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Winter Newsletter
January 2014
Contents
03
Headmaster
27
04
House Media Reps
28-29
05
Forthcoming Events
29
06
Facilities
30-31
Sports Celebration
07
Work Experience 2013
32-33
Rugby Maintains High Standards
08
Noadswood supports Movember
09
Pupils using Strength and
Conditioning Suite
33
34-35
36
10-11 New Members of the Knightwood
team
12
European Day of Languages
13
Interview with Brian Evans-Jones
14-15 Awards Evening
16-19 Sefoloko
What Sunk the Mary Rose
Prom
Christmas Tree
Sailing Awards
Anderwood
Wilverley
Mr A. Bernard
Welcome to our Winter Newsletter where once again
you can read about some of the activities in which
our pupils have been involved. At the very end of the
summer term I was privileged to join the group which
visited our partner school in South Africa. By any
measure it is an extraordinary experience to spend
some time with inspirational people; both pupils and
teachers. We are really looking forward to welcoming
a group from Sefoloko when they come on a reciprocal visit in July.
20-21 Site Development
22
Thorpe Park
23
Student Voice
23
New Student’s Open Evening
24
Year 8 Paris Trip
25
Naomi House
26
Fabulous Fundraising
03
House Media Reps
Forthcoming events
Anderwood
Wilverley
Deerleap
Knightwood
Willow Allen
Bradley Hurrion
Amy Carr
Zoe Farrant
Ben Fenton
Brooke Kingdon
Charlotte Miller
Frankie Cater
Lewis Simmonds
Lucy Simmonds
Joel Barnes
Adam Woodhouse
Maddison McGowan
Brett Keable
Seren Quinn
Sam Ross
Tom Kennedy
Hannah Preston
Ellen Cole-Bailey
06 Jan
15 Jan
20 Jan
28 Jan
30 Jan
Spring 1st Half Term
Yr 9 Parents Evening
Yr 7 Open Mornings
Yr 11 Photographs
Yr 11 Parents Evening
14 Feb
17 Feb - 21 Feb
Inset Closure Day - School Closed
Half Term
Front Cover: Key Learning Points displayed in the library and various images from
the newsletter.
Editorial Team: Mr J. Gammon, Mrs J. Lancaster, Miss A. Humphries, Mrs A.
Gardiner.
Please Note: If you would like a hard copy of this Newsletter you can go to School
Reception and order one which will subsequently be printed and given to your
child.
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Work Experience 2013
Facilities
Since becoming a Sports College Noadswood’s site has been continually developed,
redeveloped and improved providing our pupils with access to state of the art facilities.
We are keen to share our site with our local community so they too can benefit from
our high standard of sporting facilities.
Our state of the art 60 x 40m 3G STP is
new and offers a high quality all weather
playing surface all year round. The
facility allows the use of both the full size
junior pitch or can be divided into two
5-a-side pitches across the pitch.
Our sports hall is an outstanding multi
use indoor facility that offers a number of
different options. The facility’s main use
is basketball with its electric backboards
and rubberised floor. The facility has
also been fitted with double lane cricket
nets and the use of a bowling machine
capable of bowling up to 90mph!
Our courts have received a upgrade and
now boast a superb non slip surface
and floodlighting so you can continue to
play even after dark! The whole facility
is fully enclosed and can be set up for
netball, tennis or just used a multi use
games area.
This is a a fully fitted out Gynasium
with the majority of facilities for doing
gymnastics. It is suitable for displays,
and has a viewing gallery.
Our year 10 students successfully
took part in their Work Experience in
June 2013. We would like to take this
opportunity to thank all of the local
businesses and schools who took one
or more of our students for their work
experience. It is impossible to name
all of the placements who offered to
take our students but particular thanks
to Exxon Mobil and our local primary
schools Orchard Junior, Orchard Infants,
Wildground Infants/Juniors, Hythe
Primary and Waterside Primary. Some
students were successful in securing
part –time jobs due to their hard work,
effort and reliability whilst at their work
placement. Others were encouraged to
contact businesses in the near future,
to attend Open Evenings for Trainee
Apprenticeships.
November 19th from 6.05 – 8.00pm. It
will also help them to prepare for their
applications for college, full time jobs
and apprenticeship placements.
Now, in year 11 students need to take
that next big step into thinking and
organising what they are going to do
when they leave school. Students
should be applying for their college
courses and the interviews for these
will take place in school with the local
colleges in the Spring term.
If there are any students in the meantime
who would like to have some help and
guidance they then students can contact
our Careers Adviser, Caroline Millman at
any time to arrange an appointment.
These students will now hopefully use
this experience and the skills they
acquired to help them to take part in
their ‘ mock interview ‘ on Tuesday
07
Pupils using Strength and Conditioning Suite
Noadswood elite performers are
training in Totton College’s Strength
and Conditioning Suite to improve
their ability to make the big stage.
Totton
College
have
given
Noadswood
high
performance
pupils their brand new strength
and condition suite to use during
PE lessons. These sessions are
fundamental to becoming high level
sports performers in the future and
it’s a wonderful opportunity for the
Noadswood pupils to experience.
Director of Sport Andy Daish said,
“it’s a privilege to be able to offer
such a great opportunity to the sports
stars of tomorrow, especially from
local schools such as Noadswood.
If we can improve the functional
movements of these athletes whilst
they are at school and inspire them to
do the best they can in all aspects of
their lives, then they stand a fantastic
chance of reaching their true potential
in the future.”
Noadswood Supports Movember
Throughout the month of November,
most male staff and some Year 11
boys at Noadswood are supporting
Movember.
