ST SAMPSON’S HIGH SCHOOL

PARENTS’ NEWSLETTER

April 2015

Easter Holidays – Have an Egg-cellent time!

Our school Facebook page for parents/carers is: St Sampson’s High School, Guernsey.

We aim to keep Parents/carers up-to date with all the latest news and events, posting any last minute messages where possible. Parents/carers may find it useful to ask non urgent questions on here, of a general nature, which staff may be able to answer.

Our Facebook page for parents/carers now has PE department Twitter feeds.

epartment Twitter feeds.

A Message from our Headteacher

Dear Parents/Carers .

What a great term! Starting with our Head Boy and Deputy Head Boy writing an excellent letter

to the press to remind them of their responsibilities to present all the schools in a fair light, this

produced interest and follow up from Channel TV and several other organisations. It created much

positive debate with the student body, parents and grandparents.

We had a brilliant year at the Eisteddfod with many of our individual students, choirs, groups and

bands winning their class at the Eisteddfod , details will follow, but I suspect Ms Tennant may

leave out the fact that she won the Silver Baton as the best conductor of the series, well

deserved!

Several KS4 students and staff thoroughly enjoyed the English Department trip to Stratford-upon-

Avon, I was most sad to be left behind.

Our students who have taken part in the Business Challenge have done us proud, we have to wait

till May 19th to find out who goes through to the final 5 groups. Our site manager, Mr Alderton,

was heard to say he could not imagine St Sampson’s without ‘The Two Chocolatiers”.

All this and our teachers delivering ‘very good’ lessons and our students making very good

progress throughout the term. We are a school to proud of!

Yours sincerely

Mrs A Bolt Headteacher

English Department News from Mrs Appelqvist

This term the English department took a group of GCSE students to Stratford-Upon-Avon. During the trip,

students visited Shakespeare’s burial site; attended a workshop with a leading Shakespearean lecturer;

toured Shakespeare’s birthplace and experienced actors reciting some of his most famous sonnets and

monologues in his garden; saw a temporary art exhibition based on Shakespeare’s most famous quotes;

and watched the Royal Shakespeare Company’s adaptation of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

The English department would like to thank all parents and students who were involved with this trip. We

were so proud of our students, who not only behaved perfectly but represented our school with great

maturity and charisma. All photographs from the trip can be found on the school’s Facebook page.

Our Year 10 students have also continued the school’s successes in the Eisteddfod. Our Year 10 G&T

students each entered a poem, inspired by Charles Dickens’ “Hard Times”. We were incredibly proud when

the group were awarded ten merits (Hannah Jones, Melissa Wilson, Sam Ashcroft, Saskia Bessin, Jacob

Masterton Pipet, Lauren Le Page, Lauren Smeed, Mathew Holland, Giada Borselli, Elaine Lowe) and three

first classes (Brandon Taylor, Leah Terpstra, Sasha Belford). A very well done to all those who contributed!

Year 8 are also excited to be a part of the island’s Victor Hugo celebrations. Mrs. Appelqvist’s class have

been writing poems based on Hugo’s novel, “Toilers of the Sea”, and will be entering these poems as part

of the poetry competition being run by the festival. We have our fingers crossed for further successes.

Eisteddfod – Poetry Writing A number of our Year 10 students into the poetry section; they wrote poems inspired by Charles Dickens’

“Hard Times”. The following was awarded:

First Class:

Brandon Taylor

Leah Terpstra

Sasha Belford

Art Department News It has been a very busy term for the Art department. Year 11 have been industrious in their preparation for

the final examination and have now completed their timed examination piece. It is always a pleasure to see

the creative results of weeks of research and planning. Year 11 still have a little time left to add to their

coursework to ensure their best final grade possible. Year 10 are working well on their own projects, with

some promising coursework developing. KS3 classes are busy on various artistic endeavours and we look

forward to show casing some of their work at the MAD evening, towards the end of the summer term. This

term, we also enjoyed celebrating some individual students’ achievements with a display of work at the

Soloist evening alongside Music and Drama. We now have a date for submission of artwork for this year’s

Sovereign Art Prize. We were very proud of Imogen Conlan who won this prestigious prize last year £500

for herself and £2000 for our Art Department. It would be amazing if we could do this again!. So, Art

students we need artwork for this competition handed in to Mrs Birch by Wed 25 May. The Easter holidays

would be an ideal time to get out sketching and drawing!

