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Issue 10 2012/2013 25th JULY 2013 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Headteacher’s News 1 Drama Review 2 IMPORTANT Holiday request changes 2 Year 7 Summary 3 Year 10 Summary 3 Year 8 Summary 4/5 Year 9 Summary 6 Mary Rose Trip 7 FOSS WAY 7 Winners 100 club 8 Race for Life 8 Olivia Worrall 8 Summer Fayre 9 INSIGHT 9 Rotary Club of Amesbury 10 Maths Challenge 14—solution 11 PE Primary Schools Festivals 12/13 Student successes 13 Greatwood Successes 14 E Safety 14 Ex students success 15 Don’t Forget 15 French Trip 16/17 Forest School 18 100 club 19 THE STONEHENGE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER ATTENDANCE LINE 676650 (24 hours) Or alternatively e-mail [email protected] HEADTEACHER’S NEWS Farewell to staff who are leaving ….. Steve Carter is leaving after 4 years teaching in the ICT depart- ment. Mr Carter joins John of Gaunt School in Trowbridge to continue his career development. As we all know results in ICT at this school have consistently been outstanding. Mr Carter has also been an enthu- siastic coach to the school rugby team, assistant progress leader and led some exciting initiatives such as PACE and the weekly prayer group. Andy Thomas departs to relocate to north Devon with his family where he will continue his History teaching career in a large sec- ondary school. Mr Thomas has been at the school 8 years and after taking charge of History has more recently been an active and enthusiastic Progress Leader for Year 10. I am also delighted to congratulate Mr Thomas upon the successful completion of his Masters degree in Education, which I have no doubt will be put to excellent use at his new school. Rachel Eveling has been the Progress Leader for our current Year 9 since they joined the school. She hands them over to Mrs Staker in order to join Trafalgar School as a science teacher. Mrs Eveling has been with us for 5 years and has been a committed and versatile teach- er, teaching Health & Social Care for the last 2 years with excellent results. She has also devoted many hours to supporting some more vulnerable children, work which often goes unseen but to the great benefit of the children concerned. Nick Feltham joined the school as a trainee 5 years ago, and he has become a highly regarded and well thought of member of the science department. He is moving to Matravers School at Westbury in order to develop his career and to take up A-level teaching. Nick Feltham has contributed to science in more than just a teaching capacity and he was highly successful in taking over both Key Stage 3 and Key stage 4 co-ordinator posts within the department. I am always particularly grateful to teachers who agree to join the school on temporary contracts, and we have been very fortunate to enjoy working with Mrs Ruth Clarkson (English) and Mr David Franklin (French). I should like to thank them both very much indeed for their highly valuable contribu- tion to the school and wish them every success in their future careers. Finally, many congratulations to Dr Simon Riding MA, Ph.D., who was Deputy Head at the school for 3 years until 2009. He has just been appointed as the Headteacher at Matravers School in Westbury. His rapid promotion, I am sure, will not surprise anyone.
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Issue 10 2012/2013

25th JULY 2013 I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Headteacher’s News 1

Drama Review 2

IMPORTANT Holiday request changes

2

Year 7 Summary 3

Year 10 Summary 3

Year 8 Summary 4/5

Year 9 Summary 6

Mary Rose Trip 7

FOSS WAY 7

Winners 100 club 8

Race for Life 8

Olivia Worrall 8

Summer Fayre 9

INSIGHT 9

Rotary Club of Amesbury 10

Maths Challenge 14—solution 11

PE Primary Schools Festivals 12/13

Student successes 13

Greatwood Successes 14

E Safety 14

Ex students success 15

Don’t Forget 15

French Trip 16/17

Forest School 18

100 club 19

T H E S T O N E H E N G E S C H O O L

N E W S L E T T E R

ATTENDANCE LINE 676650 (24 hours)

Or alternatively e-mail

[email protected]

HEADTEACHER’S NEWS

Farewell to staff who are leaving …..

Steve Carter is leaving after 4 years teaching in the ICT depart-

ment. Mr Carter joins John of Gaunt School in Trowbridge to continue

his career development. As we all know results in ICT at this school

have consistently been outstanding. Mr Carter has also been an enthu-

siastic coach to the school rugby team, assistant progress leader and

led some exciting initiatives such as PACE and the weekly prayer group.