They are joining
men around the globe growing
moustaches to raise funds and
awareness of male specific cancers
– “changing the face of men’s
health”. Every year we have a theme
for Movember – this year it’s Super
Heroes – “THE MOVENGERS”, being
heroic in fighting cancer! Being a part
of this fundraising initiative enables
the pupils to participate in the wider
aspect of charity involvement and
for boys, in particular, to think about
their wellbeing. The moustaches
have been a spring-board for
conversations
and
discussions
about health issues and have also
been a bit of fun. This year we will
have a day where fake moustaches
will be auctioned to pupils with
funds going to the Movember cause.
Here at Noadswood we have been
supporting Movember for the last
three years and during that time the
school has raised approximately
£3000.
Terry
Shearsmith,
Noadswood
Head of PE says ‘I simply can’t
believe that Noadswood pupils
have this opportunity at, what can
only be described as a world class
facility, to train for their sport. Being
trained by experienced strength and
conditioning experts at Totton College
accompanied by undergraduates
from Solent University, and training
alongside
young
international
athletes is an opportunity not to
be missed and is testament to the
forward thinking sports academy
staff at Totton College.’
Strength and Conditioning gyms are
not like the gyms that we go to at our
local leisure centres. These gyms
are only built for elite performers
and are integral to professional
sports teams to work on movement
patterns for their sport and give them
an advantage over competitors. It is
unique for Noadswood pupils to be
given this opportunity to improve
their sport in this gym environment.
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New Members of the Knightwood Team
Knightwood has had many teachers
join and leave over the years, but
this term we have been lucky enough
to gain three new members to the
Knightwood team. Recently, members
of the media rep team interviewed
these new teachers, so if you are a
new student at Noadswood, or just
reaching the deep end at year eleven,
hopefully this article will help you to
know a little bit more about them. So
if you see them around the school, be
sure to give them a warm welcome to
the school!
We asked each of the new teachers to
give us a small statement to tell you
who they are, and what they do in the
school, and asked them a few more
general questions for them related to
their experiences of Noadswood so
far.
Miss Fowler
“I teach music in H17, it is the subject
I teach most, with the only other being
IT.”
What are your opinions on the school
so far?
“Everyone has been so welcoming
to me so far, and it has been a lot of
fun. I also really like the house system,
because I think it brings a lot of friendly
competition between students.”
What do you think about being a tutor?
“I have really enjoyed being a tutor,
I love my tutor group, and I’m very
happy, as we’re winning the tutor
group quizzes right now!”
Can you tell us one thing about
yourself that others may not know?
“I have a passion for music, which
actually led to me being a backing
singer for Will Young.”
Mr Stamp
“I’ve just joined the history department
at Noadswood, and so far, it’s
been fantastic. I teach history, and
sometimes Navig8, so you will see me
a lot around the M block.”
What are your opinions on the school
so far?
“It feels like a very friendly school
to join, the students and other staff
have been very welcoming, and it
feels great being a part of the house
system, and being in Knightwood
feels like the right place to be for me.”
What do you think about being a tutor?
“I really like the vertical tutoring
system, in previous experiences as a
tutor I have only ever had a group from
one year group, but I think that having
vertical tutoring helps the school year
groups have less age segregation.”
Can you tell us one thing about
yourself that others may not know?
“Well, I once won five oranges from an
Australian orange farmer who offered
them to me, if I could juggle them.”
Miss Blurton
“I am a French teacher by trade, so
that’s the main subject I teach, but I
occasionally also teach Ethics and
citizenship. I have always loved
languages, and I really enjoy teaching
French. ”
What are your opinions on the school
so far?
“In my opinion, Noadswood has a
really warm feel to it, and everyone is
pleasant, they always say hello with
a smile, and it always feels like there
is a positive atmosphere around the
school.”
What do you think about being a tutor?
“Similarly to Mr Stamp, I have only
ever been a tutor for groups of one
age, but the vertical tutoring gives
the tutor more of a ‘family feel’ to it.
I am very competitive, so I love being
part of a house system where I get to
compete against other houses.”
Can you tell us one thing about
yourself that others may not know?
“I completed my French degree in
Swansea (Which is in South Wales),
and I am now an avid rugby fan
because of my time there.”
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European Day of Languages
Interview with Brian Evans-Jones
Bonjour! ¡Hola! That was what came from all the tutor rooms on the 25th September, European Day of Languages. All the pupils were encouraged to answer
the register in another Language and each group did a quiz on the origins of
words. But the fun didn’t stop after tutor! Several teachers wore badges with a
famous foreign person on and you had to go around the school and find them
all. The Canteen also served foreign food which completed the day and made
it a day to remember
It was great to see Brian Evans-Jones
again. I had previously met him last
year when he did a poetry event for
parents and their child.
Jacob Eyres – Language Leader
His grandmother got him into poetry
because she wrote a lot. When he
was about five or six they wrote a
special poem together. As well as
his grandmother’s encouragement
he got support from a teacher at his
junior school in years five and six.
One of Brian’s main inspirational
people is Thomas Hardy, author
of “A Dream or No”. After reading
some of his novels Brian EvansJones discovered his poetry and felt
something magical happen.
He felt he could relate to Hardy’s
poetry because he had written about
general things like life experiences.
As a child between the age of ten
and fifteen (secondary school age)
he was shy with people he didn’t
know very well. He took life and
school very seriously as he realised
how important it was and how much
of your future it dictates depending
on your grades. In his spare time he
read a lot as well as playing lots of
sport and games especially rugby,
cycling and cricket; but the one sport
he was never able to get to grips with
was hockey.
