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Hazelwick School
Newsletter
Headlines Ms A Fearon, Headteacher
December Reflection:
December 2015
Headlines Ms A Fearon, Headteacher
We look forward to seeing all our students on Monday 4 January (week 1)
for the start of the Spring Term.
Welcome to this final edition of our school newsletter for 2015. I would like to start by wishing
all students, parents and carers a joyful Holiday Season and a very happy and peaceful New Year.
The final weeks of term have been immensely busy and productive. Year 11 students have sat
their mock examinations and there has been a range of extra-curricular activities involving many
of our students.
During December, activities have included the Sixth Form Karaoke and ‘Festive Friday’, both
being enormous fun while also raising money for charity.
On the evening of 15 December, we held our Sixth Form ‘Celebration of Achievement’ where
we welcomed back last year’s upper sixth students to receive their A level certificates. We also
awarded subject and pastoral prizes. Fifty five students and their families attended and enjoyed a
fabulous evening of celebration and catching up with friends after their first term at university or
in employment.
Throughout these weeks, we have ensured that the quality of teaching has remained high,
enabling our students to learn in lessons right through to the end of term.
We say goodbye to Dr Messenger, from the Science Department and we thank her for her
contributions to our school in her time with us.
Festive Friday Karaoke
Karaoke
Hazelwick has been out and about in the local
community; our musicians have been
performing in their first concert at the
Bandstand in town.
Year 8 and 9 students have shown tremendous thoughtfulness and
generosity in the contributions they have made to the compilation of
Christmas boxes for the residents of Crawley Open House. Year 7
made Christmas cards and hand delivered them to Francis Court
Care home in Copthorne and spent time with the elderly dementia
patients.
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News, Events & Activities... Food Technology – Let’s Get Cooking Club!
The Food Technology department have been busy this half-term. Thank you to the Food Technology ‘Let’s
Get Cooking Club’ who made Mince pies for the Christmas fair and Ellie Myers in Year 13 who made these
brilliant festive polar bears for a raffle prize.
Below is a recipe if you’d like to make them at home.
Miss Maides
Ingredients 175g butter
175g sugar
175g Self-raising flour
3 eggs
½ tsp baking powder
White chocolate butter cream 150g butter
400g icing sugar
1 bar white chocolate, grated small
36 white chocolate buttons
Chocolate icing writing pen
1 tsp vanilla essence
Method 1. Place all the cupcake ingredients into a bowl and use an electric whisk until the mixture is light, fluffy
and pale in texture.
2. Place the mixture into cupcake cases and cook on Gas mark 6, 180°C for 15 minutes.
3. Get them out of the oven, place them onto a cooling rack and leave to cool completely. 4. To make the icing, place the softened butter, icing sugar and vanilla essence into a bowl and whisk
until softened and the icing goes into peaks.
5. Use a palette knife and flatten the icing onto the cake.
6. Grate the white chocolate into a bowl and dip the cake into the chocolate so that it sticks.
7. Use two white chocolate buttons as the ears and place into the icing.
8. Cut one chocolate button in half and use as the nose.
9. Use the chocolate writing icing to complete the look. Add dots to the eyes and draw the nose.
10. If you have edible glitter, you may wish to add a sprinkle of glitter as well!
11. Finally, Enjoy!
And Happy Christmas from the Food Technology Department
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News, Events & Activities... Year 11 Product Design
Year 11 Product Design students are getting creative in their revision techniques. Students are
using "Quizzical Coasters" to support them in their everyday at-home independent study.
Students have a range of quick fire quizzical questions to recall key subject knowledge
everywhere they go!
Keep up the hard work!
Miss Jones
Year 10 Product Design and Systems & Control
The Year 10 students in Product Design and Systems & Control
have been working extremely hard. Miss Jones, Mr Jenkins and
Mr Dyke have nominated two students from each class and they
have been awarded – Star Designer.
A huge congratulations for outstanding effort, behaviour and
subject knowledge in these lessons – a superb start to Year 10!
