september edition

School Newsletter – Issue Autumn Term (1) – September 2009

“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

A Specialist

College for the

Visual and

Performing Arts

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Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 7RF Tel: 01394 282602 Fax: 01394 278368

[email protected] http://www.deben.suffolk.sch.uk

It has been a great pleasure to welcome all staff and students back to a new and

exciting school year after the long summer break. And what a successful summer it has

been for the students, staff and school! Our exam results are the best ever and I want to

start by sharing a brief outline of those with you here:

A Level:

• Students achieved a 98% A - E pass rate;

• 23 out of 24 subjects achieved 100% A - E grade pass rate;

• 50% of the students obtained A / B passes in their subjects;

• Students achieved 100% A - C pass rate in 13 subjects;

• Students achieved 100% A - B pass rate in 6 subjects.

We were also extremely proud of the following students:

• Laurence Hookway and Helen Finegan achieved 4 A grades;

• Nicola Butcher, Eleanor Dunn, Hannah Rowe and Rosie Pearce achieved 3 A

grades.

At GCSE:

• 59% of 160 students achieved 5+ A*-C grades – a 3% rise on our adjusted figure of

56% from last year;

• The number of students achieving 5+ A*-C grades with English and Maths is 48%: a

20% rise on last year’s results.

There were some exceptional results from the following students:

• Claire Downs and Emily Rowe – 11 A*/A grades each;

• Alex Leigh-Pearson – 10 A*/A grades;

• Hannah Butcher and Aline Porteous – 9 A*/A grades each;

• William Tink – 8 A* grades.

We are also incredibly proud that 99% of students achieved at least one A*-G grade

and 94% of students achieved at least 5 or more A*-G grades. Deben High School has a

fully comprehensive intake and is proud of the achievements of all of our students.

At Key Stage 3:

Teacher Assessment results for the core subjects:

• English L5+ (83%) and L6+ (42%)

• Maths L5+ (79%) and L6+ (57%)

• Science L5+ (83%) and L6+ (44%)

These results show rises in the numbers of students achieving at higher levels.

My congratulations to all students and staff (and at Orwell who taught some of our

students) who have excelled themselves this year! More detailed results for A Level and

GCSE can be found in the ‘Enjoy and Achieve’ section.

A Specialist

College for the

Visual and

Performing Arts

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Wednesday 16th September—

PTA

AGM

Thursday 17th September, Thursday 1st and Thursday 15th O

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Tuesday 29th September—

Year 9 and Year 11 Explore photos

Wednesday 30th September—

Parents’ Focus Group

Thursday 1st , Thursday 8th and Thursday 15th O

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Positive Parenting Seminars

Monday 5th - Friday 9th O

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Parents/Carers

Don’t forget there are many ways to get involved in the school this year. Why not join us

on the following dates:

• Parents’ Focus Group – 5.30-6.30 – first meeting 30 September 2009 – contact Mrs

Cumberland (Head’s PA) on [email protected] to get on the list;

• Open mornings – come and look around the school – week beginning 19

October. More details will follow on this.

Also we are trialling our new Parents’ Open Forum meetings this term! Three dates have

been allocated for parents/carers to come in and have a cup of tea and have the

chance to ask any questions they may have about the school. The only agenda is

yours. The dates for these are:

• 17 September 2009

• 1 October 2009

• 15 October 2009

All meetings start at 8.30 and last for around an hour. Please report to the main

reception to be directed to the where the meeting takes place.

Staffing Changes

The following members of staff will begin new posts this term:

• Mr M Craven – Subject leader: KS3 Science;

• Mrs C Allsop – Teacher of Art/DT;

• Mr M Watson – Teacher of MFL;

• Mr D Rance – Cover Supervisor;

• Mrs G Read – Cover Supervisor.

Staff taking up promoted posts this term:

• Mr T Hawkridge – Subject Leader: Physics;

• Mr J Rawling - Professional Tutor;

• Mr D James - Head of Sixth Form;

• Mrs S D’Silva - Curriculum Leader: Technology and Life Skills.

