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THE GRIFFIN FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014
27-31 Oct
Mon 3 Nov
Wed 5 Nov
Thur 6 Nov
Mon 10 Nov
Tues 11 Nov
Wed 12 Nov
Thur 13 Nov
Fri 14 Nov
Mon 17 Nov
Fri 21 Nov
Sat 22 Nov
Mon 24 Nov
Wed 26 Nov
Thur 27 Nov
Fri 28 Nov
Mon 1 Dec
Wed 3 Dec
Thur 4 Dec
Fri 5 Dec
Wed 10 Dec
Thur 11 Dec
Fri 12 Dec
Mon 15 Dec
Thur 18 Dec
Fri 19 Dec
Mon 5 Jan 2015
Tues 6 Jan
HALF TERM
8.40am School Starts
Y10 Visit to Kingston University
Senior Maths Challenge
KS3 Study Skills Day
7A/B/C Visit to the Science Museum
8pm Y10 Drama Performance at Surbiton YMCA with Benchmark Theatre
7.30pm Prizegiving
P2 Whole School Reading
Academic Review Day
Y13 A2 English Literature Conference
FOSH Fund Raising Evening with Blind Panic
Y12 A2 English Literature Conference, Y10 Visit to Kingston University
Maths Day
7D/E/F Visit to the Science Museum
Profession Learning Day—pupils not in school
A2 Geography Study Day at RGS
AS Geography Study Day at RGS
7pm Drama: James & the Giant Peach
Y13 UCAS Internal Deadline, A2 Geography Tectonic Hazards Day
Y7 Trip to the Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Rose Theatre (pm)
6.30pm Christmas Concert, Y10 Visit to Kingston University
Senior Citizen Christmas Party
Y7-10 School Exams (to 19/12)
2pm Christmas Carol Service at St Paul’s, Hook
Break Up at Lunchtime
Professional learning Day—pupils not in school
8.40am School Starts
Dear Parent/Carer
Sixth Form Open Evening
I was delighted with last
week’s Sixth Form Open
Evening, which showcased Southborough at its
best.
Part of our team
Focus and
Concentration
In Drama
Our Sixth Form now has 172 students, which is the most we have had for many years. The reasons
for this growth include: a broad, inclusive, rigorous curriculum offer, great results (32% A*-A, 57%
A*-B), first class pastoral care and an enriching extracurricular offer. Contact Mr Sanders on
[email protected] to find out more.
School Counsellor
One of the ways in which we offer outstanding pastoral care is the offer of confidential school counselling to all of our students. This week, we are saying goodbye and a large thank you to Debbie Gautier, who has provided a discreet and professional service for the school for over eighteen years. Her
contribution to the school has been extremely significant and I would like to thank her for her hard
work and steadfast commitment to our students over the years.
Parents, carers and students will be pleased to know that we have engaged the services of an excellent permanent replacement for Debbie, who will continue providing counselling after half term.
Kind regards,
Mr N. Smith
Headteacher
KS3 FRENCH TRIP TO PICARDY JUNE 29TH-JULY 3RD 2015—Now open to students in
Y7/8/9 studying French or Spanish
We are delighted to announce plans to take Year 7/8/9 students who study French or Spanish to
France during the final half term of the academic year. We will be staying at Cap’Aisne, Picardy where
your son will have the opportunity to take part in a variety of water sports including sailing, windsurfing, kayaking and catamaran. We will also be visiting the excellent Caverne de Dragon where we will
be learning about the history of World War One. We will also be visiting Paris for the day where we
will walk along the Champs Élysées, enjoy a boat trip on the Seine, and visit the Stade de France.
The cost of this trip is £400 and includes accommodation, all meals, transport and activities. Letters
and further information are available from Mrs Coen and Mr Ruffe. If you are interested in this trip
please pay the £100 deposit by Parent Pay by Friday November 7th 2014. Mr Johnson Head of
Modern Foreign Languages
PARKING
We ask that when collecting your son from school, parent/carers please park at the back of the school
in Kent Way, or in one of the neighbouring roads and your son walks to meet you. Please do not
drive into the school drive. Also please note that Topps Tiles and the garage next door have asked
that parent/carers do park in their car parks. Thank you for your co-operation.
BOOK OF THE WEEK
Tom Gates Genius Ideas by Liz Ritchen
I think this is one of the best books I have
ever read because it’s funny, it has good
drawings and I like the font. The main
character is Tom Gates. I particularly liked
at the end it shows you how to make something, for example in this book it shows you
how to make a proper banger. This book is
about a boy called Tom Gates and his weird
sister called Delia and they live with their
mum and dad, plus there are more characters like the fossils (grandpa
and grandma) and uncles and aunties.
