occasionally an instrument is taken home in error because its case has no identification label or distinguishing features. To minimise such confusion, during the summer holiday please would you ensure that you: • Label your instrument case clearly with your name inside and out • All woodwind and brass instruments: make a note of the make and unique serial number.
STAFF NEWS Next year we look forward to Mr Abraham taking on a wider role within the Music department both in academic teaching and our extra curricular programme. At the same time, at the end of this term sadly we say farewell to Mrs Elizabeth Hanson, as she moves on to take up a new post. Mrs Hanson joined JCG in September 2001 as Head of Music and moved to a part-time job share in September 2005. Mrs Hanson has been an exceptional academic curriculum music teacher; her expertise and experience especially at KS5 has been valued and appreciated by generations of A level Music students, many of whom have her to thank for guiding them towards higher education university and conservatoire music courses. Mrs Hanson has enriched the life of the Music department and the wider community of JCG through her direction of the Chamber
POLYPHONY NEWS Next term we look forward to welcoming Mrs Sarah Le Fondre (oboe) to our team of Polyphony tutors, which now numbers 19; our tutors teach singing, piano, guitar, violin, viola, ‘cello, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, baritone, trombone, horn, orchestral percussion, drum kit and music theory. An application form can be downloaded from the JCG website Curriculum - Music - Polyphony.
• All orchestral stringed instruments and guitars: make a note of its make and any distinguishing features, including words written on the inside of the instrument when you look into its body through the sound holes.
Mrs Hanson Choir which she founded in 2001. The passion, conviction and sincerity with which the choir has performed reflect Mrs Hanson’s own enjoyment of beautiful music and her sheer joy and love of singing. Her skills as pianist, repetiteur and accompanist have also been invaluable and widely appreciated. We will miss her very much and thank her most sincerely for he
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• Ensure that all of your music is named so that it can be returned to you easily if you leave it behind at your lesson; sheet music is expensive and there may be as many as 30 copies of the same book in use by musicians at any one time. INSURANCE: if you own your instrument please ensure that it is covered by your household insurance policy. The JMS has its own insurance agreement in place if you hire an instrument from them. Mrs P Le Feuvre Head of Music
Sport This summer term has flown by, jam packed full of sporting activities, both inside and outside of College. There are so many talented students at JCG it is difficult to keep up with all their achievements. It definitely helps when parents email Mr Howarth or myself to inform us of their daughter’s success. Please continue to keep this information coming, as often the girls are too modest to mention it. We can then, as a College, also celebrate their sporting moments. Rounders This term the main sport has been rounders. Years 7-10 compete against all the schools in the Island in a league competition and an overall tournament. This year the earlier fixtures were plagued by poor weather conditions, resulting in several postponed matches. Fortunately we are now well under way with fixtures and have formed some strong, committed teams. The results so far: Tournaments Year 7 - 3rd Year 8 - 1st Year 9 - Joint 1st Year 10 - 2nd
Year 8 Rounders Team Athletics
The leagues are on-going, with 3 or 4 matches left to play. The Year 8’s have won all their games, as have the Year 10’s. Bilton Grange Rounders Match Each year we are very fortunate to have a visiting school from the UK come for rounders fixtures. This school always give us a challenging game, and this year they certainly pulled on our resources. This year fortunately the weather was on our side. There were two matches, and 8a and b team. We played our 8a team against theirs, and we put together a Year 7 team to play Bilton’s 8b team. The 8a rounders team fixture against was tightly fought. They won the first innings, shocking our girls with their massive hitting skills. As a fielding team we had to adjust our tactics to accommodate. Great play reduced their rounders in the second innings meaning that JCG won this one. Overall though, the score finished at 22-18 to Bilton. Great sportsmanship and competition for us. A fabulous game gaining lots of experience for JCG. The player of the match was Abbie Le Marquand, who played a strong role as bowler. Well done to all the girls. Our 8b team was made up of year 7 rounders players, who played outstandingly and beat Bilton by one rounder. Again, great experience and game play.
