q & a session - beaufort.hants.sch.uk
TRANSCRIPT
The Henry Beaufort School Senior Leadership Team participated in a
live Question and Answer session on 15th October 2020.
A recording of the event has been made and it can be viewed on the school’s website, www.beaufort.hants.sch.uk/openevents
Tel: 01962 880073 | E: [email protected] | W: www.beaufort.hants.sch.uk
Priors Dean Road | Harestock | Winchester | Hampshire | SO22 6JJ
Q & A SESSION
Inside This Edition: GCSE Results 2020 Service Student Drop-In
Kindergarten Remembrance Poppies Year 9 helps Plant Trees NDCS Roadshow Bus French Exchange Penpals
2020Autumn Newsletter Supported by Business4Schools
Headteacher : Miss Hearle
bus ness schools
02392 445227 or email
[email protected]
Living at Sunrise We’re sure you’ll love your home at Sunrise of Winchester, from the comfortable environment and the beautiful surroundings, to the carefree living. It’s a place where you can be happy and well-cared for.
Sunrise of Winchester Stockbridge Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 5JH
Call 01962 673530 to book a visit or go to SunriseWinchester.co.uk for more details.
Residential, nursing & dementia care homes 7 February 2018
I am delighted with the number of postcards that have been sent home for excellent work and contribution to school life. Recognition and rewards for our young people is such an important part of our school life.
I hope you have been following us on our new social media account on Facebook. As someone who often has to deal with the negative impact of social media, I am delighted that we have been able to use this online platform for the benefit of our wider community. Thank you to Mrs Goodwill and Mr Janes for making this happen.
Our end of term celebrations have been somewhat curtailed this term but we have made sure that our Rewards afternoon took place, as well as a shortened and hopefully entertaining final whole school assembly over Microsoft teams on the final day.
As you may be aware the school will be 50 years old in the Academic Year 21-22. We had intended to recognise this achievement with a special dedicated evensong service in Winchester Cathedral in the October of 2021. As we are unable to prepare for such an event under CV -19 regulations, we have decided to push this back to the Summer term of 2022 in the hope that we will be able to celebrate the first 50 years of the school without any restrictions on the celebration.
We also hope to be able to hold an Open Morning for our local community. If you are a former student of the last 50 years we do hope that you will be able to join us for a look around your old school and catch up on its development over the first 50 years!
Thank you for your continued support of the school and in particular the way you are working with the regulations regarding the national track and trace guidance. Together we will continue to keep your children, my colleagues, and our community safe. I look forward to a brighter 2021 and I hope, a return to our normal way of working by the beginning of the Autumn Term 2021, if not before.
With my very best wishes,
Miss Hearle Headteacher
A Productive & Positive Term by All
This has been another challenging term for The Henry Beaufort School and in ways that we would never have anticipated this time last year or indeed at the start of the term.
Once again, the remarkable resilience of our young people combined with the dedication of my colleagues right across the school, has ensured that this has been a productive and positive term in many, many ways.
Most importantly our young people have continued to be taught and to learn in school. This has taken a remarkable effort from colleagues and none more so than our cleaning and caretaking team who have worked tirelessly to keep the school environment clean and safe for us all.
SHARING GOOD PRACTICE WITH THE NEXT GENERATION OF TEACHERS
On Friday 7th February 2020 The Henry Beaufort School hosted 40 trainee teachers from across Hampshire as part of a training day. The day was held in conjunction with the Thornden School learn alliance and Innov8- Perins School.
Mrs Sonia Atkins, Academic Leader for Science said
“It was wonderful to showcase the excellent practice we have at The Henry Beaufort School with so many trainee teachers, it was a fantastic event and I was proud to share the good work we do with our students”.
The Henry Beaufort School has maintained consistently high academic outcomes and for the
sixth year in a row results have continued to rise. All three core subjects of English, Maths and Science
achieved over 85% at grade 4 and above. Both English and Maths achieved 87% at grade 4 and
above. We are also celebrating that 7% of all grades achieved across the 20 GCSE subjects are at grade 9.
Four students achieved an average of grade 9 across their GCSE subjects. Congratulations to
Sarina, Johan, Laura and Maisie.
GCSE Results
Sue Hearle, Headteacher stated:
‘This has been an incredibly stressful year for our students, particularly so in the last week. I am relieved and delighted that our young people have received the outcomes they deserve, outcomes
that are in line with our rising results over the last 6 years.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank my colleagues for their consummate professionalism in the face of unprecedented challenges, undertaking an honest, fair and transparent process in
producing centre assessed grades.
Congratulations to all of our students, we are so pleased for you.’
In the last 5 years a total of 20 Henry Beaufort students have been offered places to study at either Oxford or Cambridge.
97% of Henry Beaufort students go on to Further Education.
National figure:
Year 8 Students Being Brilliant
Twelve lucky Year 8 students are about to embark on the Scholars Programme, delivered by The Brilliant Club, a charity which aims to widen access for outstanding pupils in non-selective state schools to the United Kingdom’s most selective universities. The programme:
The pupils will undergo a rigorous process in the Spring term, attending multiple university-style tutorials led by PhD tutors. The tutorials will be based around extracurricular topics designed to stretch and challenge pupils. This could be about anything, from robotics, to history of art! At the end of the programme, pupils will complete a final assignment of between 1000 and 1500 words. COVID-permitting, students will attend a graduation ceremony at an elite university when they complete the programme.