By Aaliyah Isaak
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Awards Evening
On
Wednesday
2nd
October,
Noadswood held its annual Awards
Evening which celebrates pupils
from each house who have shown
outstanding levels of effort throughout
their previous year in progress
reports and subject lessons. During
the evening special awards were
presented to a small number of
pupils for excelling in a particular
field and those pupils were awarded
with shields or trophies to further
enhance the acknowledgement of
their achievements.
school excursions and the STEM week
in June. The feedback was extremely
positive, highlighting the exemplary
behaviour of all pupils involved and
that, overall, Noadswood had been
represented with a sense of pride and
enthusiasm.
The whole evening was a great
success and was enjoyed and
endorsed by all involved. A special
mention must go to Mr Pain, who took
photographs throughout the evening
and for the vast majority of the time
was forced to sit in an extremely
uncomfortable position!
By Katie Butler
In attendance were the House
Leaders; Mr Rowling, Mrs Banasik,
Mr Fenton and Miss Rawlinson. In
addition, they were accompanied
by Head Teacher, Mr Bernard and
representatives of the Governing
body.
At the beginning of the evening, those
in attendance were entertained by
students from the Music Department
singing a selection of songs, which
was very enjoyable for all.
“What a lovely start to a lovely
evening – the singers were
amazing. It was wonderful that
parents could see just how
talented not only their children
are, but many others to and
many have photographic evidence of the celebration.”
Following introductory speeches, each
House Leader took turns to introduce
their recipients of the awards for
each year. It was noticeable from the
outset that there was a certain level of
rivalry between the House Leaders,
concerning the number of award
winners within each house!
In between each year’s award
presentations,
information
and
feedback was provided, regarding
“It was fantastic to see such a
lovely group of young people
celebrating their hard work and
aiming to make the most of
their opportunities.”
Mrs Banasik – Deerleap House
Leader
Mr Fenton – Knightwood
House Leader
“The whole evening brought a
long smile to my face. It was
lovely to see such a collection
of amazing pupils who thoroughly deserve their recognition. Well done to them all!”
“It was wonderful to hear
about all the amazing opportunities pupils had been involved
with over the last year and see
them celebrate their achievements.”
Mr Rowling – Anderwood
House Leader
Miss Rawlinson – Wilverley
House Leader
Sefoloko Trip
When I first heard about the Sefoloko
trip I knew that I wanted to go. The idea
of an once-in-a-lifetime trip to meet
people you would probably hardly
ever see again and to experience
things most people dream of caught
my attention.
We heard about the previous trip in
an assembly and the things people
had taken from the experience.
Unlike most trips where you pick up
a letter and pay a deposit you had
to earn your place since the spaces
on this trip were limited. You had to
start by writing a letter saying why
you want to go, why you should go
and what you would do to fundraise
money as the trip cost a lot of money.
Following that you were put through
team building activities after school
in groups with people you had
maybe never spoken to, to see how
well you could get along with people
you didn’t know. As you progressed
through each ‘stage’ you always had
a feeling that you were getting closer
and you could be turned away at any
point. The number of pupils on the
trip was raised to 24 as many pupils
had applied. That final meeting,
where you were told whether you
were going, was the most nervous
thing I’ve ever sat through. A list of
names was being called out to say
they were going, everybody just sat
and waited to hear their name.
Once you found out you were on
the trip to South Africa there was a
lot to do. Fundraising the £1800,
deciding on Hoodie designs and
getting emotionally prepared and
even getting the necessary injections
and tablets. The fundraising was fun
as many people did this in groups
doing various activities and every
pupil joined in a bag packing day at
Tesco to help raise money which was
then split for each pupil going. The
months leading up to the departure
date for Africa flew by. Everyone had
paid, we all had our hoodies with our
nicknames and everything was ready
to go.
It didn’t seem real that I was actually
flying to Africa until we had landed.
The flight out was calm, everybody
was left to their movies and I think
no-one knew what was planned for
the trip ahead of us. The first day in
Africa, everybody was tired; planes
aren’t the most comfortable things
to sleep on! We had settled into
our hotel rooms and freshened up
before meeting the Head teacher
of Sefoloko High School and their
equivalent to Head Boy at a reptile
centre. Everybody seemed to have
perked up and were having a lot of
fun trying to get the parrots to speak
and do weird dance moves!
sleep so we had to be especially
quick getting ready so it was handy
that we had things ready the night
before! The coach was very quiet on
the way to the school and it wasn’t
until we got closer that we noticed
school children walking down a long
dusty road. The roads were filled with
children in different shades of blue
and laughing and talking as they
made their way to school. When we
arrived at the school we had to wait
in a group as the pupils at the school
had to get ready for assembly which
is where they crowd round (standing
up) in the courtyard between school
buildings facing a small platform
where the Head teacher would stand.
We were all told to walk onto this
platform and stand in a line which
was very nerve racking as the pupils
all screamed and yelled like we were
some sort of celebrities!
Their assemblies are very different
from ours. They stand the whole time
outside in the cold singing songs;
it’s definitely something I will never
forget. After the assembly, we had
to wait for the pupils of Sefoloko
high school to come up to us and
take us to their lessons so we were
literally being dragged and wanted
in all different corners and places. I
was taken by these 3 girls who were
a year older than me and they were
very funny, but my ‘buddy’ from the...
