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Brighton Hill Community School

“Making success inevitable”

Autumn Term 17 December 2019

WEST END STAR VISITS BHCS Mrs Britton was extremely excited to welcome ex-student and West End Star Jodie Steele back to Brighton Hill Community School to deliver a Performing Arts work- shop—and what a workshop it was!

Jodie left school 12 years ago and has since had a hugely successful career performing in musicals such as Wicked, Fame, Jesus Christ Superstar, Rent, Rock of Ages, Legally Blonde, American Trailer Park, War of the Worlds, Heathers and Six—to name just a few! Nearly 50 students currently studying GCSE Dance, Drama or Music took part in the work- shop and were incredibly lucky to learn actual repertoire from the hit musicals Heathers and Six! Jodie then lead a Question and answer session with our students about life in the Performing Arts sector and the commitment and responsibilities that go with such a career. Mrs Britton was exceptionally proud of the behaviour and conduct of all the students involved and would like to say a huge ‘Thank You’ to Jodie for providing such a motivating, fun and energy fuelled workshop. See you soon for the next one!! Mrs V Britton Teacher of EPA

NEW LOGO As from Friday, 27 December Skoolkit - our uniform supplier - will be selling jumpers and blazers with the new school logo on. There is absolutely no requirement for existing jumpers and blazers to be replaced immediately. Mr Wilkinson Assistant Headteacher

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HUMANITIES AMBASSADORS Our Humanities Ambassadors have carried out an eco review of the school to find out where they think we can be a little more eco-friendly. This meant that they review the school in ten different areas provided in the frame work from the Eco-Schools project. As a group, they have decided to focus on the amount of waste we produce and how we dispose of it; the water systems In school and improving access to drinking water and attempting to reduce the amount of people who drive to school to decrease the number of cars on the road. These three areas have become the focus of the action plan the group are currently producing that can be found on the Eco-board in school. The next stage is putting into place the plans that they have made but, as it stands, they are close to making the school Bronze awarded Eco-School.

Mr A Flowers Humanities Teacher

GOVERNORS’ NEWS This term the Governors have been meeting with students to get their feedback on various areas within the school. It is really valuable to us, as Governors, to hear directly from the students about their experiences and thoughts on their lessons and daily life at Brighton Hill Community School. We have had several meetings with small groups of students with representatives from Year Groups 7—10. We have discussed their tutor programme and their lessons, specifically areas they enjoy and things that help them learn. The students really enjoy the tutor sports element of their tutor time and find the discussions about current affairs and the book they are reading as a group particularly interesting. It was a pleasure to talk to such polite and articulate students. On behalf of the Governing Body, I would like to wish all or our students, staff, parents and carers a ‘Merry Christmas and a restful holiday’.

Mrs S Block Parent Governor

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MEDICAL MAVERICKS: ANOTHER CAREERS PROGRAMME SUCCESS! Friday, 7

December welcomed the Medical Mavericks to Brighton Hill Community

School for the very first time. The event was organised as part of our proud and continued commitment to consistently develop our careers offer to our students. The event addressed the following key career programme benchmarks known Nationally as ‘The Gatsby 8 Benchmarks’

Benchmark 4. Linking curriculum learning to careers Benchmark 5. Encounters with employers and employees

All Year 7 children came off their timetable for one period, to participate in a 50 mi-nute workshop: Sport – ‘Challenge the Champions’ - to show how science & STEM is used in sport to monitor & improve athletic performance as well as showcase sport based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) careers. Activities included:

Race a virtual Usain Bolt on ‘The Accelerator’ Testing reactions on the BATAK wall Testing strength of hands and whole body Measuring ball throwing speed See how far you can run in 30 seconds Testing power output on a Watt Bike See how far and high you can jump

While All Year 8 children came off their timetable for one period to enjoy a 50 minute workshop: Medical – ‘Careers in Health’ - a workshop that showcased NHS careers that are accessible with GCSE grades as well as promote careers other than being a Doctor or Nurse. Activities included:

Use an ultra-sound machine to see organs, bones, muscles and more Take a picture of your retina with an iPhone Try Keyhole surgery! Use of a needle to take blood from a fake arm Record and print and ECG of your heartbeat Hear your pulse with a ‘pulse doppler’

Remember you can find out more about the BHCS Careers & Enterprise offer on the School Website http://www.brightonhill.hants.sch.uk/bhcscontent.php?content=careers Mr David Watkins Deputy Headteacher

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GIRLS’ FOOTBALL Girls’ football is heading into a new era at Brighton Hill Community School with excellent attendance at training. The girls have competed in the 7-a-side district tournaments at QMC, the indoor district tournament, 11-a-side friendly fixtures and, most recently, the Year 7’s played in their first ever National Cup entry. They put in an excellent performance—leading 5-1 at half time, however, despite their efforts, they ended up with a 7-5 deficit at the final whis-tle. We cannot wait to see how far this new cohort of footballers can go! Finally, watch out on our website—and e-mail—for the new extra-curricular PE timetable that begins in January 2020! Miss Lambert Head of PE

Diary Dates

Tues 17 December Fri 20 December Mon 6 January Tues 7 January

Carol Concert, All Saints End of Term 12:20pm finish

INSET Day Start of Spring Term

Christmas Carol Concert

All Saints’ Church Tues 17 December –from 6:30pm

Day Activity Time Staff Other information

Mon Girls football 3:00-4:00pm

Miss Paterson -

Gym Miss Burn -

Tues

Girls rugby

3:00-4:00pm

Miss Paterson -

Boys rugby Mr Du-Heaume Year 8 - half term 1 Year 9 - half term 2

Gym Mr Slack Check weekly.

Ski fit Miss Richardson For all students going on the ski trip.

Netball Miss Burn Half term 2 – fitness based training.

Zone 11 Miss Lambert Bookable 1-1/small group sessions.

Thurs

Football

3:00-4:00pm

Mr Slack For all

Netball Miss Burn Training half term 1 Year 7 fixtures half term 2

Zone 11 Miss Lambert/ Miss Richardson

Timetabled topics (see Zone 11 timetable).

Fri Zone 11 12:20-12:50 Miss Lambert Drop in session.

PE Extra-curricular Jan 2020