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The Hawthorne’s School Newsletter Easter 2018

ASPIREASPIREASPIRE T

he spring term

is a fast one: it

rockets by. Year

11 think they

have a long road ahead

from Christmas to June

and suddenly we find our-

selves planning our Easter

Revision School . Fortu-

nately our revision pro-

gramme, led by Mr Kilroy

and Mr Jones, has been in

full swing since the begin-

ning of the year and our

Year 11 cohort are re-

sponding superbly. See

inside this newsletter for

brilliant examples of their

revision.

Self-awareness is key to aca-

demic success: it is a key As-

pire Value. Indeed, it is a key

skill for success in life itself.

Students do well in exams

when they realise it is down

to them to push themselves

to work hard, but also to

guide themselves through the

exams themselves. It’s about

ownership and maturity. It’s

about wanting to do it for

oneself. You will see a variety

of stories in this newsletter where our students,

past and present, are doing great things, whether

it is representing their country at sport, (see back

page) winning competitions at University or sing-

ing on the biggest stages.

Academically, we make no apologies at The

Hawthorne’s for emphasising

the fundamental skills of lit-

eracy and numeracy. Every

day starts with a focused

period of silent reading for

every child and teacher in the

school. At Christmas, that

added up to two and a quar-

ter million minutes. The val-

ue of this is huge. I’d like to

ask parents and carers to

continue to support this pro-

cess. It is incredibly powerful

for enhancing the word pow-

er, reading fluency and com-

prehension skills of our

young people. A book instead

of an Easter Egg perhaps?

I am sure you will join with

me in congratulating the stu-

dents for their achievements

this term. On behalf of the

staff, governors and Sir Iain

Hall, I would like to wish eve-

rybody a restful Easter.

Mr Gaul

A Message from Mr Gaul...

TeTeamam GBGB for for

Mathew Mathew

L ast week, Year

8 went on their three day adventure to Brathay. The action-packed

visit started with an afternoon of ghyll scrambling and high-ropes

courses followed by a warming curry. The day ended with a night

walk up Loughrigg, guided by headtorches, and our instructors amazing

sense of direction.

On day two, our day was a little disrupted by the rainy and windy conditions

but in the true spirit of ‘there's no such thing as bad weather only the wrong

clothes’ we set off on a walk to Wray castle followed by an afternoon rowing

challenge on Lake Windermere. As if this wasn’t enough to fill the day, we

spent the evening following a challenge trail through the woods.

Day three was again a morning of ghyll scrambling or high-ropes before

embarking the coach to return home. All of the activities are designed to

develop students’ character, resilience and leadership skills. For staff, the

most rewarding part of the visit is seeing our young people develop in

challenging environments and stepping out of their comfort zones.

This time, our instructors discussed the ideas of ‘type one’ and ‘type two’

fun. Type one fun is enjoying the event while it is taking place; for many of

our students the activities are challenging and therefore sometimes the idea

of having fun whilst hanging 20 metres in the air or jumping into pools of

snow-melt stream, might seem strange, however, type two fun is fun in

retrospect. This is when you push yourself mentally and physically beyond

your perceived limits and activities seem scary, but afterwards, you think

about what you’ve achieved. Through the stories we heard and the proud

smiles on faces, we think we can safely say that both types of fun were had

in abundance.

Lakeland Adventures at Brathay

Choir takes the

stages…

M usic… fresh from the

Wirral Festival of Music

where Jamie-Lee Curran

was placed second in

the Vocal Solo

Category, our

choir are

taking their

vocal chords

to the

Liverpool Echo

Arena to take

part in the My

Space MYA

Production

‘From Bootle

to Broadway.’

Our next performance in school will be a

concert involving four local primary

schools . Many thanks to Lander Rd, St

Philip’s, Thomas Gray and Linacre for

their continued support and enthusiasm

for our choral projects.

All aboard for Lake Windermere

Next stop Echo Arena...

Ferry Good Show!

Pi Day

E very year on March

14th Pi Day is

celebrated around

the world. Pi (is the

symbol used in mathematics

to represent a constant — the

ratio of the circumference of

a circle to its diameter —

which is approximately 3.141.

Pi’s infinite nature makes it a fun challenge to memorise

the digits.