...school was a girl who said her
We had to get to bed early as we
had to be up really early to leave for
the high school, but as South Africa
is an hour ahead, it was like waking
up even earlier which wasn’t very
fun! The teachers came round to
each room and gave us a wake-up
call but the first day my room missed
the wake up call and got an extra
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Sefoloko Trip
name was something really long
but shortened it to make it simpler
for me, so I called her Kate! All the
pupils at the school were so friendly
and wanted to talk to you, ask you
questions and give you things like
a badge or a pencil if they had one
spare, maybe even a bracelet. We
sat in a few of their lessons until
around lunch time. Their classrooms
were small and un-decorated, the
windows were broken and yet all the
pupils didn’t mind, they had written
quotes all over the classroom walls
and always seemed upbeat and
positive. During the lessons I was
participating in their work and at
some point they wanted me to write
in their books so they would always
have my handwriting.
At lunchtimes we would always leave
the High School with some of the
older students and the head teacher
and head to these lodges to look
around and have food. It was a time
to talk to the pupils and have fun,
relax and eat some very tasty cake!
The next few days followed on like
the first, participating in lessons and
going out after lunch although the
teachers (from Noadswood) began
to make us get off the bus and walk
with the high school students to
school as the teachers stayed on the
bus and waited for us in the warm
while we walked in the cold.
We began to visit lower year schools,
like primary and nurseries. Each
younger class would recite a poem
to us in English to ‘show off’ their
English language skills. Whenever
we were waiting for something the
children would literally mob us and
wait for high fives or photos or hugs.
You couldn’t escape, but it made
them happy and it also caused many
more to join the little mob you had
around you! We always had to have
a teacher watching to make sure we
were okay, and at first it was scary
but you got used to it pretty quick!
During the last few days at the high
school we spent most of our time
taking photos with the students and
sharing ways to keep in touch. If you
said yes to have a photo with one
person, loads of others would gather
around to get one too. I tried to stay
close to my friends so I wouldn’t
lose them in the crowd! We also got
a presentation about each different
culture in that area and were given
some facts about the flag and their
language which everyone I spoke
to had been taught a bit. During
this presentation there was a large
‘dance off’ type thing where the
students of the school would dance
then students from Noadswood
would dance, it was very entertaining
and even the teachers joined in!
The very last day at the school was
on their sports day. Everybody left the
school and walked to a nearby open
stadium. The majority of the school
sat in the stands and others were
dressed in colourful tops on the fields.
Some of the Noadswood students
were chosen to participate in an
aerobic/dance which we had learnt
5 minutes before, which we then had
to perform to the whole school and
teachers watching! We spent one
evening in a local shopping centre
with some of the pupils from Sefoloko
High School, and saying goodbye to
them was hard. We had all become
so close and realising that we might
never see them again was tough.
There were a lot of tears that night
and a lot of goodbyes which took a
very long time to actually finish.
Even though our time at the school
had finished we still had the safari!
We moved hotels so we were closer
to Kruger National Park. As we were
on our way to the second hotel we
stopped off at a few places to break
up the journey and had a look round
some stalls of local women selling
stuff which was a good opportunity
to buy something as a souvenir. The
second hotel was my favourite as the
bathroom was huge, we had a lot
more TV channels and the beds were
so comfy! We were allowed to have a
bit more sleep the next morning and
relaxed breakfast which was so nice!
We then had to meet the teachers by
the safari jeeps to get ready to go
and see some animals. We had three
jeeps and each one had blankets so
we could stay warm. Kruger National
Park was a breath-taking experience.
Being able to drive around and
see wild animals such as giraffes,
elephants, lions and rhinos living as
they please was truly amazing. I don’t
think my camera was ever put down
during the whole ride and I caught
some amazing images.
The evening before we left to return
home the teachers told us that the
Sefoloko staff had spent their school
budget on T-Shirts for us. They were
the High School’s school shirts but
with Noadswood’s logo added on.
These shirts were worn home the
next day as they were big and baggy
and comfortable to wear!
The day we had to leave was a
depressing day. I personally had
enjoyed the trip so much I wanted to
stay longer and wait before I had to
go home. I could tell everybody had
enjoyed the trip immensely and didn’t
want to leave but I don’t think I would
have appreciated the trip as much if
we were out there longer.
The trip to South Africa has changed
me as a person. I have become more
confident, and more thankful for the
things I have and the things I can
do. The experiences I have been
able to have I will never be able to
do again and I will never be able to
forget them. I have made new friends
from Noadswood through this trip,
come closer to others, and made
friends with people around my age
on the other side of the world who I
still keep in contact with. It’s one of
those trips where you can’t explain
how emotional and meaningful it was
without experiencing it yourself.
By Erin Kingdon
19
Last year we decided it was time for
a makeover! We started by looking
at the school logo and considered a
radical change but decided to keep
the Noadswood shield and modernise
it. Now that we have a strong set of
branding tools we have produced new
stationery, posters, signs and even
mugs, pens and umbrellas! We also
updated the house logos and they are
now seen all around the school on
house flags, plaques and even on the
new minibus.
In the summer term we had a new
prospectus and school film produced
which showcase life at Noadswood.
Almost every pupil featured in the film
at some point and they were proud to
Site Development
show off their school. The year 7’s were
involved in creating a magazine called
Clued Up which tells primary school
children everything they need to know
about coming up to Noadswood.
Over the summer a number of projects
were started to improve the facilities
at Noadswood. We put directional
signage all around the school. On
the first day of term in September all
the new year 7’s were given a map of
the site and using the signs around
the school could easily find their way
round.
The Learning Resources Centre has
been totally refurbished over the
summer and is now a focal point for
the school. The space now has a
large reading area with comfy seating
and ipad stations for pupils to use
during lesson time for quick access to
the internet. These have proved very
popular! The room is now lighter and
brighter and is a wonderful open and
flexible space for learning.