Girls’ School Cup Our annual Girls Inter-school Athletics Cup was held on Tues 4th June at FB fields. A great turn out for all schools across the island including Grainville, Haute Vallee, Hautlieu, Beaulieu, JCG, Les Quennevais and Le Rocquier, with fine weather to accompany a great afternoon of sport. There were some outstanding performances, especially by Florence Gothard, who broke the 1500m record. With a great performance from JCG in both age categories we retained the junior trophy and came second in the senior this year. • Junior Event (Year 7 & 8) - JCG 1st • Senior Event (Year 9 & 10) - JCG 2nd A huge well done to all the girls who took part this year. What a great team performance Athletics Inter Insular This year the Inter Insular will take place on Tuesday 24 June in Guernsey. The following girls from JCG have been selected to represent their Island. We wish them lots of luck.
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Alia Byron Olivia Allbut Tallulah Norman Florence Gothard
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Gabrielle Taylor Molly Carre Phoebe Fowler Jessica Watling
Within the athletics spectrum, Elli Heyes and Holly Widdowson (Year 11), Tallulah Norman, Florence Gothard and Olivia Allbut (Year 8) and Molly Carre (Year 7) were selected to represent Jersey in the annual Hampshire County Athletics Track and Field championships in Portsmouth in May. The outstanding performance of the weekend went to Molly Carre who won gold in Under13 girls 100m and high jump and a bronze in 200m. This is a fantastic achievement as these were hotly contested events. Molly is a very talented athlete and is one to watch out for in the future! Gemma Gothard won gold in the Under17 Girls 300m, Elli Heyes won gold in triple jump and Holly Widdowson won bronze in triple jump Competing a year young, Tallula Norman won a bronze medal in the Under 15 Girls triple jump, and Florence Gothard and Olivia Allbut both reached the finals of their respective events ( Florence 800m and 1500m and Olivia 75m hurdles). Continued
Guernsey Annual Swimming and Tennis Fixtures Wednesday, 11 June - Guernsey Ladies College Tennis and Swimming fixtures As always the swimming was tight till the finish. We won the Junior competition and lost the Senior by one point. The girls swam extremely well, considering some were between exams or had not swam for a while, making up numbers due to unavailable swimmers. The tennis was very one sided this year. Both the senior and junior pairs beat their opponents resulting in us retaining both trophies. In the afternoon, we had the Mignot & Luscombe swimming competition which involves Beaulieu, Guernsey Ladies College, Guernsey Grammar and JCG. We came joint first in the Mignot (senior) and second, by one point, in the Luscombe (junior).
Guernsey Tennis Players
Thursday, 12 June- Guernsey Grammar School Tennis and Swimming fixtures Another day of competition. Our juniors were superb, getting first and second place in almost all races. They won overall, after winning both relays. The senior competition went down to the relays, which are worth double points. Unfortunately we didn’t quite have the final pace to beat them. The tennis was another triumph for the Juniors, who won all their games. Katy Peggie and Natasha Forrest were awarded the shield for best pair. Unfortunately Grammar couldn’t get a senior tennis team together, so our girls missed out Guernsey Junior Tennis Team Scottish National Age Groups Swimming Competition that is being held this year in June in Aberdeen. This is fabulous for Lillie and an amazing finale to what has been a great swimming season for her. Lillie did fabulously at the Hampshire championships, coming 2nd overall in her age group, despite winning four out of five races.
Guernsey Senior Tennis Team Swimming Our swimmers at JCG are all training hard and showing total dedication, as swimmers do, to preparing themselves for the Island Games. These include- Alia Byron, Isabel Atherley, Susie Phillips, Holly Hughes and Lillie Godden. Lillie Godden has qualified for the
Lillie was away at the weekend at the South East Regional Championships and, as well as gaining a silver and a bronze medal, she also gained two British National Qualifying times which is an amazing achievement and the one thing she had hoped to reach this season. Surfing Kitty Brewer has been selected as part of the team to represent The Channel Islands in The European Surfing Federations Junior Championships. The competition takes place in The Azores this year between 13
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Guernsey Senior Tennis Team and 21 September This competition takes places every two years and is one of the biggest in the surfing calendar. Golf Flora Keites has been selected to compete in the Royal Jersey Golf Club Ladies’ Club Championship on 8-9 July 2014. Flora is progressing very well with her golf and her handicap is currently 5. She has her sights set on being selected for the Ladies’ inter-insular in September 2014 and the Island Games in 2015. Selection will be based on performance in championships such as the one next month. Gymnastics A massive congratulations to Charlotte Pollard for qualifying for the Commonwealth Games. We wish her loads of luck for this huge event.
