A SPECIALIST SCIENCE COLLEGE October 2007 Issue No. 1

EXAM SUCCESS FOR EGGAR‛S

Once again Eggar’s pupils have achieved outstanding results at GCSE. This is the fourth consecutive year in which approximately three quarters of the cohort or more, have achieved 5 or more high grades passes. Last year we were the 7 th most improved school in the country for 5 or more high grades with English and Mathematics, and English and Mathematics this year have sustained their success. We are delighted. This year group were highly motivated and hard working and these

results reflect the effort and commitment they made to their studies. Year on year now, our examination achievements are excellent, and this reflects the strong work ethic of our students and also the high quality teaching they receive. The whole team at Eggar’s contributes to all our successes: students, their parents, teaching and support staff and our Governors all work together with a clear focus, enthusiasm and dedication. Congratulations to all our students!

Dear Parent

As you will see from this Newsletter the start of this new academic year has been full of interest and activity. We have celebrated our academic results and enjoyed some great trips and special events.

We were delighted with the results of our last Year 11, and we have been pleased to see several of our past students back in school already to tell us how they are doing and to talk to the new Year 11 about how to do well in their GCSEs. They have also visited to talk about their own new experiences of being College students. It has been great to see them again!

Our new Year 11 have already developed a strong team ethos. The Prefects are doing a great job. With the Senior Prefects they have officiated at our major induction events this term and we have received many very grateful and celebratory comments from our visitors about how wonderful our pupils are as ambassadors for their school. The year group is working well, very focused and determined to be successful.

Our new students in Year 7 have made a very good start. They are settling in quickly and seem to be enjoying their early experiences of secondary school. Bonding Day helped them to get to know each other and learn problem solving and team building skills and has provided a firm foundation to this new phase of their education.

Last term we were identified as a High Performing Secondary School and gives us the opportunity to apply to be a Training School. We learned early this term that our application was successful. Being a Training School will mean that professional development activities for all our staff will be of an even higher quality. Also, we will have the opportunity to develop higher professional skills not only in those individuals working in our school, but in others. We are now able to share our expertise with other schools working alongside to develop strengths in our own staff and that of others.

May I take this opportunity to thank parents for your continued support. We know that when our expectations are high and when we work well together we are able to achieve the best for every individual student. Whilst the majority of our pupils are very smart, recently we have been concerned that the standard of appearance of the uniform of some of our pupils has dropped. We do our best to ensure that the school uniform is smart and comfortable, and we would be grateful if parents would support us in ensuring that uniform standards are kept high. As a reminder, details of uniform are to be found later in the Newsletter.

We are looking forward to the next half of term when we will enjoy more exciting learning experiences and of course at this time of year many seasonal music treats. Before that though we are anticipating a well deserved half term break. We all wish you a restful and relaxing week.

Yours sincerely

Felicity Martin Head Teacher

Wow — what an incredible start Year 7 have made! I cannot quite believe how easily every single one of you has found the transfer from the many smaller primary schools to ‘big school’! I know how much fun you’re all having and I really enjoy chatting to all of you about what you’re liking so much, which has included the whole range of lessons and teachers, as well as meeting new people and making new friends. The merit totals you’ve earned already are fantastic and I am looking forward to seeing which Tutor Group will have the most merits for this first half term! Keep up the good work Year 7, and if this continues we will be a year group with future successes to celebrate! Have a good half­term break.

Mr Wordsworth Year Leader, Year 7

My first week at Eggar‛s Well, what can I say? It‛s been amazing! You get that sense of being independent and well, ‘grown up‛. At Primary school we didn‛t really use proper liquids in Science, the kind of things that we did were, ‘how fast will the water evaporate?‛ and ‘which way will the shadow be pointing at the end of the day?‛ It just makes secondary school that much more exciting, to know that you will be doing something different and you will learn something new. The only thing that bugs me sometimes is that when your first lesson ends there is no time to get to your second lesson, which in my case is normally the other end of the school, and then you have got to get there, ‘pronto‛. Apart from that, everything is fine! The teachers have been so lovely and helpful. At the end of the day when my Mum picks me up she does the very worst

thing possible, asks how my day was! And you know it takes me from Eggar‛s to Selborne and then back to Newton Valence again for me to stop talking! Eggar‛s is a FANTASTIC SCHOOL, and I will

recommend it to everyone I know!

By Amy Lucas 7KG

My first week at Eggar’s was excellent I loved it. My favourite day was Bonding Day and I made loads of new mates I didn’t know before. I really think it was a good day. On my first few days at Eg­ gar’s I got lost on my way to nearly every lesson but by the end of the week I knew where most classes were. I tried to follow my mates but I lost them easily. I love everything about Eggar’s, the teachers, the pupils and all my new mates. Mrs Martin is a lovely head teacher. I’m really glad I chose Eggar’s as my Secondary School I’m going to love my next five years in Eggar’s. I’ve got to admit Eggar’s is the best school ever!