From the windows in the Learning
Resources Centre you will get a great
view of the landscaping which has
been planned and designed with the
help of the student voice group. The
hardstanding between the main block
and tennis courts has a beautiful
design based on a clockwork effect
with plenty of space for house
flower beds. We plan to install a 9
meter umbrella canopy under which
we can hold outdoor classes and
performances. The soil we removed
from the site has been used to create
an amphitheatre outside the drama
studio. This will have tiered seating cut
into the mound and will be covered
with grass and surrounded by trees.
This space will be used for drama
classes, performances and maybe
even assemblies.
We are constantly striving to improve
the facilities and the environment of
the school and encourage all pupils
to get involved by giving their ideas
to their house captains or to make a
difference through joining the pupil
voice group.
Student Voice
I’m Ben Fenton. Chloe de Mornay and I,
as Head Boy and Head Girl are planning
to make some changes to the way that
Student Voice is run. Over the past year,
Student Voice has made some significant
changes to the school already.
We have had a new water fountain built
just outside the sports hall, helpful after PE
sessions. There is also a new cash machine, where you can add money to your
Canteen account. However, the biggest
impact of them all is the new landscaping
project. This is the most expensive investment since the astro turf. It will provide a
place of shade and seating arrangements
at break and lunchtimes. You may have
seen it being built, between the courts and
the main block. The land that has been
Thorpe Park
On the 5th October Noadswood selected
all the pupils who were a leading student
all year round, to go along to a reward trip
to Thorpe Park. This is a trip people look
forward to all year round, so when it came
along again, people just couldn’t wait!
Early in the morning, four buses took off
from the school, all the way to Thorpe
Park in Surrey for a full day of fun high-sky
rollercoasters and attractions! We arrived
late morning, after a two hour coach ride,
with many excited, raring-to-go students,
buzzing to get into the park. As we finally
entered the gates we had 7 hours of fun
to go on as many rides as we wanted,
varying from massive roller coasters to
smaller rides. We were lucky enough to
go when the sun was shining and it was
warm all day. We were also lucky enough
to go when they created a new twist to
the popular ride, Swarm, they had just
created a new version where as well as
going forward throughout it you could
now go backwards and experience it
completely different from beforehand. As
we visited near to Halloween, at mid-afternoon they opened a few of the Fright
Night Mazes where you could face your
fears and enter if you dare, and if that
wasn’t scary enough they had workers
dressed up in frightening costumes, scaring people around the park. There are
over 30 rides at the park so every student
had a selection to go on whatever they
felt confident on, whether it was Stealth or
Saw for the dare devils looking for an extreme thrills, or maybe the wild water raft
ride - Rumba Rapids for people looking
for something thrilling yet fun. After the
fun packed day we left late afternoon so
we could get home before it got too dark.
So all in all, the day was a success with
people chattering on the coach home,
boasting about the rides they went on,
and showing off the pictures they bought.
We will DEFINITELY be going back.
By Amy Carr
dug up is being reused to build an outdoor
amphitheatre, just outside drama block.
This will be used for dramatic al fresco
performances!
Recently, we had our first student voice
meeting. We gained a lot of feedback from
students of all ages about what they would
like done within the school. An upcoming
project is to renovate the area between
the maths and science blocks, and many
opinions were recorded about what would
be good, bad or ugly. In the near future
there should hopefully be more house art,
renovated benches, and eco bins.
We are very excited about what student
voice can and will do over the next year
and we hope the enthusiastic student response will continue!
New Students Open Evening
On Thursday 26th September, Noadswood
held their annual Open Evening for
prospective students. Once again,
hundreds of Year 6 children from the local
area came to look around our school and
get a feel of Noadswood life.
Many of Noadswood’s current students,
including Year 7 pupils who had only been
at the school for a few weeks, helped
out. Each subject area was alive with
people from; the science department
who provided slime, glow in the dark
chemicals, secret writing and loads of
other fun experiments, the food tech
department who provided delicious
pizza and fruit salad (always popular
judging by the crowds of people queued
out of the door), the PE department who
put on a gym and dance display, the art
department who gave children a chance
to paint part of a larger work of art, the
languages department who gave out free
cakes to children who could ask for it in
a foreign language, the maths department
who provided mind-bending puzzles and
all the other departments who showcased
the amazing work they do.
Many of the children would have happily
spent the whole evening taking part in all
the activities and are obviously looking
forward to coming here in the near future.
Overall, the evening was a great success.
Well done to all the staff and students who
put on such an amazing evening!
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Year 8 Paris Trip
Naomi House
By Lucy Simmonds.
As you might have heard, some of the
year 8’s went to Paris for a week. It
was so much fun and there were so
many things to see.
We travelled overnight on Tuesday
and had a fun-packed day on the
Wednesday. The ferry crossing on the
way there was quite calm which made
it easier for us to get a little sleep
for the next day. On Wednesday, we
saw one of Paris’s well known tourist
attractions which was the Eiffel Tower. We took lots of pictures and then
made our way back to the coach to
see the Arc de Triomphe. After lunch,
we went to see the Notre Dame cathedral and went souvenir shopping.
Then we ate a meal at the Auberge du
Pere Louis and on the way to the hotel, we saw the Eiffel tower by night.
The Hotel we stayed in was called
the Hotel Campanile and it was really
nice with comfortable beds and great
breakfasts.
On Thursday, we went for a boat trip
on River Seine which was really nice
seeing lots of sights while we glided
along the well-known river. Then we
ate our lunch and went to see the
Montmartre and then were allowed
to do a bit more souvenir shopping
before we made our way back to the
Auberge du Pere Louis for dinner. After dinner, we went up to the very top
of Montparnasse Tower which was 56
floors up and approximately 200-300
metres high. Once we got to the top,
the view was breath-taking. Kind of
cool!! Then we made our way down
and got back on the coaches to head
back to the hotel.