Welcome back to Mrs E Cobain after her maternity leave and good luck to Mrs A May,

Mrs G Nevler and Mrs J Macdonald-Fawcett with their new roles in school.

We also say a goodbye to Mrs L Jackaman who has left the role of Art Technician. I

would like to take this opportunity to thank her for her work last year and wish her the

very best of luck for her new role.

The 3 ‘P’s

This academic year we are to focus on the 3 ‘P’s to continue to improve aspirations and

achievement:

Pride focuses on the new uniform, improving the school building and increasing student

responsibility around school and in the community;

Progress focuses on helping students and their parents/carers on understanding their

targets and how to get there throughout the year. We start with Target Setting Day

(formerly Tutor Review Day) in October and parents/carers will now receive 5 progress

reports throughout the year instead of just the one. More details to follow;

Performance is there to ensure that we focus not only on the aspirations and

achievements of students and staff, but also that we create the best climate for that to

happen in school. We will do a great deal of work this year on continuing to ensure the

hard work we have started so far on improving mental and physical well-being carries

on.


Pride Progress Performance

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY (continued):

Thursday 8th O

ctober—

Target Setting Day

Wednesday 14th O

ctober—

Open Evening

Saturday 17th O

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PTA

event - Grease Sing-a-long and disco

Monday 19th—Friday 23rd O

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Monday 26th—Friday 30th O

ctober - Half Term

My thanks to the following people:

• Deben site staff who have worked so hard over the summer to remodel and

refurbish so many areas of the school to make it a more welcoming place to be;

• all parents/carers who have purchased the new uniform and have started the

year off so well. To see our students arrive so smartly and ready to learn was

wonderful on Monday! Long may it continue!

You will find a copy of the new poster we are putting around school containing this

year’s Year 11 targets in this edition of the Deben News. We are aiming as high as

possible with 70% of our students being targeted for 5 or more A*-C grades and 58%

with English and Maths. Please look out for letters which are being sent to some

parents/carers inviting you to a special evening designed to show how you can help

support your sons/daughters to achieve in their examinations from home.

It only remains for me to say: have a great start to the new term!

Mr Cawley

Deben High School is hosting three seminars in October led by Donna Berry from

the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. The seminars are aimed

primarily at Year 7 parents but parents of all year groups are welcome to

attend.

The three Ps in ‘Triple P’ stand for ‘Positive Parenting Programme’. Triple P helps

you understand the way your family works and uses the things you already think,

feel, say and do in new ways that nurture relationships, parenting skills and

confidence, as well as supporting your wellbeing.

Triple P helps you:

• Create a stable, supportive, harmonious family environment.

• Teach your children the skills they need to get along with others.

• Deal positively, consistently and decisively with problem behaviour should

it arise.

• Encourage behaviour you like.

• Develop realistic expectations of your children and yourself.

• Take care of yourself as a parent.

DATES

Seminar 1: Thursday 1st October 2009 - 7.00pm - ‘The Power of Positive

Parenting’

Seminar 2: Thursday 8th October - 7.00pm - ‘Raising Happy, Confident Children’

Seminar 3: Thursday 15th October - 7.00pm - ‘Raising Resilient Children’

Please contact the school if you would like to come along to any of the three

listed seminars. However, you can also just “turn up on the night”.

There is no obligation to attend all three seminars; parents may attend 1, 2 or all

3.

Ms Berry


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As I promised in the introduction, here are the more detailed examination results

by subject:

Well done everyone! Mr Cawley

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It is always a pleasure to hear from proud parents/carers and ex-students about

how they have built on the success they have had at Deben.

Congratulations to Robert Squirrell (who attended Deben until 2006) who has

graduated having gained a First Class Honours Degree (BSc) in Geography from

the University of Southampton. He is staying on to do a PhD in the same subject.