By Briah Wyness 7CMc

Following instructions…. Volunteering… go on, you first!

Taking the plunge...

Laughter...

Getting the hang of it...

Reaching dizzy heights ….

Making new friends...

Team building...

Everyone was excited as we put on our seatbelts and waited for the count down…5…4… 3…2…1…Blast off! It was just like a rocket launch but instead of going up, we were going down, deep down into the thick rock. The metal drill made the heat resistant capsule shake and shudder as we went down, even deeper towards the mantle. We spent hours, maybe even days, I soon lost count as the crust of the earth was so thick. I had read in books that it was estimated to be 8-65km thick. I don‛t think it is though. I think it‛s much, much thicker. The capsule suddenly shook viciously. I sat up and jumped out of my bunk, ran towards the front of the capsule. I stopped dead in my tracks. It was so beautiful. “I see we woke you” smiled the captain. Sweat was dripping down his face. I touched my own forehead and it too was dripping with sweat. I turned to look at the thermometer and it was 250 degrees! It had been getting hotter and hotter for days too, but I stopped thinking about that when I looked out the window again. The rock was orange and had weird florescent glow to it. It was so beautiful. I stopped staring and got back into my bunk. We still had another 2863km to go before we hit the outer core. As we drilled through the heated orange rock and into the liquidated iron and nickel which makes up the outer core.

I reflected on the journey so far. I was glad that we chose to go through the crust in the ocean because it is only 6km thick and according to scientists it‛s much thicker if you drill through the earth‛s crust under the land. I really do hope that we will get to the centre of the earth, I thought to myself as our capsule swam down through the hot, burning liquid. The inner core was worse though. This time the inner core was made out of the same material, as the outer core was, but this time it was solid rock and hotter. Much hotter. It was driving us crazy! Then suddenly the capsule stopped, dead. We all sat there silently as we waited, terrified of what might happen to us. We then realised that we were at the top of the earth! We took samples with extended arms of the capsule. We had made scientific history! (That was if we made it back.) We had 1260 km of the inner core, 2220km of the outer core, 2900km of the mantle, and 6km of the crust to go before we got back to the surface, plus the

ocean too. We lost two today. Lee and Toby, they couldn‛t stand the heat, poor things. There are only three of us left now; Libby, David and me. “Thank you for handing in Doctor Lara Holling‛s account of her journey. It‛s a shame that she got shut off in a damaged part of the capsule and had to be cast adrift in the outer

core, but lets not dwell on that. Her account will be published in a book along with Libby‛s, Lee‛s and Toby‛s.” “Thank you Sir.” “No, thank you David. You are the first ever human to travel to the centre of the earth and live. Good job David. Good job.”

By Bethany Hamer 9NW

We have recently started a unit in Geography on Hazards and, Year 9 were set the task of writing an epic ‘Journey to the centre of the earth‛ and Bethany Hamer 9NW wrote the following fantastic story. Well done Bethany!

Mrs A Sutehall Geography Curriculum Leader

School Calendar 2007/2008 ­ Dates for your diary October 22 ­ 26 HALF­TERM

29 Return to school 30 Revision booklets issued to Y11

November 1 Y10 Curriculum & Work Experience Evening at 18:30 14 Y11 Drama Exams 15 Presentation Evening for GCSE Certificates 19 Y11 MFL Mock oral exams all week

Y11 GCSE Coursework catch­up afterschool sessions 21 Science Lecture Lovely Liquid Nitrogen for Y8/9 + Primary pupils

Community evening lecture in the Hall at 19:00 Y10/Y11 GCSE to Chichester Fesitval Theatre

28 Y11 Drama exams 29 Y11 Mock exams begin 30 Y10 Art trip to the British Museum

December 4 Rehearsal for Advent Carol Service at Holybourne Church 5 Advent Carol Service from 19:00­20:00 at Holybourne Church 7 Y10 Lille day visit 11 Senior Citizen Christmas Party from 13:30 — 16:30 13 Yuletide Concert in the hall from 19:00 14 Academic Review Day 1:1 reviews with pupils, tutors and parents 19 School closes for Christmas

Y11 pupils with overdue coursework to stay in school until 15;10 January 3 INSET DAY

4 INSET DAY

SPRING TERM 7 School term begins

Y11 receive their GCSE Mock results 10 Y9 GCSE and KS4 Information evening from 18:30 in the hall 17 Y9 Parents Evening from 16:00 in the hall 20 Y11 GCSE Geography Disneyland, Paris Trip cancelled 24 Y8 X­half to Natural History Museum 25 Y8 Y­half to Natural History Museum