Festive Cheer
Hazelwick's musicians have been spreading festive cheer throughout Crawley this month. Senior Soul
Band performed some funky carols at the Christmas fair whilst the newly-formed Junior Soul Band
visited the Band Stand in town to perform for the local community. Despite blustery winds, they
performed brilliantly in (for most) their first concert at
Hazelwick. We eagerly wait to see what they do next!
Miss Burchill
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News, Events & Activities... Imperial College
Hazelwick’s pioneers of computer science are coming!
On Friday 4 December, a group of Computer Science 6th Form students went on a trip to the Imperial
College London for a lecture on ‘The Pioneers of Computer Science’. With speakers from Amazon, BT,
Apps for Good, Google and The University of Coventry, the lectures promised to be inspirational.
Debbie Forster from Apps for Good discussed the opportunities that tech would offer the students in the
jobs market and was a great advocate for encouraging girls into Computer Science.
We were given an insight into what it takes to design and deliver innovative new data centres by Dave
Bowen from BT.
Isabella Pighi from Google was one of the data scientists that was involved in the Ebola crisis and she gave
the students an understanding of how they managed to control the situation through the use of
telecommunications data.
The students related to the coding/programming that Byron Cook from Amazon talked about, and were
able to appreciate how these advances in mathematical logic and computing would affect the world in
which we live.
But the highlight of the day was without a doubt the speech by Kevin Warwick from The University of
Coventry. The talk was both engaging and highly relevant to what the students were currently working
on in school. The Turing’s Imitation Game (a.k.a. the Turing test) involves trying to tell the difference, in
conversation, between a human and a machine. Actual examples were given of machines performing very
well and fooling interrogators. The enthusiasm for
computer science was clearly evident when the students
were given the opportunity to try the test for
themselves to see how well they performed.
The trip was enjoyed by all and was a valuable
experience that helped not only to enhance their studies
but also to support the students in preparing for, and
giving an insight into, future careers as Computer
Scientists. For one young lady on the trip the whole day
from start to finish proved to be an experience she will
never forget, as this was the first time she had been on a
train, the Underground and to London!
Mrs A Kansara
Computer Science Department
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News, Events & Activities... Italy Trip – October 2015
During the October half term break, 28 students (from Years 10-12) took part in the Classics
Department’s 10-day grand tour of Italy, accompanied by old timers Mr Hopkins & Mr Palmer and
newcomers Mrs Lawrence & Miss Scott – a great team! The group travelled by coach and covered a
huge distance, cramming so much into the short time away. The 2015 trip was a great success and a
truly memorable experience.
Starting off in Florence, we were impressed by the sheer beauty of the whole city, the awesome
grandeur of the enormous Duomo and the artistry of Michelangelo’s statue of David. Heading south to
the Bay of Naples, we climbed to the rim of the crater of Mount Vesuvius, before strolling round the
evocative remains of ancient Pompeii. Next stop – Rome. First of all, the stunning St Peter’s and a mere
500 steps to the top – but what a fantastic view of Rome from the top of the dome! And then, so many
sights – the Trevi Fountain (minus the water!), the Colosseum, the Circus Maximus, the river Tiber, the
Pantheon, arches, obelisks & elephants, the Forum, the Palatine Hill, a genuine Italian market. And, on
the last night, a great pizzeria followed by Piazza Navona and an unmissable ice cream at the legendary
Giolitti’s gelateria.
Heading north towards Venice, we stopped for lunch at Assisi, the beautiful town of St Francis, with its
cobbled streets, quaint buildings and serene atmosphere! Venice, was of course stunning, coming
gloriously into view at the end of a boat trip across the lagoon; the view looking down on the whole of
Venice from the top of the bell-tower; walking on the raised platforms to keep our feet dry as the water
-level rose; the exquisite ornamentation of Basilica San Marco; the simple elegance of St Mark’s Square,
with the orchestras playing in the evening; the focal point of the Rialto Bridge; the novelty of crossing the
Grand Canal in a gondola, like a real Venetian commuter – and for a mere 2 euros! And there was time
for a bit of shopping, too.
