2018 Lent Term No. 7 Newsletter 02.03.18

TOMMY’S BABY CHARITY

Pupils and staff have raised an incredible £748.02 for Tommy's through bun sales, stationery sales and a non-uniform day. They have also collected nappies in newborn/premature baby size, cotton buds, nappy bags, baby wipes and baby clothes which are go-ing to be donated to the neonatal intensive care ward at Hull Royal Infirmary.

Tommy's fund research into miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth, and provide pregnancy health information to parents. They believe it is unacceptable that one in four women lose a baby during pregnancy and birth. They want every parent to have the best possible pregnancy outcomes and to take home happy, healthy babies.

Here is a link to Tommy’s video https://vimeo.com/257686706.

Former Olympian Richard Buck

We were delighted to welcome former Olympian Richard Buck to school on Wednesday.

Richard led two assemblies where he talked about his achievements and how sport gave him something to focus on. He learnt he was very good at sport and by putting the effort in, he improved.

Richard's message to the pupils was very inspiring. He explained through sport he learnt he had the power to control his desti-ny. It has given him confidence and focus. In addition to this Richard has made some fabulous friends, he has travelled the world and has had a lot of fun!

Richard ran a series of sports workshops for pupils in Years 5 - 8. This was a wonderful opportunity for our pupils to meet and work with a professional sports athlete and learn new training skills. This was a massive motivation for all our pupils.

Please click on this link to view the full gallery of photographs https://tinyurl.com/ycjojre4

PSHCE Menu Writing Competition

Year 7 children had a session with Mrs Fletcher our Catering Manager, to learn about balanced diets and the guidelines that control menu writing in schools.

They were set a challenge to write a menu they felt was suitable.

Mrs Fletcher said she had an amazing response and enjoyed reading through all their work. She always finds it reassuring to see that many of the items chosen by the children already exist on the menu cycle. On the same note it’s good to see new ide-as.

Some of those individual ideas have been included in next weeks menu, with the final winning menu being served on Friday.

We are proud to announce the winning menu was written by Isabelle and Beth from 7 Gibbs – well done girls.

weekly menu.

meal Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Friday

WINNING MENU BY ISABELLE

& BETH

soup & bread

tomato soup

suggested on 3 menus

chunky vegetable soup

suggested on 5 menus

pumpkin soup

for Darcy & Grace

minestrone soup

suggested on 6 menus spiced sweet potato soup

crown loaf poppy seed loaf sesame loaf wholemeal loaf herb bread

Lunch

main option 1 chicken korma Italian inspired shepherd’s pie steak (sorry no ale) pie

for Victoria & Ruby baked cumberland sausage

meatball sub with spinach

tomato & mozzarella

main option 2 quorn & sweet potato curry shepherdess pie country vegetable pie quorn sausage casserole vegetable lasagne

sides steamed rice, naan bread roast potato mashed potato sweet potato fries

peas steamed carrots broccoli savoy cabbage sweetcorn

mango chutney, sambals green beans swede & carrot sweetcorn broccoli

pasta bar macaroni cheese or arrabbiata carbonara or arrabbiata arrabbiata or basil pesto roasted cherry tomato & pesto

or arrabbiata creamy pepper or arrabbiata

jacket potatoes cheese, beans or tuna mayo cheese, beans or sausage &

beans cheese, beans or savoury cheese

chicken mayonnaise, cheese or

beans beef chilli, cheese or beans

dessert orange cake & custard

for Christian & Charles toffee apple strudel & custard shortbread & pink sauce lemon syrup sponge & custard rocky road & squirty cream

Life Drawing

Invited Year 7 and 8 pupils were off timetable and engaged in a day of focused drawing activities.

Led by artist Esther Cawley, this curriculum enrichment day was designed to offer pupils an age-appropriate opportunity to experience a differentiated Art tuition they would not ordinarily receive in Key Stage 3.