Many thanks to Robert’s parents for letting us know! If you have any other news

of ex-students’ achievements, contact us at [email protected]


A Level:

A-B% A-E%

Art and Design 44% 100%

Biology 86% 100%

Business and Economics 25% 100%

Chemistry 100% 100%

Drama 100% 100%

English Language 67% 100%

English Literature 80% 100%

Film Studies 80% 100%

French 100% 100%

Geography 60% 100%

Health and Social Care 82% 100%

History 100% 100%

Information Technology 100% 100%

Maths 100% 100%

Maths Further 100% 100%

Media Studies 50% 100%

Music 100% 100%

Music Technology BTEC 50% 100%

Performing Arts (Acting) BTEC 100% 100%

Philosophy and Ethics 71% 100%

Photography 100% 100%

Physics 50% 50%

Production Arts (Costume) BTEC 100% 100%

Production Arts (Theatre) BTEC 100% 100%

Psychology 50% 94%

Sociology 60% 100%

Sport BTEC 100% 100%

TOTALS 77% 99%

GCSE:

A*C% A-G%

Art and Design 92.1 100

Beauty 0 100

Business CCEA 52.2 100

Business Dbl Award 50 100

Catering 17.1 94

BTEC Childcare 100 100

Dance 55.6 100

Drama 42.9 100

English Lit 67.4 100

Engineering 0 100

French 63 100

Geography 46.3 98

German 80 100

Graphics 100 100

Health and Social Care 48.2 100

History 71.8 97

DIDA ICT 47.5 68

Media Studies 8.5 78

Music 72.7 95

BTEC Performing Arts 100 100

PE 64 100

Polish 100 100

RE (Full) 76.2 100

Resistant Materials 33.3 100

Single Science 66.9 100

Additional Science 67.8 100

Sociology 50 88

Textiles 84.6 100

English Language 65.4 99

Mathematics 56 99

A Specialist

College for the

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Interested in advertising your business to a regular monthly

audience via our school?

This side bar is available for just £15 per issue.

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rs Ryland on 01394 282602 for details.

Please note the deadline for clerical checks and remarks is Friday 18th

September 2009. The deadline for the return of original exam scripts is 4th

October 2009. For further information and fees please refer to your ‘Post Results

Services’ Information leaflet which was distributed with exam results.

The deadline for November GCSE English and maths re-sits is Friday 18th

September 2009. Students attending maths/English re-sit classes do not pay this

fee. The deadline for January 2010 ‘A’ level re-sits is Friday 2nd October

2009. Please see exam notice-board for details regarding exam fees.

Mrs Grundy, Examination Officer

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Deben student Ellen Wright was asked by her dad, Charles, to organise a street

dance team to entertain visitors to the BT Adastral Park Family Fun Day on June

27th.

Ellen, with fellow students Jordan Field and Hannah Butcher, along with Gemma

Pipe and Sophie Hopkins from Orwell High, devised and rehearsed a 15 minute

dance routine. On the day, the five 16 year olds entertained some of the 4000

visitors to Adastral Park and also taught a few dance moves.

Photo shows L-R, Hannah, Sophie, Jordan, Ellen and Gemma.

Mr Wright, parent

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Congratulations to Jordan Field the winner of the Wil’s Clothing

competition. Jordan is now the face of 2009 for Wil’s Clothing advertising

features and will also receive £50 worth of clothing vouchers!


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Competitors from all year groups took part in field and track events during the

morning with the track finals taking place in the afternoon. Students competed

in a range of events that included 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and relays. They

were enthusiastically cheered on by their fellow students as they raced to earn

points for their House team. The glorious sunshine was almost as scorching as

some of the performances.

School records were smashed throughout the afternoon. Ben Parker ran a

record time of 5 minutes 18 seconds in the Year 7 1500m race. The blistering

pace of Chris Franks in the 800m Year 8 challenge saw him cross the finishing

line in 2 minutes 30.85 seconds. He broke the previous school record of 2

minutes 31.01 seconds which has been held by R. Baker since 1977.

Performance of the day went to Year 10 student Rhys Hinton-Smith. Rhys

knocked six seconds off the 800m school record finishing in a remarkable 2

minutes 11 seconds, and he shattered the 1500m record by 21 seconds when

he raced over the line in 4 minutes 41 seconds.