On Friday, we went to Disneyland Paris!! There were so many rides to go
and, things to see and things to do.
Once we had checked with our group
leader we were allowed to go off in
groups around Disneyland. I went on
loads of fun rides but one of my favourites was Space Mountain. It was
exhilaratingly fun. We got given a
meal voucher for a three course meal
which was really yummy. After a really
busy and fun day in Disneyland, we all
headed back to the hotel to get some
sleep.
On Saturday, it was time to go home.
On the way home we stopped at a
hyper market and then caught the ferry back to England. The ferry crossing was very rocky and rough but we
made it home and all gave our families a huge hug.
Abseiling the Spinnaker Tower
in Portsmouth, July 2013.
Be careful what you volunteer
for?
In July 2013 Mr Banasik, in order to
raise funds for Naomi House, decided to abseil down the Spinnaker Tower. It was a very courageous thing to
do, Mr Banasik commented by saying
“a chance remark made around the
Christmas dinner table last year, then
led to a journey into the unknown. I
am not a novice in abseiling or charity
events, but this was quite a challenge.
Firstly asking for donations put me out
of my comfort zone, but the plan came
together and with the help of staff and
some amazing pupils we managed to
raise £400 for Naomi house. This was
a great achievement for Noadswood
and everyone involved.”
How did we do it?
Well firstly we sold raffle tickets to the
students with the chance of winning
a Nintendo Wii with guitar hero and
other games. The raffle tickets were
sold throughout the last half term with
great success. On Sports day we ran
a water slide where pupils could have
fun but cool themselves down at the
same time.
Staff also played a big part in giving
donations, to help support this event
staff tried to guess the time of the descent.
Everything came together in the last
week of term and a big thanks to
everyone who made donations.
Mr Banasik , Lewis Simmonds and
Jack Watton
Some of the highlights would be
singing happy birthday in French to
Mrs Sullivan, having a great time in
Disneyland, seeing some of the best
tourist attractions in Paris, learning to
speak French a little more and staying
in a lovely hotel.
Overall, Paris was a HUGE success
and I would definitely recommend this
trip to anyone.
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Fabulous Fundraising
On the 21st – 25th of October, Deerleap contributed to raising money for
the Rainbow Trust. There were several
events that helped raise some funds.
D-PSm and D-JWy fought a strong
battle playing Benchball against
each other but somebody had to win
and the obvious victors were D-JWy.
Everybody that contributed to this
event should be very proud of themselves as they too contributed to making other people’s lives better.
Also a cake sale was held every day
for the entire week. There were lots of
cakes all ready to be eaten by Noadswood students and funnily enough
at the end of each sale there were no
cakes, or sweet treats for that matter,
left at all.
so therefore what Deerleap achieved
is very beneficial for children just like
you and me. I am proud to say we
managed to send off 21 shoeboxes
to give to children less fortunate than
ourselves. These donations will make
sure that the children will at least have
one Christmas present this year.
I would like to say thank you to the
Deerleap prefects who monitored
the Bench ball Tournament and every
teacher that contributed in any way,
shape or form. One last big thank you
to everybody that brought cakes into
school to sell this was an amazing
help to everyone. In the future I hope
that we can raise even more money
to support the Rainbow Trust as every
little donation helps.
By Maddison McGowan
We will all get some Christmas presents this year but sadly there are
some children in the world who will not
Deerleap raises over
£200 for the Rainbow
Trust!
What sunk the Mary Rose?
This was the question posed to 26
year 7 Noadswood pupils on Wednesday 4th December, when they went on
a trip to Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard. Here, they experienced a two
hour History and Science workshop.
They grappled with the issues surrounding the mystery of the sinking.
Was it caused by French gunfire?
Was the ship overloaded? Or were the
crew to blame?
surrounding this ship. This involved
pupils working with scale models to
assess the stability and load bearing
capacity of the ship. They then used
their scientific knowledge to pass
judgement of the quality of design of
the ship. This was an outstanding opportunity for cross-curricular, learning
beyond the classroom. They were
then allowed access to the Mary Rose
Museum which really brought their
learning to life.
Students worked with experts to weigh
up the evidence of historical sources
and to discuss the reliability of these.
They also got the opportunity to gather their own scientific evidence to help
support or refute the many theories
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Prom 2013
At the end of the summer term the year
11 prom took place and it was better
than ever. Everybody that went looked
absolutely stunning which matched the
atmosphere. Everyone had a great time
(including the teachers) and it was an
amazing evening and a memorable
goodbye for the students who have
now moved on to college.
George Brooks said, “ It was such a
great evening. Everyone had so much
fun and I couldn’t have wished for a
better send off from an amazing five
years at Noadswood.”
Jade Masterton said, “Prom was one
of the best experiences in my school
life, if not the best. Everyone was both
looking and feeling their best. The atmosphere was magic, and knowing
that I had the part of helping create it
was just amazing. I’d do anything to go
back and do it again!”
Harry Benham said,” After a packed
year of revision and exams, I think Prom
was the perfect way to end our school
life.The venue we went to was amazing
and the atmosphere was so chilled.
Everyone was just enjoying themselves
and it gave us all a chance to relax.
I think the best part of the night was
right at the end, as you could tell everyone was having a good time, as well as
watching all the teachers show off their
dance moves!
Overall, the night was the best part of
the year 11 and I will never forget it.”
Overall it was an incredible evening and
one that the year 11s that have just left
will remember for many years to come
and we wish them all the best in their
new colleges.