We all headed home exhausted, but filled with great memories, a love of Italy and a wish to return and
see more. The staff were thoroughly impressed by the attitude, behaviour, cooperation and enthusiasm
of every single one of the students – they were a fantastic group and a real pleasure to be with, as well
as being fine ambassadors of Hazelwick and a credit both to themselves and to the school. We
thoroughly enjoyed their company and we are very proud of them all.
More pictures can be found on the website, in the Gallery under Italy 2015.
Mr Hopkins
Classics Department
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Italy Trip Continued...
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Read On!
As we reach the end of the year, I have decided to focus on the winners of the major book awards in 2015. I
have included the link to each shortlist, so you can see if you agree with the final decisions!
CILIP Carnegie Medal Winner
Buffalo Soldier by Tanya Landman To be honest, I was surprised that this won the CILIP Carnegie Medal this year as I found the grimness of the
plot relentless, though this does not detract from the sense of time and place that the author evokes. The
book is set at the end of the American Civil War where the African-American slave Charley has been ‘freed’.
Charley decides to disguise herself as a man and joins the Army after the violent death of her adopted mother.
Charley quickly discovers that she is trapped in a world of injustice and inequality when she is sent to the
prairies to fight against the Native Americans. Although this is a ‘hard’ read at times, I would suggest it is a key
stage 4 to 5 title. It is a title that makes you ask questions about the nature of freedom.
Reading Level: 12 to 14
Interest Level: 14 to 18
AR Level: 5.3
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie/current_shortlist.php
CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Winner and the Information Book Award Overall Winner (Ages 7
to 12)
Shackleton's Journey by William Grill Grill has won two awards in 2015, the winner of both the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Information Book
Award Overall Winner 2015 (Ages 7-12). This is a stunning illustrated re-telling of Shackleton’s ill-fated
expedition, which I found very moving. I found the use of simple coloured pencil drawings incredibly effective,
especially the use of the blue pencil in portraying the snow and ice. This book works best as a book to share.
Reading Level: 8 to 10
Interest Level: 9 to 13
AR Level: 6.7
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/greenaway/current_shortlist.php
http://www.sla.org.uk/information-book-award-2015.php
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Read On continued… Winner of Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Peters Book of the Year 2015 - Teen Fiction
Category
A Song For Ella Grey by David Almond In addition to winning two awards and being shortlisted for several others, there has been some debate about
the content of this book. The children’s author Lynne Reid Banks has expressed her view that this book is not
suitable for children and should not be shortlisted for a children’s book prize. The story is a clever reworking
of the Greek myth of Orpheus but is given a modern twist with the modern day setting of Tyneside. Reflecting
the lives, loves and tribulations of the teenage characters, the story does contain conversational swearing, and
scenes of underage drinking and casual sex. On the style front, black pages are used with different white fonts
when Orpheus is in the underworld, which some readers may find tricky to read.
Reading Level: 10 to 12
Interest Level: 14 to 17
AR Level: 3.8 http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/oct/31/the-guardian-childrens-fiction-prize-shortlist-
2015
http://peters-books.co.uk/peters-book-of-the-year-2015-winners-announced/
Winner of the Blue Peter Book Awards 2015 (Best Story)
The Spy Who Loved School Dinners by Pamela Butchart This is the sequel to Baby Aliens Got My Teacher and in this story Izzy and her gang suspect the new French
student, Mathilde, of being a spy. Izzy’s suspicions are aroused when Mathilde loves the school dinners and
asks for seconds! If you enjoy over the top characters combined with silly capers, then this is a must read!