The winning House, Turner, was awarded the Sports Day Trophy by special guest

ex-Olympian, Mr Stan Cox. Last year the BBC Inside Out team made a

programme as a tribute and celebration of his achievements. Part of the

filming for the programme took place with Deben students. Mr Cox ran the 10K

in the 1948 Olympics and was the world’s top marathon runner in 1952 Helsinki

Olympics in 2 hours 18 minutes, and we were delighted that he was able to join

us on the day.

The Sports Day Trophy has a very special association with the school.

Mr Gildersleeves and his late wife were both students at Deben over 60 years

ago and he kindly donated the trophy to the school in his wife’s memory.

Unfortunately Mr Gildersleeves was unable to attend this year, but sincere

thanks go to him for his continued support for the school.

Well done to everyone who took part!

Mr Ewers


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On July 15th Deben hosted its first

Art Slam and Open Mic Night. This

original and exciting event

showcased a range of extremely

talented artists and musicians.

Wh i l e the aud ience was

serenaded with a range of musical

acts from year 7 to 13 they saw Art

being created by artists from year 7

to 9 in front of their very eyes. The

music highlighted the wide range

of talented solo singers and bands

who even performed their own

original material.

The winning entry

Each Art slam team were given a title to work

from and had to create their own piece of art

during the night. The teams had a wide range of

materials to choose from and demonstrated their

wonderful creativity. The winning team which

included Fearne Hussey, Freddie Stafford and

Esme Watling Smith created an exciting

composition based on the theme of destruction.

Look out for the next Art Slam event with more

wonderful Art and Music. Mrs Battle

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Mrs Lawson-Frost

Photos supplied by students

on the ArtsWeek Media

Team


On 6th July normal timetables were suspended for the whole

week as students engaged in a range of exciting activities

and workshops, both on and off site, as part of this year’s

ArtsWeek.

An event of this scale takes an enormous amount of

planning and organisation – and this all began back in

Autumn Term 2008. More than 35 different pathways of

activity were made available for students to choose from,

and we were really pleased with the diversity of the

pathways we were able to offer. These included dance

and musical theatre, forensic science, fashion, song-writing,

the circus, sculpture, sport and media – to name but a few!

Some students also had the opportunity to go on residential

trips for the week. Members of the Deben Strings and

Deben Jazz Band went to the Isle of Wight, whilst students

who enjoy all aspects of sport and fitness enjoyed a

challenging PGL multi-activity week in North Devon. We aim to provide stimulating and exciting opportunities

both inside and outside the structure of the curriculum. An

event such as this provides students with the chance to

engage, and develop their skills and knowledge, in an area

they particularly enjoy, or to try and experience something

completely different.

Throughout the week the fun and enjoyment was a pleasure

to see. Every area of the school was buzzing with activity.

Stress-Busters offered hand massages, aspiring models

strutted their stuff on the catwalk, speed skaters raced

around the sports hall, sculptures were created, and songs

were written.

And to top it all the media team captured it all

through producing a radio and TV programme and

compiling two ArtsWeek Newspapers.

For more information about ArtsWeek look on the

school website www.deben.suffolk.sch.uk

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Mrs Lawson-Frost

Photos supplied by

Lucy Bingham


A selection of students aged 15-19 years old from

Deben High School spent two weeks in the

Summer Term working at University Campus

Suffolk through an Escalators Futures project.

Their main tutor over the two weeks was a

director from the renowned Gecko Theatre

Company but the students also worked with a

variety of professional artists and choreographers.

As part of the project they also spent an industry

day at the Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich learning

about back stage roles and marketing and had

an opportunity to meet the Wolsey Theatre team.

They also created a piece of music which they

recorded in a professional recording studio in

Ipswich.

As a culmination of the project the students

performed their production at Sudbury Upper

High School and here at Deben to an invited

audience of parents and guests as an

appropriate end to the highly successful

ArtsWeek.

Adam Flatman, Head Boy, was one of the

performers and Lucy Bingham, Head Girl, has

documented the entire event as part of a

photography project.