The programme kicks off with a virtual launch event in January, including a study skills session, advice and guidance from universities across the UK, and the students will have their very first tutorial with their PhD tutor.
We can’t wait to get started!
Service Student Drop-In
This year, like so many things, our weekly Service student drop-in group has taken a slightly different form. With year group bubbles still firmly in place we have invited all our Year 7 Service family students to join us weekly to make and build new friendships and to support each other in settling into secondary school in this most unusual of years.
As a group they have met the challenge with much enthusiasm, turning up weekly to chat, have a snack and play games. The group have been particularly enjoying the new chessboards that we bought for them and have been teaching each other how to play - we’re not quite at the level of The Queen’s Gambit yet, but you never know!
Our Remembrance Day meeting was particularly special as we were able to come together to share poppy themed cakes and think about all the alternative heroes we have had in our lives this year from friends and family, to medical staff and even teachers! Some of our group are also planning to grow some field poppies from seed that we hope to plant at school in the spring as a reminder of all the amazing challenges that have been overcome this year and of the heroes that have battled them along the way.
Short Story Competition
Students of the Henry Beaufort School participated in a nation-wide short story competition in November. Writing around the theme of “TRAPPED”, we received numerous entries and were amazed by the students’ imaginative talents. Every entrant will receive an extra stamp in recognition of their effort and creativity. Five winners will receive a postcard home and an extra treat!
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. A shiver ran up my spine. I looked left. I looked right. Perhaps I could run. Perhaps I could hide. Yet, I was stuck to the floor. Being swallowed by a sea of emotions. Being consumed by a broken soul. Trapped.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. I felt my heart beat faster and faster. I started to shake. “It’s happening! It’s happening…” But then, just then, I went black; my whole world went black. Hel-
NICOLE, Yr7, MOSCOW I kept walking, wondering when I would be able to leave this long, dark tunnel inside of my mind. In the eerie, damp, cold darkness, I could hear my voice echoing as I shouted out into nothing. It was like a nightmare that had come to life that I could never leave. I stumbled again and again as I walked, trying to find the light in my anxiety. There was nothing I could do other than sit; just sit and wait for my world to return. Now that I had stopped I couldn’t move. I was trapped – forever.
OLIVIA , Y8, PRAGUE
Stay tuned for
“IMAGINE”…
“TRAPPED”
Back in March The Henry Beaufort School took part in the School Library Service Literature Quiz 2020. A team of four students was selected following a tough
qualification round, created and hosted by our Year 10 Student Librarians. Eleanor, Olivia, Angus and Sophie travelled to The Romsey School to take part in the Regional Round and put in an excellent performance, taking second place –
missing out on first by just one point!
With the first place team automatically qualifying for the County Final, our team had an anxious wait to find out if their score was high enough to qualify but a week later we were informed that they had done enough and were invited to
compete in the final at the Winchester Discovery Centre. Sadly, the planned event was prevented from taking place but instead we were able to host the County
Final in school instead.
The event took place on Wednesday 30th September in the library with a reduced team of three who did exceptionally well answering eight rounds of questions with
themes such as Shakespeare, Series and Sequels and Our Diverse World. After having a nail-biting wait to find out the results we were delighted to find out that
Team Henry Beaufort were awarded a very impressive 2nd place.
Congratulations to the team for such a brilliant achievement!
LITERATURE QUIZ
The Henry Beaufort School are delighted to unveil its new state of the art Food Preparation and Nutrition Room which has been designed to a professional kitchen standard.
Sue Hearle, headteacher said: “I am so delighted we have been able to support the growing interest from our young people in Food Preparation and Nutrition.
This will enable us in the future to widen the range of courses available for our students and give them a taste of what it is like to work in a professional kitchen environment.”
Lucy Golding, Academic Leader of Design and Technology said “we are thrilled with our fantastic new facilities which will enable our students to experience cooking in a more professional environment. We are looking forward to the new opportunities it will bring for all our students, and to raising the profile of food and a love of cooking for everyone.”
NEW FOOD PREPARATION AND NUTRITION ROOM AT THE HENRY BEAUFORT SCHOOL
We intend to exchange letters 3 times in the course of this academic year around
Christmas time, Easter and just before the summer holidays. The first set of letters have been sent off on the same day that
the French side sent their letters off.
We are waiting to see which postal system will deliver first!
Penpal Exchange with French schools
Over Lockdown (known as ‘Le confinement’ in French), many school trips and exchanges were
cancelled and many teachers here and across the Channel were keen to set up pen pal exchanges
between schools – the old-fashioned way! The art of letter writing is fast disappearing in this age of
artificial intelligence and technology. Links with two schools from France were created from this idea.
Years 7-8 : Collège Pierre Mendes, near Angoulême, France. www.etab.ac-poitiers.fr/coll-mendes-france-soyaux/
Years 9 & 10 : Collège Blaise Pascal, Villemoisson-sur-Orge, near Paris, France. www.clg-pascal-villemoisson.ac-versailles.fr
N D
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SH O
W B
U S
It seems such a long time ago now but before Lockdown 1.0 we were fortunate to have a visit from the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) Roadshow Bus.
There were workshops throughout the day, each with a different focus and aim. The first one was the ‘Look, Smile, Chat’ workshop for a group of Year 7 hearing peers. This was aimed at increasing their deaf awareness, understanding of the communication difficulties that deaf people can face and how, with simple adjustments, they can communicate more easily with their deaf friends. For some of the students, it was a surprise when they realised the session would be delivered to them in BSL with a voice- over interpreter!