Merit:

Hannah Jones

Melissa Wilson

Sam Ashcroft

Saskia Bessin

Jacob Masterton Pipet

Lauren Le Page

Lauren Smeed

Mathew Holland

Giada Borselli

Elaine Lowe

SSHS Year group facebook &Twitter Pages The Heads of year 7, 8 & 9 have recently set up Facebook & Twitter pages for their individual year groups. Here you can find regular updates of success and useful information. Y7: https://www.facebook.com/StSampsonsHighYear7/?fref=ts%20https://twitter.com/SSHSJFE?lang=en Y8: https://www.facebook.com/St-Sampsons-High-Year-8-697939986928117/?fref=ts https://twitter.com/SSHS_7?lang=en Y9:

https://www.facebook.com/St-Sampsons-High-Year-9-600423793443769/?fref=ts

CIGPE Dorothy Martin Award

Students had to design a new technological way to generate, collect or store energy on the island. They

needed to produce a proposal which included a design of the technology they would utilise. Six students

were entered from year 9. Holly-Anne Langlois, Noah Falla and Sophie Wilcox have been awarded a

certificate as their entry was ‘highly commended’. They designed a new ‘wave energy’ machine that could

be used in the waters surrounding Guernsey.

Creative Arts News:

Eisteddfod –

We had a really successful time at the Music Eisteddfod and it was great to have our students talent and

dedication recognised.

Ms Tennant was awarded the ‘Silver Baton’ for her outstanding performances.

Solo Successes:

Erin Vaudin Popular song U15

Benjamin Tasker Brass solo U14

Matt Holland Brass Solo U16

Dora-Jo McGahy Country and Western Solo U18

Sam Ashcroft Songs from the shows U15

Matt Holland Piano U16

Compositions U18: Greg Male winner of the Oriana Salver

Deanna Sargent, James Thompson &

Aimee Taylor

Declan Gilman Cello U16

Chelsea Kinney Woodwind U14 winner of the RH Le Prevost Junior Trophy

Valerie Ryan Woodwind U14

Cara Fitzpatrick Jazz Piano U14

Hannah Bourgaize Jazz Piano U14

Group Successes: Choir Crystal James Cup (1st) Distinction

Choir H De La Mare Cup (1st) Distinction

Recorder Consort Adam Smith Memorial Cup (1st) Highly Commended

Stage Sound Edith Agnew Memorial Cup (1st ) Distinction

Orchestra The Christopher Award (1st) Outstanding

Stage Sound Open Orchestra/Band (2nd) Distinction

Brass Quartet Brass U18 (1st) Highly Commended

Recorder Consort Lara Maubec Cup (1st) Highly Commended

Brass Ensemble Brass Ensemble U18 (1st) Highly Commended

Cara and Hannah –star performers in the Jazz Piano Greg Male – winner of the U18 Composition

Slick performances from St Sampson’s Stage Sound – 2 distinctions.

Choir celebrate 2 successes – both with distinction! Recorder Consort also do the double!

We were also proud to have an entry from Baubigny School’s Staff Band who also performed brilliantly.

Finally congratulations to the Orchestra who were selected to play in The Gala Concert. They were the only

school ensemble chosen to play and once again gave another spirited performance!

Loose Ties: After their successful debut performance at ‘The School Battle of the Bands’, Loose Ties

(Harry Reade, Casper Powell, Erin Vaudin, Jonah Ingrouille and Matt Holland) went onto play their second

gig organised by Sound.gg U18 night. Great to see them getting some more performing experience.

