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GRIFFIN
FRIDAY 30th JANUARY 2015
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FROM SOUTHBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
WORD FROM
THE HEADTEACHER
Niall Smith
Sun 1 Feb
1-5pm Lessons from Auschwitz Seminar
Mon 2 Feb
7pm Drama: Blood Brothers, Visit to Kingston University
Tues 3 Feb
D of E Bronze Day Walk in Richmond, Y8 Storytelling
Event at Hook Library, 6-7.30pm Y11 Drama ‘Work in
Progress’ Showcase
Thur 5 Feb
Virtual Desktop
As part of our drive on student autonomy and
e-learning, Southborough uses Citrix Receiver as our VDI
(Virtual Desktop Interface). This valuable resource enables
all students to access their desktop via any device, be it
mobile, laptop etc, at home or in school.
In order to use the VDI, go to www.citrix.com and
download Citrix Receiver. Access to the VDI can then be
gained via https://vdi.southborough.kingston.sch.uk.
Kind regards,
Mr N. Smith
Headteacher
Intermediate Maths Challenge, 4-7pm Y9 Parents’
Consultation, Lessons from Auschwitz Day Trip to
Poland
Mon 9 Feb
Y12 AS Geography Revision Workshop
Tues 10 Feb
Y11/12/13 Media and Journalism Trip to the News
Building, Lessons from Auschwitz Seminar
Wed 11 Feb
Y12/13 Visit to Old Spitalfields Market
Thur 12 Feb
Y7-10 Kingston Literary Cup Quiz (pm), 6pm for a
6.15pm Start – Y11 Curriculum Evening (to 7pm)
Fri 13 Feb
3.10pm Break up for Half Term
16-20 Feb
Half Term
Mon 23 Feb
8.40am School Starts, Y13 Visit to Wyndham’s Theatre A View from the Bridge (eve)
Thur 26 Feb
6pm for a 6.15pm Start – Y11 Study Skills Evening
(to 7pm)
Sun 1 Mar
WW1 Centenary Programme Trip to France/Belgium
(to 4/3)
Mon 2 Mar
P4 Whole School Reading, Y9/10/11/6th Form Drama
& English Trip to Othello at The Globe (pm)
Tues 3 Mar
2.20pm Pupils finish school – Staff Training
Wed 4 Mar
6pm Y8 & 9 Options Evening
Thur 5 Mar
D of E Bronze Day Walk in Oxshott, Youth Service
Drop In @ Lunchtime
Fri 6 Mar
GCSE/Y8 Drama Trip to Caucasian Chalk Circle
FOSH CORNER
Just to report that the FOSH money raised last term
is going towards rewards for the Accelerated Reading
Scheme, a new table-tennis table, towards a Healthy
Eating Scheme, a trade stand for the Youth Enterprise
team (Alpha) of the Business Department and fabric
scissors. This will be of benefit to many of our boys!
FOSH will be having a cake/ hot chocolate sale later
in the term, and a Licensed bar for the Murder Mystery
(24th March). Our next major FOSH fund-raising event
shall be a ‘pig racing‘ evening on Friday 24th April – do
keep this evening free in your diary.
Tues 10 Mar
PSHCE Day, 6th Form Art/History Trip to Paris (to 12/3)
Fri 13 Mar
DoE Silver Day Walk in Oxshott
Thur 19 Mar
4-7pm Y10 Parents’ Consultation, Y10 Trip to The
Orange Tree Theatre
Fri 20 Mar
Y7-10 School Exams (to 26/3)
Mon 23 Mar
6th Form Rag Week (to 27/3), AS Geography Trip to
Swanage (to 25/3)
Tues 24 Mar
7pm Murder Mystery
Fri 27 Mar
Break Up at Lunchtime
Mon 13 Apr
Professional Learning Day – School Closed for Pupils
Tues 14 Apr
8.40am School Starts
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BETTS SHOW THE BEST IN TOWN!
Last week, groups of Year
8, 9 and 12 students travelled up to the ExCeL exhibition centre in London to
attend ’BETT’ , the world’s
leading learning technology
event . The event has been
bringing innovation and inspiration to the education
sector for over 30 years –
and this year’s show was expected to be the biggest and
the best in its history. And it
obviously didn’t disappoint,
as several days later, our
students were still buzzing
about their visit there!