“I thought that it was great because the person who was teaching was deaf and taught us some basic signs. He also taught us to lip-read, it was really hard and now I empathise more for deaf people. Overall the experience was great”. Mary-Anne.
“I found the bus very informative and now I’m much more aware of partially deaf and fully deaf people. I enjoyed watching the man sign. I never really knew how important deaf awareness is but now I do”. Ed.
The ‘Technology’ session for the hearing impaired students showed how technology has a part to play in increasing their independence. The students had an opportunity to try vibrating alarm clocks, flashing doorbells and Bluetooth devices. The equipment to help them listen to music definitely seemed most popular!
The final workshop of the day, ‘My Future’, aimed to increase the knowledge of the hearing impaired students’ rights to support in education, training and employment and preparing them for potential challenges ahead. There was discussion to help the students think about their futures and what they might want to do after life at The Henry Beaufort School. They also talked about coping strategies to manage their deafness in different situations and develop their confidence. For example, at University, having the confidence to ask lecturers to send material and resources in advance of a lecture in order to prepare.
“I enjoyed visiting the listening bus because I could see all of the different equipment used and different ways to listen to music”. Anna, Year 10.
“I think the Listening bus is a great place as it gives you ideas to help choose your future”. Jake, Year 8.
‘A little bit of Maths Every Day’ has a different question for each day of the month.
Students (as well as parents) can try to tackle these at their own pace; they are a great way for parents to support their child’s learning and revision.
Each month comes with the answers so students can check how they are doing. The document can be printed off and stuck up on the fridge or kitchen door for example,
making it easily accessible for students to complete.
There are two tiers available. The ‘Crossover’ covers both Higher (available soon) and Foundation topics, whilst the ‘Number skills’ is for those doing Foundation. There may be some questions students find challenging and others that may be easier to do. Doing ‘A little bit of Maths Every Day’ will help to aid revision and reinforce learning; ultimately better preparing students for their GCSE’s or assessments.’
“The only way to learn Mathematics is to do mathematics”
Please visit
https://www.beaufort.hants.sch.uk/ maths-every-day
where you will be able to access the maths sheets via the School website.
This year, to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the end of World War 2, the children at Henry’s Kindergarten teamed up with Berkeley Homes and Harestock Primary School to create a fabulous poppy display in Winchester. The pre-school children created their poppies out of salt dough and the younger children opted for an environmentally friendly creation made of fir cones that they had collected.
Remembrance Poppies
Henry’s Henry’s Kindergarten Kindergarten
My gaze swept across the barren landscape that I had once claimed for my own. Scattered across the muddy ground like broken dolls lay my friends, enemies and families. I inhaled, tasting the bitter tang of carbon in the air, seeing the litter scattered in the mud. Taking in the puddles of oil polluting the thriving wilderness, I stood there, steadfast against the wind, and thought.
My eyes drifted over the shattered remains of my once-proud family, over the sharp shards of glass littering their graves. Suddenly, I caught a fit of movement in the deathly still forest. A butterfly flapped lazily across my field of vision and landed on a dead bough. It made me feel hopeful, almost alive, for this little creature of nature survived.
I shudder as the painful memory resounds throughout my limbs, as my mind takes me back to that horrific day not so long ago. The pain of the sharp metal teeth biting into my flesh. The chatter, incomprehensible and in foreign languages. The throaty roar of the machines, drowned out by
the screams of my brethren as they fell to the ground. Then the silence. The silence that bore the hatred, the hurting of the innocent, the destruction of nature. All that came flooding back as I persevered to stand tall.
I stare once again over the polluted landscape, the sense of crippling loneliness dwarfing me. The fruits of my kin litter the ground beneath my roots, festering under the sun’s piercing rays. A harsh wind whips around me, threatening my stability, fighting to push over the last remaining giant, ready to reclaim the hill I am stationed upon.
Humans, with pickaxes and saws swarm around my trunk, every swing weakening me more. In a brief moment of submission, I sink to my knees, succumb to the savages and finally join my family again.
Deforestation
Gardening project
At the beginning of the Easter holidays some of our Key Worker Students planted potatoes as part of a gardening project with Miss Hearle, Headteacher. They spent a morning digging over a very weed infested vegetable plot in the student garden before planting seed potatoes. Over the next few weeks they spent time earthing up the plants to make sure of a good crop. 3 Months later they went back to see how well they had grown and discovered they had a pretty good crop!
HB Plants Trees
As a school, we are planting trees to improve our environmental sustainability. Every Wednesday, a Year 9 tutor group plants trees alongside our on-site tree expert, Mr H and Miss McNamara, one of our Geography teachers. Currently, we’re planting silver birch and maple trees. A big “thank you!” to Miss McNamara for introducing ideas, (like tree planting and Ecobricks) to help save our environment. We as students, feel proud to say we are helping to save the planet in different ways!
HB Plants Trees Year 9 students at Henry Beaufort help combat climate change by planting over 400 trees.
What are we doing as a school to improve our environment?
How do trees help to improve the environment?
