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Dear Parent A recent survey of the CEOs of the top 100 global companies asked a seemingly simple question; ‘Which of your skills has had the greatest impact on your rise to your current position?’ By far, the most common answer was the ability to speak publicly in a manner which engages and compels the audience.

by new forms of media. However, this view was reversed at the debate’s conclusion, demonstrating the effect and skill of a good argument’s power to persuade. The third debate in this series will take place in the Summer term and I would encourage you to attend with your daughter.

Yet, public speaking is not a simple matter. Indeed, the prospect of it strikes fear into many hearts. I am always surprised when a teacher, who is adept and skilful within their classroom, suddenly becomes a bag of nervous and self doubt when faced with an assembly of the College. Equally I think we can all recount an occasion when we have been faced with the daunting prospect of listening to someone who clearly does not possess the ability to engage or compel their audience.

The end of the Spring term is always marked by the announcement of the new Student leadership team. The taking off of the gowns and placing them around the shoulders of the new team is always full of emotion for the departing leaders of the school. Not only are they handing on the responsibility to the next generation, it is also another act of preparing themselves to let go of JCG and move onto the next stage of their lives post exams. Ally Corbridge, Head Girl and Lucy Lievre, Deputy Head Girl, and their team have done a superb job this past year, leading the students and increasing the sense of belonging. Indeed, it is inspiring to see the level of commitment these students give in addition to their studies.

Having to address the College on a weekly basis has also improved their skill and confidence of public speaking. I would like to wish our new Head Girl, Jennifer Russ and Deputy Head Girl, Yasmin Sinel, and their new team every enjoyment and success throughout this next year. Without the work these students do, the College would be a far lesser place than it is.

Thus, the art of public speaking is a key skill for personal and professional success. Equally, it can be a very enjoyable. Yet, rhetoric is something to be learned, practised and honed.

I was therefore delighted to see the annual House series of competitions be supplemented by debating. The final takes place in the Summer term where the whole College will witness year 11 debating teams from two Houses lock lexicons on the complex issue of assisted suicide.

The College recently enjoyed its second JCG Hawksford debate. The motion for consideration on this occasion was ‘What replaces mainstream media will be good for society in the long run.’

The debate was chaired by Harry McRandle, JEP Business Editor, and the two teams of students had prepared some excellent, thought provoking and highly polished speeches. At the beginning, the audience clearly felt, two to one, that society would be enhanced

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Yours sincerely,

Carl Howarth Principal

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ICAEW BASE COMPETITION On Tuesday 19 February a group of six Year 12 students and a group of Year 13 students visited Highlands College to take part in the regional heat of the BASE competition. This was an event designed to test our business skills as well as our ability in accounting and finance.

When we arrived we were assigned a business professional and asked to analyse a case study. We were given background information about a company and three different options which could help the business to increase its revenue.

After about two hours assessing the challenges of each option, both financially and ethically we had to decide on how we would like to expand the company and then present our findings to a panel of judges. It was extremely stressful as it was highly timepressured and after our presentations we

PISA 2012 We arrived at Jersey Airport at 4.00pm eager to get to Italy and learn more Italian. After an overnight stay at Heathrow we were fast tracked through check in (staff were practising their Olympic Service); we enjoyed a little airport shopping and found an American tourist who admired Nicole’s Batman T-Shirt!

When we landed at Pisa airport we were greeted by beautiful, warm sunshine which accompanied us for the week.

After collecting our luggage (apart from Steff ’s bright pink suitcase, which decided to spend an extra few hours at Heathrow) we took the bus into town and checked into our hotel. The hotel was on the river and was full of oldfashioned character – our bathroom was enormous – and the views were amazing.

We set off for our tour of the city.

When we arrived at the Torre Pendente for the first time we thought it was not leaning very much; when we climbed it later on in the week we changed our minds! We took lots of photos of us trying to hold up the Tower and then had a bit of time to buy some genuine Italian gelato. It was squisitissimo!

were asked questions about our chosen business proposition.

As part of the day we saw a presentation about the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales before the result of the competition was announced. It was so hard to predict the winners as each presentation was very different. They revealed the winners and it was us! We were really excited as it means that we move forward to the

National Final held in Birmingham this summer and we received a trophy.

Although the prospect of presenting to an even bigger audience is daunting we are looking forward to representing Jersey College for Girls against the rest of the UK in June. The winners were Naomi Dodds, Shamalie Elkin, Emily Bain, Ellie Bennett, Lindsey Young and Jennifer Russ.

Jennifer Russ Year 12

On day two we had lessons at school in the morning. Mario was our teacher and we had lots of fun in his lessons, whilst learning lots of new vocabulary.