The annual event offers an
ideal show-case to companies
who wish to promote the very
latest technological products
designed to inspire, astound,
impress and, most importantly
of all, educate & engage young
learners.
There were workshops, guest appearances, and
even a cartoonist present to entertain the crowds.
Hashir Shahid, Anton Kehayov and Jake Waters (all pictured at the show) couldn’t wait
to let The Griffin know about
their day out. The one thing
that they most definitely agreed
on was the fact that it was the
most amazing trip they’d been
on EVER!
The boys got the chance to
spend the entire day there,
moving from one stand to the
next. Their ‘brief’, they said, was
to research interesting, fun, innovative products that they’d
love to have at Southborough.
A large smart-board that was
essentially a gigantic IPAD was
one of the first items to be put
into the virtual ‘Southborough
shopping basket’, followed by an
amazing super-strength microscope linked to a tiny computer screen. The boys were able
to try this out, looking closely
at their fingernails and skin. “I
couldn’t believe how different
my nails looked up close. Normally they look so smooth, but
up close they have lots of ridges
in them!”
One additional ‘perk’ of being at the show, commented
the boys, was the vast array of
promotional gifts that were being handed out free of charge
to passers-by. Popcorn, sweets,
chocolate, pens, even T-shirts
were on offer and the students
couldn’t help but take advantage of them. “Well, it would
have been rude not to!” all three
boys agreed.
Interestingly, one familiar
company caught the eye of our
students, that of Honeycomb.
The boys went and spoke to the
representatives on the stand
and were delighted to see that
Southborough High School was
featured in a special case study,
show-casing us as the first
school to adopt their latest diary
technology. The boys felt suitably proud!
After a very long but highly
exciting day, the boys had one
last thing to do before setting
off for home – a quick visit to
the nearest Kentucky Fried
Chicken shop. As the boys explained, visiting the best technology show in the world was
hungry work!
Many thanks to Headteacher
Mr Smith, and IT teachers Mr
Swinchin-Rew and Mr Smith for
taking the students up to the
show.
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ORIENTEERING
IN RICHMOND PARK
Last Wednesday morning over thirty 6th formers
found themselves in Richmond Park, ready to
complete a practice
walk of twenty kilometres for their
Duke of Edinburgh Award. As
you’d
expect
on a typical
January day,
it was pretty freezing
out in the
open
and
the
students were
dressed
appropriately
in
their warmest clothes
and wearing
sturdy walking boots and
carrying their
rucksacks.
Starting off as
one big group at
Kingston Gate, they
were soon split into
separate groups of six
or seven people and given
different sections of the vast
park to navigate. Probably one
of the hardest challenges for all
students was not the long walk
ahead
-
having
b u t
to adhere to
Y7 & 8 RUGBY
Congratulations to the following boys in Y7 & 8 for
their efforts in the All Schools Festival at Mitcham Rugby club on Tuesday. Although the Y8s found the going
very hard, the Y7 team lit up the tournament with some
fast paced, attacking rugby, scoring 13 tries in their 3
fixtures against Stanley Park, Oasis and Kings School.
YR 7
Angus, Findlay, Josh, Liam, Patrick, Anesh, Sagar.
YR 8
Jamil, Guy, Ben, Jack, Archie, Tom, Joe, Will.
the rule of NOT HAVING AND
USING THEIR MOBILE PHONES
for the entire day! It was imperative that every individual used
their compass and map and
didn’t resort to using google maps, where all the
hard work of orienteering is done for you!!!
Each
student
found
themselves
walking for the best
part of the day,
with only a short
stop for a bite to
eat at midday.
Organisers
Mr
Walker and Miss
Bassnett-Barker
were impressed
with the groups’
efforts. The students were pretty pleased with
themselves, too,
despite their aching feet and shivering bodies, which, to
be honest, was probably less to do with the
freezing weather and
perhaps more likely down
to mobile phone withdrawal
symptoms!
Next week, it’s the turn of
our Year 10 Duke of Edinburgh
students to get their walking
boots on!
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KAZZUM THEATRE COMPANY
Last week 8C and members of the Year 10 GCSE
class welcomed a return
visit by Kazzum Theatre
Company to continue with
their #ReTold project.