February 1 Y9 Trip to National Portrait Gallery 4 Y8 Exam week

Y11 GCSE final Music performances in the hall 5 Y11 GCSE final Music performances in the hall 6 Y11 Reports to parents 7 Intermediate Maths Challenge in the hall

Y7/8 Valentines Disco from 19:00­21:00 in the hall 11 INSET DAY 12 Y11 pupils with incomplete coursework to attend after school sessions all

week 14 Y11 Parents Evening from 16:00 in the hall 15 Ski Trip departs for Austria

18 ­22 HALF ­ TERM 25 Return to school following half­term

March 5 Alton College Open Evening from 18:30 10 Y9 KS3 Mock SATs week 11 Date changed from 19.03.07 for Science Lecture Enigma – from 19:00 in the

hall 20 Academic Review Day 1:1 reviews with pupils, tutors and parents

Bank Holiday 21 Good Friday ­ school closed Bank Holiday 24 Good Monday ­ school closed

March 25 Y7 Exam week 26 Y8 Reports to parents 27 Rehearsals all day for Spring Concert

Spring Concert from 19:00 in the hall 31 Y11 Drama exams this week

April 2 Y11 Music Showcase 3 Y8 Parents Evening from 16:00 in the hall

7 ­ 18 Easter Holiday SUMMER TERM 21 INSET DAY

21 Y10 GCSE Geography trip to Calshot departs 23 Y10 GCSE Geography trip returns from Calshot 28 Y10 Exam week 29 Y7 X­half Geography/Art trip to Kew Gardens 30 Y7 Y­half Geography/Art trip to Kew Gardens

May 1 Junior Maths Challenge Bank Holiday 5 School closed

6 Y9 KS3 SATs begin 12 Y10 Work experience begins 14 GCSEs begin in the Hall with Richard Robinson lectures for:­

Ys 7/8 – Sense and sensibility Y10 – Why the one you fancy never fancies you? Community Lecture from 19:00 – Why toast always lands butter side down?

20 Y5 Wootey Primary pupils visit for the day 21 Y5 Andrews Endowed primary pupils visit for the day

Y7 reports to parents 22 Y5 Bentley primary pupils visit for the day

26 ­30 HALF­TERM June 2 Return to school

5 Y7 Parents Evening from 16:00 in the hall 6 Y10 Drama exams 9 Y9 Field studies all week

Y10 L&T visit to Guildford Spectrum and Y10 H&SC visit to Treloars College this week

10 Y7 Art experience 11 Y7 Art experience 16 Y9 Field Studies

Y9 Non core exam week 18 Y10 Reports to parents 19 Y6 Induction Evening 20 Y10 Drama exams 21 Eggar’s School Fete 24 Y3­5 Open morning from 09:15 ­ 12:00 25 Y3­5 Open morning from 09:15 ­ 12:00 26 Y10 Parents Evening from 16:00 in the hall 27 Evening with the Big Band 30 Y10 Modular Science exams

July 1 Y10 Repeat Modular Science exams 2 Sports Day 3 Y11 Leaver’s Dinner at The Grange 4 Y6 Induction Day 8 Y7 X­half Geography/History trip to Winchester 9 Y7 Y­half Geography/History trip to Winchester 10 Awards Evening from 18:30 in the hall 11 Y9 History trip to Belgium

Reserve Sports Day 16 Music Challenge in the hall 19:00 22 Y9 Reports to parents 23 Last Day of Term

There are currently after school Art Clubs taking place with Mr Colburn-

Jackson and Miss Masterman

Years 7, 8 & 9 every Monday

Year 10 every Wednesday

Year 11 every evening for GCSE

coursework

On Friday 30th November our Year 10 students, taught by Mrs Kinteh, will be making the same journey as our Year 11 Art students recently, and visiting the British Museum. If you have not received a letter and wish to attend, please collect one from the school office, places are given on a first come, first served basis.

YEAR 11 GCSE ART SESSIONS

On Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th November, Mrs Kinteh will be available for Year 11 students in school to improve their coursework from 10am to 3pm.

On Tuesday 2nd October our Year 11 Students visited the British Museum in Russell Square, London.

The day was spent drawing and making notes in their sketch- pads for use towards their Art GCSE. Many of the students are studying for a GCSE in Ceramics this year and so they are particularly focused on looking at the African, Islamic and ancient Greek pots.

Mrs S Kinteh, Art Curriculum Leader

Welcome to Year 11!