We sang Buon Compleanno to Hannah who turned 16 that day. We were put into groups of students from each year group for our quiz in the afternoon; this involved us answering many questions, taking lots of photos eating ice-cream and trying cecina (a chickpea pancake – not our favourite thing!!!). After our quiz we had time to explore the beautiful Pisan shops.

Day three required an early start as we were taking the train to Firenze for the day. We climbed Giotto’s Tower (414 steps!!!!) and visited the Uffizi Gallery, admiring the impressive statue of Davide in the Piazza della Signoria on our way in! We answered our quiz questions as we went around the gallery – we got full marks! Mr Fallon would have been proud of us. We set off for dinner but we were very tired after our long day. That night there was a fire beneath our school. Luckily no-one was hurt but we had to have our lessons in the hotel the next day.

On day four we had lessons in the morning and took the train out to Lucca in the afternoon, a lovely small town where Puccini was born. After strolling

around the walls of the town we went to discover the amphitheatre and some of us found Puccini’s house. We enjoyed our last meal in Pisa that evening and packed up our souvenirs ready for departure the next day.

Day 5 – La Torre! We got up early to walk to the Tower to climb up to the top.

The views from the top were spectacular and well worth the physical effort climbing up at a scarily leaning angle!

In the afternoon we made our way home to London and then Jersey where we collapsed into a tired heap after an amazing trip.

Lauren England and Nicole Taylor Year 11

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YEAR 13 ENGLISH LITERATURE TRIP TO STRATFORD-UPON-AVON Last December, ten Year 13 English Literature students and their two teachers took a trip to Stratford-uponAvon. Being greeted by signs such as ‘Hamlet Way’ and the ‘Food of Love’ restaurant left no room for uncertainty about the purpose of our visit: Stratford is a place truly devoted to Shakespeare.

The first order of business was to attend a seminar at the Shakespeare Centre with Dr Nick Walton, a Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies. His talk was

matched specifically to the requirements of the January examination sat by our students so note-taking was conducted with feverish enthusiasm! The talk was highly stimulating and our students acquitted themselves very well in a probing question and answer session that often saw queries redirected onto the audience. In particular, Dr Walton brought to life the noisy, exciting and sometimes dangerous realities of Elizabethan and Jacobean playgoing.

As well as the seminar, we found time to visit Shakespeare’s birthplace.

We crowded into the room in which Shakespeare’s mother, Mary, gave birth to William and in which she would have ‘lain in’ for some time afterwards, in dark seclusion in the company of her female companions or ‘gossips’.

These and other fascinating details were supplied by a group of knowledgeable guides who answered all of our questions and allowed us to learn a great deal from the charming physical interior of the birthplace. Actors in Elizabethan garb prowl the halls of Shakespeare’s birthplace and were kind enough to oblige us with memorable renditions of two speeches and a song from our set text, The Tempest. Our good luck continued as we were directed to a temporary Shakespeare’s Stories exhibition on The Tempest which afforded opportunities to reflect on the play’s colonial context and to dress up in some fetching Jacobean headwear.

Our final treat was a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Boris Godunov – the performance was masterly and the play’s consideration of political and psychological collapse fuelled debate all the way back to the Travelodge! The trip was a great success and we plan to repeat it for Year 13 next academic year.

Mr S Milner English

DE PUTRON CHALLENGE On Monday 19 November 2012 a rather nervous but excited team of four Year 8 students arrived at the Hotel de France to compete in the first ever Year 8 De Putron Challenge.

The girls competed against teams from secondary schools across the island including St Michael’s, Le Rocquier and De La Salle. They answered questions on a variety of subjects including General Knowledge, the Olympics, the Channel Islands and Geography. Year 8 classmates came to support their team

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which consisted of Amy Claxton, Lucy Pallent, Flora Williams and Marianne Enget.

The girls gave the other teams a run for their money, but unfortunately did not make it through to the final. Les Quennevais emerged victorious with a

very strong team but the JCG team were proud of their efforts. We look forward to the next competition in the autumn term.

Miss N Hopkins

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INQUIRING MINDS LECTURE SERIES DR MATT POPE On Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 March 2013 a selection of KS4 and KS5 students at JCG were extremely privileged to have a series of lectures delivered by Dr Matt Pope. Dr Pope is a specialist in Human Origins and he is a Senior Research/Teaching Fellow (Palaeolithic Archaeology) at University College London.

We were delighted to have such a high number of students attend his Monday lectures. They were given the opportunity to learn about a topic that they do not normally get a chance to study at school, but the information is vital for gaining a deeper understanding of who we are as humans. Dr Pope’s knowledge of deep Prehistory was astounding and the students who attended found it a very interesting day.