Trees are a carbon sink and help combat climate change. Too much CO2 in the atmosphere caused the enhanced greenhouse effect, which is linked to rising temperatures. An impact on our environment is that the ice caps are melting, causing polar environments to decrease because their environment is being destroyed. This also causes sea level rise, plus climate change causes more extreme weather. The trees we’re planting will absorb CO2 and produce oxygen when they photosynthesise, enabling the inhabitants of the Earth to breath a cleaner air. The trees around the school site will also help stabilise the ground and absorb water, which will reduce flooding around the school and provide a home for new species. Trees also provide beautiful colours, especially during the changing seasons. For example, trees leaves in autumn become beautiful red, orange and yellow colours. They also provide homes for millions of animals on Earth!
What charity is helping us save our planet?
Woodland Trust UK is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity, which aim to help improve our environment to combat climate change. “We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees. Trees are our most powerful weapon to fight climate change”. They have donated trees to Henry Beaufort two years in a row- this year they donated 420 trees! You can also get involved and donate to their charity by checking out the website - https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ By
Keisha and
Student Quotes:
Josh : “I liked planting trees because we get to name them and because they’re good for the environment.” Heidi : “I like that they grow because I don’t.” Mae: “Planting the trees is very important as it helps the environment and the community.”
Cultural Capital Day at
The Henry Beaufort School
This week we held a Cultural Capital day at The Henry Beaufort School. We believe all students should be exposed
to opportunities and experiences beyond the classroom. These opportunities and experiences help students to
broaden their horizons and develop and challenge them personally.
Mrs Briggs - Senior Teacher in charge of Student Life Chances said:
“Today we have been excited to launch the first of our Cultural Capital Days; a day of invaluable experiences for all students to participate. Our students have engaged in a range of activities from learning sign language, learning to speak mandarin, competing in a ‘festival of sport’, to experiencing life as a University student. We continue
to look forward to future events across the academic year.”
Eleanor Year 10 student said:
“I really enjoyed the University visit as the insight into real student life made me feel like University can be a real step in becoming a successful adult.
The university visit was so interesting as before today, the importance of
money budgeting and the application process had never come to my mind.
The insight into life as a student was fascinating as it showed us that
community is a big part of Uni.”
Launch of
Mandarin to
Year 7
Lessons will be held on Thursdays after school on Microsoft Teams 4.15-5pm.
Mrs Y. Hallett Subject Leader in French & Mandarin Chinese Teacher [email protected]
As part of the extra- curricular programme at The Henry Beaufort school we offer a Dance club run by Platform School of Dance. Platform School of Dance strive to create a fun and friendly atmosphere in all their classes that are led by Miss Sarah. Students enjoy learning new routines and techniques with a particular focus on Street Dance.
Extra Curricular Dance
The Platform Dance after school club work towards creating dance routines to take part in the Christmas Extravaganza, but students are also given the opportunity to take part in Dance Exams.
I am very excited to announce that Mandarin lessons will be re-starting at Henry Beaufort School after the Christmas break.
Year 7s will find out all about how to join in an assembly in January and lessons will start shortly after.
We are also very excited to welcome students from Westgate School who are invited to join us in our learning journey.
DRAMA - YEARS 9 & 10 Year 9 and 10 Drama students have been busy this term devising their Primary Pantomime Projects. Due to the virus we unfortunately will not be able to invite primary schools to Henry Beaufort to watch the pantomimes, but by the power of the online meetings we have all become very familiar with we will be inviting primary pupils to take a virtual step into our Drama studio!
DRAMA - YEAR 11 Year 11 Drama students are underway with performing their Devised Theatre pieces. This performance work was put on hold during lockdown. On our return in September a huge ‘overhaul’ of the group pieces had to take place to make performances viable during the restrictions. The Year 11 students have been admirable in their endeavours to prepare for the performance examinations. A huge well done to them all!
With Thanks The Henry Beaufort School
Christmas Tree
Saints Foundation Coaching
Our Year 10 Sports Studies group have had the privilege of weekly football sessions delivered by coaches from the Saints Foundation. During these sessions they have been improving their football skills as well as learning how to coach football and lead football sessions. These sessions have supported the group in creating a bank of coaching resources to assist them with completing their coursework. It has also given them opportunities to learn about sports leadership and given the students opportunities to lead and run small football activities. The sessions have had a really positive atmosphere and have been a fantastic and well regarded experience for the Sports Studies class.
The Football Foundation is the UK’s largest sports charity and exists to improve the experience of playing football for everyone, by championing fair access to quality facilities.
During the lockdown period Lucy Goodwill put together a bid with the Football Foundation and the County FA. This grant was put together to help support the purchase of a set of 9-a-side goals with the aim to create a 9-a-side football pitch on the field.
New Goals
This will allow us to host Year 7 and U13 and U14 Girls Football games at The Henry Beaufort School.
We are pleased to announce that The Henry Beaufort School was awarded £900 and the goals have been received!
This investment means that we will be able to increase the number of football fixtures played and also will mean an increase in the number of students being able to play football in lessons, for extra-curricular clubs and competitive fixtures, when we are safe to do so!