Andy Thomas departs to relocate to north Devon with his family

where he will continue his History teaching career in a large sec-

ondary school. Mr Thomas has been at the school 8 years and

after taking charge of History has more recently been an active

and enthusiastic Progress Leader for Year 10. I am also delighted

to congratulate Mr Thomas upon the successful completion of his

Masters degree in Education, which I have no doubt will be put to

excellent use at his new school.

Rachel Eveling has been the Progress Leader for our current Year 9

since they joined the school. She hands them over to Mrs Staker in

order to join Trafalgar School as a science teacher. Mrs Eveling has

been with us for 5 years and has been a committed and versatile teach-

er, teaching Health & Social Care for the last 2 years with excellent

results. She has also devoted many hours to supporting some more

vulnerable children, work which often goes unseen but to the great

benefit of the children concerned.

Nick Feltham joined the school as a trainee 5 years ago, and he has

become a highly regarded and well thought of member of the science

department. He is moving to Matravers School at Westbury in order

to develop his career and to take up A-level teaching. Nick Feltham

has contributed to science in more than just a teaching capacity and

he was highly successful in taking over both Key Stage 3 and Key stage

4 co-ordinator posts within the department.

I am always particularly grateful to teachers who

agree to join the school on temporary contracts,

and we have been very fortunate to enjoy working

with Mrs Ruth Clarkson (English) and Mr David

Franklin (French). I should like to thank them both

very much indeed for their highly valuable contribu-

tion to the school and wish them every success in their future careers.

Finally, many congratulations to Dr Simon Riding MA, Ph.D., who was Deputy Head at the

school for 3 years until 2009. He has just been appointed as the Headteacher at Matravers

School in Westbury. His rapid promotion, I am sure, will not surprise anyone.

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A great year for Drama at The Stonehenge School!

With the crazy, multi-media madness of St Trinian’s and medals galore for the LAMDA Drama students, this aca-

demic year will go down as one of the best ever at the school. Last week’s Summer Revue show (The Summer Of-

fensive) was hilarious with its combination of songs, sketches and even a magic act from Amy Peachment. Montana

Birks gave us a moving and beautiful version of ‘Suds in a Bucket’, Holly and Robben Sherburne could give lessons

in comic timing and line delivery, Darcy Baker-Watts, Danielle Mackie and Ben Keating created totally believable

characters and Lauren Peachment’s highly physical and eccentric characters were as striking as ever. Robben and

Darcy presented the show.

We welcomed hundreds of our primary school friends to watch St Trinian’s in May, as show that included a daring

hire wire act, a crazy hockey match, visitors from space and general mayhem! Fraser Adams was fantastic as

Headmistress, Miss Fritton. He and Euan Mauchline also achieved a Bronze medal for LAMDA this year, alongside

Montana Birks (Merit), Jodie Hill, Holly Sherburne, Eloise Davies, Sam Griffiths, Nathan Carter, Hollie Holstead

and Jess Andrews. Ellie Maple and Gemma Hammond were awarded Silver medals sat their GCSE Drama examina-

tion early.

Charlotte Rowe and Megan Doole bagged themselves Gold medals for performances from Sophocles, Wilde and one

of my plays. Other students achieved grade 4 and 5 certificates.

What a year! More to come in 2013-14!

Mr Jamieson

Head of Drama

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE RULES ON TERM TIME HOLIDAYS WHICH HAVE BEEN

TIGHTENED UP

Please be aware that new rules governing term time absences come into effect this September. It will be much

harder for schools to agree to absence requests during school term times, unless the circumstances are excep-tional. The Department for Education gives the following examples of ‘exceptional’ circumstances’:

Serious illness or bereavement of a close relative

Deployment overseas of a parent serving in the armed forces

University graduation of a brother or sister

Wedding of a close relative (normally a brother or sister, or parent).

The availability of cheaper family holidays outside of school holidays is no longer acceptable as a reason for ab-

sence from school, and absences for this reason will not be authorised. Similarly, the fact that the parents’ em-

ployers allocate holiday dates in term time is also no longer acceptable as a reason for absence from school. The-

se new rules have been brought in due to clear evidence showing a link between poor attendance and poor educa-

tional achievement.