The topic covered the geographical story of the earth and its natural climate changes, as this is intrinsically linked to the emergence of early humans. This in turn allows a better understanding of the climate change crisis that faces us today, and it was very interesting to hear the possible prognosis for our world. It was a clear and relevant way to show the students how valuable the past can be to prophesise about the future.

The story of evolution is biological and well as historical, geographical and other subjects such as psychology were also included, so the students were given an opportunity to see how subjects can overlap and support each other. They were even given a chance to handle some of the skulls of our extinct ancestors (models not real!) and an original 500,000 year old hand axe, which really helped to bring the information to life.

The day ended with Dr Pope linking the information to some key sites in Jersey that he and his team have been studying for several years, and then a stone tool making experiment. In the evening Dr

Pope delivered a lecture to an audience of parents, students, Jersey Heritage staff, Societe Jersiaise members, and other interested people, which managed to sum up the days information very concisely, and then talk in more depth about the Jersey sites. Again this was a fascinating lecture, and we were pleased that so many were able to join us.

On the Tuesday a smaller group of KS5 geographers and historians went out to visit some key sites around the island.

Dr Pope explained the changing face of Jersey over hundreds of thousands of years very clearly. I think we will all be looking for raised beaches every time we see a cliff face in the future! We visited sites such as Le Pinacle and La Cotte de St. Brelade to see the locations favoured by early humans inhabiting the area around Jersey. Many of the girls had never been to these sites so they found it very interesting. We also went to see the late Hunter-Gatherer site in the field at the back of JCG Prep. It is amazing to

think that early humans were living in the area where our school now is, and we are all very excited about the future potential of this site.

Thanks must go to Dr Pope from our students who got an opportunity to see how valuable Jersey is internationally for the surviving evidence we have from this ancient past. We have a unique heritage and the remains that have recently been found suggest that Jersey was an important part of the landscape for early humans living in the area. The potential for future investigation and discovery is immense and the girls were given a real sense of pride as well as knowledge.

A massive thanks must go out to the girls who got involved and attended the lectures, and the staff, and of course to Dr Matt Pope for coming over and providing such thought provoking and inspirational information.

Ms C Hotton History

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PROFESSOR NEWSAM’S ASTRONOMY LECTURE

YEAR 11 GCSE DRAMA LONDON TRIP Despite the freezing temperatures predicted for London and the forecast of snow in the city, 16 excited Year 11 students, Miss Davies and Miss Harley set off for four action-packed days of theatre and excitement in the ‘big smoke!’ We were all looking forward to seeing London in the build up to Christmas and the dates of the trip were a big change for us, having organised our trip for February in previous years.

We weren’t disappointed and saw the city in all its tinsel-filled and twinkly lighted glory!

Whilst we were there we saw a variety of plays and musicals, including The Woman in Black, Billy Elliott, War Horse,

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On Wednesday 20 February, students enjoyed an interesting and informative lunchtime when Professor Andrew Newsam, Director of the National Schools’ Observatory at Liverpool John Moores University, visited JCG to give a lecture on Astronomy. Students were enthralled as they learnt about the techniques used in observing the night sky and even how to stop an asteroid coming too close to Earth. This was one of the most fascinating and unusual topics and students were surprised to

The 39 Steps and an experimental piece of physical theatre called Du Goudrons et des Plumes. The plays gave the girls lots to write about in their coursework and plenty of ideas for their practical pieces.

The students made notes during the shows and we discussed each performance on our return to school. The writing of notes is a key skill in Drama at GCSE. Girls use their notes to revise each play in order to write on one of their favourites in the written exam. Most girls wrote on Billy Elliott and The Woman in Black and there was a mixture of responses on The 39 Steps and War Horse. The exciting physical piece that we saw at the Barbican, rather than being a piece to evaluate, became a springboard for some innovative movement in the students’ recent moderation work so, despite not being a play they will write about, seeing it proved useful to their practical exam work.

As well as watching productions, the girls also enjoyed various practical workshops and backstage tours. We had a morning at the theatre exhibition in the V&A and whilst there we also had time to look at the fashion exhibits in the main concourse. The backstage tour of the National enabled us to see close up the mechanism of the Olivier drum revolve with technicians milling around the stage preparing it for the evening performance. We were given details on the various spaces of the theatre and

hear that one of the methods used involved painting one side of the asteroid white! Professor Newsam also invited students to work on an exciting project searching for asteroids that could potentially be dangerous for Earth. It was a pleasure to receive such an enlightening talk and we hope it is not too long before Professor Newsam returns to College to give another brilliant lecture.