This is going to be an exciting, challenging time for Year 11. It is surreal to think that there are only a couple of terms left before you take study leave and GCSE exams! It feels like only yesterday that you were in Year 7 and entering Eggar’s with awe­struck faces, wondering if you would be able to rise to the challenges ahead. Well, as your Year Leader I have to say that it has been a very successful 4 years. I know this year will be a successful culmination of the hard work that Year 11 have put into their studies. I would like to say “well done” to our Head Boy, Richard Hibbert, Head Girl Hayley Ward, Deputy Head Boy Richard Jarvis and Deputy Head Girl Rosemary Croft for this half term, as we have had Open Evenings and Curriculum Evenings where they represented the school in an admirable manner. They are a senior team that I and the rest of the school are very proud of! An important date for this coming half

term is the Year 11 mock exams, week b e g i n n i n g 2 6 t h

November. Revision Guides will be issued to the students and

teachers will be preparing them in the relevant subject areas. Students need to be prepared and organised and teachers will be very happy to help and guide in any way that they can. Tutors will also be on hand to offer assistance.

Enjoy the half term holiday and keep up the good work!

Miss N Curtis Year Leader, Year 11

Three Year 11 pupils, Rosie Croft of 11KMc Louise Small of 11SKi and Toni-Louise Russell of 11SL were entered into the East Hampshire Local Produce Cookery Competition. This e x c i t i n g n e w competition over a three week period, was organised by Hampshire Fare. The competition started with visits to local farms to see where the produce originated. Pupils from Eggar‛s, Bohunt, Mill Chase and Petersfield School visited Meadow Cottage dairy farm in Churt, where they learnt about the highly complicated production of ice cream, and the many safety checks involved.

They then visited the Durleighmarsh fruit and vegetable farm where they were filmed by Meridian News, looking at different crops. The visit to Rother Valley Organics abattoir and cutting room was unfortunately cancelled, as there was a suspected outbreak of foot and mouth in Rogate that particular week. Fortunately this was unfounded. The pupils were briefed about the competition and given a specific list of ingredients to be used in the initial cook-off, which was held in the new catering kitchens at Mill Chase. Team Eggar‛s performed spectacularly in unfamiliar surroundings and under the spotlight, to produce a stunning three course menu in 50 minutes.

The dishes were judged by a chef from the National Trust and also by Tim Brock, Director of Hampshire Fare. The pupils were highly commended for their menu and working practices and were put through to the final held on the 15 th October between Eggar‛s and Bohunt. For the final, the pupils were given an amended set of ingredients including fresh trout, from a local trout farm. Again team Eggar‛s performed superbly under the glare of the paparrazi and produced a stunning menu of goats cheese soufflé, spiced seared trout on a bed of lemon scented couscous and wilted spinach with watercress crème fraiche, and a raspberry meringue roulade with raspberry coulis. Among the judging panel was Carol Godsmark, revered and feared restaurant critic and journalist ,who is nicknamed the ‘Axe Lady‛, for her ability to condemn a restaurant with a bad review. The verdict, however, after deliberation which seemed like hours, was fantastic! Eggar‛s had produce excellent cuisine and were pronounced the ‘WINNERS!‛

Athene Roy Food Technology Department

Eggar‛s competition winners Rosie Croft, Louise Small and Toni-Louise Russell being

presented with the winner‛s trophy.

‘Drama Club’ Thursday 3.30pm­4.30pm

The relaunch of the Drama Club on Thursdays after school was very well attended and much enjoyed by all. It has been open to all year groups and has been running for the last year or more under the leadership of Laura Dymock, an experi­ enced workshop leader with excellent credentials. Unfortunately for us, although fortunately for Laura, she will be taking a break for a while in order to see to a small production of her own and perhaps a possible future student for Eggars! I would like to take this opportunity to thank Laura for all the work she has done with our students, to wish her good luck and to express the wish to see her back in school as soon as possible!!!

One pupil was heard to say that Mum had given him strict instructions not to leave the theatre without obtaining an autograph! As we were waiting for the play to start, a lone actor sat on stage actually mending shoes. He was in shadow, with boots and shoes hanging from above to give us the impression that he was working in a basement; a working class man. Slowly the lights got brighter and eventually the ceiling lifted to reveal the shop above. It was a shop run by a middle class man and his three daughters, a shop catering for an upper class clientele. It was clear that Savident was excellently cast as Henry Hobson, a Salford man scared of ‘uppity’ women like his three daughters, and inspired to marry them off to avoid their dominance. Only the eldest daughter, in his opinion too old, unattractive and useful in running the business, who was to avoid this fate. As we all know, such a plan in the world of drama is doomed to failure. Maggie, the eldest, decides on her own fate and marries, metaphorically in Hobson’s eyes, the man beneath her making shoes in the basement. Hobson is beside himself and tries unsuccessfully to gain control of his other daughters as his business fails and his customers start shopping at ‘Mossops’, the rival business set up by Maggie. Hobson is tricked into marrying off his other daughters to suitors of their own choice and finally has to accept a partnership with Maggie’s husband ­ a man good enough to be his equal and with the sense to recognise and finally receive the love and advice of a good woman. Hard work will reap rewards and we all have the potential to succeed if given the support and respect to do so ­ I wonder if the playwright went to Eggars?