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Term Dates 2020 Autumn 03/09/2020 - 18/12/2020 Spring 04/01/2021 - 01/04/2021 Summer 19/04/2021 - 23/07/2021
Holiday Dates Autumn Half Term 26/10/2020 - 30/10/2020 Christmas Holidays 21/12/2020 - 04/01/2021 Spring Half Term 15/02/2021 - 19/02/2021 Easter Holidays 05/04/2021 - 16/04/2021 May Half Term 31/05/2021 - 04/06/2021 Summer Holidays 26/07/2021 - 01/09/2021
A recording of the event has been made and it can be viewed on the school’s website, www.beaufort.hants.sch.uk/openevents
Tel: 01962 880073 | E: [email protected] | W: www.beaufort.hants.sch.uk
Priors Dean Road | Harestock | Winchester | Hampshire | SO22 6JJ
Q & A SESSION
Inside This Edition: GCSE Results 2020 Service Student Drop-In
Kindergarten Remembrance Poppies Year 9 helps Plant Trees NDCS Roadshow Bus French Exchange Penpals
2020Autumn Newsletter Supported by Business4Schools
Headteacher : Miss Hearle
bus ness schools
02392 445227 or email
[email protected]
Living at Sunrise We’re sure you’ll love your home at Sunrise of Winchester, from the comfortable environment and the beautiful surroundings, to the carefree living. It’s a place where you can be happy and well-cared for.
Sunrise of Winchester Stockbridge Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 5JH
Call 01962 673530 to book a visit or go to SunriseWinchester.co.uk for more details.
Residential, nursing & dementia care homes 7 February 2018
I am delighted with the number of postcards that have been sent home for excellent work and contribution to school life. Recognition and rewards for our young people is such an important part of our school life.
I hope you have been following us on our new social media account on Facebook. As someone who often has to deal with the negative impact of social media, I am delighted that we have been able to use this online platform for the benefit of our wider community. Thank you to Mrs Goodwill and Mr Janes for making this happen.
Our end of term celebrations have been somewhat curtailed this term but we have made sure that our Rewards afternoon took place, as well as a shortened and hopefully entertaining final whole school assembly over Microsoft teams on the final day.
As you may be aware the school will be 50 years old in the Academic Year 21-22. We had intended to recognise this achievement with a special dedicated evensong service in Winchester Cathedral in the October of 2021. As we are unable to prepare for such an event under CV -19 regulations, we have decided to push this back to the Summer term of 2022 in the hope that we will be able to celebrate the first 50 years of the school without any restrictions on the celebration.
We also hope to be able to hold an Open Morning for our local community. If you are a former student of the last 50 years we do hope that you will be able to join us for a look around your old school and catch up on its development over the first 50 years!
Thank you for your continued support of the school and in particular the way you are working with the regulations regarding the national track and trace guidance. Together we will continue to keep your children, my colleagues, and our community safe. I look forward to a brighter 2021 and I hope, a return to our normal way of working by the beginning of the Autumn Term 2021, if not before.
With my very best wishes,
Miss Hearle Headteacher
A Productive & Positive Term by All
This has been another challenging term for The Henry Beaufort School and in ways that we would never have anticipated this time last year or indeed at the start of the term.
Once again, the remarkable resilience of our young people combined with the dedication of my colleagues right across the school, has ensured that this has been a productive and positive term in many, many ways.
Most importantly our young people have continued to be taught and to learn in school. This has taken a remarkable effort from colleagues and none more so than our cleaning and caretaking team who have worked tirelessly to keep the school environment clean and safe for us all.
SHARING GOOD PRACTICE WITH THE NEXT GENERATION OF TEACHERS
On Friday 7th February 2020 The Henry Beaufort School hosted 40 trainee teachers from across Hampshire as part of a training day. The day was held in conjunction with the Thornden School learn alliance and Innov8- Perins School.
Mrs Sonia Atkins, Academic Leader for Science said
“It was wonderful to showcase the excellent practice we have at The Henry Beaufort School with so many trainee teachers, it was a fantastic event and I was proud to share the good work we do with our students”.
The Henry Beaufort School has maintained consistently high academic outcomes and for the
sixth year in a row results have continued to rise. All three core subjects of English, Maths and Science
achieved over 85% at grade 4 and above. Both English and Maths achieved 87% at grade 4 and
above. We are also celebrating that 7% of all grades achieved across the 20 GCSE subjects are at grade 9.
Four students achieved an average of grade 9 across their GCSE subjects. Congratulations to
Sarina, Johan, Laura and Maisie.
GCSE Results
Sue Hearle, Headteacher stated:
‘This has been an incredibly stressful year for our students, particularly so in the last week. I am relieved and delighted that our young people have received the outcomes they deserve, outcomes
that are in line with our rising results over the last 6 years.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank my colleagues for their consummate professionalism in the face of unprecedented challenges, undertaking an honest, fair and transparent process in
producing centre assessed grades.
Congratulations to all of our students, we are so pleased for you.’
In the last 5 years a total of 20 Henry Beaufort students have been offered places to study at either Oxford or Cambridge.
97% of Henry Beaufort students go on to Further Education.
National figure:
Year 8 Students Being Brilliant
Twelve lucky Year 8 students are about to embark on the Scholars Programme, delivered by The Brilliant Club, a charity which aims to widen access for outstanding pupils in non-selective state schools to the United Kingdom’s most selective universities. The programme:
The pupils will undergo a rigorous process in the Spring term, attending multiple university-style tutorials led by PhD tutors. The tutorials will be based around extracurricular topics designed to stretch and challenge pupils. This could be about anything, from robotics, to history of art! At the end of the programme, pupils will complete a final assignment of between 1000 and 1500 words. COVID-permitting, students will attend a graduation ceremony at an elite university when they complete the programme.
