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Ousedale School Magazine February 2019

Ousedale Young Musician of the Year 2018-2019

Dear Parents/Carers

Another action packed edition of OuseNews!

As always, it has been a very busy half term. Year 11 students received their mock results and we have been very impressed with their focus; not only in the lead up to their mocks but their engagement with how they can improve even further this summer.

As you peruse this edition, you will see many examples of the school’s vision and ethos; student personal development and leadership continues to be an important part of our vibrant and informative PSHE/wellbeing programme, as well as the outstanding careers provision. The school is very excited, especially the 6th form, about the introduction of Unifrog, an online platform that will help deliver careers education.

Students, once again, can look forward to an extensive and challenging Enrichment programme next half-term. This programme continues to evolve and improve each year with all year groups being able to access an eclectic mix of activities and leadership opportunities.

We are busy preparing for next half term, both academically and holistically, to ensure that the good work of students and staff continues.

Have a wonderful half-term break.

Sue Carbert | Headteacher Stuart Glover| Senior Deputy Headteacher

Year 11 Achievement Awards

Message from Sue Carbert, Headteacher

The Music Department would like to thank all students who auditioned for this year's Musician of the Year competition. The first round of auditions was held in early January, and it was clear from this point that the standard was going to be incredibly high this year. The following students were selected to perform in the final, held on Tuesday 5th February at the Olney Campus.

Name Form Instrument Harry Olsen Zoe Wu Maddie Catanach Charlotte Bruce Aaron Jin Timothy Ball Samra Gabriel Eleanor Brain Freddie Upton Henry Wakley Gloria Chen Caleb Gray

11LKR 11JG 12JLB 11VT 13JA 12DK 11RN 12MS 11MRG 13MRC 11JG 12EY

Electric Guitar Classical Guitar Flute Flute Trumpet Cornet Violin Cello Drum Kit Drum Kit Piano Piano


We were very lucky to have a very competent musician in Paul Harris to adjudicate the competition. Paul studied the clarinet at the Royal Academy of Music, where he now teaches. He is in great demand as a teacher, composer, and has written over 600 books on music education. After listening to all students perform, Paul commented on the high standard of all performances, but in particular gave a ‘highly commended’ award to Timothy Ball (Cornet) who performed Dvorák’s ‘Rusalka’s Song to the Moon’ and Charlotte Bruce (Flute) who performed the technically challenging ‘Allegretto malincolico’ by Poulenc. Two runner up places were given to Gloria Chen (piano) who stunned the audience with the technically challenging ‘Prelude in G minor’ by Rachmaninov and Caleb Gray (piano) who also captured the audience with a mesmerizing arrangement of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ performed from memory. The overall winner of Ousedale Young Musician 2018-19 was awarded to Samra Gabriel (Violin) who gave a striking musical performance of ‘Ladies in Lavender’, by the composer Nigel Hess. The music department would like to thank all students involved in the competition, and all students in the Orchestra who also performed to help make the evening such a success. Ousedale Music Department


On Wednesday, 6th February, Ousedale School hosted Milton Keynes Secondary Schools’ Young Musician of the Year 2018-2019, organised in conjunction with Milton Keynes Music Hub and the Rotary organisation. Fergal Mac Manus (13CC) represented Ousedale School performing the Classical Guitar with a delightful

performance of ‘Capricho árabe’ by Tárrega, ‘Cavatina’ by Myers and a ‘Tango’. Nine schools were represented from Milton Keynes and we were delighted that Fergal was awarded ‘runner up’ in the competition. To perform such a musical performance at an event like this requires an incredible amount of dedication, hard work and perseverance. Well done Fergal!

Ousedale Music Department

MK Secondary Schools’ Young Musician of the Year 2018-2019


http://www.rotary-milton-keynes.org/

It has been another busy and eventful few months in the careers department. We have been looking

at lots of new and exciting ways we can further develop careers, training and higher education

provisions throughout the school.

New member of the Careers Team

We welcomed another new member to our careers team, Mrs Karen Conway, who is based at the Olney campus. She brings a wealth of experience in terms of employability and careers, having worked for various universities and colleges, as well as holding a Master’s Degree in Psychology.

MK Bus event

In January we welcomed the Milton Keynes College ‘Big Yellow Bus’ to campus. Thirty Year 11 students were welcomed on board at Newport Pagnell and 39 at Olney. Students had the chance to discuss post-16 options and find out more about the courses they offer. This was a very successful event, with lots of students making course applications.