Adam Sykes Head of Physics

were taken around the backstage areas of each one. We sat in the audience seats at the Cottesloe and were able to pretend we were Members of Parliament in the evening performance of This House. In the foyer of the National we were also given a glimpse of one of the original War Horse puppets (the play started its life at the National).

We had a Saturday morning physical theatre workshop with the radical company Frantic Assembly at Pineapple Studios and this gave the students lots of ideas for their forthcoming practical exams.

What made the trip most magical though, aside from the many wonderful theatrical experiences that we had, was the beauty of the city in the days before Christmas. We enjoyed riding carousels on the South Bank, shopping for our families in the Christmas Yule markets and battling through the crowds on Regent Street and Oxford Circus. We even went to Harrods…and it cost Miss Davies £10 for two coffees!!

Whilst it was incredibly tiring and at times hard work, all in all it was a great weekend for both staff and pupils. We all enjoyed ourselves and learnt a lot!

Miss C Davies Head of Drama

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EXTRA NEWS ON A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Just in case the readers of JCG Life are wondering, the cast and crew of A Midsummer Night’s Dream went to the Jersey Eisteddfod in mid-November and performed their condensed version of the play for the final time. They gave what can only be described as the performance of their lives! The adjudicator was totally mesmerised by the piece and awarded it a Platinum certificate and the Messervy Le Sueur Trophy for the Best Junior One Act Play.

Our competitors Beaulieu were very gracious and praised the performance very highly. We were absolutely delighted and felt our success and the adjudicator’s lovely comments were a fitting end to a wonderful experience with the Shakespeare Schools Festival.

Well done everyone!

TEXTILES WORKSHOP WITH NAOMI RENOUF On Wednesday 27th February, students in Years 11, 12 & 13 were able to attend a workshop in the Textiles dept. with local Textile artist and old girl, Naomi Renouf. Naomi’s name was mentioned as one of the relevant Textiles artists in the GCSE controlled assignment questions. We were delighted that Naomi agreed to come to JCG and work with us.

She brought some of her finished pieces and explained how she built up her work with layers of calico, organza and bondaweb to give depth and tonal variations. She then cut back and machined into the layers and embellished with hand stitching.

Students started their own A5 pieces, choosing fabrics, colours and stitching relevant to their own work. Naomi was so helpful. Her stitched landscapes are stunning and students gained a lot of inspiration from the session.

Rachel Concannon

Miss C Davies Head of Drama

BAKER AND PARTNERS YOUTH ADVOCACY COMPETITION On Tuesday 5th February 6 teams of JCG students acquitted themselves admirably in the first round of this competition – which had a distinct Sherlock Holmes theme.

Our “trainee lawyers” entered pleas in mitigation for their imaginary clients Mycroft and Benedict whilst the panel from Baker and Partners fired questions at them regarding drug dealing, possibly community service sentences and the effects of a troubled background on a young man.

The girls, plus 3 teams from VCJ, spoke eloquently in defence of their clients quoting references from Mr Lestrade, Miss Conan Doyle from Watson Bank, not forgetting an alleged attack on PC Cumberbatch

The level of performance and preparation from the girls was impressive; they spoke wonderfully and coped really well with the questions from the panel which included last year’s Head Girl Izzy Pedley who won the competition two years ago and who is now doing a temporary work placement at the firm.

The contestants were: Fran Cleworth and Gemma Kean Lucy Jouault and Lia Eversfield Rebecca Wysmuller and Amelia Jones Hermione Duncan and Yasmine Sinel Casey-Jade Nutley and Jenny Morris Mairead Cahill and Ida Mathiesen Congratulations to the three teams who have made it through to the next round to be held against other island sixth forms on 5th March – they are Fran and Gemma, Lucy and Lia and Mairead and Ida. Madeleine Taylor

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MUSIC NEWS String Jamboree: On 21 and 22 February, JCG played host to the Extended Music Programme’s first island-wide String Jamboree. A large number of JCG students attended, but students also came from other schools across the island, six schools being represented in total. The Jamboree was staffed by an excellent team which included two distinguished violin teachers from the UK. Mr Ben Holland is now well known to the school as he visits twice a term to give violin lessons to promising students and also support local teachers with inspiration and expertise. Among these are a number of teachers who work within the school. Also for the first time in a teaching capacity, the staff included Mr Nick Evans-Pughe, a longtime member of the Kings Chamber Orchestra of London, and who is a regular string coach in London and the Home Counties. The jamboree was led

by JCG’s Resident Musician, Gerard Le Feuvre, and supported by his local team Amanda Brown and Vanessa Moore.

