BROADWATER SCHOOL Students enjoying the challenge of the slopes at Torgon, Switzerland Dear Parents, March 31st was the start of a special week at Broadwater. This is the second time the school has run ‘Challenge Week’; a week specifically designed to take students out of the comfort of their normal timetable and present them with new challenging activities which they are unlikely to have tried before. There were a variety of on and off-site activities to take part in. Residential trips included skiing in Switzerland, an eco-sustainability project in East Meon and a multi-activity break with PGL in the Isle of Wight. Year 10 students had the opportunity to take on work experience and Year 11s concentrated on revision workshops, with a tenpin bowling trip as a treat at the end of the week. N N e e w w s s APRIL 2014 BROADWATER SCHOOL SUMMERS ROAD GODALMING SURREY GU7 3BW Telephone: 01483 414516 Fax: 01483 425782 Email: [email protected]www.broadwater.surrey.sch.uk
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BROADWATER SCHOOL
Students enjoying the challenge of the slopes at Torgon, Switzerland
Dear Parents,
March 31st was the start of a special week at Broadwater. This is the second time
the school has run ‘Challenge Week’; a week specifically designed to take students
out of the comfort of their normal timetable and present them with new challenging
activities which they are unlikely to have tried before.
There were a variety of on and off-site activities to take part in. Residential trips
included skiing in Switzerland, an eco-sustainability project in East Meon and a
multi-activity break with PGL in the Isle of Wight. Year 10 students had the
opportunity to take on work experience and Year 11s concentrated on revision
workshops, with a tenpin bowling trip as a treat at the end of the week.
The school was a hive of activity with projects such as Create your own Country,
Bridge Building, Dance Workshops, The Great Bread Bake-Off, Disability Workshops
and Sporting Challenges. There were also day trips to Alice Holt and Runways End.
It was great to see the students demonstrating new skills in leadership, self-
reflection and teamwork. Broadwater School promotes the 4Cs - Creativity, Caring,
Collaboration and Critical – and these aspects were much in evidence during the
week. Challenge Week helped the students understand that failure is not negative
as long as you learn from it and try to improve on your past performance.
The final day culminated in a celebration assembly where experiences of the week
were shared and prizes awarded. It was an excellent week with many positive
comments from staff, students and parents.
The next challenge facing our Year 11 students are the GCSE exams taking place this
term and we would like to wish our students much success in these. There are many
revision sessions running for Year 11 students so please encourage your child to
attend.
Best wishes,
Chris Lee
Headteacher
East Meon: Hiking and Den
Building challenges
Challenge Week: Sustainability Trip at East Meon
We took 22 students to the Sustainability Centre at East Meon for 3 days at the beginning of Challenge Week. The students and staff attempted many new and challenging activities over our time there including transporting all members of a team and their equipment across a lava flow(roped off area), bicycle powered smoothie making and a five mile hike. The students worked well together and supported each other to complete each challenge. They also made good use of their free time playing rounders and other team games, having an evening round the campfire playing games and singing. We all enjoyed the many and varied activities and thank the centre staff for providing such an interesting and challenging visit. Mrs Steph Smith – Trip Leader
Bicycle powered smoothie making!
Challenge Week: Sensational Skiing in Switzerland
On the 28th March, 50 Year 7, 8 and 9 students arrived at school drowning under the
weight of ski jackets, blankets, pillows, Mp3s and masses of sugary snacks. The
purpose of these items? Essential life saving equipment for the coach journey to
Torgon, Swizerland.
19 hours later some very sleepy teenagers and frankly exhausted staff arrived for
the trip of a lifetime. We were immediately ushered in to get our skis and boots
fitted to equip us for the challenges ahead.
Day 1 saw the students placed in groups set by experience on the slopes and we all
headed over the road to begin our skiing experience. Many of the students this year
were complete beginners, others had skied for just a couple of hours at the snow
dome, but this did not stop their enthusiasm or determination to master their snow
ploughs.
One of the biggest challenges and shocks was the heat! Brilliant sunshine and 18C
meant that many students found themselves somewhat overdressed. Jackets came
off and sun cream went on and up and down that mountain we went.
Due to the very mild winter, ski resorts all over Europe were closing and although
some of the snow conditions were quite challenging we skied every day and the
sheer array of runs was simply breath-taking.