Motocross Kira Beardshall continues to compete at higher and higher levels in motor-cross. This year she has achieved Best Female Rider in the Channel Islands, Alderney and France. Also in Alderney, in the two day competition, she was awarded the “Best Achieved Rider”. Kira has won both of her championships this year, for both of her Jersey clubs, and is now moving to a higher group. Kira has been competing in the Ladies British championship rounds and is now ranked 3rd in England for her group. She rides a route, one down from professional level. This really is an amazing achievement for someone so young. The time and dedication Kira puts in is quite something. Mountain Biking Emily Bridson (Year 8) won her mountain bike race at Porridge Pot Hill in June, now meaning she is the British Cycling Southern Region Under 14 Champion, and has been invited to attend the BC Inter-Regional Championships later this year to represent the region. A great weekend, especially as it was her first ‘solo’ UK event. Emily’s campaign in the BC National Circuit is progressing well and she had a great ride at the North West Youth Tour. With over 40 girls entered, she had hoped for a ‘top-half ’ finish, which she duly managed coming 17th in the overall classification. After 5 stages and over two hour of racing, she was only 1 minute 22 seconds from the overall winner, so very close racing throughout and a really good effort. Netball Shauna Danvill Tallulah Norman Natasha Forrest Libby Rothwell Mollie Luce Mollie Johnstone
Ebony Troy and Anya Le Monnier have been part of the National Performance Academy, in Bath, with Rebecca Forrest training with the Under 16 Regional squad, which is also in Bath. Rebecca Forrest, Ebony and Anya also been selected to be part of the South West of England Under 17 Netball Futures squad. They are playing in a National tournament on 5th and 6th July in Essex. These girls are training with the squad at Bath University to prepare for this tournament. Jersey Essex Open Tournament Report 2014 Squad: Zara Johnston, Natasha Forrest, Jess Watling, Libby Rothwell, Tallula Norman, Abbie Le Marquand, Kitty Brewer On the weekend of 21 June, seven JCG girls travelled from a sunny Jersey to an even sunnier and hotter Redbridge, Essex. After a shaky start, knowing we only had seven players, losing 9 – 4 to Manor, and 9 – 6 to Turnford B; we got into the swing of things, coming back to win 6 – 1 to Essex Open B. Using this new found confidence and composure, we went on to win our next match against Newcamble 6 – 0. But in the next match we lost the battle against fatigue and heat and consequently, lost our next two matches against a strong an aggressive Essex Open A 10 – 3 and 11 – 1 against Turnford A, a clinical and competitive team. Still disappointed about the losses, we played against AP Saints and thankfully restored our confidence with a nail-biting match ending in a 9 – 9 draw. Still fuelled with the excitement and adrenaline from our last match, we dominated our penultimate game and finished with a 13 – 6 win. Next was our last game against Brentford, a tough team who were looking to be in the finals. We used our last bursts of energy to come away with a 13 – 7 win, along with some very tired and sweaty girls! Overall it was a great trip with some great and funny moments, and we all bonded well as a team, especially when we were stuck in 35 degrees heat in our hotel rooms!
month. If she wins then she will actually be going to Wimbledon to play. Natasha’s age group is Under 14 and she will be performing in the Jersey Open at the end of this month. We wish her every success. Natasha will continue to work hard within her training, in hope of selection for the Commonwealth Games.
Squash Seventeen budding squash stars from Jersey College for Girls and Victoria College took part in a special coaching session with internationally acclaimed squash player, and Channel Islander, Chris Simpson in May. This was a beneficial training session that has helped these girls progress, even more in the world of Squash. These girls included- Beth Garton, Lucy Garton, Zara Norem, Sophie Pallot, Ella Pallot, Ella Le Sueur and Lauren Saunders. Beth Garton was awarded the Ladies Player of the Year 2013-14 Trophy at the ‘Jersey Squash and Racketball Club’. She is now the Bedell Jersey Ladies Open Champion.