The course was ably supported by Carole Edelenbos as administrator and supporting violinist.

The aims of the Jamboree were to promote fun and enjoyment in string playing, whilst raising our standards and gaining experience playing in a large string orchestra. An emphasis was to give the opportunity to junior players to take part in one of the greatest pieces of the string orchestra repertoire, Grieg’s Holberg Prelude. It was thrilling to see even the youngest and most junior players able to take part in this piece and this was made possible by the encouragement of many senior players peppered throughout the orchestra.

During the informal concert, some of the senior players performed a West Side Story suite, conducted by

Mr Holland, and six of the best young players in the island, who take part in the Extended Music Programme (from JCG, Victoria College and Hautlieu), gave a highly professional performance of the first movement of Mendelssohn’s Octet. This is one of the greatest and most complex bits of chamber music ever written, and to the best of our knowledge has never been achieved by students from the island ever before.

Finally, the concert ended riotously with a piece described as a “cassation for audience and orchestra”, called “William’s Horse”, during which volunteers from the orchestra took part in an actual horse race! The music for this piece was a combined effort by composers Handel, Rossini and Le Feuvre and was delivered with such panache and hilarity that both audience and orchestra alike will undoubtedly never forget it.

Gerard Le Feuvre Musician in Residence.

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A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: Summer Concert Wednesday 1 May at 7.30pm

Preparations for our summer concert are well underway. Various bands, choirs and ensembles started rehearsing in January and have now settled into a weekly practice routine. We extend a warm invitation to the concert to all parents and friends and look forward to an entertaining evening.

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to support this special event and thank Mrs Arnett for co-coordinating our contributions. Under Mrs Arnett’s direction our saxophone quartet, Saxsequential, made up of Gabriella Newton, Ellysia Spears, Eleanor Clarke and Autumn Roberts will give a lunchtime performance at the start of the week, and Camerata (our senior string group) directed by Gerard Le Feuvre, will close the week with a performance on Friday afternoon. Mrs Arnett has also organised the loan of instruments to Mont Nicolle and will run percussion workshops for all year groups.

Saxsequential will also be performing at Grands Vaux and Trinity schools in the coming weeks.

Polyphony

House Music At the time of writing we have just enjoyed a glorious week of House music classes. The lunchtime Junior Vocal and Instrumental solo classes were very well supported, as was the evening event featuring the Senior Vocal and Instrumental Solos and the Ensemble Class.

To defray costs (music hire and refreshments), please note that this will be a ticketed event. Tickets (limited to 400) will be available to purchase from the main school office from the start of next term, priced £5 for adults and £3 for concessions. Please make cheques payable to JCG General Fund.

With the original composition class currently being adjudicated, rehearsals are intensifying in preparation for the final class – the House Choir - on the last afternoon of this term, Wednesday 27 March. We are indebted to our team of guest adjudicators who have shared their expertise with us; the results of all of the house music classes will be announced at the House Choir event and will be included in the next edition of JCG Life.

Polyphony continues to go from strength to strength with approximately 170 students taking lessons from our 15 tutors. Next term we will, for the first time, be entering pupils for Trinity as well as Associated Board examinations, which will be held at College during July.

We have been delighted that through Polyphony, Mrs Shea, our singing teacher has been able to run sight singing and aural sessions to support our students in the preparation for their exams. In addition, Mrs Lumbard, our brass specialist, has been running a brass ensemble Bold as Brass as well as assisting at Junior Concert Band.

Senior Concert Band Sincere thanks to all SCB members for the excellent attendance at this term’s four Sunday rehearsals. They have been very productive and worthwhile and we look forward to performing the repertoire we have prepared in the Summer Concert on 1 May. Mrs P Le Feuvre Head of Music

Music Week at Mont Nicolle Primary School We are delighted to have been invited

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EISTEDDFOD NEWS

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Congratulations to all the students who entered the Eisteddfod Spring Festival of Creative Arts below

Life continues to be busy in the Physical Education department. Students continue to receive exposure to a wide variety of sports in their curriculum lessons as well as being able to access a broad range of clubs, leagues, tournaments and fixtures against a variety of schools.

Many fixtures will have been played but will not feature in this edition of JCG Life as they did not occur before the deadline for this publication. However, please be assured, they will feature in the next edition later on in the year.

