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Issue 11 December 2012

HEADITORIAL

Dear Parents and

Students,

There has been no

avoiding the Christmas

spirit this week!

On Saturday our Parents

Association, with the help

and support of many

girls, parents and staff

put on a wonderful

Christmas Fair which

raised £6700 for the

school.

This is an outstanding

achievement and I am

very grateful to Gilly Buck

and her team for

everything they did to

make it a success.

On Tuesday night our

Senior Choir sang

beautifully at The Argus

Charity Carol Service in

All Saints Church in Hove.

The girls should be very

proud - many members

of the public who

attended were full of

praise for their singing.

And last night it was the

turn of our youth choir

who sang at the Royal

British Legion Carol

Concert in St Nicholas

Church. Again the girls

sang beautifully.

Well done to all the girls

and thanks to Mr Lloyd

for all his hard work with

our choirs.

Amazing

Alumnae

On Sunday

2 December

some of us

had the

privilege to attend a wonderful

recital in Saint-Paul’s Church in

Brighton. Leila Ratcliff (Year 13

Leaver) performed from

memory a very balanced

programme including pieces

from Bach, Haydn, Schumann,

Chopin, Debussy and Lennox

Berkeley as part of her

preparation for a Diploma in

Music.

The audience listened with

great pleasure to a performer

who not only played with

technical accuracy but also

passion and fantastic

musicality. Leila could

compete with any concert

pianist and we wish her all the

success that she deserves in her

piano diploma performance.

We are so proud of you, Leila.

Mrs Burnet-Smith

Gold CREST award

Charlotte Redstone, 13M, has

been working on a Nuffield

project which was conducted

in the summer holidays.

Charlotte’s task was “The

Investigation of Soot

Morphology in Automotive

Engineering”. She was

presented with the Gold CREST

award for her project last Friday

at a special celebration

evening held at Brighton

University.

Our warmest congratulations

go to Charlotte for her well-

deserved achievement, and to

her family for their support.

Mr Marsh, Head of Science &

Chemistry

Apologies to Duke of

Edinburgh Bronze award

winner Stella Clark for the

misspelling of her name in

last week’s newsletter

Economics Conference

A group of 6th form Economists

(Monet-Paris Alleyne-Budge,

Laura Cabrera Iglesias, Jaye

Somers and Asher Teng)

attended a conference in

London this week, designed to

support and broaden their

study of AS and A2 Economics.

The talks covered a broad

range of topics, from the work

of 2012 Nobel Prize winning

Economists on allocating

human kidneys to transplant

patients, to the consequences

for the UK of the single

European currency, the Euro,

collapsing. The girls rose

enthusiastically to the

challenge, sharing their views

on the topics and competently

demonstrating their ability to

recognise biased opinions.

The highlight of the day was the

talk by Shadow Chancellor, Ed

Balls, who won over his

audience with his tale of sitting

a grade 1 piano exam earlier

that morning, before discussing

what the British Economist John

Maynard Keynes would

prescribe to remedy the UK’s

current economic problems.

The girls were able to comment

on his strongly held views with

some authority, having

previously studied the principles

of Keynesian economics. Well

done! Mrs Lainchbury

Music News

Many congratulations to the girls in both Senior Choir and Youth

Choir for their marvellous performances this week. Senior Choir

sang at the Argus City Charity Christmas Concert on Tuesday

alongside two other choirs. This was a wonderful way to start the

run up to Christmas. The highlight of the evening had to be the

joint performance of ‘O Holy Night’ – I had the rare opportunity

to stand back and admire the real quality of the girls singing.

Thursday night saw the girls in Youth Choir perform at a seasonal

concert organised by the local British Legion. Despite the lack of

numbers in the choir the girls performed admirably and I would

like to thank the girls for their hard work in preparing for this

performance.

Unfortunately we are not yet at the end of the term and the

Carol Service is looming so I must have all choir members

attending every rehearsal next week – remember the quality of

your performances is a result of all the hard work we put in.

So far there has been a limited number of responses to the Music

Department survey. I would be grateful for your feedback on our

instrumental provision at school. If you are currently taking

instrumental or singing lessons at either the Senior or Junior School

please spend 5 minutes completing the survey which can be

found on the school home portal page. Mr Lloyd

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If you haven’t already

done so, please buy a

ticket for our production

of Peter Pan which will

be performed on

Thursday and Friday next

week.

Have a good weekend.