Jess Watling and Libby Rothwell Year 8
The above girls were selected for the Under 14 Jersey Netball Team to play in the National Tournament Finals in Sheffield in May. Sadie Ruellan, Rachel Hayden, Anya Le Monnier, Ebony Troy and Rebecca Forrest qualified to play in an Under 16 national tournament, with Team Jets. This was held at Canford School. They played some tough matches, but ended up 9th position. This is a fantastic achievement. Tallulah Norman, Shauna Danvill and Natasha Forrest were invited to the Regional screening held in Bath.
Beth Garton Ladies Player of the Year 2013-14 What can I say, apart from what another amazing term with our committed and talented students. I look forward to September when it all begins again. Have a fabulous summer. Be active and have fun. Tennis Natasha Forrest is competing in “The road to Wimbledon” finals here in Jersey this
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Miss Z Waters Head of Physical Education
Do you have a teenager who seems to be up half the night! We all know that a good night’s sleep helps not only with our ability to function academically and physically and this is no less true for our teenagers with research suggesting they need up to 10 hours of sleep every night. Regularly not getting enough sleep can cause chronic sleep deprivation and increase their risk of emotional problems such as depression. The biological clock American researchers discovered that contrary to the idea that ‘the longer we are awake, the sleepier we will become’, young people were actually less tired than earlier in the day. It appears that ‘the biological clock’ shifts forward in pre-teens thereby creating a “forbidden” zone for sleep around 9 or 10 pm so that they are more alert just as they should be feeling sleepy. Conversely in middle age, the clock appears to shift back, making it hard for parents to stay awake just when their teens are at their most alert. The concern of sleep researchers is that teens are so sleep-deprived, that millions of them will be struggling to function, will be getting poorer grades and it may even be affecting their mental health. Sleep, learning and memory Experiments have shown that the brain consolidates and practises what is learned during the day after the students (or adults, for that matter) go to sleep, during REM sleep. The sleep after a lesson is learned is as important as getting a good night’s rest before a test or exam.
• Encourage restful activities during the evening, such as reading. • Avoid early morning appointments, classes or training sessions for your child if possible. • Help your child to better schedule their after-school commitments. Many young people are flat out with school work and activities – are they overcommitted?
The effects of on-going sleep deprivation may include: • Concentration difficulties • Mentally ‘drifting off ’ in class • Memory impairment • Poor decision making • Lack of enthusiasm • Moodiness and aggression • Depression • Risk-taking behaviour • Slower physical reflexes and clumsiness, increasing physical injuries • Reduced sporting and academic performance • Increased number of ‘sick days’ from school because of tiredness Tips for parents • Allow your child to sleep in at the weekends. • Encourage an early night every Sunday so that they will be less drowsy for the start of the week. • Negotiate reasonable time limits for any stimulating activity such as homework, television or computer games.