Year 8 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Creative Arts team has great fun working with all of

year 8 on this project. Students have worked on this during curriculum time in Music, Art and Drama and

have been responsible for all the acting, singing, art work, recording and video editing. The final versions

are nearly complete and we look forward to seeing them soon.

Music Exam success Matt Holland (10) Grade 7 Trombone with Distinction

Greg Male (11) Grade 8 Trombone with Merit

Luis Merrien (9) Grade 6 Trumpet with Merit

James Thompson (11) Grade 7 Cornet with Merit

Valerie Ryan (8) Grade 5 Flute with Distinction

Keira Taylor (7) Grade 3 Flute with Merit

Josh Redwood (9) Grade 2 Drum kit with Merit

Alexia Rosamond (8) Grade 2 Drum kit with Merit

Callum Corcoran Grade 2 Drum kit with Merit

James Gill Grade 4 Drum Kit with Merit

Creative Arts dates for your diary:

Tuesday 15th June – MAD night 7.30pm at school

(Music groups , Art Exhibition, Drama Club) Rehearsals during the day on Monday 14th June /Tuesday

15th.)

Wednesday 22nd June – Year 7 Sweeney Todd Dress Rehearsal

Thursday 23rd June – Year 7 Sweeney Todd performances

(all performances will be during the school day and times for each class will be confirmed next term)

Sunday 26th June – Performance in the afternoon at St James’ for The Lion’s Club Variety Show.

(Performers to be confirmed.)

Saturday 2nd July (6.45pm) – Pool party for all the Eisteddfod performers – details to follow.

Geography Department News A huge thank you for all of the fantastic Guernsey relief models. Clearly lots of time and effort put in from

everyone involved. A very special mention needs to go to Lily Dorey (and dad) for one of the most

inventive designs I’ve ever seen!

UKMT Team Challenge - 2016 The United Kingdom Mathematics Trust hold their team challenge each year. Please congratulate Paige

Zabiela, Milly Durman, Ki Bourgaize & Matthew Woodington on their achievement in the UKMT Team

challenge in Jersey.

After the first round they were in the leading 5.At the end they finished ahead of all the Guernsey High

schools and Blancheland, in 10th position out of 17. Winners were Guernsey Grammar with Elizabeth

College 2nd and Victoria College 3rd.

Careers support for students

Carers Twitter Follow Ms Kaufman on Twitter to find out what is going on in the Careers Department and Careers in school – SSHSRKN. Please keep on looking at www.stsampsonshigh.com and go to the Careers page for up to date information and advice and guidance on Careers. We post current vacancies there too! Careers Advice Services You can search information about lots of things relating to careers; how to apply for a job, finding a job and help with CVs to name but a few. Contact details below:-

Contact: Sean Parry, Careers Adviser for St Sampson’s T: 733024 E: sparry@education.gov.gg W: www.careers.gg New and Improved website!

You will find us in the Education Department at the top of the Grange. Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8.30am – 5.00pm including school holidays

St Sampson’s High School Sporting Results March – April 2016…

Boys Rugby

Year 7 – lost 30-10 LBHS, lost 35-10 Grammar, drew 20-20 LMDC & won 25-10 LMDC

Year 8 – won 45-10 LBHS, won 60-0 Grammar, won 35-15 LMDC – LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

Year 9 – lost 40-7 LMDC, combined schools game v LBHS & Grammar

Year 10 – combined schools game v LBHS & LMDC

Girls Hockey

Year 10/11 – friendly fixtures

Year 9 – 3rd place

Year 8 – 5th place

Year 7 – 3rd place

Boys Badminton

KS4 Tournament – 2nd place

KS4 – won 3-2 EC

KS3 - lost 3-2 EC

Girls Rugby

Sunday fixtures at the rugby academy v LMDC/LBHS

Girls Football

Year 9/10 – 3rd place

Boys Basketball

Year 10 & 11 – Champions

Students’ sport report Please continue to follow the PE dept on Twitter @sshspedept