Bronze Award Nicole de Sousa – Year 8 Candela Saenz-Arana – Year 8 Jasmine le Maistre – Year 9 Bronnie Patel – Year 9 Tiggy Moore – Year 9 Nina Venton – Year 11 Ayisha Ashworth – Year 11 Rebecca Michieli – Year 11 Megan Barrette – Year 12

Silver Awards Jemima Houze – Year 8 Magdalena Thebault –Year 9 Florence Gardner-Hillman – Year 9 Naomi Ryan – Year 9 Angelique Ison – Year 9 Kayley Price – Year 9 Georgia Haworth – Year 10 Emily Watson – Year 10 Chelsea Whittle – Year 10 Kiah Robinson – Year 11 Eloise Smith – Year 11 Laura Costard – Year 11 Sophie Franckel – Year 11 Natalia Fortuna – Year 11 Florence Crowcroft – Year 12 Laura Anne Boon – Year 12 Sydney James – Year 12 Jess Bennetts –Year 12 Grace Bravery – Year 13

JSSSA Hockey The hockey league and tournaments were completed towards the end of December and the final results were released in January. The girls demonstrated excellent commitment towards their training & the teams worked extremely hard throughout the season. Congratulations to all students who have been involved in this very successful hockey season.

League Results

Tournament Results

Year 7 - 1st Place Year 8 - 3rd Place Year 9 - 2nd Place Year 10/11 - 1st Place

Year 7 - 4th Place Year 8 - 1st Place Year 9 - 2nd Place Year 10/11 1st Place

Hockey Colours With the culmination of the Hockey season the following girls were either highly commended for their efforts or awarded with full hockey colours for their progress and commitment. Only a limited number of colours are awarded for each sport in a school year so it is an achievement to be proud of. For those who are highly commended they should be encouraged to keep working hard and aspire to reach full colours in the future.

Gold Awards Flora Leather – Year 7 Maya Shobbrook Walton – Year 7 Nina Powell – Year 9 Nicole Harte – Year 10 Lauren Chalmers-Hunt –Year 10 Lucy Byrne – Year 10 Georgia Moyes – Year 11 Olivia Garcia – Year 11 Kiera Shales – Year 12 Natasha Ison – Year 13 (x2!)

Platinum Awards Antonia Rubio – Year 9 Alex Rive – Year 10 Lucy Byrne – Year 10 Elise Dixon –Year 10 Shavannah Robertson – Year 12 Beth Moore – Year 13 Natasha Ison – Year 13 Amber James – Year 13 Amber’s work also won the Jersey Eisteddfod Award for Best in Show Ranait Feeney for the Overall Junior Award Anya Bizec for the The Embroiderers’ Guild Junior Trophy Hollie Donaldson who won the Win Perchard Rose Bowl

Senior Colours Jenna Volpert Hannah Scriven Chloe Butel Danielle Hugo Eiryane Dean Rachel Hayden Junior Colours Celine Willing Elana St George Eleanor Hervieu Lucy Clark Alice Bain Olivia Pollard Sadie Ruellan

Senior Highly Commended Mary Perkins Georgina Bourne Sylvie Wilson Laura Clark Lily Carter Lucy Byrne Lauren Berry Hollie Donaldson Junior Highly Commended Ella Garnett Brooke KnaggsSlatter

Fleur Dodd Teigan Purkiss Greta Taylor Henrietta Knight Chloe Besant Hannah Willing Zara Norem Alice Le Feuvre Alice Mackareth Grace Deveney Shauna Danvill Ellis Tredant Flora Williams Lucy Pallent Holly Garton continued

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JSSSA Netball League The netball league started a few weeks into January after students returned from their Christmas Holidays. Students play fixtures against all the other secondary schools in their age group and each age group participate in a tournament. League and tournament results so far are listed below but the complete list of results and final placing for each team will not be available until the next publication.

League Results 7A v LR - JCG won 7B v LR - JCG won 8A v LR - JCG won 8B v LR - JCG lost 9A v LR - JCG won 9B v LR - JCG won Yr10 v LR - JCG won Yr11 v LR - JCG won

7A v LQ - JCG won 7B v LQ - JCG won 8A v LQ - JCG won 8B v LQ - JCG won 9A v LQ - JCG won 9B v LQ - JCG won Yr10 v LQ - JCG lost Yr11 v LQ - JCG won

7A v GR - JCG won 7B v GR - JCG won 8A v GR - JCG won 8B v GR - JCG won 9A v GR - JCG won 9B v GR - JCG won Yr10 v GR - JCG won Yr11 v GR - JCG won

7A v B - JCG won 7B v B - JCG won 8A v B - JCG won 8B v B - JCG lost 9A v B - JCG lost 9B v B - JCG lost Yr10 v B- JCG won Yr11 v B - JCG lost

Island Netball Students from JCG and all other secondary schools were invited to trial for the U12 and U13 Island Netball Teams. After a selection process the following girls from JCG were invited to join the squads. The teams have trained on Monday nights and will be involved in fixtures and tournaments. Well done to all the girls who attended selection.