Unifrog

The careers team are very excited to be involved in launching Unifrog across the School. Unifrog is an online platform that will be used to help deliver Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance, and PSHE. Students will be able to compare university courses, apprenticeships and FE courses, as well getting access to labour market information and advice on careers and subjects for all routes. Currently the system has been implemented with Year 12, and will be rolled out to other year groups during the course of the academic year. The system can be used both in school and at home. For further information please see https://www.unifrog.org/ Year 10 Work Experience

We are delighted to be running the year 10 work experience scheme again this year from 8th-12th July 2019. All year 10s attended a presentation about the scheme a few weeks ago and nearly 200 students have registered their interest. Work experience is an excellent opportunity for students to obtain an insight into the world of work; we look forward to receiving their completed application forms and the deadline to get them back to us is 29th April.

Latest News from the Careers Department

https://www.unifrog.org/

Year 12 Careers Fair

As part of this week’s ACE day activities, Year 12 will be attending a careers fair. The aim of the careers fair is to offer the students the chance to consider future career, training and work options, as well as raising their aspirations and expanding their employability skills. We are delighted to be welcoming so many highly-respected organisations from our local community including Haines Watts, Nifty Lift, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), John Lewis, Unilever, Thames Valley Police, Grant Thornton, The Bedford Estate, Pictons Solicitors and many more. Up and Coming Events

What Career Live: 1st March 2019 National Apprenticeship Show: 12th and 13th March 2019 Year 10 Work Experience: 8th - 12th July 2019

Ousedale students participated in skiing and snowboarding enrichment before Christmas, learning new skills, developing confidence and pushing themselves out of their comfort zones. This was fantastic to see and all students who took part were a credit to the school during their time at Snozone. Skiing and snowboarding are some of the hardest extreme sports to learn and it takes dedication and a lot of hard work, alongside a lot of falling over, to master the skills needed to be a controlled and elegant skier or snowboarder. The pupils on lessons were resilient in mastering the skills required to move through the learning progression, becoming fantastic skiers and snowboarders towards the end of the group of lessons. We also had a group of skiers and snowboarders already slope confident who wanted to enjoy their sport trying new things and pushing themselves to the next level!

Miss Turner | Teacher of Geography

Snozone Enrichment

Holocaust Commemoration

Ousedale School, along with other schools across Milton Keynes, were invited to take part in the Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration event on Wednesday, 30th January 2019 at the Council Chamber offices. Students from Ousedale took part in the annual memorial which is a time for everyone to pause to remember the millions of people who have been murdered or whose lives have been changed beyond recognition during the Holocaust Nazi persecution and, in subsequent genocides, in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. Students wrote and read out reflections on two case studies from the Holocaust and the Bosnian war and the theme this year was torn from home; this is to encourage audiences to reflect on how the enforced

loss of a safe place to call ‘home’ is part of the trauma faced by anyone experiencing persecution and genocide. ‘Home’ usually means a place of safety, comfort and security. The evening focused on what happens when individuals, families and communities are driven out of, or wrenched from their homes, because of persecution or the threat of genocide, alongside the continuing difficulties survivors face as they try to find and build new homes when the genocide is over.

MK Youth SACRE

A group of students across Years 7-10 from Newport and Olney campus have participated in the MK Youth SACRE (Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education) first meeting this academic year - representing the voices of young people in matters of faith. The SACRE represents a group of local children and young people from schools across Milton Keynes who work together to share ideas and resources to help inspire RE teachers with new concepts that are relevant to their world.

The meeting, held at Denbigh school, has provided the opportunity for Ousedale students to take part in the development team and work together to provide a network to support the delivery of RE by sharing ideas. Students have engaged in debates and discussions with local religious leaders and reflected upon their interfaith community and demonstrated leadership in helping support changes in RE.

Miss Bibi | PER Teacher

PER Department

The Design Technology department has been busy with many extra-curricular activities. We are starting some new clubs after half term, so please see your DT teachers if you are interested as space is limited. Newport Pagnell Campus

Day Time Club Age

Range Location Teacher

Monday 3.05 to 4.05

After School Skills Club. practice and improve your

practical skills by producing useful items for the DT department. You must

attend regularly to complete your project. Led by our DT

Leaders

All Years T2 RN/JS

Tuesday 1.20 to 1.50

Homework Club. Receive help with your DT homework, access

computers and printers. Drop in as needed.

All Year Groups

T3 RN

Tuesday 1.20 to 1.50

KS4 Engineering additional sessions

KS4 Engineers

T6 KK

Wednesday 1.20 to 1.50

Design Club. Hands on design and manufacture

club. First project will be a piece of Art for the library

area. Led by our DT Leaders

All Years T2 RN

Thursday 3.05 to 4.05

GEMS (Girls into Engineering). Hands on project based club. You must attend regularly to complete your project.