You may remember that
these students were involved
with a number of workshops
early in the academic year, exploring the themes of escape,
rejection and fitting in, linked to
the story of refugee, Sen. The
raps, videos and tableaux on
Vine, Yappie and Instagram that
the students produced in these
workshops was sent to Drama
practitioners at Stanmore College. They then developed the
material that was loaded onto
WeVideo for our students to edit
and put together as a trailer and
exploration of Sen's story yesterday. The lads had plenty of editorial choices to make, from
themes, to the music, text and
video. They worked really hard
with noticeable concentration
and creative flair. Their work
can be seen here: https://
www.youtube.com/user/Kaz-
Mithushan gets creative with his
trailer
(l to r) Nickel, Jamil and Rooney deep in concentration
zumTheatre/videos with over
25 trailers developed over the
session. Both classes will then
use that work to develop their
own versions of Sen's story
within Drama. As Rooney from
8C said: 'It'd be great to use
this as inspiration for a 20 minute play or film.' We are also excited to be
participating in the third phase
of the #ReTold project. Look
out for more news of that in
March! A massive thank you
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YEAR 10 STUDENTS TAKE ON
‘ENTERPRISE IN A BOX INITIATIVE’
AND PROVE WHAT SOCIAL
ENTERPRISE IS ALL ABOUT!
A ‘social enterprise’ is
an organisation that applies commercial strategies
to maximise improvements
in human and environmental well-being, rather than
maximising profits for external shareholders.
Last week our Prince’s Trust
group of ten Year 10 students
formed their very own ‘social
enterprise’ team and were seen
out and about the school, selling
a range of exclusive ethical products in order to raise money for
a charity close to their hearts.
However, their business efforts were by no means unplanned and spur-of-the moment. Indeed, the students had
previously been briefed and
trained beforehand by ‘MyBnk’,
a charity that spear heads a
special initiative called ‘Enterprise –in-a-Box’, which in turn
is designed to help develop students into becoming successful
‘social entrepreneurs’.
Southborough was one of
only two schools in the Borough
that won a bid for the ‘My Bnk’
team to come and visit our students. In the first session, they
introduced the concept of social
enterprise and got the students
to practise pitching and selling.
In teams, they were asked to
identify a target audience, form
a business plan, set prices,
analyse risk and rewards using
SWOT analysis. The key focus
was on teamwork and identifying different roles and responsibilities involved in planning
and executing a project which
involves selling a box of ethical goods. The only thing is,
the students aren’t told what
the goods are until the very day
before they have to sell them!
On Tuesday 20th January,
the boys were able to see what
goods were inside their ‘Enterprise in a box’ and as it turned
out, it was a mix of ethically
produced chocolates and toiletries. They then had a matter
of hours to put their training
into practice and put together a
sales strategy that would maximise profits not for personal
gain but for the benefit of a
good cause.
Put into two groups, the
students competed against
each other to raise the most
money. Staff at Southborough
were their obvious target audience and it was commented
many times by them that the
boys’ conduct, professionalism
and mature approach to their
business venture really shone
through. Whilst the boys had
anticipated that it would take
a couple of days to sell everything, they were so good at
their job, it took just a matter
of hours before both teams had
completely sold out!
On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from ‘My Bnk’
came in to see the students
present the results of their
project, share experiences and
discuss what they had learned
over the past week. They also
explored how the skills they
had gained could be used in
various work based environments. The boys raised a total
of £90 which will be split equally between the Motor Neurone
Disease (MND) Association and
a school project. Our visitors
were very impressed indeed
with our students’ efforts and
achievements!
Congratulations and well
done to the following students
who took part in the initiative:
Mehmet Aker, Harris Barber,
Cameron Ballard, John Cordeiro, Branden Okyere, Sam
Sobkow, Scott Wells, Noureddine Aitouarab, Tarun Ramjeeawon and Dimitar Vukadinov.
And many thanks to the My
Bnk staff for spending valuable
time training and appraising
our boys, and Mrs Pollicott and
Mrs Lee-Potter for organising
and supporting the venture.