Tips for teenagers • Try to have a relaxing bedtime routine; a warm bath or a hot milky drink. • Avoid loud music, homework, computer games or any other activity that gets your mind racing for about an hour before bedtime. • Keep your room dark at night. The brain’s sleep–wake cycle is largely set by light received through the eyes. Try to avoid watching television right before bed. • Try to keep to a bedtime routine - your brain needs time to associate the routine of going to sleep. • Avoid late nights as they will undo your hard work. • Even 30 minutes of extra sleep on a regular basis can make a big difference. If you or your daughter have any concerns with regards to sleep difficulties or any mental health issues then contact the school counsellor - Judy Benest via email at j.benest@jcg.sch.je
Parents Association Dear Parents It is incredible how quickly the school year passes and once again, I find myself drawn to the computer to pen our final Parent’s Association thoughts to you for the year. We truly thank you for your support and hope you will continue to note our presence and be aware, your year group rep is open to receive your comments and raise any parental concerns during the time your daughter is a student at the school. At the school production of Thoroughly Modern Millie held in December the school kindly allowed us a table to sell raffle tickets to you all. We therefore must congratulate the following winners: 1st Prize - £100.00 Cash: Mr Michael Birrell (Blue ticket 436)
2nd Prize - £50.00 Lottery Tickets: Mrs Sarah Kean (Green ticket 560) 3rd Prize - £25.00 Co-Op Voucher: Maj Donoghue (Green Ticket 436) 4th Prize - Bottle of Moet: Heidi (Peach/Orange 442) kindly donated by Victor Hugo You also supported us by purchasing tickets for our 200 club. The lucky winners were: 200 Club Winners 2013/14 - First Draw took place on 31 May 2013 May: 1st Prize: Andy Slater 2nd Prize: Clare O’Sullivan 3rd Prize: Irene de Jesus
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June: 1st Prize: Manuela Milsom 2nd Prize: Helen King 3rd Prize: Paul Spears July: 1st Prize: Andrea Pires 2nd Prize: Mr & Mrs W Ginns 3rd Prize: Jane Bailey August: 1st Prize: Emily Shaw 2nd Prize: Debbie Cawley 3rd Prize Danny Martin September 1st Prize: Jacqui Jones 2nd Prize: Maggie Eaton 3rd Prize: Louise Perkins Continued
October 1st Prize: Mr & Mrs W Ginns 2nd Prize: Sara Bain 3rd Prize: Donna Scriven November: 1st Prize: Andrea Pires 2nd Prize: Sandra Costard 3rd Prize: Lindsay Doud December: 1st Prize: Jane Bailey 2nd Prize: N&B Lee-Briard 3rd Prize: Ben Rogers January: 1st Prize: Lyn Vidler 2nd Prize: Sarah Williams 3rd Prize: Deborah Tremoceiro February: 1st Prize: Eleanor Merry 2nd Prize: Maggie Eaton 3rd Prize: Margaret Le Maistre Remember, ‘you have to be in it to win it’. We will shortly be launching a new 200 club flyers enclosed with this edition of JCG Life. Fundraising Reminder www.easyfundraising.org.uk has proven to be a fantastic method of raising ‘easy funds’. If you are an avid internet shopper then please log on and register Jersey College for Girls’ Parents Association as your chosen charity. Shopping and searching is absolutely free to you the shopper, yet we receive a small percentage of the cost as a donation to our fund raising campaign and the pennies soon mount into pounds. You can also generate funds by using our Co-Op Share Number: 350. If you haven’t already made a mental note, please mark it in your wallet/purses and donate the dividend from even a small shopping basket to our cause. We also have a stock of ‘Teddies’ for sale. Sporting their deep red hoodies with the school crest they are a definite hit with the new Year 7’s and those leaving from Year 13. But you don’t have to be starting or leaving to make your purchase. They are available from the school office at a price of £10.00. And thanks to the generosity of Aurum Jewellers - www.aurumjewellers.co.uk you can now be the proud owner of the JCG Charm. Whether you are a ‘new girl’ or ‘old girl’ they are a wonderful addition to the jewellery box. Designed by current JCG student Charlotte Pollard, they are a definite ‘must have’ and thanks to the generosity of Aurum, 10% of the price is returned to the Parents’ Association for the benefit of the school.
Prices start at £35.00 for the hand finished sterling silver charm. Our Achievements In 2013 the JCG Parents’ Association joined the Association of Jersey Charities. This has been a huge achievement and our thanks go to Committee Member and Year 9 Rep, Alex Fearn for his unstinting effort to ensure our application was sound enough to meet the entry criteria. As a consequence to this application, we are delighted to report, following our additional request to the Association of Jersey Charities panel – JCG have been granted funding for the purchase of a New School Minibus. This will undoubtedly benefit your daughter participating in field trips away from the main campus. It should also be noted that as a Charity, any donations made to the JCG Parents’ Association will benefit from tax relief by the Comptroller. We received a cheque from the Lions Club Swimmarathon and this funding was put towards the cost of hosting the JCG Serves Fair held in November at Fort Regent. We have also allocated funding for a new House Points Board which again, benefits each and every one of the students within the school. Our Committee Member and Year 9 Rep Lyn Vidler worked together with the Foundation to arrange a pre Christmas wine tasting evening at Victor Hugo. This was a pleasant evening walking the aisles with a glass in hand offering a chance to catch up with other parents’ over a ‘case or two’! For the business dads – what better opportunity to obtain a discount on bulk purchases for clients and staff alike. Well done Lyn. We continue to fund the Student Leadership Team Meal by way of acknowledgement of the hard work and effort exercised by this group of students particularly when they carry out this role alongside their studies for their final A Level exams.