By Zoe Farrant and Brooke Kingdon
Christmas Tree
Noadswood School was invited for
the fourth year running to participate
in the St John’s Church Christmas
Tree Festival.
On 21st November Miss Humphries
and I left school after 3pm with a
Christmas tree and a parcel of baubles and lights. It was very cold, there
was a bitter wind and the light was failing. As we entered the church we set
our eyes on the trees already decorated and lit, it was beautiful and we felt
quite excited about being able to decorate our school’s contribution. From
the outset our trees have been decorated to a theme, either the school
house colours or the uniform colours.
This year we chose a selection of pastel shades and coloured lights which
created an unusual effect but equally
stunning.
The festival in the church took place
on Saturday 23rd November when
all trees were lit and the church lights
lowered. It was a magical scene in a
beautiful setting. Trees were auctioned
to raise funds for local charities.
Again Miss Humphries and I had
great pleasure and pride in participating in this festive activity on behalf
of Noadswood School. It provided a
great opportunity to for Noadswood to
contribute to a community event.
Mrs A Gardiner
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Rock Challenge and Basketball
engaging over 60% of the school.
There were over 175 girls and boys
who performed in the annual Gym
and Dance Show. In addition to these
brilliant practical achievements over
90% of pupils have achieved A*-C in
GCSE PE, GCSE Dance and BTEC
Sport over the past 4 years!
The Sports Celebration evening was
the perfect opportunity to recognise
these achievements and congratulate
the pupils. Along with these victories
each year group within each sport got
awarded a manager’s player of the
season, there were 8 ‘Commitment
to PE’ awards, 2 ‘Young Sports
Sports Celebration
On Thursday 4th July 2013
Noadswood held their annual Sports
Celebration Evening at St. Mary’s
Stadium, Southampton. We would like
to take this opportunity to once again
thank ExxonMobil Fawley for their
generous sponsorship allowing this
event to be such as success. Over
500 pupils and their families attended
this evening along with Jo Tessem,
ex-Saints and Norwegian Footballer
and Nigel Burt the Community Affairs
Manager from ExxonMobil Fawley.
The evening started with opportunities
to view the football pitch and an
inspirational talk from Jo Tessem. He
captured the audience by speaking
about his career with a focus
on the importance of education.
This concluded with our Sports
Ambassadors in Year 10 asking
some questions that the pupils of
Noadswood had previously created.
Great Britain had a fantastic year
of sport in 2012 and the pupils at
Noadswood have matched this!
There have been many outstanding
achievements that demonstrate the
tremendous commitment from the
pupils and the endless opportunities
offered by the school. The pupils have
won over 10 District and County titles
this year in Athletics, Football, Rugby,
Personality’ awards and finally the
2 ‘Sports Personality’ awards. We
would like to thank a number of
our community sports clubs and
businesses for sponsoring these
awards. The pupils were presented
with certificates, vouchers, medals
and trophies.
We at Noadswood only believe that
these achievements will continue
and grow next year. Finally the
Noadswood PE Department would
like to congratulate all of our sporting
performers for this year and wish them
the best of luck for next year!
Rugby Maintains High Standards
Once again Noadswood had a very
successful rugby season playing in a
multitude of tournaments against other
New Forest Schools between September
and October half term.
There are many opportunities for pupils to
get involved in sport at Noadswood and
this year we had 4 rugby teams attend the
New Forest Schools tournaments. The year
7 team attended two tournaments, both
at New Milton RFC and played incredibly
well. We have some fantastic players in
the year 7 team which enabled us to win
the first tournament with clever tactics. The
second tournament we went to we were
out-foxed by a clever Priestlands team
but ended up in second place in the New
Forest. It’s great for Noadswood to have
such talented players playing in our team
who will develop into fantastic players.
The Year 8 team went into their tournament
with a degree of apprehension after a
fruitless season as a Year 7 team. The
initial fears continued in the first game
as they lost to a strong Ringwood team.
Despite the early set-back they regrouped
and put in two magnificent performances
to beat Arnewood and Burgate scoring six
tries along the way with more than doubled
the number of tries scored for the whole of
the season in Year 7! The team showed
great character and unearthed a number
of upcoming players who, together with
the experienced members of the team, will
be looking to build on the success of this
tournament in the future.
We have a wonderfully talented crop
of rugby players in year 9 and they
continue to do Noadswood proud in the
tournaments they attend. In the two New
Forest Tournaments that they played in
they played incredibly structured and
powerful rugby which is testament to the
amount of games they play at club level
at the weekends. The second tournament
we played allowed us to include boys who
have never played rugby for the school
but played incredibly well during the
tournament and it was a pleasure to take
enthusiastic rugby players and give them
a wonderful opportunity to play this fierce
team game. The year 9 team also attended
the County Rugby Tournament which was
held at Trojans RFC. We are a strong team
and its always interesting to see how well
we play against schools outside of the
New Forest. We were up against some big
and talented teams but we played well in
our pool, coming second on tries scored.
In the knock out stages we went for it and
played some of the best rugby I’ve ever
seen from a Noadswood school team and
came runners up in the plate competitors,
an incredibly satisfying result!
The senior Noadswood players have
really benefitted from working with Budge
Poutney, previously head coach of the
premiership club Northampton, and also
an ex-captain of the Scotland team.. The
players have been challenged to think
about the game in a very different way that
has really revolutionised their approach to
the game, which has seen a big impact
on our results. In the first tournament we
were delighted to be in the top seeded
group and faced very tough opposition.
With our new expansive approach to the
game we really started to take advantage
of the space that our quick ball was
creating which resulted in some excellent
tries. After a very close final game we
overcame Burgate to clinch second place!