Visit to Hobson‛s Choice‛ at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford

Sixteen pupils looked after Mrs Walker as she chortled away in her aisle seat (it seemed sensible in case of embarrassing behaviour that we could have her removed quickly). Although possibly feeble of mind, it must be said that she was not, as some may have suspected, the oldest member of the audience! Although the play was written some time ago, there were clear themes of parents trying to manage challenging offspring and love conquering all, which have not lost their resonance for some members of today’s society. Of course, there was also the fact that John Savident, ‘Fred Elliott from Coronation Street’, starred in the main role.

I am pleased to say for those wishing to pursue their interest in Drama we are able to offer the Eggar‛s Drama Academy. The first ‘free session‛ will take place on Tuesday 30th October, please see flyer overleaf. We will need at least 15 pupils registering for the Academy to take place on a regular basis. These sessions will be lead by James Daniel and Jan Lyon.

James Daniel is the Principal of the Stagecoach Theatre Arts in West Reading. Prior to this he was Senior Schools Manager of the Stagecoach Theatre Arts for ten years. During that time he taught dance, singing and drama. He also produced many holiday workshops. He was also the Principal of the Surbiton Stagecoac centre for seven years. James trained in acting, dance, voice, directing and scriptwriting at the University of California at Santa Cruz and at California State University, Long Beach, before spending several years in Hollywood, where he studied under one of the founding members of the world reknowned Actors Studio, Stella Adler. He is a co-founder of the New Medford Theatre Company in Oregon and he has written, produced, directed and performed in many productions in the USA and England. His appearances here include the roles of PT Barnham in Barnham at the Wilde Theatre, Bracknell; Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew for the Chiltern Shakespeare Company and Baratone in CSC's touring production of The Hollow Crown. He also taught drama and music at a secondary school in Reading and currently teaches drama and music privately.

Jan Lyon is the Principal of Stagecoach Theatre Arts in Farnham, which earned the Stagecoach Franchise Newcomer of the Year Award in 2000. Jan has coached many of her students to successful results at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and has directed her students in public performances. Jan's students have also been represented in the Stagecoach Theatre Arts Singing Ensemble. Jan's own theatre credits include Mdme De Tourvel in Liaisons Dangereuses, Annie in Table Manners, Charlotte in The Real Thing and company member in Barnham. Jan has also danced in performances at the Royal Albert Hall. Before Stagecoach Jan spent ten years in Los Angeles working for several independent film companies, both behind and in front of the camera. She has appeared as a stunt horse rider, and has given private tuition in horsemanship to many Hollywood 'names'. Jan also performs as lead vocalist in a function band.

If you are interested please contact the school office and leave your name and a contact telephone number.

We look forward to seeing you!

Mrs S Walker Drama Curriculum Leader

Goal! Huge congratulations to Tom Markham-Sole of 8AL. Tom currently plays in the Tyro League. Tom was one of fifteen players selected out of 90 to play in a tournament in Holland next May — best of luck Tom and let us know how you all get on.

Canoeing There are two up and coming canoeists in Year 8. Peter Harvey and Tom Jewell of 8JH successfully complete their British Canoeing Union Stage 2 award. Remember Canoeing is an Olympic Sport. 2012 is not far away!

Mmmm….Chocolate! Ellen Reid, Natasha Ellens, Emily Lovelock

and Chloe Millard made a sur- prise presentation to their 8AG Tutor Group about chocolate!

They covered the history of chocolate and its importance. There were free samples as well….. but where‛s mine?

New Students Year 8 has been joined by some new faces this year. Eggar‛s welcomes Alex Gasson 8AG, Hai Long 8JH, Kayley Smith 8CG, David Whopples 8PCJ and Bill Farrington 8OW.

Year 8 Sports It has been great to see so many Year 8 students committed to Eggar‛s Sports. The boys‛ rugby team had a fantastic match against Amery, with plenty of enthusiasm, passion and potential. Girls‛ football is on the up again and they just recently took part in a tournament and they performed brilliantly. It would be great by the end of Year 8 if every student has taken part in a sports club.