Girls in Y7,8,9

T1 or 6 KK

Friday 1.20 to 1.50


KS4 Engineers

T6 KK

Friday 3.05 to 4.05


KS4 Engineers

T6 KK

Olney Campus

Day Time Club Age

Range Location Teacher

Every Day 8.00 to

8.30 Open Room –access to

computer/printer All EG2 JR

Tuesday 3.05 to

4.30 KS4 Additional sessions Y10 & Y11 EG2 JR

Wednesday 1.20 to



Wednesday 3.05 to


computer/printer Y7,8,9 EG2 JR

Thursday 1.20 to

1.50

Homework Club Receive help with your DT

homework, access computers and printers.

Drop in as needed.

All Year Groups

EG2 JR

Design Technology Update

Thursday 3.05 to

4.05

D&T Club Hands on project based club. You must attend

regularly to complete your project.

All Years EG1/2 JR

Friday 3.05 to



120 Year 9 students spent the day with Network Rail representatives putting ideas into practice by completing STEM based challenges.

The students were required to build a bridge spanning a set distance using very limited resources. The next challenge involved designing a working model of a level crossing.

The final challenge had them trying to calculate the best route for a new train route.

15 students were invited to attend the Network Rail

headquarters in Milton Keynes. The students

listened to a wide variety of experts in their field

talking about how they came to work for Network

Rail. Students also completed an electronics

challenge, which involved computer programming to

make LEDs light up.

A group of Engineering and Design Technology

students attended a morning at Abbey Precision. The

students were able to use the high tech engineering

equipment and see

the different

processes taking

place. Each

student created his

or her own chess

piece from a CNC

machine. Students

had a tour of the

facilities and spent time within all the different departments to find

out a little bit more about how an engineering company runs.

Newport Pagnell Girls into Design & Engineering (GEMS) Club created Xmas decorations using CAD 2D design and laser cutting them from acrylic. The decorations looked amazing and the girls took them home to hang on their tree in time for Christmas Celebrations!

Engineering students spent a day at BSI, the business standards company. Students experienced interactive activities with representatives from Medical Devices, Food, Product Testing and Cyber Security. They met with some of the company’s employees who informed them of specific job roles and the possible routes into the career – from apprenticeships and degree programmes to supervisors and managers.

At Olney we run a Design and Technology club open to all year groups, and now have a group of around 15 students regularly attending. Students will be making a wide range of things from USB sticks to hanging basket brackets. Last term they created tea light holders.

Design Technology Update

The LAMDA teacher and Drama staff are so proud of our students. These students all take LAMDA lessons at the school with Rebecca Hardcastle. Find out more by emailing [email protected] and book your free trial.

NAME

FORM

GRADE

RESULTS

Scarlett Smith 9FW Grade 1 Acting Distinction

Katie Norbury 11SYC Grade 4 Acting Merit

Amelie Ward 11SYC Grade 5 Speaking in Public Distinction

Izzy Diamand 11STR Grade 4 Acting Merit

Anne-Marie Viney 11MRG Grade 4 Acting Merit

Danielle Balletta 11MRG Grade 4 Acting Merit

Natasha Barry 11STR Grade 4 Acting Merit

Evie Doorne-Bright 9SBB Grade 1 Acting Merit

FIRST NAME

FORM

INSTRUMENT

GRADE

RESULTS

Maddie Catanach 12JLB Flute 7 Merit

Finlay Kennedy 8CTW Alto Saxophone 1 Merit

Samhita Shanmugasundarum 10SP Flute 2 Pass

Emily Cuddeford 10MG Cello 5 Pass

Emily Monilaws 11LKR Cello 4 Pass

Lukas Hall 9SBB Double Bass 4 Distinction

Lukas Hall 9SBB Music Theory 4 Pass

Lukas Hall 9SBB Piano 5 Pass

Hannah Goodge 10MG Voice 3 Merit

Kobi Burchmore 8OG Electric Guitar 1 Merit

Henry Binstead 11JG Electric Guitar 3 Merit

Thomas Buttel 9ALD Acoustic Guitar 5 Merit

Robin Lovatt 9CW French Horn 3 Pass

Charlotte Kupczyk 9LRT Violin 2 Pass

LAMDA Drama Successes

Music Successes

mailto:[email protected]

Congratulations to Ella Howard

Ella and her team recently won the Bronze medal at the

under 18’s Women’s World Championship, playing

against teams from China, Norway, France, Netherlands

and Poland. Ella also won GB’s best player award,

goaltender of the tournament and the GB supporters club

award, after a 48 shot shutout and penalty shootout win

against top seeded Norway.

An amazing result!