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Year 7 Summary

Sometimes it is difficult to believe how quickly this last year has past. From arriving last September

as nervous new students to the end of this year where the groups have flourished.

Trips and treats over the year have included the Circus Skills where the students got to learn a little

more about each other; Longleat (and we managed not to lose any in the maze!), the Natural History

museum in London; Moors Valley Country Park; Techniquest; the French trip and finally the rewards

trip to Basingstoke for our top 10 Year 7 students. On all trips the students were impeccably be-

haved and a credit to the school.

I have been told that the rule in France for the boys was they had to wear speedo trunks at the

swimming pools, which did not go down well with them!!

I look forward to continuing to be Progress Leader for such a fantastic group of students and hope

they all have a wonderful holiday and look forward to seeing them in September.

Miss Harris

Year 7 Progress Leader

[email protected]

Year 10 Summary

It is with some sadness that I have to announce that I shall be leaving Year 10 and the school in the

summer to move with my family to Devon. It is a shame to be leaving the students mid-way through

their GCSE and BTEC courses, but I have great confidence that my successor in the role of Progress

Leader, Mr Briggs, will be able to provide an excellent level of support throughout the critical final

year. The team of tutors will continue to give the same expert help and advice that they have been over

the past few years, and I would like to thank them for all their support since September.

Year 10 students visited Andover College on Monday 1st July to participate in a day focused on explor-

ing different course options for post-16 education. From 8th July the majority of the year group will be

undertaking two weeks work experience with a local employer. Both of these activities are a good op-

portunity for young people to reflect on their possible future careers and to start to think about their

post-16 options, as from the autumn they will need to begin considering applications for college places

or apprenticeships.

Mr A Thomas

Year 10 Progress Leader

[email protected]

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Year 8 Summary

Congratulations to Year 8 on a great year.

In assembly this week I showed a picture PowerPoint of all the activi-

ties and achievements Year 8 have made. It was great to look back

and I think the pupils were surprised at how much they have changed

and accomplished in one year!

I look forward to another year with the pupils as they go into Year 9

(that sounds so weird!!).

Have a lovely relaxing summer,

Miss Reeves

Special Award Draw

Adam Wellock/ Liam Pardoe

250 PARS point draw

Liam Pardoe

PARS points

Top Boy Fraser Adams

Top Girl Abi Wyles

Congratulations to the following pupils who have achieved 100% attendance this

year!

Tom Price/ Jake Ash/ Fraser Adams/ Oliver Cranham

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It is with great sadness that 8JCB and 8MJE say good bye

to their tutors. Mr Briggs and Mr Edmunds who are to be-

come Progress Leaders from September.

I would like to thank them for their hard work over the last

two years and wish them luck in their new role

Longleat 2013

Going round the safari pupils were filling in their booklets

and making judgments and opinions on the animals’ environ-

ment.

They had free time to explore the estate further with many

of the pupils taking advantage of the opportunity to hold

snakes and spiders!

A great day was had by all.

Congratulations on raising so much money for

Cancer research. 8PMJ raised over £70 and

the whole school raised £960!

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Year 9 Newsletter – July 2013

Goodbye and Good Luck from Rachel Eveling

Dear all

It is with sadness and pride that I say goodbye to the students (and their

parents/carers) of the current Year 9.

I am moving to the Trafalgar School in Downton in September 2013 to teach

science and to be a Year 7 tutor.

I have really enjoyed being their Progress Leader for the past 3 years as they

have progressed from Year 7, and expect to hear great things about their re-

sults in 2 years. Mrs Staker will do an excellent job as their new Progress

Leader and I have no reservations about handing them over to her – she is an

excellent Progress Leader.

Year 9 are a wonderful Year group and I will miss all of them hugely. Best

Wishes to every one of them for a happy and successful future.

And I will be back for your Prom!!!

Mary Rose Trip

Our last Collapsed Timetable Day this academic year included

a trip to the brand new Mary Rose museum on 1st July.

As well as a visit to the museum, students participated in

workshops on navigation and Tudor Gun Drill.