The programme kicks off with a virtual launch event in January, including a study skills session, advice and guidance from universities across the UK, and the students will have their very first tutorial with their PhD tutor.
We can’t wait to get started!
Service Student Drop-In
This year, like so many things, our weekly Service student drop-in group has taken a slightly different form. With year group bubbles still firmly in place we have invited all our Year 7 Service family students to join us weekly to make and build new friendships and to support each other in settling into secondary school in this most unusual of years.
As a group they have met the challenge with much enthusiasm, turning up weekly to chat, have a snack and play games. The group have been particularly enjoying the new chessboards that we bought for them and have been teaching each other how to play - we’re not quite at the level of The Queen’s Gambit yet, but you never know!
Our Remembrance Day meeting was particularly special as we were able to come together to share poppy themed cakes and think about all the alternative heroes we have had in our lives this year from friends and family, to medical staff and even teachers! Some of our group are also planning to grow some field poppies from seed that we hope to plant at school in the spring as a reminder of all the amazing challenges that have been overcome this year and of the heroes that have battled them along the way.
Short Story Competition
Students of the Henry Beaufort School participated in a nation-wide short story competition in November. Writing around the theme of “TRAPPED”, we received numerous entries and were amazed by the students’ imaginative talents. Every entrant will receive an extra stamp in recognition of their effort and creativity. Five winners will receive a postcard home and an extra treat!
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. A shiver ran up my spine. I looked left. I looked right. Perhaps I could run. Perhaps I could hide. Yet, I was stuck to the floor. Being swallowed by a sea of emotions. Being consumed by a broken soul. Trapped.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. I felt my heart beat faster and faster. I started to shake. “It’s happening! It’s happening…” But then, just then, I went black; my whole world went black. Hel-
NICOLE, Yr7, MOSCOW I kept walking, wondering when I would be able to leave this long, dark tunnel inside of my mind. In the eerie, damp, cold darkness, I could hear my voice echoing as I shouted out into nothing. It was like a nightmare that had come to life that I could never leave. I stumbled again and again as I walked, trying to find the light in my anxiety. There was nothing I could do other than sit; just sit and wait for my world to return. Now that I had stopped I couldn’t move. I was trapped – forever.
OLIVIA , Y8, PRAGUE
Stay tuned for
“IMAGINE”…
“TRAPPED”
Back in March The Henry Beaufort School took part in the School Library Service Literature Quiz 2020. A team of four students was selected following a tough
qualification round, created and hosted by our Year 10 Student Librarians. Eleanor, Olivia, Angus and Sophie travelled to The Romsey School to take part in the Regional Round and put in an excellent performance, taking second place –
missing out on first by just one point!
With the first place team automatically qualifying for the County Final, our team had an anxious wait to find out if their score was high enough to qualify but a week later we were informed that they had done enough and were invited to
compete in the final at the Winchester Discovery Centre. Sadly, the planned event was prevented from taking place but instead we were able to host the County
Final in school instead.
The event took place on Wednesday 30th September in the library with a reduced team of three who did exceptionally well answering eight rounds of questions with
themes such as Shakespeare, Series and Sequels and Our Diverse World. After having a nail-biting wait to find out the results we were delighted to find out that
Team Henry Beaufort were awarded a very impressive 2nd place.
Congratulations to the team for such a brilliant achievement!
LITERATURE QUIZ
The Henry Beaufort School are delighted to unveil its new state of the art Food Preparation and Nutrition Room which has been designed to a professional kitchen standard.
Sue Hearle, headteacher said: “I am so delighted we have been able to support the growing interest from our young people in Food Preparation and Nutrition.
This will enable us in the future to widen the range of courses available for our students and give them a taste of what it is like to work in a professional kitchen environment.”
Lucy Golding, Academic Leader of Design and Technology said “we are thrilled with our fantastic new facilities which will enable our students to experience cooking in a more professional environment. We are looking forward to the new opportunities it will bring for all our students, and to raising the profile of food and a love of cooking for everyone.”
NEW FOOD PREPARATION AND NUTRITION ROOM AT THE HENRY BEAUFORT SCHOOL
We intend to exchange letters 3 times in the course of this academic year around
Christmas time, Easter and just before the summer holidays. The first set of letters have been sent off on the same day that
the French side sent their letters off.
We are waiting to see which postal system will deliver first!
Penpal Exchange with French schools
Over Lockdown (known as ‘Le confinement’ in French), many school trips and exchanges were
cancelled and many teachers here and across the Channel were keen to set up pen pal exchanges
between schools – the old-fashioned way! The art of letter writing is fast disappearing in this age of
artificial intelligence and technology. Links with two schools from France were created from this idea.
Years 7-8 : Collège Pierre Mendes, near Angoulême, France. www.etab.ac-poitiers.fr/coll-mendes-france-soyaux/
Years 9 & 10 : Collège Blaise Pascal, Villemoisson-sur-Orge, near Paris, France. www.clg-pascal-villemoisson.ac-versailles.fr
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It seems such a long time ago now but before Lockdown 1.0 we were fortunate to have a visit from the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) Roadshow Bus.
There were workshops throughout the day, each with a different focus and aim. The first one was the ‘Look, Smile, Chat’ workshop for a group of Year 7 hearing peers. This was aimed at increasing their deaf awareness, understanding of the communication difficulties that deaf people can face and how, with simple adjustments, they can communicate more easily with their deaf friends. For some of the students, it was a surprise when they realised the session would be delivered to them in BSL with a voice- over interpreter!