Mrs Brook | Head of Year 11

Great Britain Taekwondo

Cadet Trials

We are overjoyed that Daniel Foran (9FW) has been invited to join the Great Britain Cadet squad with immediate effect. Daniel will be required to train one weekend in five with the best coaches in the UK. This is a fantastic opportunity for him. He will also represent his country at

a number of competitions in the UK and Europe over the following year. Mrs Wall | Form Tutor

Sporting Achievements

Congratulations to the Year 10 Boys football team who are now through to the County Cup Final after another hard-fought victory, this time over Chalfonts. After coming back from 2 goals down to take the game to extra-time, Ousedale eventually won the tie 4-2 on penalties. Good work boys! Mr Vanstone | Assistant Co-ordinator of

A Level PE

Congratulations to the Year 10 rugby team on making it through to the semi-finals of the County Cup, beating St Pauls 24-19 in the final group game. Next term will see both the Year 10 and Year 9 teams into the semi-finals of the County Cup. Good luck to everyone involved! Mr Phipps | Teacher of Physical Education | Coordinator of VCERT Health and Fitness

PE Department

Nikeal Gohil (8HB) and Jayden Gohil (7GD) took time

out of their weekend recently to raise money for Clic

Sargent.

CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for

children, young people and their families. Its care

teams provide specialist support across the UK.

Nikeal and Jayden raised a massive £312.60 for the

charity.

Very well done!

After School Club

On Wednesday, 6th February, Ousedale will be starting a Warhammer 40k and the Age of Sigmar after school club. School Alliance (Ousedale RPG Club) is part of a Games Workshop School programme that supports Warhammer clubs across the UK, Australia, Asia and very soon North America. At present the alliance incorporates over 1,200 groups across the globe and gives support to fellow hobbyists who wish to socialise, develop creative and gaming skills as well as gaining skills towards the Duke of Edinburgh award. What is Warhammer? It is a table top battle game which puts players in command of armies of valiant humans, noble elves, savage orcs or a variety of twisted and monstrous creatures. Players collect forces of miniature plastic models, all with different stats and abilities, and use them to play out clashes on a table top battlefield. Unlike a board game, where players’ moves are restricted to defined areas, Warhammer commanders freely manoeuvre their units, set distances using rulers and resolve shooting and hand-to-hand combat by rolling dice. Members of the club will be able to assemble and paint miniatures, then form teams which then can be placed in tournaments against other schools at Warhammer world in Nottingham or at their local Game store or Games Workshop locations within Milton Keynes. Students interested in participating can attend in H3 with Mrs Sanderson every Wednesday after school during term time from 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm. Thanks to the Games Workshop Alliance we are ready to work on a special beginners set, donated to the school. Mrs Sanderson | Teaching Assistant

After School Club

CLIC Sargent

NEWPORT EASTER BAKE-OFF COMPETITION

Join the ultimate battle, with trophies and prizes to be won!

Dust off your cookbooks, dig out your baking tins and join in

the fun…or just come and eat some cakes.

Competition Rules:

Present 6 cupcakes following the prescribed theme (bring to FT1 before morning registration). Please see table for entry ages and themes.

Include a piece of paper detailing the recipe or full list of ingredients.

For allergy reason, DO NOT USE NUTS.

Ensure your name and form are on the box used for transport. (Child’s form for parent competition). Please collect boxes at the end of the day.

Cost to enter: 50p

Independent judges will decide a winner each week based on presentation, taste and theme. Cakes will be sold after judging to raise money for much needed resources

in the technology kitchens. Cake sale during break and lunch on Wednesdays.

When? Who? What Theme?

Wednesday 27th February Year 7 Easter Nests or Basket

Wednesday 6th March Year 8 Animals

Wednesday 13th March Year 9 Spring Garden

Wednesday 20th March Year 10/11 Cupcakes containing

vegetables e.g. carrot cake

Wednesday 27th March Year 12/13 and

Parents/Carers of all Years Easter

Wednesday 3rd April Staff Easter

OLNEY EASTER BAKE-OFF COMPETITION Join the ultimate battle, with trophies and prizes to be won! Dust off your cookbooks, dig out your baking tins and join in

the fun…or just come and eat some cakes. Competition Rules:

Present 6 cupcakes following the prescribed theme (bring to EG4 before morning registration). Please see table for entry ages and themes.

Include a piece of paper detailing the recipe or full list of ingredients.

For allergy reason, DO NOT USE NUTS.

Ensure your name and form are on the box used for transport. (Child’s form for parent competition). Please collect boxes at the end of the day.

Cost to enter: 50p Independent judges will decide a winner each week based on presentation, taste and theme. Cakes will be sold after judging to raise money for much needed resources

in the technology kitchens. Cake sale during lunch on Thursdays.

When? Who? What Theme?

Thursday 28th February Year 7 Easter Nests or Basket

Thursday 7th March Year 8 Animals

Thursday 14th March Year 9 Spring Garden

Thursday 19th March Year 10/11 Cupcakes containing

vegetables e.g. carrot cake

Thursday 28th March Parents/Carers of all Years Easter

Thursday 4th April Staff Easter

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