School Dates 2016

2016 Summer Term Monday 25th April

Staff return to School

Tuesday 26th April

Students return to School

Monday 2nd May

May Day Holiday

Friday 6th May

Staff Training Day

Monday 9th May

Liberation Day Holiday

Monday 16th May to Wednesday 29th June

GCSE Exams

Thursday 19th May

Year 7 Consultation Evening

Tuesday 24th May

Sports Day

Monday 30th May to Friday 3rd June

Half Term

Tuesday 14th June

MAD Night Rehearsals

MAD Night @ 7.30pm

Wednesday 22nd June

Sweeney Todd Rehearsals

Thursday 23rd June

Sweeney Todd Performances

Year 9 Immunisations

Friday 8th July

West Coast Challenge

Monday 11th to Friday 15th July

Year 10 Works Experience week

Year 11 Duke of Edinburgh Expedition

Wednesday 13th to Friday 15th July

Opportunities Week

Monday 18th to Thursday 21st July

Year 10 Practice Duke of Edinburgh Expedition

Thursday 21st July

TERM ENDS FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS

GCSE Exam Timetable 2016

Date Start Len Board

Component

Code Component Title

Fri 13 May 09:00 01:30 AQA 4800/W Preparation for Working Life Paper

Mon 16 May 13:30 01:30 AQA PSYB1 GCE Psychology B Unit 1

Tue 17 May 09:00 00:25 EDEXL/GCSE 5FR011F Listening [F]

Tue 17 May 09:00 00:35 EDEXL/GCSE 5FR011H Listening [H]

Tue 17 May 09:00 00:35 EDEXL/GCSE 5FR033F Reading [F]

Tue 17 May 09:00 00:50 EDEXL/GCSE 5FR033H Reading [H]

Tue 17 May 13:30 02:00 AQA GEOG1 GCE Geography Unit 1

Tue 17 May 13:30 01:00 AQA BL1FP Biology Unit 1 Tier F

Tue 17 May 13:30 01:00 AQA BL1HP Biology Unit 1 Tier H

Thu 19 May 09:00 01:00 AQA CH1FP Chemistry Unit 1 Tier F

Thu 19 May 09:00 01:00 AQA CH1HP Chemistry Unit 1 Tier H

Fri 20 May 09:00 01:30 AQA ELLA1 GCE English Language & Lit A Unit 1

Fri 20 May 13:30 01:00 AQA GEOG2 GCE Geography Unit 2

Fri 20 May 13:30 00:45 AQA 48901 Physical Education [SC] Unit 1

Fri 20 May 13:30 01:30 AQA 48903 Physical Education Unit 3

Mon 23 May 09:00 01:30 AQA ELLA2 GCE English Language & Lit A Unit 2

Mon 23 May 09:00 01:30 AQA 8710/1F English Literature Paper 1 Tier F

Mon 23 May 09:00 01:45 EDEXL/GCSE 5ET1F01 Understanding Prose [F]

Mon 23 May 09:00 01:45 EDEXL/GCSE 5ET1H01 Understanding Prose [H]

Mon 23 May 13:30 01:30 AQA PSYB2 GCE Psychology B Unit 2

Mon 23 May 13:30 01:30 AQA 405002 Religious Studies A Unit 2

Tue 24 May 13:30 01:30 AQA 90301F Geography A Unit 1 Tier F

Tue 24 May 13:30 01:30 AQA 90301H Geography A Unit 1 Tier H

Wed 25 May 09:00 00:45 EDEXL/GCSE 5BS0101 Intro.to Small Business

Wed 25 May 13:30 01:00 AQA PH1FP Physics Unit 1 Tier F

Wed 25 May 13:30 01:00 AQA PH1HP Physics Unit 1 Tier H

Thu 26 May 09:00 02:00 EDEXL/GCSE 4MA0 1F Written Paper 1F

Thu 26 May 09:00 02:00 EDEXL/GCSE 4MA0 3H Written Paper 3H

Fri 27 May 09:00 01:00 AQA 8710/2F English Literature Paper 2 Tier F

Fri 27 May 09:00 01:45 EDEXL/GCSE 5ET2F01 Understanding Poetry [F]