In schools we are judged by progress the
students are making. As I watched our
students move from complete novices to
competent skiers I wanted to shout
“Where are you now OFSTED?” . I will have
an enduring memory of one group standing
at the top of a mountain looking down a
very steep red run, the colour draining
from their cheeks as they realised that
there was only way to get down that mountain - to ski. None of these students had
skied for more than 2 hours before. The pride I felt as each one of them, with their
own particular styles, managed to make it down that mountain, and the smiles on
their faces at the bottom, and the encouragement and support they gave each other
are memories that will stay with me for a very long time.
The evening activities were fantastic including; a trip
to the thermal Baths, a night mastering the climbing
wall, and of course the obligatory disco. The 80s roller
disco was also a highlight and I’m happy to report that
our school won ‘best in season’ for their efforts with
fancy dress. Well done parents for keeping all those
fluorescent leg warmers – we promise we won’t share
your secrets.
I would like to
thank the staff,
Miss Cooper, Mrs Pearson-Jury, Mr Hughes, Miss
Regan, and Mr Cook for working so hard during
the trip and taking such excellent care of the
students. It is indicative of their work ethic that,
although I encouraged them all to take at least
one evening off, all the staff chose not to,
preferring to stay with the students and join in the activities.
Finally, I would like to say what an absolute pleasure it was to accompany the
students on this trip. Their attitudes and behaviour were exemplary. The staff at
the ‘Ski Company’ commented on how fantastic our students were and how they
wished all schools were like ours! I couldn’t agree more!
Mrs Matthews, Deputy Headteacher
Challenge Week: PGL Visit to the Isle of Wight
The PGL Challenge Week visit this year was fantastic!
The first challenge we faced was getting two coaches and a ferry to our destination
– the students were incredibly patient waiting at each stage, when we finally arrived
at Little Canada it was not long before we
were involved in team games and an
orienteering exercise to find our way
around!
Every day was jam packed with 5 activities,
4 during the day and 1 at night. We were
split into 4 groups with a member of staff
and then came back together for our meal
times and free time. The food was
excellent with hot and cold choices for
breakfast, lunch and dinner!
The range of activities we did varied each
day and every group completed them all
over the course of the week these
included: Zip Wire, Jacobs Ladder,
Archery, Tunnel Trail, Fencing, Survivor,
Quad Biking and Aqua games to name a
few. Facing our fears was a big theme of the week with students braving high climbs
and pitch black tunnels! All students were involved and best of all in their groups
encouraged and motivated each other to have a go and try. The team work and
support helped the students to overcome and conquer – the teachers did not get off
lightly as we all took part in (most) activities and found ourselves being thrown in
the pool or being launched from tall poles!
Evening activities were a little less energetic
with team games including bin bag fashion,
advertising random objects and toasting
marshmallows on the campfire. The hi-light
was the final night Disco and watching the
Year 9 Boys showing off their dance moves
and getting students from other schools
involved too!
The week was great fun and so well
organised by PGL that students and staff
alike could relax and enjoy all that Little
Canada had to offer. You can tell from the
pictures we had an amazing time and in the
words of one student ‘I wish Challenge
Week was a fortnight!’
Mrs J Hanson, Assistant Headteacher
Disability Awareness Challenge 2014
Challenge week is an exciting week for the SEN department as we get to work with students that we don’t usually get to meet in the everyday life of the school. This year we worked with approximately 60 year 7 students on the Monday and Tuesday of challenge week. Our main challenge for the two days was to open the students’ eyes to ‘see’ not just the visible disabilities of someone who is confined to a wheelchair but also to ‘see’ the invisible disabilities of someone who has Autism (ASD). Our students are always lovely; very supportive and understanding of students with an obvious disability. The recent adaptations to the school site along with last year’s Paralympics in London has mean that we have all been thinking about physical disability but we all too often fail to see hidden disabilities like ASD or dyslexia. In fact one of our speakers, Faye, explained how depressed she had felt when she was rejected by so many of her friends when she was at school simply because she had ASD. She described her disability as being in the brain and that, because her school friends couldn’t ‘see’ her disability, they called her all kinds of names. However, when Faye asked our year 7 students how they could make a difference the response was overwhelming and very heartening. Many claimed that they would include people more if they knew they had Autism and most stated that someone should not be excluded from friendship groups because they have ASD; all as a result of listening to the two speakers Ross and Faye. To support our thinking of ways to include people with disability we played some of the games our Sportability group use when they meet every Wednesday. Boccia,