Mr A Wheeler, Year Leader, Year 8

Welcome back Year 8. Hope the Summer holidays treated you all well! Year 7 went fantastically well and high standards of work, progress and behaviour were set. So the challenge for Year 8 is to hit those standards again and to exceed them. I have every confidence that the year group can do this. Over the next couple of weeks, students should start to check their Academic Review Day targets in preparation for the next Academic Review Day on 14th December. Year 8 will need to consider what charity they want to support. It would be nice if this could be a local one. Tutor Charity Representatives will also need to gather ideas for the Senior Citizen Christmas Party on 11th December. It will soon come around after the half term break.

RSPCA Fund Raising Well done to Naomi Hide, Amy Thornley and Amy Hudson of 8CG. They raised £70 for the RSPCA through a sponsored silence.

‘Wind In The Willows‛ Next stop the West End!! Aimee Mackenzie

of 8JH has just finished per- forming ‘Wind In the Willows‛ at Petersfield Festival Hall. She played the part of ‘Mole‛ with the

Petersfield Youth Theatre. Well done Aimee. Konnie Fisher will be looking over her shoulder!

Mountain Biking Well done to Matthew Goode of 8CG. Matthew‛s hobby is mountain biking. Just recently, Matthew participated in a race, and he came 35 out of 360 — what an achievement!

At 1:30am armed with Lucozade, Mrs Eost, Mr Carter, Mrs Miles and 30 Year 9 students set off to Provence. We got to Gatwick and checked in without any major incidents. In customs some people got stopped including Mrs Eost for looking suspicious! Then we got to Duty Free where we all bought refreshments. We then got on the plane and it was Jess and Shannen’s first time flying and they were both excited.

When we arrived in France we drove straight to the Loubatas Centre where we talked to the first Year 9 group about their stay. Our first meal was couscous which we weren’t very familiar with! We soon discovered that all the food was healthy and nearly all contained courgettes! We were introduced to Carole who took us orienteering and showed us around the centre and how it worked. The centre is run on renewable resources only, so we had to use the power with care. Whilst orienteering we saw many things including beautiful views and strange animals (moof)! But the next day we settled down to work after an early start.

Our brains still buzzing as we climbed wea­ rily into our beds and woke next morning refreshed and ready for more work. We went bowling on Sunday night, it was really fun but, when we arrived back at the centre Max realised he still had his bowling shoes on! A day before we were coming home we went back to the bowling alley to get Max’s shoes and return the bowling shoes but it was closed! (so poor Max still has the shoes and not his own and I am not sure he has confessed to his Mum yet?)

Also we went to the c inema to wa t c h Ratatouille in French. It was really good and most were able to understand it despite being tired, which was because ‘Mrs Eost worked us so hard’. Not mentioning any names Helena, Ashleigh,

Amy and Camilla! Overall, we had a great week and left feeling a sense of achievement, having completed coursework and practised our speaking and listening skills. It was a week of new experiences and we learnt some important lessons about protecting the earth, eating healthily, and sharing responsibility for jobs in the centre. We also learnt a lot of French!

Tres Bien!

MFL Department

Loubatas Centre

We are very fortunate to have many after school activities and clubs. However, please can all parents and pupils ensure they make arrangements as to how/when/ where they will be collected from school. We do have a pay phone in the reception foyer for the purpose of children contacting Parents. It can be useful for pupils to carry small change only (20p) to use for this purpose . We can only allow children to use the school office telephone in an emergency.

We would like to remind all parents and guardians of our automated Absence Telephone Line. If your son/daughter is not going to be in school due to illness, then please ring the absence

line on their first day of illness, where possible before 9:00am, and on your child’s return to school please ensure they have a note in their Student Planner to their Tutor. This system helps us to know whether a child should be in school, or if something may have happened on the journey to school. Should a pupil need to leave school part way through the school day for a medical appointment, please write a note to this effect in their Student Planner, as we are not able to allow students off site without parental consent.

I would like to thank those parents who took the time to complete and return the Lunchtime Eating Questionnaire at the end of last term.

There does appear to be some confusion as to how the school canteen operates. We are fully compliant with the Government guidelines published in the latest White Paper, Eggar’s adopted a Healthy Eating Policy sometime before Jamie Oliver’s initiative. We do not sell chips or any other fried food nor do we sell over fatty or sugary snacks i.e doughnuts, and haven’t done so for several years. On the question of value for money, a student can purchase a lunch consisting of, main course, potatoes/ rice/pasta and vegetable and dessert for £1.80. Our tariff is on display in the servery and, all parents would be very welcome should they wish to see our food at service time or peruse the price list. Our main meals are all prepared on the premises from fresh ingredients. Menus are on a 4­week cycle and these are displayed on the Eggar’s website (content subject to availability). I do hope this has gone some way towards clarifying any queries you may have had. Linda Varney Catering Manager Pabulum Catering

Come and join the ‘new’ Eggar’s Breakfast Club each week day

morning from 08:00am to 08:30am

In the Small Hall

All very welcome!