“I thought that it was great because the person who was teaching was deaf and taught us some basic signs. He also taught us to lip-read, it was really hard and now I empathise more for deaf people. Overall the experience was great”. Mary-Anne.
“I found the bus very informative and now I’m much more aware of partially deaf and fully deaf people. I enjoyed watching the man sign. I never really knew how important deaf awareness is but now I do”. Ed.
The ‘Technology’ session for the hearing impaired students showed how technology has a part to play in increasing their independence. The students had an opportunity to try vibrating alarm clocks, flashing doorbells and Bluetooth devices. The equipment to help them listen to music definitely seemed most popular!
The final workshop of the day, ‘My Future’, aimed to increase the knowledge of the hearing impaired students’ rights to support in education, training and employment and preparing them for potential challenges ahead. There was discussion to help the students think about their futures and what they might want to do after life at The Henry Beaufort School. They also talked about coping strategies to manage their deafness in different situations and develop their confidence. For example, at University, having the confidence to ask lecturers to send material and resources in advance of a lecture in order to prepare.
“I enjoyed visiting the listening bus because I could see all of the different equipment used and different ways to listen to music”. Anna, Year 10.
“I think the Listening bus is a great place as it gives you ideas to help choose your future”. Jake, Year 8.
‘A little bit of Maths Every Day’ has a different question for each day of the month.
Students (as well as parents) can try to tackle these at their own pace; they are a great way for parents to support their child’s learning and revision.
Each month comes with the answers so students can check how they are doing. The document can be printed off and stuck up on the fridge or kitchen door for example,
making it easily accessible for students to complete.
There are two tiers available. The ‘Crossover’ covers both Higher (available soon) and Foundation topics, whilst the ‘Number skills’ is for those doing Foundation. There may be some questions students find challenging and others that may be easier to do. Doing ‘A little bit of Maths Every Day’ will help to aid revision and reinforce learning; ultimately better preparing students for their GCSE’s or assessments.’
“The only way to learn Mathematics is to do mathematics”
Please visit
https://www.beaufort.hants.sch.uk/ maths-every-day
where you will be able to access the maths sheets via the School website.
This year, to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the end of World War 2, the children at Henry’s Kindergarten teamed up with Berkeley Homes and Harestock Primary School to create a fabulous poppy display in Winchester. The pre-school children created their poppies out of salt dough and the younger children opted for an environmentally friendly creation made of fir cones that they had collected.
Remembrance Poppies
Henry’s Henry’s Kindergarten Kindergarten
My gaze swept across the barren landscape that I had once claimed for my own. Scattered across the muddy ground like broken dolls lay my friends, enemies and families. I inhaled, tasting the bitter tang of carbon in the air, seeing the litter scattered in the mud. Taking in the puddles of oil polluting the thriving wilderness, I stood there, steadfast against the wind, and thought.
My eyes drifted over the shattered remains of my once-proud family, over the sharp shards of glass littering their graves. Suddenly, I caught a fit of movement in the deathly still forest. A butterfly flapped lazily across my field of vision and landed on a dead bough. It made me feel hopeful, almost alive, for this little creature of nature survived.
I shudder as the painful memory resounds throughout my limbs, as my mind takes me back to that horrific day not so long ago. The pain of the sharp metal teeth biting into my flesh. The chatter, incomprehensible and in foreign languages. The throaty roar of the machines, drowned out by
the screams of my brethren as they fell to the ground. Then the silence. The silence that bore the hatred, the hurting of the innocent, the destruction of nature. All that came flooding back as I persevered to stand tall.
I stare once again over the polluted landscape, the sense of crippling loneliness dwarfing me. The fruits of my kin litter the ground beneath my roots, festering under the sun’s piercing rays. A harsh wind whips around me, threatening my stability, fighting to push over the last remaining giant, ready to reclaim the hill I am stationed upon.
Humans, with pickaxes and saws swarm around my trunk, every swing weakening me more. In a brief moment of submission, I sink to my knees, succumb to the savages and finally join my family again.
Deforestation
Gardening project
At the beginning of the Easter holidays some of our Key Worker Students planted potatoes as part of a gardening project with Miss Hearle, Headteacher. They spent a morning digging over a very weed infested vegetable plot in the student garden before planting seed potatoes. Over the next few weeks they spent time earthing up the plants to make sure of a good crop. 3 Months later they went back to see how well they had grown and discovered they had a pretty good crop!
HB Plants Trees
As a school, we are planting trees to improve our environmental sustainability. Every Wednesday, a Year 9 tutor group plants trees alongside our on-site tree expert, Mr H and Miss McNamara, one of our Geography teachers. Currently, we’re planting silver birch and maple trees. A big “thank you!” to Miss McNamara for introducing ideas, (like tree planting and Ecobricks) to help save our environment. We as students, feel proud to say we are helping to save the planet in different ways!
HB Plants Trees Year 9 students at Henry Beaufort help combat climate change by planting over 400 trees.
What are we doing as a school to improve our environment?
How do trees help to improve the environment?