seated volleyball, a blindfold obstacle course and restricted football were introduced to the students and by the sound from the sports hall they had a great time! Students then completed work booklets based on what they had learnt and made a movie about their experiences which other students were given the chance to view on the last day of the challenge week. We definitely have some budding Steven Spielbergs at Broadwater! It was a great two days and I would like to thank all the support staff and teachers who made the challenge possible, the two speakers Faye and Ross and most importantly the students who took part. I can definitely say, hand on heart, challenge achieved! Mrs L Jackson
Year 10 Work Experience During the week 31st March – 4th April the year 10 students experienced their first taste of the world of work. A variety of placements took place ranging from working with young children in schools to working at the Getty Museum in the USA. The students acquired new skills and faced a number of challenges. I thought I would share a few comments with you from the employers about our students: “It has been a pleasure having Megan at St. Edmund’s this week. She has been very helpful and developed lovely relationships with staff and pupils.” “Hannah was very helpful, undertaking any tasks asked of her. She was polite and eager to help.” “A thoroughly positive attitude to all work undertaken.” “A lovely, well-mannered and enthusiastic girl. I was impressed with her attitude to work. I would be delighted to have Jade on our team.” Once again our students were fantastic ambassadors for the school and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for all their hard work and enthusiasm. Mrs Sarah Thompson, Work Experience Co-ordinator
PE News Broadwater hosted the Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 Hockey Festival on Tuesday 4th March. It was an excellent event. The effort put in by the pupils was exceptional. Schools who attended were Tillingbourne, Chandler, St James and St Barts. Broadwater’s Young Leaders helped run the event, refereed the games and kept the score board. They were amazing. Well done to Tillingbourne who won. The Annual Year 2 Badminton Festival was also held this half term and yet again Broadwater’s Young Leaders were outstanding. Pupils from Farncombe Infants, Chilworth Infants, Loseley Fields and Moss Lane came along to the event and had a great time and learnt some new skills. The winners overall were Farncombe Infants who received medals. Well done! On Wednesday 26th March Broadwater hosted the Annual Dance Festival. Pupils from Moss Lane, Farncombe Infants and Chilworth Infants schools came along and took part in a day of dance. They learnt 4 different dances and then selected one to perform. Approximately 100 pupils were involved and it is always a thoroughly enjoyable day. We had 4 professional dance teachers in school to help deliver the sessions and we hope it is a festival we can continue to run in future years. Well done to the Young Leaders who assisted with this event.
Young Leaders from all years helped me to deliver a fantastic sports morning to
gifted and talented pupils from some of our local schools. Pupils from St James,
Godalming Junior, The Chandler, St Bart's, Busbridge and Tillingbourne primary
schools attended the morning and took part in hockey, benchball, badminton,
handball and trampolining. It was a wonderful morning of exceptional sport and the
Young Leaders yet again were a credit to the school.
Well done to our swimming squad who attended the Waverley and Ash Swimming Gala on Tuesday 18th March. We did very well but the standard was very high this year so unfortunately we didn’t bring home a trophy. However, it was a great competitive event. Well done to the Year 8 netball team who came joint 5th with Rodborough at the District Netball Tournament which was held here at Broadwater. 10 schools attended so the girls did very well. A big thank you to Lewis MarGaillan who helped run the scoreboard for me that day giving up his own time on academic profiling day! Our Year 7 netball team also came 5th, again out of 10 teams – well done to them too. The tournament was also held here at Broadwater and this time a big
thank you to Rose Kneller and Laura Hirons who gave up their own time to run the scoreboard. This term we have been lucky to have 2 cricket coaches from Farncombe Cricket
Club coming into lessons on a Monday morning to deliver some cricket sessions to
years 7, 8 and 9. Hopefully, some students will be keen to get involved with
Farncombe Cricket Club after Easter and also with Broadwater’s new business
cricket venture!
We also had a dance teacher come into lessons on one Monday morning to deliver
some specialised dance sessions. The teacher was from ‘Bop it’ Dance School; if any
students would like more information about this see the P.E department for a flier.
Waverley Youth Games are fast approaching. If any students want to be involved,
please see the P.E department for a leaflet of what you can do, where and when.
Students can also get involved in leadership work if they prefer. On offer this year is
rugby, squash, swimming, badminton, basketball, judo, lacrosse, netball and table
tennis. Something for everyone, so make sure you get involved.