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WORLD OF WORK
ROADSHOW
Y7 & 8 RUGBY
Last week the year 7 and 8 rugby team played St Josephs from Carshalton. An excellent game ensued with
loads of running rugby and very few stops in play. The
boys put in loads of effort and crept into the lead just
after half time with a break away try from Jamil. Some
excellent defending from both sides kept the scores level until the last few minutes when unfortunately St Josephs broke some tired tackles and scored 2 late tries
to beat us 6 tries to 5. The final score being 31-25. Well
done to all involved. Mr Colbert
The World of Work Roadshow is taking
place on Wednesday 4th March at the Holiday Inn on Portsmouth Road in Long Ditton,
KT6 5QQ. It’s aimed at Years 10, 11, 12 &
13 and is intended to provide students with
opportunities to meet people, working in a
range of industry sectors. Along with find
out about training and future employment
opportunities and the local labour market.
There is an open session from 3pm until 5pm where students (and their parents)
are encouraged to attend. Admission is obviously free.
SCHOOL FUND
DONATION GIFT AID
For those parents/carers whom have
already made a school fund donation this
academic year we would ask if you could
please fill out the Gift Aid form and return
it to the school office as soon as possible.
This enables the school to claim an extra
25p in every £1 donated (at no extra cost
to yourselves), which can generate a lot of
extra revenue for the school to enable us
improve the facilities & the learning environment around us. Please note that you
have to pay Income Tax in the UK in order
to comply with HMRC regulations for gift
aiding. The form can be found on our school
website: www.southborough.kingston.sch.
uk, under the information tab , please
scroll down & click on Gift Aid It. This can
be completed on line & emailed back to our
finance dept at awalder@southborough.
kingston.sch.uk. Alternatively the finance
office can provide you with a paper based
copy of the form for completion. Your support in this matter is gratefully appreciated.
SAINSBURY’S ACTIVE
KIDS
We are now collecting these vouchers in order to obtain free PE kit for the
pupils. In previous years we have been
able to send off for some fantastic equipment. So please do bring in /send in
your vouchers to reception. Please ask
neighbours, relatives and friends for
their vouchers to help us get as many
as possible. Many thanks in advance for
your help.
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SOUTHBOROUGH SCHOOL TRIP
TO MADRID OCTOBER 2015
All boys in Key Stage 3 (Years
7-9) are invited to take part in
Southborough’s annual trip to
Madrid which will take place
from Tuesday 20th October –
Monday October 26th 2015.
Students spend the week with
the family of a student from our
Spanish partner school Colegios el Valle. The trip includes a
visit to the Santiago Bernabéu
stadium, the home of Real Ma-
drid, and a trip to the historical
city of Toledo, along with plenty of evening activities such as
a night out watching a Spanish
football match.
The total cost for this trip is £350.
CAN YOU HOST A STUDENT FROM OUR MADRID
PARTNER SCHOOL COLEGIOS EL VALLE?
Is your son in Years 9-12?
We are looking for families to
host students from our Madrid
partner school, Colegios el Valle
from Sunday June 21st – Sunday June 28th 2015.
Trips planned for the week include a visit to Hampton Court,
a day trip to London, evening
activities such as bowling at the
rotunda, and a barbecue event
at the school.
As a host family your son will
be entitled to take part in the
above activities for free.
As a host family you will be
expected to provide breakfast
and an evening meal as well as
a warm, inviting atmosphere for
our guests.
Interested families should
contact Head of MFL Mr Johnson
at
djohnson@southborough.
kingston.sch.uk
WORD OF THE WEEK: ‘SANGFROID’
Given the challenge of negotiating our way through report-writing, meetings with parents and
carers, seeking to secure success for our pupils and coupled with the particulars of the 'Heating
Project', our word this week is ‘sangfroid’. The word 'sangfroid' literally translates to read 'cold
blood'. The word is used to suggest coolness and composure in most trying circumstances and when
under threat or in danger.
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Book of
the week!
Harry Potter and the
Half Blood Prince
by J K Rowling
So far I have read three chapters
of my book, which is called Harry
Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
It’s about a boy wizard called Harry
Potter. In this book, Harry’s enemy,
Voldemort, starts to gather lots of
followers to fight Harry and he also
makes horcruxes which Harry destroys to make Voldemorte weaker
and weaker. I would rate this book
5 out of 5 and I would definitely recommend it to children and adults.