We would like to remind everyone of the Eggar’s school uniform requirements, a detailed list is included at the front of the Student Planner. Uniform can be purchased through our supplier ‘1st Grade’ with order forms available from the school reception. On completion of orders please return to the school with payment by cheque payable to ‘1st Grade’. The orders are collected by 1st Grade each Friday and, if in stock, items are delivered to school for collection the following Friday. All students should wear a school blazer and school tie. Both boys and girls can wear black school trousers, but not jeans, chinos or corduroy. Currently, girls have the option of wearing a plain black, non pleated, straight, knee­length skirt. Shoes should be black, not boots or trainers and girls are not allowed high heels, sling backs, flip­flops, boots or trainers. Shirts should be white and suitable to take a school tie at the neckline.

During the winter months we would ask for coats to be of a plain dark material or stone/cream (not denim or leather). Jumpers and hoodies are not permitted beneath school blazers, we do have available unisex green v­necked jumpers. No make­up may be worn in the Lower School however light foundation make­up may be worn by Senior girls. In the interest of safety no jewellery (other than a wristwatch) may be worn. Hairstyles should be appropriate for school and not extreme in terms of lengths, style or colour. Nothing less than a ‘grade 2’ is acceptable. We do hope this has clarified our school uniform policy and trust you will support us in maintaining high standards at Eggar’s.

Firstly, welcome to all new Year 7 students and a big thank you to all of you who continue to send payments to school so promptly and efficiently. We in the Finance Department would like to take this opportunity to outline procedures for the transfer of monies from home to school. Unless a Standing Order is in operation, please could you ensure that all payments for transport and music tuition are made by cheque. Likewise, all payments for educational visits should be made by cheque and where the visit is being paid in instalments, the payment should be accompanied by the school payment card, as this acts as a receipt. Cheques should be made payable to “Eggar’s School” and should have the child’s name on the reverse, especially if different from the cheque book holder. Cheque payments should be sent using the regular policy of enclosing remittances in sealed envelopes, clearly labelled with the child’s name and tutor group, for whose attention the envelope is destined and for which trip etc. Separate payments should be made for each individual item e.g music lesson, trip, school bus etc. For parents who do not hold a cheque book account, please continue to bring cash directly to the School Reception, where a receipt will be issued. Please do not send large amounts of cash to school with your child.

Music Tuition It may be helpful for parents of children receiving timetabled music tuition, to be reminded of the number of lessons due for a school year. Children receive a minimum of 30 lessons over the course of a school year (or a pro­rata of approximately 10 lessons per term for children commencing during the academic year). As there are 39 weeks in the school year, this therefore makes provision to cover any hiatus, which might occur, when some weeks a lesson cannot be provided. Should there result in a shortfall to the amount of lessons due, then a refund will be made at the end of the academic year. Due to the very high demand of pupils wishing to receive music lessons, we politely request that payment is sent to the school promptly, upon receipt of renewal letters, which are mailed in the

second half of each term requesting payment, in advance of the next term. Currently, we have waiting lists in operation, and pupils may lose their place if payment is not received on time. All cancellations for music tuition must be sent to the Finance Office in writing or by email to finance@eggars.hants.sch.uk

Transport Payments for Grayshott, Rowledge and Liss Coaches

Thank you to all those who completed a Standing Order form for this academic year. This facility certainly makes our administration easier and hopefully gives you the peace of mind that payment has been made on a timely basis. For parents who pay by cheque, please continue to ensure that payment is made, in full (as per contract), on the first day of each month/term, depending on their individual arrangements. This would facilitate the administration of the transport accounts and consequently help keep the costs to parents down. This term we have started a new procedure for children requiring a temporary bus pass. If a child is entitled to travel and has forgotten or lost their bus pass they will not be permitted to travel without a temporary pass. A temporary pass will be given free of charge in the first instance for a forgotten pass, thereafter a charge of £4.00 will become payable for a replacement. Likewise should a child wish to travel home with a friend on the school bus, they must check with Reception at morning break to ascertain whether any seats are available. If seats are available there will be a charge of £4.00 for each journey, if no seats are available it is the child’s responsibility to make alternative arrangements. All temporary passes must be handed to the driver of bus. Your co­operation in these matters is greatly appreciated and, if you should have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