Well done to everyone who got involved in the Sport Relief mile on Friday 21st
March. We held a mufti day and students and staff ran 1 mile around the field at
lunchtime to raise money for charity. There was an excellent turnout and in total we
raised over £500.
The first boys and girls to finish out of all the students were:
Boys:
1st Owen Hardy 6:45
2nd Isaac Carter 7:00
3rd Mark Coleman 7:14
Girls:
1st Maria Giles 8:40
2nd Megan Cooper 8:58
3rd Charlotte Downes 10:38
They were all given winners medals as the first finishers and everyone else received
a sticker.
Sport Relief Fun Run
Thanks to Godalming Bowls Club who came in and delivered a taster session to
students last week. Any students who would like to join their club need to see the
P.E department for more details.
The Inter House competition is closer than ever this year. This half term we have had Inter house Badminton and Table tennis. Up to date scores are:-
Pegasus = 1234 Phoenix = 1140 Aquila = 1065 Our Young Leaders helped out during Challenge Week at Moss Lane Infant School on Wednesday 4th April. The Y8 and 9 leaders ran gymnastics skills and routines with Year 1 pupils; our students were again fantastic and the session was thoroughly enjoyed by the younger pupils.
Next term sees the start of Summer Clubs.
All students in all years are welcome to come along and take part. There will be
athletics, rounders, cricket and tennis. Please see the P.E noticeboard for more
details.
BOYS’ SPORTS CLUBS – SUMMER TERM
Lunch Clubs After School Clubs
Monday Yr 7&8 Cricket
Tuesday Yr 9&10 Cricket All Years Tennis
Wednesday Yr 7&8 Tennis All years Tennis
Thursday Athletics All years KS3 Cricket
Friday Yr 9&10 Tennis
GIRLS’ SPORTS CLUBS – SUMMER TERM
Lunch Clubs
After School Clubs
Monday Tennis All Years APA/KFO
Tuesday 7,8,9 Rounders KFO/APA
All Years Rounders KFO
Wednesday Athletics APA
All Years Rounders APA
Thursday Years 9,10,11 Rounders APA
Friday All Rounders APA/KFO
The year 7 football team delivered a great team performance on Tuesday 18th March
with Luca Punter-Cannon getting MOTM and Josh Gilbert scoring to make the game
1-1 after Woolmer Hill went ahead in the first half. The students have worked very
hard in training and their fitness seemed to be better than the other team and
towards the end of the game were unlucky not to score again. Well done to all of
the students involved including Year 9s Scott Mackenzie and Jay Lawson who
assisted the referee.
Year 11 footballers beat Woolmer hill 2-1 with a convincing win on Wednesday 19th
March. MOTM was Robert Voller. Well done to all the players.
March 6th – Well done to our Y9 U14 team who won 1-0 against Woolmer Hill. They
won with a great team goal where the ball was passed by 7 different players before
being scored by Scott Mackenzie.
Para Games at Charterhouse School
On the Wednesday of Challenge Week, 14 leaders from Broadwater School spent
the afternoon learning how to be leaders and deliver several sports specifically
adapted for children with Special Educational Needs. On the Thursday of Challenge
week these leaders then spent the day at Charterhouse Sports Centre helping to run
Waverley's first Para Games. The leaders helped deliver Sportshall Athletics, Seated
Volleyball, Boccia, Skittles, Pollybat, Table Cricket and New Age Curling. Over 100
SEN pupils attended and had a fabulous time. The event was organised by Jeremy
Hunt and was attended by the Mayor of Waverley and several other VIP guests.
Rachel Morris opened the ceremony and had 2 Olympic medals with her which
several students held. 4 of our students took part in the event and had a fantastic
time. All students got free T - Shirts and learnt a great deal about adapted sports.
It was a fantastic event and we hope it will happen again next year.