We had the opportunity to do some

shopping at Gunwharf Quay, and for-

tunately the weather was outstand-

ing. A good day was had by everyone.

Mrs Eveling

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It is with deepest regret that FOSS WAY, the parental group which was set up to help support the school and

provide a link between parents and the school will now have to close due to a lack of commitment. The group at

present has only 4 members which is not enough to run this effectively.

If any parent would like to reinstate Foss Way in some format then please contact the school direct.

I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all those parents and members of the local com-

munity ( and especially Phil Monk ) who have, in the past, put a lot of effort and had a great deal of fun in the

process of running the Foss Way group.

Sophia Moody (Chair)

MARY ROSE TRIP

On Monday 1st of July, we went to Portsmouth to visit the Mary Rose museum. Before we entered, we were

warned that if we accidentally left our bag or something then the building would have to be evacuated as a safety

precaution (the museum was in a naval base).

I decided to walk ahead of the group with a friend as we both prefer to skim the information rather than spend

ages reading everything.

The museum is built around the ship itself. There were many windows to look through that revealed the ship (it

was huge!). It was very dark inside so we had to be careful not to walk into anything.

We weren’t really allowed to touch anything there, especially the cannon, and most things were behind glass. But

there were a few things like rope and wood that you could touch.

It was really cool how they had managed to recover so many things in relatively good condition. They even had

some Tudor instruments there. Also, there were quite a few interactive games to play too.

At one point, one of the staff told us how the ship had managed to keep preserved for so many years. I found

out that they are currently trying to dry out the ship and that’s why there are a lot of pipes around it.

They are guessing that it should be fully dried in about five years, and then visitors should be able to get closer

to it. I also learnt that the rope they used on the ship was made from the hemp plant and it only grows there.

That’s how the county got the name of Hampshire.

Afterwards we went into Gun Warf Quays and looked around the shops

there. All in all it was a really interesting trip and a I learn a lot of in-

teresting things there.

Jasmine Hicks

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June’s 100 club winners

1st – Mrs Kilburn £12.30

2nd – Miss Roberts £6.15

3rd – Mrs Taylor £2.05

The more members the bigger the prize money pot so why don’t you join us by completing the form on

the back page of the newsletter or call Claire Busby for further information.

The total amount we raised for Cancer Research was

£939.98

Thank you for your support

Miss Reeves

Well done to Olivia Worrall (8CLM) for competing in the Seaford 5km run on

Sunday 7th July.

The race took place on the hottest day of the year so far, Olivia did tremen-

dously well and was the 5th lady to finish, a remarkable result.

Olivia was running for ‘Team Spence’ which is a very small charity, run entirely

by volunteers that help children and their families suffering the trauma of

childhood cancer.

Congratulations,

Miss Reeves

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A REMINDER — Get INSIGHT!

Last week saw the launch of INSIGHT. This is part of the school website which allows you to see real

time information about your child’s attendance, behaviour, reports and assessments. If you have more

than one child at the school you can see them all using the same login.

Usernames and passwords were sent out to all adults with parental responsibility last week. Many

have already logged in to have a look and have found the information very useful. If you haven’t re-

ceived these yet or have any queries about INSIGHT please contact Mr Webb.

What a day for a Summer Fayre

On Monday 22nd July the school held its first summer Fayre in living memory. We were blessed with hot weather

and sunny skies. All Year 7 to 10 students attended the Fayre and we were joined in the afternoon by children and

teachers from our local primary school. The event was to raise funds for our school charity, the Wiltshire Air

Ambulance. Mr Langley and Mr Edmunds and the house representatives organised the Fayre. Sam Gallagher in

Year 8 was phenomenal in his help with organisation and all the reps arranged stalls run by their tutor groups. At

the Fayre we had hot food, cakes, sweets, chocolate fountains, Bobs Ices (the Amesbury Ice Cream man) for sale.

There were great stalls, such as HoopLa, Lucky Dip, Unlock the safe by finding the right key, nail painting, tempo-

rary tattoos and treasure island and peg it games. We also had tug of war contests a bouncy castle and a gladia-

tors competition.

Over £400 was raised on the day well done to everyone concerned.

