Newsletter - 14th October 2011 by Neville Lovett Community School

Newsletter

14th October 2011

Dear Parents/Carers, Welcome to this week’s newsletter. I trust that you are finding this to be a useful source of information. Please let us know if there is any additional news you wish to see included. You will see that we have had another busy and eventful week at Neville Lovett. Nadine Powrie Headteacher Important Information: Open Week This week we opened our doors to prospective parents. The open evening was a success, each department had set up a wide range of activities to present their programmes to potential future students. Thank you to all staff and children who have helped us throughout the event. If you have friends who have not been able to visit during the week please tell them to contact us to arrange a tour at their convenience. Planners to be signed for Monday Morning Please do not forget that all students need to have their planners signed by parents for Monday morning tutor period. Failure to do so will result in a 15 minute detention after school. Year 7 Literacy So, why is snot green exactly? Do spiders have ears? Answers to these questions can be found in the Science Museum's fantastic new non-fiction text 'Why is snot green?' This is only one of a whole array of fiction and non-fiction texts available for our year 7 students to choose from...for FREE! The ever popular 'Booked Up' scheme has surpassed itself this year with a whole variety to entice and enchant even the most reluctant readers: 'The name of this book is...secret!' 'How to train your dragon' and 'Kick off!' are just a handful of the 16 books that year 7 have chosen from. We are excitedly awaiting our delivery of texts after half-term, and these books will be used to enhance Literacy and reading skills within English/Literacy lessons, tutor periods and also in after school clubs. Year 11 College Open evenings We are delighted that so many students have taken the opportunity to visit local Colleges over the past 3 weeks. This has created a lot of discussion about “Life after Neville Lovett” and has helped students to appreciate the range of opportunities open to them in this area. We have had presentations in assemblies by staff from Fareham college, Itchen College and Havant College. Open evenings next week are on Tuesday 18th October at Itchen College and Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th at Barton Peveril College. Most colleges have further open evenings later in the year. All students were given a list of local establishments and the dates of their open evenings. We encourage students to visit as many colleges as they can to help them to be in a strong position when it comes to making a final choice. Year 11 Exam All Year 11’s will be sitting their GCSE Mathematics examination in November. Their first paper is on the 9th November 2011, and the second paper on 14th November. They will need to have their own scientific calculator for the second paper as the school will not be able to provide them. Can you please encourage your son/daughter to revise by using www.mymaths.co.uk, www.samlearning.co.uk, mathswatch (on VLE) and looking at their notes. Revision guides are also on sale for £2.75. Year 11 Interviews All students in Year 11 have a scheduled interview about their academic progress after ½ term. These interview will be conducted by either Mrs Campbell (Head of Year 11), Mr Campbell (Deputy Headteacher), Mrs Powrie (Headteacher). Parents have been invited to attend but it is not compulsory. School Trip to France Next Friday 71 students and nine members of our staff will leave for France. They will have the opportunity to visit Mont St Michel, the Eiffel Tower, enjoy a five day long trip in this beautiful country, and even to spend a day at Disneyland. Parents, please do not forget that passport, EHIC and behaviour agreement will need to be brought in to reception by Monday 17th October. We wish them a safe and wonderful trip! -

14th October 2011

Newsletter This Week’s Events:

Wave 105 The following students visited Wave 105.2 on Monday as part of the project to introduce a Radio Station at Neville Lovett: Rebecca Brady, Amber Dawson, Holly McLachlan, Iona Whatley, Eden Wye, Rosie Adams, Charlie Mitchell, Huw Bocutt, Amy Rous and Victoria Jones. Students were introduced to various members of staff involved in the Radio Station and were able to ask questions. They were able to spend time in the studio whilst a show was being aired live. They also tried their hands at news reading – not as simple as it looks! Year 9 Education Business Partnership Day EBP day was real success, 50 students took part and heard a range of professionals talk about their careers. This included the RAF, a solicitor, a barrister and a project manager. All students were exceptionally well behaved and enjoyed the event. The questions that were asked were challenging to the professionals, for which one of the said ‘They are a bright bunch aren’t they?’. Year 10 Aim Higher Day The following students had a successful day at Chichester University as part of the Aim Higher programme: Louise Gee Barber, Alice Norris, Hannah Wood, Calvin Squibb, Jake Osbourne, Bradley Goodyear, Jason Drinkwater, Beth Gregory, Ashleigh Harding, James Borrowdale, Ellie McClemmens, Dominic Taylor and Oliver Osbourne. Colin Farmery, e-mailed the following comments to us : “The feedback from the university has been very positive and all of your students were a credit to your school. I hope this will be the first of many future events which allow students to engage with our local universities and colleges to see the benefits further and higher education can bring.” MFL Department Star Each lesson, students have the opportunity to be rewarded with merits/smiley faces/ points according to their work and effort. After 4 very good lessons, students are given a postcard. At the back of each postcard , there is a number so students have to collect the full set ( 11 postcards in French) to claim their prize (including a high street voucher, a French vocabulary book, etc.) Andrew Pearson managed to collect the full set thanks to his commitment and hard-work during his French lessons. Students of the week Year 7: Yasmine Millard - Constantly smiling, happy, polite and always pleasant in her approach to all staff. Year 8: Aaron Blay – Responsibility. Aaron brought to the attention of a teacher some information that could have harmed another student. Year 9: Josh Roberts 9A for working hard in all lessons and scoring 7 goals in the last 2 year 9 football games Year 10: Jake Osborne - For taking responsibility and showing respect. Year 11: Neil Butler - For leading a team of students on Open Evening in a very professional and responsible manner.

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Headteacher: Nadine Powrie MA ED Address:

St Anne’s Grove, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 1JJ

Email:

adminoffice@nevillelovett.hants.co.uk

Website:

www.nevillelovett.co.uk

Telephone:

01329 318003