On Tuesday a crew of 13 students and two technicians travelled toRoedean Theatre in Brighton as part of this festival. The aim is foryoung people to explore the plays of Shakespeare and present their own30 minute performances.

Performing alongside three other schools, our production of "King Lear"was well-received by a packed auditorium. The adjudication made verypositive comments about the high quality of production, the ensembleperformances and the highly competent control of the language in oneof Shakespeare's densest and most difficult of plays. The cast and crewwere also praised repeatedly throughout the day for theirprofessionalism and disciplined approach to their work. Well done to ourstudents for being fantastic ambassadors of the school and a massivethank you for parents and friends who made the journey to support us.

(We also saw productions of "Romeo and Juliet", "A Mid-summer Night'sDream" and "Macbeth", so a fantastic way to introduce students toShakespeare!)

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24 October 2014

03 November Term 2 Begins

05 November HPV Vacinations

07 November RemembranceService at the Redoubt Fortress

10am

24 October End of Term 1

06 November Yr 10 & 11 PromFair 1:20 - 2pm

10 November Year 11 MockExams

On Tuesday we were visited by fifteen students from VanLodenstein College in the Netherlands, who have spent aweek in the country exploring our culture and our school!As well as joining in our PE, Art, Maths and English lessons,the students were strong opponents of the Year 10 boys atlunchtime, with a friendly football match; keeping many

entertained!We hope to develop further links with the college in the

future.

please see our website for full details . www.cavendishschool.net/contact/vacancies.For an informal conversation please contact Elaine Beynon - 01323 746501.

Congratulations to the Year 10s for an outstanding music performance last night. As always the level of musicianshipwas excellent and very well played, even though for many of them this was the first live music they have done andthey were nervous. A huge repetoire of music was played and demonstrated the talent of our students. Well done!

Our new careers website is now ready for our students and parents to access. The website has essential information with up todate links to resources where your child can start exploring their career journey. To find the careers website go to the

Cavendish School website – Curriculum – VLE resources - careers page. From here you will see the link to the new careerswebsite.

Thank you to all those who attended the Year 11 Steps to Progress evening. This event was a huge successwith over 130 students and many of our post 16 providers attending. It offered key information about choices at post 16. Allpost 16 providers were very complimentary about our students and our school.

On the 16th October we took 25 students to the Countryside Careers day at the National ShowGround in Ardingly. All students in Years 9, 10 and 11 were given the opportunity to attend by putting their name down in tutortime. Students who attended were able to explore all the different career opportunities available in the rural industries as well asparticipate in interactive activities such as harnessed tree climbing and driving a tractor. The day was a great success and onethat we hope to repeat next year.

Thank you to all those parents who attended our Compact Launch and to Brighton University for leading thisevent. Compact offers support for all students from partner schools and colleges. The evening included advice, guidance andimpartial information to help students make a strong application to higher education. This evening was very informative withstudents and parents able to find answers to their key questions. If you were invited but unable to attend this event you will stillbe able to sign up for the programme. Contact Mr Barrow for the application form.

Thank you to all the selected students for making these trips worthwhile and being greatambassadors for the school. A full report with pictures will appear in the next newsletter.

On the 4th November we have Professor Mike Tipton coming in to give a careers talk during tutor time tothose students at Cavendish who have an interest in Science. Professor Tipton Joined the University of Portsmouth from Surreyin 1999. He has spent 30 years working in the areas of thermoregulation, environmental and occupational physiology. ProfessorTipton is Director of Research for the Department of Sport & Exercise Science. He provides advice to a range of universities,government departments, industries, medical, search and rescue and media organisations.

Our busiest careers fair takes place on 19th November As well as local Colleges we have over 40 businessesattending. Students from all years will have the opportunity to talk directly with representatives from the employer or courseprovider. Attending one of these events offers the chance to go window shopping for a wide range of different careers, gatheruseful information or plan future action. Our Year 9 and 10 students will also have to opportunity to talk with a chosenbusiness about their CV, gaining feedback to support further development.