Future Diary Dates Week B

Monday 5 March School Production Technical Run 16:00

Tuesday 6 March

Y10 Football Quarter Final Society of Heads Cup in Newcastle

WE Day, pupils depart at 16:00

School Production Technical Run 16:00

Wednesday 7 March

WE Day Wembley Arena

GSCE PE Practical Moderation 12:00—16:00

Careers Evening for Years 10-13 from 17:00—18:30

Thursday 8 March

BBC School Report visit to BBC Media City in Salford

Pupils from Years 7-9 attending Youth Summit

Year 13 Parents’ Evening 16:30—19:30

Friday 9 March Year 10 Language Curriculum Enrichment Day

Saturday 10 March

Open Morning 10:00—13:00

School Production Dress Rehearsal 10:00

Open Morning

School Transport

The Open Morning on Saturday 10 March will start at 10.00 and finish at 13.00. Please note that only Years 7, 8 and Sixth Form will be required in School. All the school buses are operating and will pick up an hour later than normal at the regular bus stops on Saturday morn-ing. The buses are scheduled to depart the school grounds at 13.10 for the homeward journeys.

Careers Breakfast Meeting

The next careers breakfast meeting will be held on Wednesday 14 March at 08:00 in the Drawing Room. Our guest speaker is Mrs Alison Goddard BBA, MBA (Proj Mgnt), PMP.

Alison is the Director of Project Management at PPD (a global Clinical Research Organisation) in the Neuroscience group. Her specialist area of research is pain. Alison will be talking to pupils about careers in the pharmaceutical industry and knowledge of drug development.

This is open to all pupils in Years 10 -13.

If you would like your son/daughter to attend, please email

Carrie.Mertens@hullcollegiateschool.co.uk

Uniform Shop Opening Times

(term time only)

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday each week

13:00—17:00

Uniform Shop— Saturday 10 March

Open 09:45—13:00

Current Year 11 to Sixth Form suit fittings are scheduled between 5—22 March, appointments

have been sent directly to form tutors.

If the suggested time is not convenient, pupils are asked to contact Mrs Worsnop directly to

rearrange. The Uniform Shop will not be holding stock of the suit.

Cricket whites are available to purchase ready for Trinity term.

Future Music

Department Events

A Level Music Concert

16:45 Thursday 1 March

Radcliffe Hall

Spring Music Concert

19:00 Thursday 22 March

Radcliffe Hall

featuring the Collegiate Chorus, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Guitar Group

and various solos

Careers Evening

Wednesday 7 March

17:00 – 18:30

Pupils in Years 10 -13 and their parents are warmly invited to join us in the school foyer and adjoining rooms for our annual Careers Evening. This event gives pupils the opportunity to engage informally with representatives from key job sectors and to explore potential career interests.

The evening will run in the style of a Careers Fair allowing pupils to learn about the diversity of roles within each of the sectors and to take away ideas and information that will help them move forward in their careers planning. We are grateful for the support of company representatives who can offer insight and guidance on entry routes and qualifications as well as the availability of work experience and apprenticeships.

We look forward to seeing both parents and pupils for what has always been an inspirational and highly informative event in the school calendar.

Connexin £10 Challenge

The Connexin £10 Challenge started on Monday 26 February. Pupils are working in forms and have to raise as much money as they can from their initial £10. The challenge is sponsored by Connexin. Eleven years ago, ex pupils Alex Yeung and Furqan Alamgir founded Connexin with a vision to reinvent how we communicate using the Internet. It is now an international business with customers all over the world.

Ex pupil and Connexin Director Will Kebbell, spoke to pupils at this week’s assembly to offer advice on their business strategy and plans.

The challenge will run from Monday 26 February to Friday 23 March. Good luck to all pupils.

All proceeds go to the Hull Collegiate Trust.

East Riding Theatre

ERT has announced their season for 2018, kicking off with the theatre’s first in-house production of the year, Good Peo-

ple by David Lindsay-Abaire, which opens in March – it will be the first time the play has been performed outside of Broad-

way and London. Following a tremendous directorial debut last year with The Night Season, ERT’s artistic director Adrian

Rawlins, who recently visited Hull Collegiate School, will be directing this fiercely funny and compelling drama set in South

Boston, USA. Visit their website for more information www.eastridingtheatre.co.uk

World Record Attempt

Although it is nearly a year since our attempt, Guinness World Records are still deliberating over whether or not we have done enough to gain the record.

The good news, however is that even if the previous attempt is invalid, we have another attempt planned for June this year. This will be for the most people wearing swimming armbands (inflated) so that pupils from every year group including Kin-dergarten can participate. This will be done strictly on the basis that you must have registered to take part no later than one week before the attempt. Pupils will be asked to donate/be sponsored and the money will be split between the school trust and Team Uganda 2019. More details will follow, but now is the time to go and purchase some armbands if you do not al-ready have some!