Level 1 P4C Qualification A selection of students from year groups ranging 7 - 10 were chosen to complete the Level 1 Sapere Philosophy for Children (P4C) 2 day course, alongside 8 teachers from Broadwater and other schools. This is nationally recognised qualification for teachers and we are one of only 2 schools in the entire country to train our students to this level. This course is essentially aimed at qualified teachers so it was initially quite daunting. The course teaches the participants to become great facilitators for P4C enquiries, which are held every few weeks in school. The duration of the course was a mix of talking about what makes a good philosophical question, how to plan and run a P4C enquiry, how to build upon each others ideas, and to develop a better understanding of how to structure a question or statement. The course also had an underlying focus on the "4C's"; Critical, Creative, Collaborative, and Caring thinking. We were taught how to be critical of others’ views and opinions, by asking them to "clarify what they mean" or "to give some points to support your view". We came to the conclusion that questions and statements can be ranked in an order; those which are backed up and supported at the top - those with no evidence or support at the bottom. Knowing this, we were able to think clearly about how we were going to structure our statements and give good reasons on why we think they're correct. Another thing we discovered was that some statements are assumed, for example when Will Ord (the course tutor) drew a few lines on a piece of paper and asked "what is it?" whilst pointing towards the lines, we all came up with plenty of creative ideas as to what they could be. However, only after we all revealed what we thought it was, did he say that he could have been talking about the paper - we assumed he had meant the lines. We will remember in the future not to make assumptions without asking questions first. Our next step is to plan and run P4C enquiries with our peers and co facilitate the enquiries with our teachers. Congratulations go to the following students who all successfully passed the course. Nathan Staniford Lewis Margallian Morgen Powney Tim Barzallo
Scott Mackenzie Chloe Holcombe John MacKay Jason Newman Jasmine Balchin Zoya Timonova Innes Perry Alys Gilbert Victoria Purchase Ben Hodgson By Ben Hodgson Year 10
Monday’s Fun Club
The finished decorative clocks made for Mother’s Day by some of our students of Monday’s Fun Club.
Other forthcoming fun activities will include planting grow-your-own lettuce and
tomato plants as well as growing other plants from seed to add to our proposed Eco
garden. If interested come along and join in with the fun.
Miss Walters & Mrs Payne
Sport Relief: Staff Fundraising Staff at the school raised money for Sport Relief with the Admin Staff Bake-Off, Mufti, Sweepstake and Cake Raffle.
The fantastic ‘Trophy’ cake was made and donated by Mrs Pearson-Jury. Altogether staff raised over £160 for the charity. Photo: Some of the admin team at the Sport Relief Bake-Off.
The SEN team came out in force to support the Sports Relief 1 mile run. We were even joined by the more mature member in our team who is 63 (I will leave you to guess who that is!). All had great fun for a really good cause. Sophie Smith
Well done to all the staff who took part in the Sports Relief Fun Run and other activities on the day.
Support in and out of school As a school we are very aware that our students have many other challenges in their lives, in addition to the pressures of school. This can lead them to lose focus in lessons, disengage with school or engage in negative coping strategies. We are committed to helping students reach their full potential and would remind you that you can talk to your child's tutor, leader of achievement or our HSLW if you need advice or signposting to support agencies.
There are some useful websites here:
Childline https://www.childline.org.uk
CAMHS http://www.surrey-camhs.org.uk/
Family Helpline http://www.familyline.org.uk/
Kidscape http://www.kidscape.org.uk/
NSPCC http://www.nspcc.org.uk/
Surrey Family Information Service http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/family-information-service
Information Communication Technology and Computing
Years 8 & 9 have been spending time working on developing Apps with the help of
experts using Skype. Students have had the opportunity this term to talk to either
an expert face to face or to use Skype to get experts’ advice on their app ideas and
development. We have talked to experts from the Netherlands as well as experts
from the USA. We are lucky enough that one of the experts from the USA we spoke
to recently will be visiting the
school to talk to some
students in May when he
comes over on a business trip,
as he was that impressed with
their ideas. We are all very
excited about this in the
department. In an email I
received recently I was told
that our students were
“incredibly articulate and
great ambassadors for
Broadwater”
Year 10 Computer Science Trip
On Friday 7th March 2014
fifteen of the year 10 GCSE
Computer Science group went
to the University of Surrey to
take part in an event called
‘Secure Futures’. During the
day the group learnt about
Cyber security and its
importance and how it links to
e-safety. They also learnt about
different types of computer
hacking and different types of
cryptography and how it is used in computing. At the end of the day the students
were asked to recall the information they had learnt during the day and took part in
a quiz. I am pleased to announce that Broadwater School came first, so well done to
the Year 10 Computer Science group that went.