Reading Level: 7 to 9
Interest Level: 7 to 11
AR Level: 5.3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/30330883
Costa Book Awards The Category winners of the Costa Book Awards are due to be announced on January 4, with the name of the
overall winner revealed on January 26. I have included the link to the four titles shortlisted for the Children’s
Costa Book Award.
http://www.costa.co.uk/media/364247/combined-pdfs-v2.pdf
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Read On continued…
It has been a delight to watch the Year 7 students receive their BookBuzz books from Mrs Gray in the Library
and I hope that they will enjoy reading their chosen books over the holidays. I have included the BookBuzz
website link for those students who may wish to borrow and read other titles from the list.
http://www.booktrust.org.uk/programmes/secondary/bookbuzz/
Season’s Greetings & Happy Reading!
Mrs Thornton
Origami Session
I held a very successful Origami session on 4 December. Teachers, staff and students were in attendance and
they all made a wonderful Christmas candy box and Japanese cranes.
All the students enjoyed making the cranes and it was great to see the students’ smiles at the end of the
session.
Origami is the Japanese art of paper-folding. It translates as ori (folding) gami (paper).
A crane is a symbol of peace and happiness in Japan. This is a story of a thousand cranes.
http://www.origami-resource-center.com/sadako.html
Mrs Prentice
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Accelerated Reader...
All of our Year 7 form groups have each read well over 1 million words
now, which is fantastic! A great team effort from every form – well done!
Each form were rewarded with some chocolates to share and enjoy.
There are so many great titles for the students to read on the Accelerated Reader programme, with quizzes
for new books being added all the time. If your child has a book at home and wants to know if it is an
Accelerated Reader title, you can check through the AR book find website. www.arbookfind.co.uk. With
Christmas nearly upon us, books make great gifts, especially if it’s an Accelerated Reader title!
Millionaire Readers
Congratulations to Rupanshu Singh (7AKE), Alice Keyworth (8VLA), Ella Field (7JSM) and Lauren
Bradshaw (7ELA), who have all read over 1,000,000 words each. A super achievement!
Very well done.
Rupanshu Singh
My star reader this month is Joshua Worsell 7AKE. Joshua has quizzed successfully on each of the
19 book quizzes he has taken. What an amazing start to the year. Great work, Joshua. Keep it
up!
If you would like any further information about the accelerated reader scheme, please email me
directly. Egray@hazelwick.org.uk
Have a very Merry Christmas!
Mrs E Gray
Ella Field
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Sport... Talented Year 8 and 9 athletes visit Lee Valley
In November, our talented athletes
from Years 8 and 9 visited Lee
Valley to train in the world class
indoor facility. The students got to
experience running on an indoor
200m track as well as sprinting on a
130m straight. After they had
c o m p l e t e d t h e i r t r a i n i n g
programmes, we had a look around
the facility. Two students (Katie
Bristowe and Katie Small) were
lucky enough to meet 2014
Commonwealth games medallist,
Bianca Williams.
Pictured in the group photo, left to
right are Katie Bristowe, Megan
Cole, Kacey Weller, Katie Small,
Olivia Mullan, Anushka Patel, Oliver
Berrisford, Camron Lawson, Finley
MacLeod, Bradley Stanger and
Harry Rees.
Mrs Reynolds
Emily Gardiner 7KSM
Congratulations to Emily Gardiner (7KSM)
who received a commendation at the
National Cecchetti Classical Ballet Awards.
This is a national ballet competition where
the top 50 dancers in her age group (U13)
compete against each other for the top
prize. To enter this competition, Emily
had to audition to become part of the
Cecchetti Associates. This competition
included four set tasks and a
choreographed dance piece. Emily did
amazingly well, receiving a commendation
from the judges. This means that Emily is
in the Top 9 Cecchetti Ballet dancers in
the country for her age group.
Well done, Emily.
Mrs Menniss
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Sport continued... Year 8 netball team unlucky against Thomas Bennett
The Year 8s faced last year’s league champions on a wet and windy Thursday. In a very closely contested
match which involved lots of opportunities for both teams, Hazelwick just lost out on a victory, the final
score being 5-6. The effort these girls put in at training every week is fantastic and the standard of netball
highlighted this.