Next year we wish to expand the event and invite in parents and members of the wider community. We hope to

run the Fayre on a Saturday and await the permission of Mr Roper to do this.

Mr Langley (Senior Teacher) and Mr Edmunds (Year 7 Progress Leader)

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The Rotary club of Amesbury was founded in September 1958 by 30 local businessmen. It is part of a world wide or-ganisation founded in Chicago USA 1905 by a young lawyer Paul P Harris.

Today there are more than 33,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries world wide with a membership of over 1,200,000.

The general objectives of Rotary clubs in every country are the same - the development of fellowship and understand-ing among the business and professional leaders in the community, the promotion of community - betterment endeav-ours and of high standards in business and professional practices, and the advancement of international understand-ing, goodwill and peace. Rotary clubs everywhere have one basic ideal -"the Ideal of Service," which is thoughtful-ness of and helpfulness to others.

The local Rotary club's objectives are:

To be of service to the community.

To assist the wider world of Rotary and its international projects.

Work with local charities and other organisations to help develop and support facilities and services for people

in need young and old.

The Rotary club of Amesbury is also involved in assisting those less fortunate in other parts of the world with

various projects and emergency aid programmes.

Some of the local charities and international projects that have received the club's support over the years include:

Wiltshire Air Ambulance The Stroke Club Home Start

Cancer Research Wessex Heartbeat Arthritis Care

Naomi House Children's Aid Direct Victim Aid support

Goodwill Children's village India Polio Plus Help for Heroes

The Alzheimer's Society Hope and Homes The Trussell Trust

The Stars Appeal The Wiltshire Blind RNLI

Wiltshire Life Education Centre Lucy's Days out Macmillan Nurses

The Girl's Brigade The local 'Link' organisations The local schools

and many many other deserving causes over the years.

We meet Mondays in the evenings at the Antrobus Arms Hotel Church Street Amesbury.

We only have two formal meetings a month and otherwise enjoy good fun and fellowship. We are a dual gender club and have members of all ages and always welcome more to help us serve the community of which we are all proud to be a part.

If you would like to know more please come along to a meeting, contact us through the Antrobus Arms Hotel or the club website (rotaryclubofamesbury.org.uk)

The Rotary Club of Amesbury

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MATHS CHALLENGE 14 TASTY Cakes Puzzle - Solution

In the library kitchen there were three tins. Each tin contained three delicious cakes:

After school, Mr G crept into the library, opened the three tins, and ate three of the cakes.

The surprising thing, when he went left, was that each tin still contained three cakes.

How did he do it? Were they REALLY magic cakes?

Our Solution:

Mr G ate the cakes in the large tin, then he put the middle tin into the empty tin.

So when Horace went back to bed, every tin contained three cakes again!

Competition open to pupils, parents and staff too!

The Puzzle:

SOLUTION

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On 21st May, 70 year 4,5 and 6 pupils came from Christ the King, Wood-

ford, Figheldean, Newton Tony and Shrewton to take part in the orient-

eering festival. We were lucky again to have this run for us by volun-

teers from Sarum Orienteering club. The pupils took part in 3 different

activities to learn orienteering skills and then finished off by doing a re-

lay event to test their map reading skills. All pupils had a great time, and

although it was a bit cold they were all kept warm by all the running

around.

The relay event was won by Shrewton Primary School.

The final festivals

have now happened

for the school year

2012-2013. Since

Easter we have host-

ed 3 festivals

The Second Orienteering Festival was just for year 2 pupils and

took place on 9th July, and the weather was much warmer! 28

pupils from Christ the King school came up on the sunny morning

to take part. They com-

pleted a number exercise, a

word exercise and then had

to work as a team in the

relay event. The pupils all

did really well and all sur-

vived the hot weather.

The Year 5/6 Cricket festival was this year held at

Shrewton Cricket Club, with our year 9 pupils doing

all the umpiring. 6 schools attended the festival

and all performed really well. They all worked well

with others in their team to produce some very

close scores in several games. The winning team

from Bulford St Leonards went on to school games

in Trowbridge, accompanied by a girls team from

Amesbury Archer school.