Some of the competition winners in year 8
Poetry Competition Success
We have had great success with the poetry competition again this year. 50 out of 55 students we entered are now being published in the Hunger Games Anthology. These students are:
Jasmine Balchin Charlotte Childs Jack Fuller Tim May Alys Gilbert Zoya Timonova Ryan McQuillian Scott Mackenzie Kate Hester Elaoise Benson Crystal Beagley Katie Pritchard Natalia Laska Tommy Stephens Lilly Ford Amy Grigg Hannah Froom Lucy Devereux Ben Barnett
Jade Kill Ellie Abbott Ellecia May Jenna Broad Chloe Brown Ollie Stemp Charlotte Marshall Laura Hirons Amelia Barker Megan Brambley Michael Carson Jack Brandon Leah Lake Imogen Braiden Matthew Ware-Anderson Bill Thompson Jojo Fyffe Kerry Jones
Elliot Weston Lian Gadd Charlotte Downes Kieran Hill William Banks Ben Jeffery Lewis Margaillan Callum Foley Leah Whitaker Katie Carling Hannah Thompson Jamie Moore, Hannah Carson
Well done to all these students!
Ms J Blanchfield English Department
Broadwater School’s Cricket Academy!
Broadwater have been lucky enough to be selected as a Satellite School in a new Surrey Cricket project! We have been given money to set up a cricket club which is to be run as a business to ensure it continues to run after the funding ends. We have appointed a committee made up of students from all years. Every student had the opportunity to apply for a position on the committee. After carefully reading all applications the below appointments were made.
Managing Director - Crystal Beagley
Chair – Lewis Margaillan
Vice Chair – Morgen Powney
Secretary – Chloe Holcombe / Megan Broad
Treasury - Holly Parrish / Tom Lawson
Campaign manager – Dan Kneller / Sean Critchell
Fundraiser – Jenna Broad / Jade Kill
Membership secretary - Adam Ellis / Tom Brooksby
Photographer – Jeremy Harvie / Laura Hirons
Journalist – Jenny Squire / Kaya Edwards
General Committee Members – Tommy Stephens, Charlotte Musk, Mark Hirons
Web Officer – Adam Lee / Caleb Gidley
Publicity officer – Ben Barnett / Lewis Gaff
Congratulations to all students selected. The committee has already met several times and are slowly beginning to make decisions and form plans.
We are trying to get local primary schools to join in with the events that will be taking place during Cricket Week around the 6th of June. There will be a week of cricket themed days including inside of lessons where we are trying to get some of the teachers to make tasks to do with cricket.
In Summer term, lunch time and after school cricket club practices will be taking place and some external coaches coming into school. We will also be running some Cricket competitions. The cricket committee have their own noticeboard and computer room to work in. Every week there will be a planned day for each year, one for boys and one for girls. Anyone can join in and we hope students will consider joining in on the events that are taking place this term. Please keep your eyes on the Cricket Academy notice board in the P.E corridor for updates on what’s going on. We will soon be running a writing competition, as detailed below. This will be run in English lessons but everyone can take part. If you would like to enter please bring your entry to our Chairman Lewis Margaillan or Crystal Beagley our Managing Director. If you are confused about the competition please see Mr Hull or Mrs Fowler who are running the writing challenge; many prizes can be won so give it a try. Details of the competition are below. SCB – Schools Writing Competition 2014 The closing date for entries is Friday 6th June 2014.
As part of the Chance to Shine Scheme and the National Cricket Day the Surrey Cricket Board is pleased to announce that it is running a writing competition for 6-14 year olds. The competition encourages children to use cricket as a theme within their writing. This can be done in the following number of ways (although not exclusively!):
Short Story – My Adventures on the Cricket Field
Cricket Match Report
Cricket Experience
Interview with Cricketer (Professional, Amateur, Fiction, Non-Fiction)
Cricket Poem
Research – History of Surrey County Cricket Club / Your own Club / Game of Cricket With many fantastic prizes on offer it is time to pick those pens up and start writing!
For more information please see the link below; http://www.surreycricketboard.org/page/schools/chance-to-shine/writing-competition-4267/
Broadwater School’s students, staff and parents were treated to an evening of entertainment on March 25th with the aptly named ‘Broadwater’s Got Talent’. The talent competition was organised by Performing Arts teachers Miss Collette Cooper and Mrs Susan Looseley. Students were encouraged to compete against each other to win House points, with an added incentive that the winners would have a chance to go through to the final ‘Surrey School’s Have Talent’ taking place in the summer. Auditions to represent each House took place in early March and the best acts were chosen to perform at the show.
Students Jevon Napper and Daniel Kneller hosted the event and the stage was set for an exciting evening. The finalists produced an impressive range of performances, from cheerleading and acting to singing and dancing. A mostly student audience
added to the fantastic atmosphere with their support, encouragement and applause for every performer, regardless of House!