Jennifer Smith

CALENDAR Sat 8TH: French exchange

students arrive

Sun 9TH: School Play Dress

Rehearsal

Mon 10TH: Y11 English

Controlled Assessment

Tues 11TH: School Play

Dress rehearsal all day

Wed 12TH: 4pm Junior

School Carol Concert,

Church of the Good

Shepherd

Thurs 13TH: 7:30pm Peter

Pan

Fri 14TH: 7:30pm Peter Pan

WHAT’S ON Fri 7TH: Handel Messiah-

Chichester

Click here for more…

Sat 8TH: Arundel by

Candlelight

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Sat 8TH: Santa Dash –

Hove Sea Front

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Sat 8TH & Sun 9TH:

Christmas in the Castle -

Bodiam Castle

Click here for more…

Sat 8TH & Sun 9TH:

Christmas Artists' Open

Houses

Click here for more…

Home Economics

This week the year 10 Home

Economics GCSE group were

set the challenge to make

chocolate éclairs, a dish which

requires a variety of practical

skills and deep concentration.

Were they up to it? Would the

éclairs puff, the cream whip up

and the chocolate melt

perfectly? Here are some of

their results……

Ms Tyson, Home Economics

YEAR 11 ENGLISH

CONTROLLED

ASSESSMENT

Year 11 will be

sitting their Shakespeare

controlled assessment on

Monday 10 December. This is a

two and half hour magnum

opus which will start early at

8.50 and take most of the

morning. Good luck everyone!

PE NEWS

Thursday, 29th November

The Under 13 Netball team had

a brilliant match against

Cardinal Newman Under 16 ‘B’

team; WE WON 7 -5 even

though the opposition were

Under 16’s.

Our Year 7 - A and B teams also

played Cardinal Newman and

we won both matches 13 -1

and 11-5 respectively.

Well done to all team players

Year 7 Inter-Form Netball.

Congratulations to 7M who won

all their matches in this Year’s

Y7 Inter-form Netball

tournament.

Y8 inter form results to follow.

Well done

Ms Osborne

B-RIGHT-ON We are delighted with the

variety of challenges the B-

RIGHT-ON page on the portal

has offered your daughter this

term. The photograph shows

part of Ella Palmer's response to

the recent Economics

challenge: "What has

economics got to do with

fashion?” Ella wins B-RIGHT-ON

glory ...and ten points to

Lyttelton. The new challenge

goes "live" today so check out

this exciting portal page. And

don't forget every week there is

a new brain tickler - last week

Mr Sherwood went anagram-

mad! B-RIGHT-ON: it really is

zumba for the brain!

NEWS FROM NEVERLAND The Neverland photo studio at the November Fair was a huge hit

and kickstarted our fundraising for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

We are really excited about today's costumes too! Thanks to

everyone who made the effort to dress up today - all today's

money goes to GOSH. Rehearsals for next week's much-

anticipated 'Peter Pan' are intense and every member of the

cast definitely believes in fairies now...and mermaids....and

Captain Hook...and alarm clock-swallowing crocodiles...and

definitely Peter Pan. Come fly with us next week! Tickets are still

(just) available via Parent Pay or Mr Sherwood for both nights -

Thursday 13th and Friday 14th December - at £6 and £5

concessions. This is an energetic pantomime designed to make

you smile and laugh and boo - don't miss it! Individual Success

Holly Frost, Year 10 - latest

cheerleading competition

Holly competed with the

Southcoast Zodiacs

cheerleading squad (sports

acro) last weekend at Crystal

Palace Sports Stadium in the

Winter Wonderland Future

Cheer Nationals.

Within Holly's age group the

Zodiacs competed in 4

categories with 4 different

squads and routines and

came 1st in every event and

scooped Grand National

Champions trophies in three.

Holly competes in Junior Level

2 (1st place) and Senior All

Girl, Level 2 (1st place and

Grand Champions).

Well done Holly!

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JUNIOR EDITORIAL

Dear Parents,

We are now fully in the

spirit of Christmas

following the wonderful

Year 1&2 play, ‘It’s a

baby. And the ‘Whoops

a Daisy Angel’,

performed Nursery and

Reception classes. Both

brought a tear to the eye

and a smile to the face

and we were so proud of

the way the girls

performed.

My sincere thanks to the

staff who year upon year

create productions of

such quality.

We are looking forward

to seeing many of you

next Wednesday at the

KS2 service at the Church

of the Good Shepherd.