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12 Pupils from Amesbury Archer primary school successfully

completed the new Sports Leaders Play Maker award. The pu-

pils attended 3 sessions and learnt how to lead other pupils

in a variety of activities. They learnt about ‘PACE’ - Partici-

pants, Area, Communication and Equipment, and how important

these are to planning a successful session.

Well done to all pupils and Good Luck running your playground

sessions.

60 Pupils from Woodford Valley took part in Ar-

chery sessions at their school on 4th July. They all

enjoyed the new equipment and had a fun competi-

tion to see who could score the most points, and if

they could beat their teacher!

They all enjoyed the session and learnt new skills,

with many hoping it would become a regular

activity.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Congratulations to -

Shannon Harris, Emily Pike, Nathan Brockway, Ian Baker and

Luke Rawlins for achieving their BTec Level 2 Extended Certifi-

cate in Countryside and Environment. Also to Beckham Taylor on

achieving Level 2 in Countryside and Environment.

Mrs Perryman

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CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Congratulations to -

Ben King Diann Arnold Georgina Douglas

Emma Adlam Maggie Andrews

For successfully completing the Greatwood Step-up Equine course.

These students were awarded their certifi-

cates by Parlympian Stephanie Millward.

Congratulations also to Mikina Webster for

successfully completing the Greatwood Step

up Progression Course.

Mrs Perryman

E SAFETY 1. X-BOX 360

This is the first in a series of monthly arti-

cles about keeping young people safe using

digital technology.

Did you know there are Parental Controls on

the X- Box 360? These can allow you to con-

trol such things as:

What games can be played (i.e. age appropri-

ate games).

Which films and TV shows can be watched.

How long each family member can use the

console on a daily or weekly basis.

Whether someone can access X- Box LIVE . Do you want your child to play online against other people?

You can access Parental Controls via two groups on the menu: ’Console Controls’ and ‘Online Safety and Priva-

cy’. Console Controls are located in the Family settings or Family Centre area on your console (depending on

your X-Box LIVE membership type).

Find out more at www.xbox.com/familysettings .

Taken from Vodafone Digital Parenting.

David Woods

Head of IT and Computing

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SEPTEMBER

MONDAY 2ND TD DAY

TUESDAY 3RD TD DAY

WEDNESDAY 4TH ALL STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL

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Ex Students Success

Congratulations to Sophie Sibley who has been awarded the Bobbie Chettleburgh Grant for 2013. A

keen young conservationist Sophie will be using her grant to travel to Ecuador and work on a conserva-

tion project during her gap year. Sophie left us in 2011 and was one of our top achieving students.

Congratulations to Sophie and we wish her well in her travels.

Another ex student hitting the headlines is Michael Thompson who has again been recognised for his

voluntary work at the Larkhill Presentation Evening. Michael had volunteered at nearly every recent

community event. Michael was recognised for his community work last year at the Amesbury Night of

Honour where he won the Community Service Award.

Well done!

Editor

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FRENCH TRIP REVIEW ….

On the 15th July, 42 students from years 7 and 8 went on a residential trip

to France. We stayed on the Opal coast of France at Chateau d’Eb-

blinghem and our hosts were NST and our tour guide was Milly.

On Monday we spent around 10 hours of the day travelling to our chateau

and upon arrival we had a small tour of where we were going to be staying

and then had our dinner. In the evening we played rounders.

On Tuesday we went to a French bakery

and we made French croissants. This was

an amazing experience and everyone en-

joyed it. The best part was learning to

make croissants with the scary male

baker. He had a rolling pin with which he

hit the table if our croissants weren’t good enough! He was very en-

tertaining and at the end of the workshop we could remember the

French words for all of the ingredients. After the bakery we visited

a sweet factory where we saw hard boiled and soft sweets being

made. Mr Briggs had a go and was terrible, but little did we know, the sweet chef had messed around

with the nozzle making it a lot harder for Mr Briggs to control! Then we left and headed for a snail

farm. The farmer showed us his snail farm and he kept around 150,000 and wanted to have 400,000

by next year. He showed us a snail in detail and showed us that a certain type of snail mucus sold for

1000 euros per kilogram for beauty products. In the evening we did a scavenger hunt.