Our winner this year was Faith Duany (Year 9), who

memorised it to an impressive 158 decimal places. When

asked about her strategy, Faith said ‘I learned the digits

by putting it to the tune of a song’. Lewis Higham (Year 7)

was our winner in Foundations.

Marine manoeuvres Altcar

Residential

T his term,

the CCF

students

had the

opportunity to spend

two days at Altcar

Training Camp.

Students were able to

complete their Initial

Weapons Training.

All students showed off their professionalism in

how they approached this and all passed.

On Day 2, students completed the obstacle

course at Altcar. All of the students showed their

endeavour by having a go, even those who were

initially scared of heights. There was great team

work throughout, especially when students were

helping each other climb over the wall and the

encouragement they gave each other. Ronan

Johnstone, Leo Robinson (both Year 8), Abbie

Drummond (Year 9) and Adriana Krizanova (Year

10) were particularly impressive over both days.

Ryan Christiansen (Year 9) received a well-earned

promotion.

Legal Eagle

F ormer Hawthorne's student

Georgia Parkinson, has won

a mini-pupillage at Barristers

Chambers in Liverpool, (the

final, vocational stage of training for

those wishing to become practising

barristers) after winning the University

of Liverpool Bar Society Internal

Mooting Competition Final, which took

place at St. George's Hall in March 13.

This prestigious, annual event takes

place in front of two barristers and a

University of Liverpool lecturer.

Georgia described the experience as

nerve-wracking, but hugely exciting

and she is looking forward to gaining

first-hand knowledge of the barrister

profession.

Huge congratulations Georgia!

Our very own legal eagle flying high...

Hanging tough

Taking orders

‘Jumping off’ on the obstacle course

Super Learning 4

Super Learning Day 4’s theme

was Health and

Wellbeing. The programme

created for Foundations

students included guest

speakers on healthy eating

and spirituality, practical

sessions of art therapy and

financial health, as well as a

charity ‘Jump-rope for Heart’

event raising over £100.

Year 9 and 10 enjoyed living our values and

understanding health and wellbeing through visits to

Formby pine woods and walking the coastal path from

Crosby to Hightown. The day planned for year 11

identified how health can affect wellbeing in their lead

up to exams.

Sports News

Cross Country

After months of training our Cross Country

athletes competed at Merchant Taylor’s against

fellow

athletes

from

across

Sefton.

Attention

will now

turn to

the track

as they

prepare for the Athletics meets to come in the

summer months.

Soft Ball

Mathew Green, Y10 was selected to represent GB Softball at Under-19 level this year and took part in Ayelet Games in Eilat, Israel. Mathew is another student of our school to receive international honours, after Joe Etherington in Basketball.

The team faced quality opposition from from both Israel and the Czech Republic and all games were very close. Congratulations, Mathew! Softball training takes place at The Hawthorne's Sports Hall each Monday from 6-7 (age range 11-14) and from 7-9(14+). For more information, visit www.seftonsoftball.com

The Snow Must Go On... The recent snow provided a beautiful backdrop for the beautiful game to be played. Great football was at a premium but the snow-inspired goal celebrations brought smiles to faces.

Ykids have

moved! After a 4 year journey to raise the funds to refurbish the old Orrell Library , Ykids have finally moved in and there are plans afoot for lots of exciting new projects.

The new building has a number of rooms and a large kitchen so there is lots of space! Current projects include the ‘Nobody Likes Homework Club’, which gives young people a place to chill, get involved in activities and support to complete homework, Ykids

DIY..an exciting hands on project to gain skills and share their achievememts online with kids from all over the world, "If you don’t want to miss out on the action ,there is a sign-up day for anyone intersted in getting involved on April 10th.

World Book Day 2018

Another year, another

brilliant World Book Day!

World Book Day 2018 saw pupils across all year groups gathering together to enter a range of competitions this year. From ‘Design your own book token’ to ‘Win a trip to Lapland’….our library was certainly busy to say the least! As always, a great day was had by all! And a free book to boot. Can’t be bad...

Home sweet new home!

STEM

Challenge

In Science, Year 7 have been involved in making rocket powered cars, which will be raced next term in the ‘Race for the Line’ competition, an annual event motivating pupils

to develop skills in STEM subjects.

Good Luck Year 7 when the flag goes down next term and the brakes are off!

Shaping the future

Students return Monday April 9...