The judges, Miss Mary Gallacher and Mr David Dray from the Godalming Theatre Group and Mr Chris Lee, Headteacher, had a difficult task choosing between the acts. But the final decision was unanimous and Maria Giles, with her passionate performance of ‘Skyfall’, was announced as the winner. Jake Macfarlane came second with his monologue from ‘Blood Brothers’ and Nathan Trigwell, Charlotte Musk and Sean Brown took third place with a Harry Potter style comedy song!
The evening was a huge success and an opportunity for the students to show off their talents. One parent remarked, ‘It was really fun, one big school family night.’
Headteacher, Chris Lee commented, ‘As one of the judges in Broadwater’s Got Talent I was overwhelmed by the standard of performances and found it a real challenge to pick the winners as it was a very closely fought competition. I was impressed by the range of talents shown with groups dancing to individuals singing to acting performances.’
The winners and participants all received certificates and much praise for their performances – next stop the Surrey finals!
Mrs S Mees
LOST PROPERTY
Please collect all lost property
by FRIDAY 9TH MAY or it will
be donated to charity.
Thank you.
Student Services
MIT Skills Centre Awards We are delighted that THREE of our students have been awarded achievement certificates on their college courses this term – congratulations to Brandon Ware, Ben Knight and Rio Wilman!
Brandon Ware receiving Student of the Term in Motor Vehicle.
Ben Knight receiving his certificate for Student of
the Term for Building Services.
Rio Wilman receiving a certificate for Learner of the Term on the Hairdressing course.
ECO-SCHOOL NEWS
Our Eco-Team are in the planning stages of starting a
Community Garden. We have already started a vegetable
patch for some of our students and had considered the idea
of sharing some of our land with local people who wanted
an allotment but at the suggestion of the Godalming Town
Clerk, Ms Louise Goodfellow, we have decided instead to
try to create a garden for the local community.
The vision is that the garden will be developed by local
people in a voluntary capacity. The volunteers involved will be hopefully deciding
what to plant and what to harvest, ie, community food growing. This way local
people will be able to make a positive contribution to the environment and our
community will benefit.
We are at present aiming to gauge interest and support.
We are hoping for a mix of people with everyone contributing, so;
Can you give some time / your particular talent or expertise?
Want something to do on your day off?
Are you unemployed / retired / experienced / want the chance to learn?
Don’t have a garden of your own and want to get involved with the local community?
Get involved. – It’s your neighbourhood!
PS – Any donations of surplus plants would be gratefully received.
If you are interested or know of anyone who may be, eg. Grandparents or neighbours, please send
this reply slip to Mrs Linda Goldsmith at Broadwater School.
COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT
I am interested in the project.
Name……………………………………………………………………..
Tel. No……………………………………………………………………..
e-mail address……………………………………………………………
Any other information you may consider relevant
Community Garden
B R O AD W AT E R S C H O O L D I AR Y D AT E S
Please keep this newsletter as a reminder of important dates. Dates can be subject
to change – please check the calendar on the website for new/ updated events.
APRIL
Friday 25th Year 9 Exams begin
Tuesday 29th Year 8 Girls HPV / Year 10 Final School Booster
MAY
Thursday 1st UK MT Junior Maths Challenge
Monday 5th MAY DAY BANK HOLIDAY
Tuesday 6th Inter-house Rounders Week
Y10 Geography Field Trip to West Sussex
Wednesday 7th ACADEMIC PROFILING Year 8 Focus, from 1.05-
5.50pm. School closes for students at 1.00pm
Friends’ Second Hand Uniform Sale 1-5pm
Thursday 8th Y10 Reports home
Monday 12th GCSE Exams start
Tuesday 13th Friends’ PTA Meeting 6.30-7.30pm
Friday 23rd School closes for half-term at 3.20pm
Monday 26th SPRING BANK HOLIDAY
HALF TERM: May 27th to 30th
JUNE
Monday 2nd Return to school – Week B
Monday 16th Year 10 Exams begin
Monday 23rd Year 7 Exams begin
Thursday 26th Year 11 Prom/Boat Trip
Monday 30th INSET DAY
JULY
Wednesday 2nd New intake day/ evening
Thursday 10th School Production
Friday 11th School Production
Thursday 17th ACADEMIC PROFILING Year 7 Focus, from 1.05 -