Our new professional approach to training
led to a rock solid defence designed by
Budge himself which was the difference
between us and other schools. With our
key try scorers targeted by other schools
we really had to rely on the organisation
and tough tackling to stop other teams
getting over our try line. After some hard
fought games and very close scores we
repeated our previous excellent result
and cemented our position as the second
Sailing Awards
Archie Halls – stage 1
Sean Miller – stage 1
Marco Magaglio – stage 1 & stage 2
Hope Maynard – stage 2
Dexter Maynard – stage 2
Zoe Farrant – stage 2
Ed Uglow – stage 2
Luke Broomfield – stage 4
George Ashworth – stage 4
Alex Hall – stage 4
Josh Wadey – Adult level 3
placed team in the New Forest! Well done
to all the players new and old for making
such a great commitment this year.
As usual, Noadswood sailing club went
on and we all had a great time. It was
full of fun, laughter and falling in the water a lot. Some pupils did incredibly well
and managed to achieve the rya sailing
awards that they were aiming for. The
following pupils are those who achieved
their level and listed next ti their name is
what level they achieved:
These people worked really hard and
have now progressed their sailing skills
a lot further than when they started this
year. It was the best year yet for the
sailing club and hopefully there will be
many more amazing years to come.
By Zoe Farrant
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Anderwood House Cup & Sports Day
A fantastic sports day for Anderwood. Before the summer holidays Noadswood
held its annual Sports Day. Fortunately, the
weather was stunning and the sun shone
down on Noadswood throughout the day.
Although the highlight of the sporting
events was Sports Day, Anderwood pupils gave vast amounts of effort during the
many exciting events the previous week as
well. For example, our year ten students
(current year elevens) participated in events
such as high jump, shot put and javelin inter-house competitions, with great success.
We cheered on the countless victories, from
tug of war to track events, also gaining vital
points from just getting involved and participation.
We had an enjoyable time earning lots of
money in the happy hour, earning more
money for the Piam Brown Ward than ever
before. Participating, through the rowing
competition, the beat the keeper competition and the sit up competition we had fun
and raised money for a great cause. Some
of our athletes that had previously aced
their sports day events that day were then
surprised to have been beaten by an unexpected Josh Wadey at rowing and sit-ups
for year eleven. Anderwood smashed the
other houses, winning prizes in all of the
years and, unsurprisingly, the overall Sports
Day trophy. It was a great sense of achievement to see so many of Anderwood’s athletes doing so well, and our well-deserved
red ribbons on the trophy.
The huge contribution of Sports Day (alongside a massive effort in academic subjects
and trying hard in all aspects of school life)
brought back our red flame in the torch
making it another red year. Thank you for
all your effort. What a great Anderwood end
to the year. It has set the bar high and I am
sure Anderwood will rise to the challenge
again next term!
Welcome to Anderwood Year 7’s
Hello and welcome not just to Noadswood
but Anderwood!
We are definitely privileged to have you all
part of our own community, a community
which takes pride in having students that
work hard, are enthusiastic and most of all
have fun when learning something new;
whether it be creating a masterpiece of a
poem in English or glueing a model of the
next big skyscraper in DT.
Anderwood would also like to congratulate you on having a superb start to the
year! Sometimes it can be a bit daunting
stepping up to the ‘big school’ where
everything is new: Teachers, lessons,
timetables, expectations and above all
people. Usually when moving up it can be
difficult to find or make new friends, but in
your case, looking around all Anderwood
can see is new students making different
friends every day and getting involved.
However we believe that if anyone feels
they need help, support or just someone
to talk to then pop along to ‘House Leaders’ (Guidance) and have a chat.
Mr Rowling (House Leader) has a few
words for you all…
“Come on all you Anderwoodians, we only
have half a term now to rise to the top of
the points and keep the red flame burning
bright in the House Torch! You can earn
points for Anderwood by doing lots of
things from good progress reports to the
number of times you attend a club so get
involved!”
skills then get stuck in on the vast range
of after school activities made available by
many teachers across the school. Here’s
a few to get you thinking:
• ‘Science Club’ on Wednesday’s at
3-4pm in A14
• ‘English Creative Writing’ on Fridays at
3-4pm in Library
• ‘Tech Club’ on Thursdays at 3-4pm in
T14
• ‘Art Club’ on Tuesdays at 3-4pm in T21
• ‘Show Choir’ Tuesdays at 3-4.30pm in
H17
• ‘Multi Sports’ Tuesdays at 3-4pm in M17
• ‘Netball’ Mondays at 3-4pm
The List is endless and we encourage
everyone especially in Anderwood to
take part and give something new a try.
Finally, we want you to have fun! Enjoy
school and your years to come and remember: “Be the best you can be…”
Phoebe Croton,
Anderwood, Media Captain.
If you want to step out of your comfort zone
or extend your passion for knowledge and
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Wilverley New Recruits
Recently Wilverley have been recruiting various new members within various different
areas in order to strengthen many different
areas of the Wilverley team.
Even though they have only recently joined
the school we also have year 7 reps :
Jack Connor, Jordan James and Chloe
Sheppard
One of the areas which we have been
strengthening is our media team.
As a media team we feel very confident that
Wilverley can excel within many areas to do
with media including the Wilverley page and
other articles.
Firstly we have our media Captains:
Lewis Simmonds and Josh Wadey
Then we have our new year 9 media reps:
Brooke Kingdon Charlotte Millar
Amy Carr and Zoe Farrant
We have also strengthened our year 8 media team:
Lucy Simmonds and Frankie Cater
Regards
Miss Rawlinson, Lewis Simmonds and Josh
Wadey