Naim Ali (7VAD)
THANK YOU TO KINGSTON UNIVERSITY
Matt Stoten of Kingston University handing over a Cheque
for £225 towards Football equipment for Southborough High.
This was raised following some outreach work with our Yr 9
Football team and a fundraiser organised by Matt and his
team at Kingston Uni. Many thanks to Kingston Uni.
YOUNG ENTERPRISE
Dear Students, Parents/Carers
We are Year 12 students from Southborough High School in Surbiton, taking part in a charitable
scheme called Young Enterprise. It is where we set up our own company and compete against other
schools. Our company is called ALPHA.
In order to raise capital, we are running a few fundraising events, which include advertising on our
school newsletter.
Benefits of advertising in our 'Griffin':
• The number of viewers are over 900 students as well as their parents.
• Weekly views that can reinforce your brand strength.
• The griffin is widely available, it is printed, emailed and available on the school website and Facebook (with over 400 likes).
Half of an A4 page on the Griffin costs £40 and one-eighth of A4 costs £20
This is the cost for a months' worth of school newsletters which is distributed every week. We can
design the layout for you, where you provide us with the information to be added to it. Otherwise, do
feel free to design your own layout.
If you are interested, please contact the marketing team at [email protected]
Thank You.
Kind Regards
Team ALPHA
KAZZUM RE-TOLD WORSKHOPS
Kazzum Theatre company have been working with 50 Year 8 and Year 10 students for the last five
weeks on the first phase of an exciting new project. During this academic year Kazzum are exploring
how to expand conventional drama using digital platforms, and they wanted to work with us!
Over this half term we have used Instagram, Pheed (a video editing app) and Yappie (this one records sound and vocals) to explore three themes: Fitting In, Rejection and Escape. Kazzum representatives and specialist workshop leaders have helped us to create a bank of resources and responses
which will be turned into an interactive performance at the end of the year!
A selection of student work can be found at: http://kazzumretold.tumblr.com and http://
instagram.com/sbhschool/
Digital Engagement Manager at Kazzum, James Wann said: “I was so pleased with how all of the students invested in the sessions, and it really shows in the results. The quality of the work was just fantastic across the board. I was hugely impressed as I imagine everybody will be!”
Miss Parsons and I have been really impressed with the commitment, enthusiasm and creativity of
the two groups. They have diligently given up part of their lunchtime to be involved with the Re-Told
project. We are all really looking forward to the next step in Kazzum’s work and seeing our material
being interpreted by professional actors!
Mr Melhuish
A ‘NIGHT OF FRIGHTS’ AT SOUTHBOROUGH HIGH!
Year 7 and 8 students from Southborough High School celebrated Halloween early this year by participating in the school’s first ever FRIGHT
NIGHT, which took place after school hours on Wednesday evening.
Whilst most people were safely settled in for a cosy evening in front of
the fire / telly, these hardy students braved the cold, windy weather to
arrive back at school after dark to feast on a cornucopia of ‘frightful’
events organised by Southborough staff, sixth formers and the Year 11
Prince’s Trust students.
Greeted at the school entrance by monsters, zombies and an
eclectic array of witches and goblins, our guests got the chance
to take part in some blood-curdling ‘trick or treating’, apple bobbing, gruesome arts and crafts, clay modelling, masque making
and face-painting. Monster Mash tunes blasted out of the zombie music deck to add to the spooky yet fun-filled atmosphere.
In the school’s courtyard
garden – which had a far
more ‘sinister’ feel to it in
the pitch darkness – a
blindfold string trail got the
young students screaming and laughing in equal measure. Back
in the main school hall, Macbeth’s Witches speech was reenacted with great aplomb by our English teachers who took
great delight in ensuring that they very much looked the part!
Afterwards, students were treated to a showing of the famous
Michael Jackson Thriller video.
Live snakes were the VIP(ER) guests of our usually quiet library and
mad, bad Victorian Bedlam was re-created on one of the school’s upper
floors, scaring even the most fool-hardy of students! The evening ended
a viewing of ‘School for Zombies’, a movie made by and starring not only our boys but staff as well, with a special guest appearance from our
very own Headteacher, Mr
Smith!