The Finance Team

Due to the re­organisation of our fixture calendar the range of extra­curricular activities has increased. There are the usual sports of football, netball etc, but also developing sports such as girls fitness, badminton and lacrosse. Participation to clubs has been very good with Wednesdays being very popular with regular participation nearing and sometime topping 100 students. This is excellent news! A plea from the PE Department – please can students look carefully at the extra­curricular bulletin each week as events change from week to week. Please can we ask that all PE kits are labelled with pupils names, we have many items of kit in lost property that we are unable to return. The PE Department would like to welcome Ms McCready and Mr Michael to the team, they have both already added their expertise to the Department. Year 8 girls represented Eggar’s in their very ever first Girls football fixture on the 9 th October. The 7­a­side tournament comprised of two teams from Bohunt, Perins, Amery Hill and ourselves. Despite playing up a year against Year 9 students the team came second, drawing twice with the eventual win­ ners — Bohunt A. The team consisted of Emma Young, Libby Spong, Lucy Jeffs, Hannah Steel, Anna Harris, Jasmine Weston, Lizzie Knight and Fleur Walker. The Year 7 boys football season has got off to a promising start and the boys are through to the quarter final of the Aldershot and District cup after seeing off Cove School (AET) and Bohunt in the early rounds.

Rugby has made a steady start with Eggar’s now able to field full 15’s from Year 7 – 11. This is an excellent achievement. The U16 squad are through to the next round of the Hampshire Cup and

we look forward to a good cup run. Training is generally well attended, but this is an area we need to show more commitment to if we are to build successful squads.

Netball has made a pleasing start to the season this year. The Year 7s won their first ever Eggar’s netball game against Amery Hill School. Not to be out done, the Year 10/11 team, after an extremely close game, also managed to come away with a win against Amery Hill. The Year 9 team, despite coming up against some tough opposition from Amery managed to hold them to a draw. Commitment to training this season has been very good. The effort put in and willingness to learn from all the girls has been excellent, well done girls, keep it up!! Badminton has been really successful. Four

Year 11 boys entered a local tournament and it was an all Eggar’s final, which obviously meant that we won the tro­ phy. Congratulations to Danny Goodall, Peter Allen,

Matthew Cushing and Kieron Riley. The girls tournament is next week and we wait to see if they can match the boys! Badminton is on a Wednesday and Thursday for all Year 10 & 11 pupils. Hockey is a growing sport at Eggar’s. We are now able to field Year 10 & 11 teams. Commitment to training has been excellent with numbers regularly topping 30! The hockey season is upon us and we are looking forward to continuing the success of previous years. Thank you to the enthusiasm of Mr Wheeler, Mr Jackson & Ms Whiting for making this possible. Keep up the good work all Year groups, and I look forward to reporting on our future sporting success.

Mr R Eost, PE Department

Year 9 have had a very positive start to the year. In core lessons pupils are showing a good understanding of what is required of them and how they can achieve their target levels. I am, and have been, popping into Year 9 lessons and have been impressed with the level of work. The Key Stage 3 tests may seem a long way off at the moment but will soon come around. We have launched SAM Learning and I am pleased to see that some pupils have been accessing the site in and out of school. I hope over half term all pupils log on to see the wealth of materials available to them. When Year 9 come back after half term I would like all pupils to be thinking about the subjects they would like to consider studying next year. I know that some pupils are already studying GCSE subjects this year! On behalf of Year 9 I would like to thank Mr Cooper and Mrs Eost for organising a fantastic MFL trip to Loubatas, France – the reports from the pupils on the trip have been very positive. Please can I ask that now the weather has turned cooler pupils are wearing coats into school and not hoodies under blazers. School jumpers are available to purchase and order forms can be obtained at the school office. Also I am concerned by the amount of make­up that seems to be finding it’s way to the girls’ eyes! Please can we enforce at home that no makeup is to be worn at school. I hope everyone has a lovely half term break. Mrs L Ashover, Year Leader, Year 9

I hope that everybody had a good summer break and that you were able to make use of the ‘too few‛ hot summer days. It is great to have the Year 10 pupils back and looking refreshed for the year ahead. This half term seems to have gone so quickly! The year group have settled really well into their GCSE subjects. The group as a whole are pleasing teachers with their hard work, motivation and work ethic – which bodes well for the 18 months remaining at Eggar‛s. I would like to take this opportunity to urge all Year 10s who are not presently taking part in the extensive extra curricular programmes offered to do so, as it is a great way to relax through the difficult GCSE period. Having said that there are lots of Year 10‛s participating already – what a talented bunch they are! The next decision for Year 10 will be their Work Experience choices for May 2008, these need to be applied for very soon and the applications forms have already been sent home. There will be an opportunity at the Work Experience and Curriculum Information Evening on 1st November to gather further information or help with this matter. It is important that we share and celebrate success at Eggar‛s and with this in mind I would like to congratulate Jadie Dalton of 10DW as she achieved an A* in GCSE Spanish. I hope this is one of many for my Year group. Keep up the good work and have a good half term.

Mr R Eost, Year Leader , Year 10