Not all our achievements have to be monetary in order to prove how valuable the Parents’ Association is to the school. Collectively, each achievement can make a difference to your child and we do rely on you for your continued support. Your Committee At the start of the new school year, the Committee holds their last meeting in September and following the AGM in October, the cycle starts all over again. The Annual General Meeting will be held in October in The Dome and we welcome you all. Every year group will need at least two representatives – could this be for you? Please don’t hesitate as it will be an enjoyable experience and you we promise you will make new friendships across the year group span. Thanks must be extended to Penny Carter, our Chairman, Ian Meeks, Treasurer and Stephen Whale, Hon. Auditor; and your year group reps: Sally-Ann Carter, Sandra Noel, Vivien St George, Allison Soulsby, Cathy Keir, Alex Fearn, Lyn Vidler, Ruth Siodlak, Becky Spears, Clare Bourne, Alexa Blampied, Karen Hayden, Sandra Costard, Alison Cooper and Janet Hodges and your teaching Reps: Carl Howarth and Cormac Timothy So it just remains for me to say a huge ‘thank you’ to those who have supported us over the past year and an additional thank you for taking a moment in your busy day to read this to the end. Your committee look forward to commencing a new school year and being your voice so please do not hesitate to contact any one of us. Wishing you all a wonderful summer holiday. Yours sincerely Katherine Bolton Secretary Email: Boltonfamily10@gmail.com
We hosted a Quiz Night just before the end of the Spring Term and we thank all of you who supported us. The evening was fantastic with about 100 eager brains crammed into The Dome – you could sense the teachers’ team were determined to demonstrate they are no pushovers on the general knowledge front – and win they did! Cormac Timothy was a fantastic host – we are sorry now to lose you! – and Becky Spears produced a quick and easy supper. Watch out for notices – the quiz night will be back ..! Quiz Night
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Important Dates for Autumn Term 2014 September ?
School begins 8.30am
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Individual Student Photographs
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Year 9 - CATS
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Year 7- CATS
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International Air Display
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Prize Giving 2.00pm
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Open Evening for Prospective Parents 6.30pm
10 Post 16 and Year 8 Du Putron Challenge
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Year 11 Periodics Posted
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Year 13 Periodics Posted
Year 8 Periodics Posted
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A level Options Evening 6.30pm Post Year 9 Periodics Cavell House Auction 7.00pm
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Year 7 Information Evening and Welcome Drink 6.30pm
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Year 8 HPV vaccinations
Year 11 Parents Evening 4.0pm
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November
15 Year 10 Drama performance 7.00pm
3 Meet the Tutor AB, CA and CF 4.00pm
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Year 8 Parents Evening 6.30pm
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Year 10 Parent Information Evening 6.30pm
4 Meet the Tutor GA, IN and NI 4.00pm
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Year 13 Parents Evening 4.00pm
October 1
Inquiring Minds Lecture by Dr Tom Wynn 6.00pm
6 Year 10 Amnesty Human Rights Festival
Year 11 Drama Trip to London
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7 Year 11 Amnesty Human Rights Festival 8
Entrance Assessment Day
Autumn Term 2014 Begins Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Le Mont Millais, St Saviour, Jersey, JE2 7YB Telephone: +44 (0)1534 516200 email: admin@jcg.sch.je ww.jcg.sch.je
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December 8
Year 9 Parents Evening 4.00pm
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Year 10 Periodics Posted
Year 12 Periodics Posted
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Carol Service at St Thomas’ Church 3.30pm
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End of term