7A v HV - JCG won 7B v HV - JCG won 8A v HV - JCG won 8B v HV - JCG won 9A v HV - JCG won 9B v HV - JCG won Yr10 v HV - JCG won Yr11 v HV - JCG won

Tournament Results Year 11 - 1st Place Year 10 - 1st Place Year 9A - 1st Place Year 9B - 2nd Place just losing out to Beaulieu on goal average

Year 9A Netball Team

The three teams mentioned above who won their tournaments did so in impressive form, winning every match they played. The Year 9B team were also impressive and could only be separated by goal average. Well done to all the students for their continued efforts and dedication to the sport of Netball.

Members of the Year 11 Netball Team

U12 Island Netball Team Abbie Le Marquand Libby Rothwell Natasha Forest Holly Hughes Honor Crichard JCG & GGS Year 9 Netball Team

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U13 Island Netball Team Shauna Danvill Mollie Luce Marianne Enget Chloe Besant

Mollie Johnstone Mia Daly Bali Eden

Team Jets

U16 Team Jets Netball On Sunday 23 February Lucy Fraser, Ebony Troy, Anya Le Monnier and Rachel Hayden travelled to Southampton to compete in their final two matches in an attempt to win the NSW U16 Regional League. The girls played against Poole in their first match. Poole’s current standing in the league was second place so the girls knew they had to play well to secure a victory. They started strong and claimed a 50-26 victory. Jets then played team Bournemouth and claimed another victory 41-28. Due to their achievements the team will now travel to Newcastle on 14 April to compete in the National finals. The following JCG girls also train and represent U16 Team Jets; Sadie Ruellan, Rebecca Forrest, Chloe Besant, Hannah Trigg, Hannah Johnson and Nicole Le Rougetel.

Lucy Fraser

JSSSA Badminton League Two JCG teams have been competing in the Saturday morning badminton league held at Grainville School. JCG are the only all female teams in the league and have had to play all male teams and some mixed teams. All matches have now been played but we are just waiting on the final results to find out how the teams have done in the league, but both teams must be congratulated for their determination and enthusiasm irrespective of final placing. The team members were: JCG A Sadie Pinnock Stephanie De La Haye Sacha Koeppen Rachel Hall JCG B Lucy Kershaw Sophie Lewis Ella Waite Lauren Ferguson-Jones

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Disability Games 2012 Sixth form students travelled up to Fort Regent to assist with the Disability Games organised by Alan English from the Jersey Sports Association for the Disabled. A variety of activities for people with disabilities were organised throughout the weekend, including, swimming, table tennis, badminton, target football, new age curling, squash and athletics. Our students assisted with curling; a game where participants had to roll their ‘stones’ onto a target, organised and umpired the table tennis tournament, helped and played some target football and assisted with squash. It was an amazing experience for the students who worked with a variety of people of all ages with a variety of disabilities. It also gave our students an insight into the organisation required for running such a large event. Thanks must go to Alan English for allowing us to assist with this event for the fourth year in succession and we are already looking forward to helping with next year’s event too.

Jersey College for Girls versus Guernsey Grammar School Our annual Hockey and Netball fixtures took place on Wednesday 6 March. The 1st XI Hockey was the first fixture to be played. There was plenty of end to end action with JCG eventually breaking the deadlock when a goal mouth scramble resulted in a well deserved goal. Grammar continued to work hard and attacked but the JCG defence proved too strong. With excellent attacking play and strong finishing JCG were soon able to add more goals to the score line. The final score was 6-0 to JCG.

The Year 9 teams competed in Netball. The first quarter was extremely tight with the score tied at 6-6. JCG managed to limit the scoring opportunities for Grammar in the second quarter and started to build a lead. This lead proved to be important and kept JCG ahead in the second half of the game. JCG had to maintain focus and work hard in order to keep Grammar at bay. The final score after a very competitive and exciting match was 29-14 to JCG. The last fixture of the day was the 1st VII Netball. continued

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This is always a fixture of high standards and both teams came out determined to win. JCG took the lead through strong defending, controlled centre court play and some excellent shooting. Although Grammar worked hard and often got the ball into their shooting D, JCG were able to deny them the final shot and in turn capitalise on these missed chances.

Grammar did not give up despite JCG’s advancing score line and the game remained exciting through to the last quarter, making the game closer than the final score line suggests. However, JCG always remained in control and played some outstanding netball. The final score was 58-28 to JCG.