On Wednesday we went to

Bellewaerde theme park in

Belgium. This was a bril-

liant trip to a well known

theme park and it was an

amazing experience. There

were some great rides like

the Boomerang, Huracan

and Niagara. This was a

great day out for our hard

work the day before. In

the evening we had a com-

petition to find the best

superhero or villain.

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THE STONEHENGE SCHOOL

ANTROBUS ROAD, AMESBURY

WILTSHIRE SP4 7ND

Tel: 01980 623407

Fax: 01980 625547

E-Mail: [email protected]

Web site: www.stonehenge.wilts.sch.uk

Attendance Hotline—

01980 676650

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On Thursday we had trip to le Touquet and went to the market where we

had to complete some tasks which included finding a stamp and sending a

postcard, buying ice cream and pastries and a souvenir of our choice. For

lunch we went to the beach and after lunch we went to the Aqualud water

park. We spent two hours there and then got on the bus for a two hour

drive back. When we arrived back at the chateau we had to pack our cases

and had a disco. Mr Monk’s dancing to the YMCA couldn’t be beaten even

by the disco diva Fraser!

On the final day we travelled back to Eng-

land on the coach and luckily we got an

earlier ferry so we were home sooner.

Overall this was an amazing trip and everyone enjoyed it a lot. Thanks

to Miss Roberts for organising it and to all of the staff involved, in-

cluding Milly and our coach driver, Deryck.

Don’t think the snail went down

very well!!!

Editor

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FOREST SCHOOL

The following students all took part in the Forest School which took place in small wood near Brokerwood Country

Parknear Westbury—

Chelsea Costello Shanice Decker Donna Large

Alex Hastings Sala Matanatabu

Activities included; wood craft skills, fire making, cooking ,shelter making, canoeing and archery.

It was a mixed group including students from Year 2 to Year 9. The Stonehenge students showed maturity and

kindness in taking care of the younger ones. Everyone tried something new and thoroughly enjoyed the six week

course.

A big thank you to Darren, Alistair and Matt the instructors who made the course such a success.

Mrs Blyth

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The Stonehenge School Fund 100 Club

The 100 club is a new fundraising activity which will help us raise money for the school

fund. Each number costs £12 for entry into twelve consecutive monthly lottery draws

and the more numbers you buy the greater your chance of a great cash prize!

Half the stake money will be given out in prizes with the other half of the monies being

donated to the school. As the prize money depends on the number of entries, the prize

fund does vary, however there will be three monthly cash prizes.

Please join us and bring little extra excitement to your life! If every family was a mem-

ber of the 100 Club it would raise over £4,000 for the school each year and mean more

prize money!

To join, please fill in the two forms below. Whilst you can pay through ParentPay, setting up a Standing Order means: * Renewal is easy *You never miss a draw *We avoid bank charges

THIS FORM IS FOR NEW MEMBERSHIP. Please be aware that there can be no refunds after entry into a draw. Also, as winnings are despatched directly to the notified address it is essential that we have up to date details of all names and addresses. We would appreciate your child’s name as a reference on the standing order mandate.

I hope to welcome you to the 100 Club!

Claire Busby, School Business Manager

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PLEASE SEND THIS FORM DIRECT TO YOUR BANK

100 Club Account details:- A/C No 47498860 A/C Stonehenge School Fund

Sort Code 30-97-41 Bank Lloyds TSB, Salisbury

Please pay to the above account immediately and annually thereafter on 1st April 2013 until further notice £12 /

£24 / £36 (delete as appropriate).

A/C Name: …………………………………… A/C No ………………… Sort Code ………………….

Beneficiary Reference ………………………………………. (your child’s name)

Bank Name/Address ………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………… Signature …………………………… Date ………………

" ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

PLEASE RETURN TO SCHOOL for the attention of Claire Broom, 100 Club

Member’s Name and address: ……………………………………………………………………………

……………………………...............................Tel No …………………… (for contact about winnings)

Signature ………………………………………….. Date ………………………

Please delete as appropriate:

I have forwarded a standing order form to my bank for £12 / £24 / £36

I have paid via ParentPay for £12 / £24 / £36

A receipt and your membership number will be issued.

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