Well done, girls, and good luck in your next matches.
Mrs Reynolds
Pictured are:-
Shanice Jimu, Katie Small, Kacey Weller, Katie
Dowling, Rebekah Searle, Anujaah
Sriskantharajah, Charlene Tu-Weale, Nuha
Abdul, Isabel McPherson and Devika Pradeep Lal
Year 9 Netball results
The Year 9 netball team have been busy recently. They first played Oriel High School in a competitive
match and were victorious 5-2. Next, they played Thomas Bennett. In what proved to be a very tight
match, they unfortunately conceded a goal in the dying seconds to lose 3-4. The girls look forward to
their next matches after Christmas.
Well done!
Mrs Reynolds
Pictured are:- Nicole Knight, Olivia Mullan, Emily Vickers,
Phoebe Pennington, Katie Bristowe, Bronwyn
Cooper, Katie Small, Kacey Weller and Farah
Khan.
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Megan Cole 8HME
PE Spotlight On Success...
Sport: Team Gymnastics
What is this? This is a team competition on the trampette, vault, floor and tumble elements of gymnastics.
The team are awarded points for their combinations and skills performed.
Team: Hawth Gymnastics. Megan has been to International and European competitions with her club.
Greatest Achievement: Megan’s personal achievement is being able to perform a double pike
somersault. This is a complex move and Megan is currently the only person on her team who is able to
perform this. Megan has just returned from an international competition held in Spain. In this competition
her team came third. This is her team’s greatest achievement so far.
Best Sporting Moment: With her club, Megan competed in a big National competition in Stoke. Again,
her team came third but this time it was an unexpected result as there were lots of clubs competing.
Biggest Inspiration: Megan’s main inspiration is Beth Tweddle. Megan used to do artistic gymnastics
before doing team gym. As artistic gymnastics is on the TV more than team gym, Beth became someone
she aspired to be like. Megan particularly admires Beth’s bravery and her ability to keep going even after
some terrible injuries. This helps Megan to remain motivated and determined to learn new and more
challenging skills.
Biggest Challenge: Megan finds the trial and error nature of gymnastics difficult. Sometimes the outcome
can be amazing and technically perfect but at other times a slight error can lead to a big injury. This can
make it scary, and the fear of not knowing what will happen can be intimidating.
Hardest thing about competing at this level: As the competitions get harder, the more nervous
Megan gets. This is because Megan is continually pushing herself to learn new and more demanding skills
and combinations. Each new move that is learnt is very scary to practise and refine until you conquer it.
Best thing about competing at this level: Megan enjoys the satisfaction she gets once she has achieved
a new move or has finished learning a complex routine. Megan believes that the harder you work, the
better results you get, and she enjoys stepping back and reflecting on her progress.
Training Schedule: Megan trains for 3 hours on a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The training includes
apparatus work, strength and conditioning, practising choreographed routines and developing escape routes
to enable Megan to escape unhurt from mistakes in skills .
Best Attribute: Megan is a tall gymnast, which means that she can use this to help her learn complex skills.
However, this can also make it harder, as it requires more effort to get through rotations safely. Megan’s
determination is another good attribute: if she gets hurt when learning a move, Megan quickly tries it again
and doesn’t give up.
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Melissa Cheeseman 13ECA
PE Spotlight On Success continued...
Sport: Mounted Team Games
What does this involve? It is extreme Equestrian, which involves a series of agility relay races on and off
horseback. The first team over the line wins.
How did you get into this sport? Melissa has grown up around horses and has ridden since the age of 6.
Melissa has ridden all disciplines within equestrian but really enjoys the challenge of Mounted Games.
Who do you compete for? Melissa competes for Hampshire MGA and was selected to represent England
MGA at the European Championships in 2012 and the World Championships last month.