1st VII Netball Squad Hannah Jauncey Mille Jones Lindsey Paton Romy Smith Nicole Le Rougetel

Lauren Mills Toni Chaytor Rachel Hayden Aimee Tredant

Student Success - outside of school We always like to celebrate student success so if your daughter achieves something that makes you feel proud, please share it with us. You can e-mail me at s.loose@jcg.sch.je

1st XII Hockey Squad Lucy Le Lievre Hannah Scriven Chloe Butel Georgina Bourne Sylvie Wilson Anya Le Monnier Sadie Ruellan

Emma Nelson Jenna Volpert Danielle Hugo Rachel Hayden Mary Perkins Laura Clark

Year 9 Netball Squad Sadie Ruellan Rebecca Forrest Lauren Smith Tiggy More Millie Thompson

Alice Bain Hannah Trigg Millie Lloyd Alex Johnson Ebony Troy

In January both Gemma and Florence competed in the Hampshire Cross Country Championships and from this have been selected to run for Hampshire in the Inter Counties. Gemma has also qualified to run for the English Schools’ Cross Country.

Athletics Florence Gothard won the individual U13 girls’ trophy in Guernsey for the Cross Country Inter Insular. Her older sister Gemma came second in her age group. Well done to the girls for their continued success in this sport.

Tennis Natasha Forrest continues to do well in her tennis. She was accepted to play in two Grade 4 tournaments in the UK. Natasha was also recently part of the Channels Islands squad that competed in a County Cup competition.

Natasha gained great experience during the competition when she played the number 6th ranked player in Britain.

The JCG PE department would like to congratulate and thank all students who have attended clubs and supported their clubs and teams this term.

Miss S Loose Acting Head PE

SNOWY AT JCG IN JANUARY 2013

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JCG Foundation Loyalty Card, Have You Got Yours Yet? The JCG Foundation has recently launched a unique scheme for Parents and Alumni to be able to support the JCG in the form of our Loyalty Card. As a ‘thank you’, any member of the JCG Family who donates a sum of £10 a month, for a minimum of one year, to help fund the invaluable work the Foundation is doing to help our Students, will receive a JCG Foundation Loyalty Card.

Access to great discounts: The idea behind the scheme is to give our Parents and Alumni access to a myriad of potential discounts from a large number of participating retailers on certain goods and services. If used diligently the discounts offered on the card will soon provide more savings than your donation itself !

This scheme has been developed to help fund the running costs of the JCG Foundation so any money we raise, both now and in the future, will be available to go directly to help support our Students and Alumni.

For a full list of retailers currently supporting the scheme please visit www.jcgfoundation.com. Details of any changes to participating and new retailers will be posted on the website.

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How do I sign up?

All parents will have received a pack in the post however if you would like one please email Leanda at l.guy@jcg.sch.je to receive your JCG Loyalty Card information and registration form.

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IMPORTANT DATES FOR SUMMER TERM 2013

Apr16

School begins 8.30am

Jun 24

Sports Day at FB Fields

Apr17

Inquiring Minds Biology Lecture 6.30pm

Jun 26

Activities Week parents information meetings

Apr19

Inquiring Minds Philosophy/

7.00pm

RS Lecture 4.00pm

Jun 27

Duke of Edinburgh Silver Expedition to UK

(27/6 – 1/7)

Jun 28

Leavers Service at St Helier Methodist Centre

11.00am

May 1

Summer Concert 7.30pm

May 2

Inquiring Minds Psychology/

Maths Lecture 6.30pm

May 6

May Day

Jul 1

Year 12 Induction Day at Town Hall

May 9

Liberation Day

Jul 2

JCG v Guernsey Grammar School

May 10

Year 7 Liberation Learning Day

Swimming and Tennis

Year 11 Study Leave begins

Jul 3

JCG v Guernsey Ladies College

Swimming and Tennis

Year 10 Drama Performance 7.00pm

Jul 4

Year 6 Induction Day

South Africa Trip (4/7 – 19/7)

May 13

Year 7 Eden Project trip (13/5 – 14/5)

Year 12 study leave begins

External exams begin (13/5 – 26/6)

May 14

Year 8 French exchange students from

Granville visiting (14/5 – 15/5)

Jul 5

Year 6 Induction Day

May 17

Year 13 study leave begins

Jul 12

Year 10 reports posted

Jun 3

Year 10 exam week (3/6 – 7/6)

Jul 15

Activities Week 15/7 – 19/7

Jun 7

Year 12 Leadership Day at Les Creux

Jul 19

End of term

Jun 10

Year 12 return

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Jun 14

Year 8 reports posted

Jun 20

Year 8 Granville exchange trip (20/6 – 21/6)

Year 7 reports posted

AUTUMN TERM 2013 BEGINS 3 SEPTEMBER 2013

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