Faizan Rashad (7ABA)
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
brass or woodwind players of at
least Grade 3 standard would be
very welcome!
WEDNESDAY: 12.50
LOST PROPERTY
A small request: please can all parents/carers help lost property by
putting their son’s name on all his belongings.
Thank you for your support.
STEM CLUB
Year 11 STEM Club takes place each Monday
in C1 12:45 – 13:25pm.
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
BANDITS
Aimed at any KS3 pupil, the
Bandits is a rock/pop band you are
welcome to join. We need a decent
keyboard player particularly!
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?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Maths help
for Y7-10
Maths help
for Y11
(B8)
(B6)
(B5)
(B5)
Puzzle club
Maths help for
Y7-10
Maths help for
Y7-10
Maths help
for Y7-10
(B5)
(B5)
(B7)
(B8)
Lunch
After School
Thursday
Friday
Chess club (B7) Maths challenge club (B5)
Maths help for
Maths help
Y11
for Y11
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Blood Brothers !
Now on February 2nd 2015
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7pm in the school hall Tickets £4 on the door
WEEKLY FIXTURES LIST - W/C MONDAY 2nd FEBRUARY
Fixture Date
Staff
U15 B’ball v Carshalton - AWAY 3.45 TO
2/2/15
Mr Jordan
Y8 Rugby A & B v Hollyfield – AWAY – 2.30pm KO
2/2/15
Mr Colbert
Y9 v Hinchley Wood – AWAY – 3pm
3/2/15
Mr Cooper
Cricket umpiring course – led by Surrey CCC – 4pm – 6pm
5/2/15
U15 B’ball @ Harris Academy – TO 3pm
6/2/15
Mr Jordan
Cricket – Indoor league @ R. Challoner U15’s and U 17’s 6/2/15
TBC
– 6pm and 7.10pm
MENU w/c MONDAY 2nd FEBRUARY
Monday
Tuesday
Chicken Curry
Sausages
Veggie Curry
Veggie
Rice
Sausages
Green Beans
Wednesday
Mexican Salsa
Thursday
Friday
Spaghetti
Battered
Bolognaise
Pollock
Cheesy Pasta
Veggie
Veggie Burgers
Wedges
Carrots
Bolognaise
Chips
Fruit Crumble &
Sweetcorn
Meringue Fruit
Garlic Bread
Peas
Custard
Jelly
Broccoli
Rice Pudding
Pasta
Nests
Chocolate
Sponge
Jacket Potatoes, paninis, bakes beans, salad, fresh fruit and a variety of sandwiches and rolls are also served
every day.
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Southborough High School / PE Department
Key Stage 3 & 4 Extra
Curricular Programme Spring Term 2015
Monday
Lunchtime
After School
Gym - Table Tennis Club – No Clubs – Staff Meetings
up to 20 participants JCO
Astro –Y7
Tuesday
Astro – Y8 Rugby Club - All Years
CJO / ACO – School Field
Football Club – Year 7
ADU / KSC - Astro
Wednesday
Astro – Y9
Football Club – Year 8
JCO - Astro
Thursday
Astro – Y10 Football Club – Year 9
Y 7/8 cricket bowling machine ACO
– 6th formers
Friday
Astro – Y11
Badminton – Gym JCO
Personalised training programs
OPEN TO YEARS 10-13
THE WEIGHTS ROOM
WEDNESDAYS
3:20-4:30PM
THE
MUSCLE
PROJECT
STRENGTH
MUSCLE
WEIGHT LOSS
DIET ADVICE
Weights room & Fitness suite
Extra Curricular Programme
Lunchtime After School
Monday
Year 11 Weights gym & Fitness suite JCO
Staff Meetings
Tuesday
Year 10 weights gym & Fitness suite* CJO
Years 10/11 & 6th form
weights gym & Fitness suite*
Wednesday 6th form weights gym & fitness suite* KSC
Thursday
Yr 10 Core PE
The Muscle Project- MHA
Years 10/11 & 6th form weights
gym & Fitness suite* JCO
Friday
Yr 11 Core PE
Years 10/11 & 6th form weights
gym & fitness suite*
MHA
* Due to the popularity of this club there will be limited entry into the weights room & fitness suite.