Trees are a carbon sink and help combat climate change. Too much CO2 in the atmosphere caused the enhanced greenhouse effect, which is linked to rising temperatures. An impact on our environment is that the ice caps are melting, causing polar environments to decrease because their environment is being destroyed. This also causes sea level rise, plus climate change causes more extreme weather. The trees we’re planting will absorb CO2 and produce oxygen when they photosynthesise, enabling the inhabitants of the Earth to breath a cleaner air. The trees around the school site will also help stabilise the ground and absorb water, which will reduce flooding around the school and provide a home for new species. Trees also provide beautiful colours, especially during the changing seasons. For example, trees leaves in autumn become beautiful red, orange and yellow colours. They also provide homes for millions of animals on Earth!
What charity is helping us save our planet?
Woodland Trust UK is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity, which aim to help improve our environment to combat climate change. “We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees. Trees are our most powerful weapon to fight climate change”. They have donated trees to Henry Beaufort two years in a row- this year they donated 420 trees! You can also get involved and donate to their charity by checking out the website - https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/ By
Keisha and
Student Quotes:
Josh : “I liked planting trees because we get to name them and because they’re good for the environment.” Heidi : “I like that they grow because I don’t.” Mae: “Planting the trees is very important as it helps the environment and the community.”
Cultural Capital Day at
The Henry Beaufort School
This week we held a Cultural Capital day at The Henry Beaufort School. We believe all students should be exposed
to opportunities and experiences beyond the classroom. These opportunities and experiences help students to
broaden their horizons and develop and challenge them personally.
Mrs Briggs - Senior Teacher in charge of Student Life Chances said:
“Today we have been excited to launch the first of our Cultural Capital Days; a day of invaluable experiences for all students to participate. Our students have engaged in a range of activities from learning sign language, learning to speak mandarin, competing in a ‘festival of sport’, to experiencing life as a University student. We continue
to look forward to future events across the academic year.”
Eleanor Year 10 student said:
“I really enjoyed the University visit as the insight into real student life made me feel like University can be a real step in becoming a successful adult.
The university visit was so interesting as before today, the importance of
money budgeting and the application process had never come to my mind.
The insight into life as a student was fascinating as it showed us that
community is a big part of Uni.”
Launch of
Mandarin to
Year 7
Lessons will be held on Thursdays after school on Microsoft Teams 4.15-5pm.
Mrs Y. Hallett Subject Leader in French & Mandarin Chinese Teacher [email protected]
As part of the extra- curricular programme at The Henry Beaufort school we offer a Dance club run by Platform School of Dance. Platform School of Dance strive to create a fun and friendly atmosphere in all their classes that are led by Miss Sarah. Students enjoy learning new routines and techniques with a particular focus on Street Dance.
Extra Curricular Dance
The Platform Dance after school club work towards creating dance routines to take part in the Christmas Extravaganza, but students are also given the opportunity to take part in Dance Exams.
I am very excited to announce that Mandarin lessons will be re-starting at Henry Beaufort School after the Christmas break.
Year 7s will find out all about how to join in an assembly in January and lessons will start shortly after.
We are also very excited to welcome students from Westgate School who are invited to join us in our learning journey.
DRAMA - YEARS 9 & 10 Year 9 and 10 Drama students have been busy this term devising their Primary Pantomime Projects. Due to the virus we unfortunately will not be able to invite primary schools to Henry Beaufort to watch the pantomimes, but by the power of the online meetings we have all become very familiar with we will be inviting primary pupils to take a virtual step into our Drama studio!
DRAMA - YEAR 11 Year 11 Drama students are underway with performing their Devised Theatre pieces. This performance work was put on hold during lockdown. On our return in September a huge ‘overhaul’ of the group pieces had to take place to make performances viable during the restrictions. The Year 11 students have been admirable in their endeavours to prepare for the performance examinations. A huge well done to them all!
With Thanks The Henry Beaufort School
Christmas Tree
Saints Foundation Coaching
Our Year 10 Sports Studies group have had the privilege of weekly football sessions delivered by coaches from the Saints Foundation. During these sessions they have been improving their football skills as well as learning how to coach football and lead football sessions. These sessions have supported the group in creating a bank of coaching resources to assist them with completing their coursework. It has also given them opportunities to learn about sports leadership and given the students opportunities to lead and run small football activities. The sessions have had a really positive atmosphere and have been a fantastic and well regarded experience for the Sports Studies class.
The Football Foundation is the UK’s largest sports charity and exists to improve the experience of playing football for everyone, by championing fair access to quality facilities.
During the lockdown period Lucy Goodwill put together a bid with the Football Foundation and the County FA. This grant was put together to help support the purchase of a set of 9-a-side goals with the aim to create a 9-a-side football pitch on the field.
New Goals
This will allow us to host Year 7 and U13 and U14 Girls Football games at The Henry Beaufort School.
We are pleased to announce that The Henry Beaufort School was awarded £900 and the goals have been received!
This investment means that we will be able to increase the number of football fixtures played and also will mean an increase in the number of students being able to play football in lessons, for extra-curricular clubs and competitive fixtures, when we are safe to do so!
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Term Dates 2020 Autumn 03/09/2020 - 18/12/2020 Spring 04/01/2021 - 01/04/2021 Summer 19/04/2021 - 23/07/2021
Holiday Dates Autumn Half Term 26/10/2020 - 30/10/2020 Christmas Holidays 21/12/2020 - 04/01/2021 Spring Half Term 15/02/2021 - 19/02/2021 Easter Holidays 05/04/2021 - 16/04/2021 May Half Term 31/05/2021 - 04/06/2021 Summer Holidays 26/07/2021 - 01/09/2021