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During the last week of term a special assembly took place to celebrate and

recognise students for their achievements during the year.

Ms Berry thanked the following students for their contribution to the success of

the school, and the teaching staff and parents for their support and

encouragement.


Year 9

Gold Awards

Emily Ford T4 Amy Wright T2

Diamond Awards

Lauren Chorlton B6 Mica Hope G5 Ashley Ireland B7

Hannah Judkins B6 Jessica Judkins B2 Min Luu T2

Sportsperson of the Year 9

Ben Cattermole B2 Jenna Walker G2

Key Steps Award

Chelsea Smith H6 Michael Pinder G6 Daniel Rolph-Wills S6

Michael McLaren G8 Tone Mitton H2

Commitment to the Arts Year 9

Donna Clark D7 Ben Winton H2

Year 8

Gold Awards

Kayleigh Backhouse G6 Francesca Bignell G8 Emma Castle S4

Bethany Durrance G3 Grace Flynn S7 Amelia Forsdyke-Day D1

Eleanor Franklin G4 Nathan Gould T2 Laura Grimwade H5

Lee Harrold H7 Charlotte Hockley-Hills T5 Emma Jones S7

Sophie L’Argent B1 Sasha Lawson-Frost S4 Cameron McKenna B4

Poppy Minns G1 Mohan Mudhar G7 Tyler Pickett D2

Sarah Marie Pryke T7 Lewis Stiff H2 Jessica Topple S7

Macauley Versey G7 Abigail Vinecombe G3

Diamond Awards

Matilda Bond G3 Aprille Branton G4 Kirsty Francis G5

Melissa Gower T6 Wayne Lack T3 Harriet Ley T7

Jessica MacLeod T6 Narmatha Ramaswarmy D4


Matt Poxon D5 Emily Lambert T1


Emily Ley D3 Jordan Lewis S3

Year 7

Gold Award

Alex Avery H3 Adam Barrington H3 Rachel Bellamy S2

Freya Brennan D6 Charlotte Cave H2 George Copsey G5

Martyn Dyke T5 Georgia Gainford T3 Amelia Keus H2

Henry Leveridge B1 Elle Lewis S2 Eleanor Lockwood H6

Joe Matthewson G6 Megan Miller T3 Laura Nickless G1

Bethany Piper T5 Lucie Standing D5

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Year 7 Girls Netball Team

Rhianon Barbor Captain D1 Katie Barber B7 Karen Fuggle D8

Donna Noel B5 Laura Harvey H4 Victoria Hazelwood H7

Josie May D8 Isobel Dunachie D5 Ellen Meikle T1


Ben Parker G6 Rhiannon Barbor D1


Lucie Standing D5 Willem Ball H3

Ambassadors

From Causton Megan Bailey H6 Isabelle Houghton H6

From Colneis Rachel Bellamy S2 Matthew Bury T4

Charlie Harris T7 Victoria Hazelwood H7

Freya Brennan D6 Christian Bailey H2

From Grange Sophie Clarke G4 Sarah Cotton H7

From Kingsfleet James Casburn G2 Dan Finnegan G6

Lititia Butcher H8 Georgia Cattermole S7

From Langer Caitlin Grigor H1 Laura Winterman H1

From Trimley St Mary Kate Hartley D8 Karen Fuggle D8

Josie May D8 Chloe Timson D8

From Trimley St Martin Alex Scott H5 Joshua Day T1

Sports Day Trophy Presentation

Winners: Turner collected by Abi Jewkes (T2) and Jack Callis (T5)

Sorrell Foundation:

Congratulations to Philippa Cowburn (S7) and Harriet Ley (T7) who have been

successful in their application to join the Pupil Advisory Board at the Sorrell

Foundation as part of the Building Schools for the Future project.