Best wishes

Sian Cattaneo

Carol

Concert

Wednesday

12th

December

If you haven’t yet let the school

know whether you will be

coming and will need tickets,

time is running out!

Please let us know your plans as

soon as possible.

The Carol Concert involves all

girls from year 3 to 6. We will be

escorting all girls in these year

groups to the Church Of The

Good Shepherd on

Wednesday afternoon for a run

through before the start of the

concert.

If you would like to come to our

carol concert and have

younger siblings you would like

to bring, this is not a problem.

Please let us know and we will

issue you with more tickets.

AFTER SCHOOL CLUB

FOLLOWING THE CONCERT:

Please let the school

office know whether

you still require a

place in the ASC for

your daughter.

NURSERY PARENTS TOUR

We are very proud of our

school and of the great

teaching and learning that

goes on in all our classes. We

were really pleased to be able

to demonstrate last Thursday

morning many of the

opportunities available in the

Early Years and Key Stage 1.

A big thank you to all the

Nursery parents who took time

to come and join us and see for

themselves what is on offer and

how smooth the transition is for

girls as they progress through

the school.

YEAR 2

On Wednesday, the girls in Year

2 who have been learning to

play the ukulele, performed to

the rest of their year group. The

girls played beautifully and

everyone in

Year 2 really

enjoyed it!

(Picture)

POPPY APPEAL

Thank you very

much for helping

with our Appeal. The Junior

School collected at staggering

£83.07.

ZIG ZAG LINES

It has been brought to our

attention (from our own parents

and staff) that some Parents

are still parking on the Zig Zag

lines. This was noticeable on a

Friday when our Swimming

Coach is trying to drop off our

Year 3 pupils. Please can we

again ask you to refrain from

parking immediately outside

school gates or in this

immediate area. There are

plenty of places to park and

walk and you are running the

risk of being fined.

SPORTING RESULTS FOR WEDNESDAY 6th DECEMBER

The Under 9 ‘A’ team were on good form against a team from St. Bede’s, Eastbourne,

who were playing their first match. BHHS showed good ball handling skills and began

to use the width of the court to good effect. Despite the cold weather, they maintained

their momentum and some good shooting from Bonnie White earned a good score of

14-0. Player of the Match was Bonnie White.

The Under 11s against St Bede’s. Well played to everybody as it was very cold. However,

everyone worked well as a team, both teams equally matched but with some good scoring

from BHHS that was the deciding factor. A win for us 10-5.

The Under 10 ‘A’ against Windlesham of Findon. The opposition was a well drilled team but on this

occasion it was obvious BHHS needed to be more accurate with their passing and shooting and,

unfortunately, we lost 10-1. On a good note, however, a strong performance from the ‘B’ team, and we

would like to give a huge vote of thanks to Maddie Cooper who stepped in at the last minute. With the

addition of Maddie there was some re- arranging of the team and we managed a healthy 11-2 win.

END OF TERM CLOSURE - Remember that it is half day on 19th December – 12.00 for KS1 and 12.15 for KS2

Early Years surpassed themselves at their performance in ‘Whoops a Daisy Angel’. The set of costumes were magnificent and the girls thoroughly enjoyed performance.

Key Stage 1 did a fantastic performance of “It’s a Baby!” on Tuesday, to a packed hall of their special guests. All the girls looked wonderful in their costumes and sang their hearts out in every song. They spoke clearly and acted beautifully, really getting into role. The girls really enjoyed it, so much so that some of them were sad that they couldn’t do it again the following day! The performance certainly got everyone involved into the Christmas spirit. Thank-you again to all their parents who helped the girls to learn their lines and provided such lovely costumes.

Early years, YEARS 1 & 2 CHRISTMAS PRODUCTIONs

Masterclasses 2013for Year 4 & 5 Girls

Saturday 9th February, 9am-12 NoonVenue: Montpelier Road, Brighton BN1 3AT

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Brighton & Hove High School A gdst school

Art Colour and Pattern

Classics Mosaic Making

Drama Detectives

English Trouble in Fairytale Land

Geography Where on Earth?

German Willkommen – an introduction

HistoryWhat was life like in Tudor England?

Home Economics Cake Decorating

ICT Creating Cartoons

Maths Dicey Dice – puzzles, games & build-your-own

Music BHHS Stomps

Religious Studies Stained Glass Windows

Science Tripping the Light Fantastic

Spanish Bienvenido – an introduction

Sport & Dance Be Fit @ BHHS