We are proud to offer the biggest opportunity of this kind to our students.

Here at Cavendish we are very excited about National Anti-Bullying Week which takes place between 17th-21stNovember. To mark the occasion, we are running an all

school POSTER COMPETITION!

There will be a prize for 1 winner and a 1 runner up in eachyear group, and all 10 posters will then be entered intoActionwork's NATIONAL Anti-Bullying poster competitionwhere the top prize is for both the winner and

their school.

Students have just under 4 weeks to complete their A4masterpiece! Students - please ask form tutors or Miss Clarke

for more details

Congratulations to the KS3 swimmers whoattended the School Sport South Coast

Alliance Swimming Gala on the 13th October,held at the Sovereign Centre. All swimmersput in an impressive effort to be there on anINSET day and their efforts were rewardedwith excellent results. Kezia Lemon and KianDay flew to the finish line in first place fortheir individual swim in the 50m butterfly,whilst Tilly Laws took third in her individual

race of 50m frontcrawl.

The Year 8 girls battled to the podium totake second place overall in the competitionwhilst the boys took 5th place. The year 7girls’ team came 6th and the boys 7th overall;battling against some challenging competitionfrom the other 9 schools that had entered.Cavendish School finished an overall 9th inthe KS3 Gala however, we were missing ourYear 9s!!! Well done to all those who took

part!

On Tuesday 14th October, 30 Year 9 and 11students went on a trip to Glyndebourne to see LaTraviata. Here is what some of them had to sayabout the performance:

"The story was so intricate and sad, you really gotto know the characters and felt what they felt"

"The singing and overall opera experience wereinspiring"

Congratulations to Finlay Jakes who enteredthis national competition. Finlay's work hasbeen published and he will also go through tothe next round of the competition for achance to win a prize.

SATURDAY 25th OCTOBER: 2.30pm & 7.30pm. Professional familydrama by the Pantaloon theatre company BLEAK HOUSE at

Eastbourne Under Ground Theatre (below the library, Grove Rd).Dickens’ tale of love and skulduggery has been newly adapted by thePantaloons. This first English detective story is set in fog fuelled Londonand contains deliciously nasty villains, interweaving mysterious and athrilling finale. Hilarious, rebellious and peppered with songs. Doors andcoffee-bar open at 2pm & 7pm. Tickets: £6.50 children & £8 adults.

SATURDAY 1st NOVEMBER: 2.30pm & 4.30pm. Best-selling author &the 2014 Patron of the Family Arts Festival, Michael Morpurgo’streasured story is brought to life in I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS. Thisintimate show is set in a library full of books that hold more thanstories within their pages. It sparks imagination in both young and old,and challenges you to not believe in unicorns after joining Tomas’sspellbinding journey. Bring your own story book to become part of theset and swap it for another at the end. Doors and coffee-bar open from9.30am. Tickets: £6.50. Buy at the UGT on Fridays & Saturdays(10am-4pm); from Eastbourne Tourist Information Centre; or from

www.undergroundtheatre.co.uk or 0845 680 1926.

The girls played Bishop Bell on the 15 October. It was a toughgame with some crunching tackles. We took the lead towardsthe end of the first half when Becky Simmons tore through theBB defence and coolly slotted passed the keeper. Cerys Petershad an amazing game in goal, making some crucial saves

throughout the game.

The defence of Bibi, Jessica, Stella and Izzie was strongthroughout. The 2nd goal came half way through the second halfwhen Becky Simmons was put through by Rachel Lumby andconfidently put the ball past the keeper. The final goal camefrom another Lumby pass and Molly Dodd was there to finishthe move off. Cerys was voted Player of the Match. Well done

girls!

Congratulations to Alex Myall who has had a great run in her various sports this term. Alexplayed for the Sussex U12 cricket team this summer and attached is a photograph of herbeing presented this year’s U12 Bowling Award at the awards night last weekend.

We have also heard this week that she has been selected for Sussex U13s for next season.