Fri 27 May 09:00 01:45 EDEXL/GCSE 5ET2H01 Understanding Poetry [H]

Mon 06 Jun 09:00 01:45 AQA 91401A History A Unit 1 Option A

Mon 06 Jun 13:30 02:15 WJEC/GCSE 43910001 Media Studies Unit 1 Written Paper

Tue 07 Jun 09:00 02:00 AQA 8705/1F English Language Paper 1 Tier F

Tue 07 Jun 09:00 02:00 AQA 8705/1H English Language Paper 1 Tier H

Tue 07 Jun 09:00 01:45 EDEXL/GCSE 5EN2F01 The Writer's Voice [F]

Wed 08 Jun 09:00 01:30 AQA 4512/2 Computer Science Written Paper

Wed 08 Jun 13:30 02:00 AQA PSYB3 GCE Psychology B Unit 3

Wed 08 Jun 13:30 01:30 AQA 90302F Geography A Unit 2 Tier F

Wed 08 Jun 13:30 01:30 AQA 90302H Geography A Unit 2 Tier H

Thu 09 Jun 09:00 02:00 EDEXL/GCSE 4MA0 2F Written Paper 2F

Thu 09 Jun 09:00 02:00 EDEXL/GCSE 4MA0 4H Written Paper 4H

Thu 09 Jun 13:30 02:30 AQA GEOG3 GCE Geography Unit 3

Fri 10 Jun 09:00 01:00 AQA BL2FP Biology Unit 2 Tier F

Fri 10 Jun 09:00 01:00 AQA BL2HP Biology Unit 2 Tier H

Fri 10 Jun 13:30 01:00 AQA 42701 Music Unit 1

Fri 10 Jun 13:30 02:00 AQA 8705/2F English Language Paper 2 Tier F

Fri 10 Jun 13:30 02:00 AQA 8705/2H English Language Paper 2 Tier H

Fri 10 Jun 13:30 01:30 EDEXL/GCSE 5BS0301 Building A Business

Mon 13 Jun 13:30 01:15 WJEC/GCSE 47320001 Hospitality & Unit 2 Written Paper

Tue 14 Jun 09:00 02:00 AQA PSYB4 GCE Psychology B Unit 4

Tue 14 Jun 13:30 01:45 AQA 91402D History A Unit 2 Option D

Wed 15 Jun 13:30 01:00 AQA CH2FP Chemistry Unit 2 Tier F

Wed 15 Jun 13:30 01:00 AQA CH2HP Chemistry Unit 2 Tier H

Thu 16 Jun 09:00 01:30 AQA GEO4B GCE Geography Unit 4B

Thu 16 Jun 09:00 01:30 EDEXL/GCSE 5RM0201 Knowledge & Understanding

Fri 17 Jun 09:00 02:30 AQA ELLA3 GCE English Language & Lit A Unit 3

Fri 17 Jun 09:00 01:00 AQA PH2FP Physics Unit 2 Tier F

Fri 17 Jun 09:00 01:00 AQA PH2HP Physics Unit 2 Tier H

Fri 17 Jun 09:00 01:00 AQA PH3FP Physics Unit 3 Tier F

Fri 17 Jun 09:00 01:00 AQA PH3HP Physics Unit 3 Tier H

Mon 20 Jun 09:00 01:30 AQA 8360/1 Further Mathematics Paper 1

Tue 21 Jun 13:30 02:00 AQA 45501 D & T: Graphic Products Unit 1

Fri 24 Jun 09:00 02:00 AQA 8360/2 Further Mathematics Paper 2

Mon 27 Jun 09:00 02:00 EDEXL/GCSE 5ST1H01 Written Paper [H]