Ms Berry

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When: Wednesday from 16th Sept

Where: Room 140

Time: 3 till 4

Deben ICT Club

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Autumn Term 2009 – Ends Friday 18th December 2009

Half Term: Monday 26th October – Friday 30th October 2009

Spring Term 2010 – Tuesday 5th January 2010 to Thursday 1st April 2010

(Staff training day: Monday 4th January 2010)

Half term: Monday 15th February – Friday 19th February 2010

Summer Term 2010 – Monday 19th April 2010 – Thursday 22nd July 2010

(Staff training day: Monday 7th June 2010)

Bank Holiday: Monday 3rd May 2010

Half term: Monday 31st May – Friday 4th June 2010

Autumn Term 2010 - Monday 6th September 2010 - Friday 17th December 2010 (Staff training days: Wednesday 1st, Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd September

2010)

Half Term: Monday 25th October - Friday 29th October 2010

Spring Term 2011 - Wednesday 5th January 2011 - Friday 8th April 2011

(Staff training day: Tuesday 4th January 2011)

Half term: Monday 21st February - Friday 25th February 2011)

Summer Term 2011 - Tuesday 26th April 2011 - Friday 22nd July 2011

(Staff training day: Friday 27th May 2011)

Bank Holiday: Monday 2nd May 2011

Half term: Monday 30th May 2011 - Friday 3rd June 2011

You will be pleased to hear that the following refurbishment work has been

carried out over the summer to improve the facilities for our students.

• Enlarging the dark room to increase classes for photography

• Refurbishment of the Dance Drama Studio

• Refurbishment and provision for disabled access for Main Reception area

• Staircase renewal and redecoration

• Resurfacing the Sports Hall floor

• Refurbishment of the Sixth Form area

• New tarmac surface at the rear of the school

• Corridor redecoration

A new CCTV system will be installed mid-September to improve the security of

the school site, as well as targeting areas in school to reduce vandalism within

the building.

Mrs Flint


Nestles box tops for Books tokens are on many Nestles cereals like Shreddies,

Nesquik, Cheerios, Clusters, Golden Grahams etc and we are saving for the

cash option so each one is worth 10p to us. Please keep sending in. Mrs Macpherson

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Please keep sending in old phones. You may have at least one old mobile

phone that you could donate or ask at your workplace for colleagues to

donate to the school. Pupils can either donate the phones direct to the school

or choose some fantastic prizes for helping with the campaign. The more

phones the bigger the prize. In addition the school will be provided with

educational resources and a cash prize.

Mrs Armbruster

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From this September Religious Studies will

change its name to Philosophy and Ethics. The

name change will appear on student and staff

timetables. The reason behind the change is to

reflect the more enquiring aspect of this

subject. It is also to reflect the change in

primary school teaching. Philosophy is now

taught in our feeder primary schools and is also

a subject that is offered at ‘A’ level at Deben

High School. Therefore it makes sense to have one half of Philosophy from

primary school to sixth form.

Mr Stares

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Parents please note that school shoes are not available from a sports shop such

as JJB. These shops sell leather look trainers which are not school shoes. School

shoes should be obtained from a shoe shop or the shoe department within

large stores.

Mrs Baker


A Specialist

College for the

Visual and

Performing Arts

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The PTA AGM will take place on Wednesday, 16th September at 7pm in the Sixth

Form Study Centre. Come along and find out about the work of the PTA and how

you can get involved!! Our next big event is ……

DEBEN HIGH SCHOOL PTA

PRESENTS

SATURDAY 17th October 2009

GREASE SINGGREASE SINGGREASE SINGGREASE SING----ALONG AND DISCOALONG AND DISCOALONG AND DISCOALONG AND DISCO

FROM 7.15PM – 11.30PM in the Upper

School Hall (FILM STARTS AT 7.30PM)

BUFFET BYO DRINKS RAFFLE QUIZ

Just £10 per person

Contact Mrs Franks at Deben High School for tickets

and any further information on 01394 282602 or

complete and return the slip on the last page of the

Deben News


Please return to the Student Reception F.A.O. Mrs Franks

Number of tickets: Adult £10.00 ....................

Please find enclosed cash/cheque for £………………….. (cheques made payable to Deben High School).

Name of Pupil ………………………………… Form ………………..

Signed …………………………................ Parent/Guardian Date ………………

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