A HUGE thank you must go to
the main organisers of this
spooky and massively entertaining evening, Head of Drama Mr Melhuish and Teaching
Assistants Mrs Pollicott and
Miss Parsons. Thank you also
to all the Sixth Formers who
happily dressed up in order to
scare the living daylights out of our younger students, Southborough’s Greedy Griffins, together with
a whole host of Southborough staff who gave up the best part of their evening to participate, including Mr Colbert, Miss Andreou, Mr Jordan, Mrs Adams, Miss Dunn, Mr Crooks, Miss Maiquez Munoz,
Miss Morkane, Ms Mosely, Miss Brayne, Miss Pike, Mrs Pike, Mrs McIntyre, Mr Milliken, Mr Botha, Mr
Swinchin Rew, Mr Duke, Miss Gratton, Mrs Furminger, Mrs Humpreys, Mr Sokolov, Mr Nice, Mrs
Drinkwater, Miss Drinkwater, Miss Wright and Mrs Taylor.
Organiser,
Mr Melhuish
MENU w/c MONDAY 3 NOVEMBER
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Chicken Bhuna
Onion Bhajji
Burgers
Rice
Green Beans &
Carrots
Fruit Crumble &
Custard
Shepherd’s Pie
Veggie
Shepherd’s Pie
Peas & Carrots
Raspberry Jelly
Roast Chicken
Vegetarian
Quiche
Yorkshire
Pudding &
Gravy
Mixed Veg
Chocolate
Sponge Cake
Cannelloni
Veggie
Cannelloni
Garlic Bread
Sweetcorn
Rice Krispy
Cakes
Battered
Pollock
Veggie
Kievs
Chips
Peas
Rice Pudding
Jacket Potatoes, salads, paninis, baked beans, salad, fresh fruit and a variety of sandwiches and rolls
are also served every day.
MUSIC CLUBS
MONDAY: 12.50 – MUSIC 1 – YEAR 7 ‘PLAY TIME’ – for those who would enjoy
getting together with others on a variety of instruments and producing performances of various songs.
TUESDAY: 12.50 – MUSIC 1 – JAZZ BAND – at present we have 3 trumpets, 1
trombone and 1 baritone – any other competent brass players (at least Grade
4) would be very welcome.
WEDNESDAY: 12.50 – MUSIC 1 - UKULELE CLUB - if you have already played or you would like to
improve your skills, come along to make music!
THURSDAY: 12.50 – MUSIC 2 – MUSIC PRODUCTION CLUB – aimed at Year 9 pupils who are interested in working with technology/ sound production for the music industry.
FRIDAY: 12.50 – MUSIC 1 – SINGING CLUB – singing for everyone – all ages welcome!
MATHS CLUBS
The maths department offers help after school on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Please come along. If you’d like to develop your
thinking skills, why not join us at chess club or puzzle
club?
Lunch
After
School
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Chess club
(B7)
Chess club
(B7)
Maths help
for all years
(B8)
Chess club
(B7)
Maths help
for all years
(B7)
Chess club
(B7)
Maths help
for all years
(B6)
Chess club
(B7)
Maths help
for all years
(B5)
Puzzle club
(B5)
ANOTHER HIGHLY REWARDING PSHCE DAY AT SOUTHBOROUGH
“Effective PSHCE education should equip children and young people with the knowledge, understanding, attitudes and practical skills to live healthy, safe, productive and fulfilled lives” (Sir Alasdair Macdonald)
At Southborough, ‘Personal, Social, Health, Citizenship Education’ (PSHCE) plays an important part of our curriculum and we
do everything we possibly can to ensure that our students become responsible, caring and happy members of society.
Throughout the academic year, the school dedicates a number of
‘whole-days’ to PSHCE so that students can spend a greater
length of time exploring particular issues in more depth. This
Wednesday was one such day.
Luckily, the sun decided to make a welcome appearance as staff
took all our Year 7 students out on a Kingston Heritage Walk.
Covering quite a distance, the walk provided a fantastic opportunity to take in all the key points of
interest focusing on Kingston’s Royal Heritage, like the Coronation Stone, Clattern Bridge, the oldest
bridge in Surrey that’s still in use, The Market House and Lovekyn Chapel, which dates back to 1309.
One student commented: “I’ve been to Kingston so many times but hadn’t realised that there was so
much history on our own doorstep. This walk has really opened my eyes!” The students then went on
to walk along the river to Teddington Lock and enjoy a nice picnic in the open space. The boys found
watching a boat go through the lock fascinating, too!
Year 8 students were kept on site to attend a creative range of Personal Wellbeing workshops, where
nutrition and keeping fit –amongst other subjects - were on the agenda. The students learnt about
the importance of taking responsibility for what they put into their bodies and how they look after
themselves by exercising regularly.
