Page 1 of 5 Newsletter 21 st December 2018 Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award Isabel Reed (pictured), Charlotte Cartwright (pictured), Thomas Hodgson & Eleanor Burkes, recent DSHS alumni, were invited to St James’ Palace in London on Thursday 6 th December 2018 to collect their DofE Gold Awards from the Duke of York, HRH Prince Andrew. Their DofE Gold Award recognised regular training, commitment to weekly activities, a residential week as well as four day expeditions in challenging terrain in Snowdonia, North Wales and the Lake District. Isabel volunteered within school, assisting in the Modern Foreign Languages department, played table tennis for her physical activity and was part of a team of girls that created a robot and then entered it in a national competition. Charlotte volunteered her time for the charity Acorns Children’s Hospice, played a range of racquet sports for her physical activity and regularly baked fabulous cakes for her skill development. Thomas volunteered at Himbleton C of E First School where he supported children in developing their reading and social skills. His physical activity of Tae Kwon Do was very impressive and he achieved his 3 rd Degree Black Belt during the Award. During his skill section, Thomas developed his piano playing and worked up to his Grade 8 examination. Eleanor is a DofE Bronze, Silver and now Gold Award holder. In her Gold Award, she was commended for her volunteering with young children at a local nursery, took part in weekly yoga sessions and researched British medieval history as part of an extended project. Mr Tibbits and the DofE Team congratulates them wholeheartedly for completing their awards.
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Newsletter
21st December 2018 Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award
Isabel Reed (pictured), Charlotte Cartwright (pictured), Thomas Hodgson & Eleanor Burkes, recent
DSHS alumni, were invited to St James’ Palace in London on Thursday 6th December 2018 to collect
their DofE Gold Awards from the Duke of York, HRH Prince Andrew. Their DofE Gold Award
recognised regular training, commitment to weekly activities, a residential week as well as four day
expeditions in challenging terrain in Snowdonia, North Wales and the Lake District.
Isabel volunteered within school, assisting in the Modern Foreign Languages department, played
table tennis for her physical activity and was part of a team of girls that created a robot and then
entered it in a national competition.
Charlotte volunteered her time for the charity Acorns Children’s Hospice, played a range of racquet
sports for her physical activity and regularly baked fabulous cakes for her skill development.
Thomas volunteered at Himbleton C of E First School where he supported children in developing their
reading and social skills. His physical activity of Tae Kwon Do was very impressive and he achieved his
3rd Degree Black Belt during the Award. During his skill section, Thomas developed his piano playing
and worked up to his Grade 8 examination.
Eleanor is a DofE Bronze, Silver and now Gold Award holder. In her Gold Award, she was commended
for her volunteering with young children at a local nursery, took part in weekly yoga sessions and
researched British medieval history as part of an extended project.
Mr Tibbits and the DofE Team congratulates them wholeheartedly for completing their awards.
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Year 11
Members of Year 11 Tutor groups have taken part in a
‘Reverse Advent Calendar’ this month. This involved
students bringing in items of food each day throughout
December. There has been a great response to this
and our thanks go to students and their families for
their generosity. The donations will be presented to
Droitwich Food Bank during our end of term assembly.
Science Revision My GCSE Science is a revision resource provided by the school for Year 11 students to use. This week, the students who have made the best use of it are Sophie McCammon, Daisy Neale, Kimran Sohal, Jake Wakefield, Calum Green, Matthew Gurr, Aaron Cheung, Jenny Latta, Matthew Strange and Leah Heath.
Hair and Beauty
Charlie Conroy has had to create an image as part of her Level 1 Hair and Beauty course. First of all
she decided on A Natural Wedding, researching and creating a mood board that would produce as
natural looking a bride as possible. Several of these ideas were taken and used by a member of staff
for her own wedding in the summer. Charlie then decided she would rather do something a little
more exotic and went on to create a mood board for an Indian wedding, using her friend Siobhanne
Carroll as a model. During the course of an afternoon Siobhanne was transformed into this
glamorous bride and the event was assessed by Charlie’s hairdressing tutor. Charlie passed the
assessment with flying colours.
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Success for Year 10/11 Girls Football Team
The Year 10 and 11 girls’ football went to Kidderminster Harriers training ground on a frosty morning.
With 12 teams competing overall, in 3 groups,
Droitwich dominated the group stages scoring 14
goals and only conceding 4, convincingly making it
to the semi-finals. Rebecca Finch and Georgia
Strange were the main goal scorers in the group
stages. In the semi-final Lucy King and Yazmin
Bryant gave an excellent defensive display with
some fine saves from Lizzie Kindness. A solid 4 – 1
victory set them up for the final. In the final, an
amazing team goal, finished by Jess Hood and a
brace for Layla Hart led to the team’s comfortable
6 – 2 win. The students’ attitude was excellent
throughout the tournament and they were well-deserved winners.
The District cross-country event took place on Tuesday 4th December at Bromsgrove School. All thirteen students surpassed themselves, demonstrating great resilience and determination. Congratulations to all runners; Dan Reuben, Matty Nestorowski, Will Colley, Tom Wylie, Sophie
Howard, Bella Allen, Molly Kiernan, Holly Hulston (Yr8), James Rushton, Miles Trough, Fred
McGough (Yr9). Special mention goes to Ben MacCallum-Banks (Yr10) who came 3rd in the
Intermediate boys event and Jasmine Kilmartin (Yr9) who came 10th in the Junior girls event.
Congratulations and good luck to both as they will now represent Bromsgrove and Droitwich District
in the County competition on Saturday 19th January at the University of Worcester Lakeside Campus.
Year 10
History students in Year 10 have recently completed their topic of Nazi propaganda. They produced
their own piece of Nazi-style propaganda and the results have been outstanding examples of
creativity and hard work. Particularly impressive were:
Talia Widdowson, Thea Duncan, Aleksandra Ogorek – for outstanding artistic skills
Grace Wardley, Leila Whitehouse, Ben James, Callum Boyce – for superb practical creativity
Harvey Newman, Kirsten Porte, Tia Panesh – for excellent understanding of the propaganda
machine
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The Senior Citizens’ Party in Pictures
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Carol Service
Last week saw the three annual carol services, one to each half of year 8 in the school theatre and the
community carol service on Wednesday 12th December at Droitwich Methodist church. We
welcomed parents, carers, the church stewards and several previous members of staff who regard it
as their marker their marker for the start of the Christmas season. All of the extracurricular music
groups took part and there was a range of music and readings. The students who took part were:
Kanon Misawa, Ayane Misawa, Thomas Griffiths, Joe Harrison, Nathan Law, Charlotte Mortimer,
Charlotte McCammon, Sophie Wyles, Sophie Wardley, Maisey Prue, Lorna Gwilliam, Sophie