Hull Animal Welfare Trust and PDSA

Form 9 Fong/Groves have nominated Hull Animal Welfare Trust as their charity for this half term. The charity, registered number 1003998, works hard to re-home dogs, cats and other smaller animals. The PDSA, registered charity num-ber 208217, treats sick animals whose owners are struggling to pay for vets bills. There will be a 'pick the date' calendar going around the school in March at 20p a go. Pick any day on the calendar, and the winning one will win an Easter egg just before we break up in March! We are also asking for any donations of the following: any pet food for any kind of ani-mal, blankets, kitchen roll, antibacterial spray and pet toys. These can be given to Miss Groves, Mr Fong, or any pupils in that form. Thank you in advance for any way in which you can support this.

Safi Coffee

Safi coffee beans (200g) are now back in stock.

You can buy online www.saficoffee.co.uk or from Senior and Prep reception. #sipsforthesoul

Please help us spread the word by following Safi Coffee on social media - Facebook @SafiCoffee. Twitter & Instagram @safi_coffee. Thank you.

Hull 10K – Running for Hope

We are taking part in this year’s Hull 10K in memory of Hope Rooms. You are welcome to join our team, please email carrie.mertens@hullcollegiateschool. Our fundraising page is now live.

You can read Hope’s story and donate online here https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/runningforhope2018 #neverforget

Girls’ Sport Sport

Boys’ Results

Football results Saturday 24 February

1st XI v Ackworth (SIS League) – HCS won 4-0

U15 v Fulneck – HCS won 5-4

U13 v Fulneck – HCS won 4-2

Girls’ Results

Saturday 24 February Pocklington Away

U12A 16-16 (draw)

U13A 5-13 (won)

U13B 7-10 (won)

U14B 8-3 (lost)

Saturday 24 February Pocklington Home

1st 16-21 (lost)

2nd 9-15 (lost)

U15A 5-38 (lost)

U14A 17-14 (won)

Netball Training - Lent 2018

Monday 16:00 - 17:30 Year 7

Tuesday 16:00 - 17:30 Years 10-13

Thursday 16:00 - 17:30 Years 8-9

*Training will take place in the Sports Hall*

FoHCS Book Club

The next meeting of the FoHCS Book Club will be at 10:15 on Monday 26 March at Saramique

in Hessle. We will be talking about:

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

(this is available on Kindle for 99p)

If you are interested in coming along to meet new people and talk about books, please email lindseys@gmail.com or just turn up.

FoHCS Dates for your Diary

Fashion Show by Milla Boutique – Friday 27 April, more details to follow.

Summer Fete Saturday 23 June 11:00 to 16:00.

Includes donkey rides, helter skelter, last man standing, Paws in the Park and Bake Off competitions, Grand Prize Draw and lots more. This event is open to the whole school community and their friends.

FoHCS 1st Ever Promises Event

For 2018 FoHCS have decided to try something completely new. Our first ever Promises Event.

This event will consist of either a Promises Auction and/or a Promises Raffle TBD. In a Promises Event the auction items/raffle prizes are all services or experiences rather than physical things.

The way it works is this. The people donating the auction items/prizes make a promise. This could be anything from promis-ing to allow the winner of the auction item/raffle prize to use their holiday home or vintage car for a weekend or week, to promising to provide an hour or more specific services e.g professional services, such as accountancy, or general services such as gardening or DIY.

Other examples might be:

a group of teachers promising to take a set number of school age children on a half day or day trip to a local museum;

a music teacher promising to give a free hour or more music lesson;

a vet promising to allow a school age child to shadow them for a day;

a promise by HCS to provide a free after school club for one child for one term.

The sky is the limit! A mixture of promises to appeal to both children and parents works best. All promises are welcome, from parents, teachers, local businesses and anyone else connected with HCS.

Please let FoHCS have your promises by Tuesday 27 March 2018 by emailing FoHCS@hullcollegiateschool.co.uk.

Let’s make this 1st ever Promises Event one to remember!

With many thanks in advance. FoHCS

Promises will be included in the Promises Auction or Raffle at FoHCS’ discretion.