Greatest achievement to date: Becoming World Team Champion. This was particularly impressive as
they are the first country to win this on borrowed horses. Their main rivals, USA, flew over their horses
meaning they were competing on familiar and top level horses. The England team borrowed horses that
were allocated to them on a random basis. The team then had three days to try and build up a relationship
with each horse. This was especially difficult as the horses given to them were not at the same level as their
horses from home.
Ultimate Aim: Melissa’s next aim is to be selected for England for the Open Senior Team and to compete
in the World Championships.
Biggest Influence: Melissa identified her sister as being her biggest influence, as she too has competed for
England. This gave Melissa the confidence that she too could achieve this and also the drive and
determination to try and equal and surpass her achievements.
Training Programme: To enable Melissa to compete effectively off the horse, as you need to be strong,
agile and quick, Melissa does athletics training four times a week. To help her on horseback, Melissa rides
daily. Occasionally, Melissa meets her team once a fortnight so they can train together to get ready for
competitions.
Hardest thing about competing at this level: It is difficult to keep the horses fit both in terms of being
exercised enough and keeping them healthy. It can also be very time-consuming and exhausting, as
competitions involve being away for the whole weekend. The competitions are often far away, leading to
lots of long distance travelling. This means that this is a sport that is hard to do without the generous
support of parents, as fuel costs, competition costs and horse costs mean that it can be an expensive sport.
Best thing about competing at this level: This sport has given Melissa the opportunity to meet a wide
range of people from various backgrounds and countries. Melissa has friends from all over the world.
Competing all over the world has given Melissa the opportunity to travel to places that she wouldn’t have
done without this sport. Melissa also enjoys building a relationship with each horse.
What do you need to do to succeed in Mounted Games? You need to be determined, driven to
succeed and be agile, quick and strong off the horse as this is a mixed sport. You also need to build and
develop a relationship with each horse. Mounted Games combines the rider’s physicality, the horse’s ability
and the rider’s handling ability.
World Team Champion Mounted Games
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Spotlight on Safeguarding... We all share responsibility within the community to safeguard children. Although the Every Child Matters
agenda is not a current national strategy the 5 strands and the thinking behind them remain very much at the
centre of our hope and expectations for Hazelwick children. ‘Stay safe’ was seen as the most important one
of the 5 strands by the children themselves.
Both in school and at home there are times when we look for support and advice regarding children’s well-
being and safety. An excellent external resource for adults and children who require more information
around the area of keeping and staying safe is the NSPCC website
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/child-abuse-and-neglect/
Stay Safe and have Fun!
The links below give advice and guidance to parents and children on keeping safe. Internet Safety and reporting concerns
Thinkuknow https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
CEOP http://ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/
Advice and guidance around house parties
Alchohol Education Trust http://www.alcoholeducationtrust.org/parent-area/teenage-parties/
General safety
NSPCC http://www.nspcc.org.uk/
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Homework Club
A reminder that Homework Club runs in the Learning Resource Centre, Monday to Thursday, from 3.10pm
to 4.30pm, for students in Years 7, 8 and 9 to study and, where necessary, to receive support from a team of
Teaching Assistants. For further details, please ring Mrs Bending on the school number (extension 2333).
For more details, please see the school website - www.hazelwick.org or contact us on 01293 403344
The majority of the photos featured in this newsletter were taken by Barry Holder and more of his excellent
photography can be viewed on the school website.
House Update... December has seen another exciting month for the House system at Hazelwick with many fundraising
events taking place. These successfully helped to raise money for the various charities that students have
chosen to support.
The month began with over £400 being raised at the Christmas Fair thanks to the many stalls organised and
run by House Leaders, Captains and Form Representatives. Other events that took place over 'Charity
Week' included cake sales, Jenga, Foosball, ‘guess the teacher baby/toddler photo competition’, cake
decorating, Sixth Form leg-waxing and a Christmas jumper event.
Heads of Houses also took part in ‘Movember’ last month and raised over £250 for this worthy cause.
Look out for more activities and events taking place next term!
Mr J Smith – Anderson House
Anderson ‘Hook-a-duck’ prize winners Movember Participants
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