The focus for our Year 9 and 10 students was ‘careers’ and
work experience. Many students accompanied their parents or
close relatives to work for the day, giving them valuable firsthand experience of what it’s really like out there amongst the
real world of work! Students found themselves work shadowing
at banks, solicitors, department stores and hospitals to name
but a few. For those students who stayed on site, they spent
the day researching different careers and attending workshops
on CV writing and interview techniques.
Year 11 students focus was very much on future GCSE success
and workshops were delivered by visitors from St Mary’s college, who gave our boys some very useful tips and strategies on effective revision and passing exams!
Sixth Form students were by no means excluded from this
very important PSHCE day. Following a morning of Presentation Skills workshops, over twenty business men and
women from a wide variety of industries – from the film industry to intelligence services - came in to speak to our
students about what they do. Focusing not just on the industries they worked in but rather the specialised roles that
they played within their organisations, students learnt firsthand the qualities needed to succeed in sales, corporate
management, human resources, finance and marketing.
Students were seated in small groups within the main
school hall and our visitors ‘speed-networked’ around the
crowds, ensuring that each group of students got the
chance to ask whatever questions they liked about a particular job role / profession. Deputy Headboy
Rukshan Rajamanthri commented: “The speed networking session demonstrated how valuable it is to
be able to communicate face-to-face with people from a wide range of industries. I found one visitor
from a leading software firm – who spends his days travelling between California, Paris and London
visiting clients – to be especially interesting to talk to.”
In all, it was an exhausting but none-the-less highly rewarding day for all our students, who behaviour throughout the
year groups was impeccable. A big thank you must go to all
staff who helped out and in particular to Mr Neal and Miss
Bassnett-Barker for all their hard work in putting together
such an exciting and worthwhile PSHCE programme for the
benefit of the whole school.
Mr Sanders and Mr Neal with our visitors form the Metropolitan Police
Selection of photos from the
Year 7 walk in and around
Kingston
Fixtures w/c Monday 3 November 2014
Y11 Football v Hollyfield – away
Mr Edwards
3/11/14
Y10 Football v Richard Challoner – away
Mr Scales
6/11/14
Under 16 Badminton v Wilsons – away
Mr Colbert
7/11/14
Y8 & Y10 Cricket League at Richard Challoner
Mr Scales
7/11/14
Southborough High School
PE Department
Key Stage 3 & 4 Extra-Curricular Programme Autumn Term 2014
Monday
Tuesday
Lunchtime
After School
Gym - Table Tennis
Club – up to 20 participants JCO
Astro –Y7
Astro – Y8
Basketball –
Yrs 7/8/9 CJO
Astro – Y9
No Clubs – Staff Meetings
Wednesday
Thursday
Astro – Y10
Y 7/8 cricket bowling
machine – 6th formers
Astro – Y11
Rugby Club - All Years
CJO / KSC / JCO / ACO
Football Club
ADU / JCO / KSC / ACO / DJO + Coach
Basketball – Squad players only –
KS4 & 5 CJO
Cricket Y7/8 – astro - Darren
Badminton – Gym JCO / DDE
Friday
Weights Room & Fitness Suite Extra-Curricular Programme
Lunchtime
After School
Y 11 Weights gym & Fitness
suite JCO
Staff Meetings
Monday
Tuesday
Y 10 weights gym & Fitness
suite* CJO
Ys 10/11/ 6th form weights
gym & Fitness suite*
Wednesday
6th form weights gym & fitness suite* KSC
The Muscle Project- MHA
Key Stage 3 self defence - GSR
Y10 Core PE
Y10/11 & 6th form weights gym
& Fitness suite* JCO
Ys 10/11 & 6th form weights
gym & fitness suite*
MHA
Thursday
Y11 Core PE
Friday
WORD OF THE WEEK
Our word of the week this week is Xenophobia.
A person 'displaying' xenophobia is unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially
of strangers or foreign peoples. Xenophobia is an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or
strangers, or of that which is foreign or strange.
FOSH CORNER
Please do buy your tickets or maybe get together some friends/ family for the LIVE
BAND EVENT on Saturday 22nd November, 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. The band
Blind Panic will entertain us with live music, there will be food on sale and a Licensed
Bar. With tickets only costing £5 for adults, (under 18’s free) [now available on
Parentpay]- it promises to be a great evening!
All money goes to support the School and enable the purchase of additional resources.