Contact - February 2013

Contact 141 February 2013Willingdon Community School


The changing landscape of the national educational agenda is very high profile at the moment, with the government announcing, in the last week, a number of proposed key changes to the examination system and the curriculum. These changes are not going to have a full impact until 2015 but many of the proposals are likely to start influencing the system immediately and schools across the country will be adjusting to the changes. I therefore feel it important to start to inform you of the gist of the proposals and how

it will affect Willingdon Community School.When Ofsted inspected us last October, they praised the quality of our curriculum, noting how it met the requirements of the National Curriculum and provided for the full range of our students, ensuring that there were progression routes for students of all abilities, interests and talents. Because of our belief in continuing to provide a very broad and relevant curriculum for all our students, including in Key Stage 4, the proposals are unlikely to affect our curriculum model too much.

CurriCulum and Examination ChangE

is Coming!What it mEans for Willingdon Community sChool


W e have also

always placed an emphasis on the importance of

encouraging students to study the, so called, EBacc subjects of English, maths, at least 2 sciences, a modern foreign language and either or both of history and geography. The Ebacc is the measure that the government wishes to use as a key measure of a school’s quality, particularly for the more able students considering going to University. Currently we are the highest achieving school in the area with regard to the Ebacc, with over 30% of our students studying for this collection of subjects and with a target of 40% within the next two years. Hence, the proposals are unlikely to impact upon the shape of our curriculum model to any great extent although we will have to adjust to the proposed content changes within each subject area. The detail of those changes is not known yet and will not be introduced until 2015 at the earliest.On the examination front, we are pleased that the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove MP, has decided to stick with GCSEs

as the basis of the examination system at age 16. We also welcome his proposals to toughen up the system by ensuring that there is consistency between examination boards and introducing a degree of greater academic rigour which focuses on the embedding of a number of core skills and knowledge. As long as the eventual outcome is an examination system that provides for the full range of students, including those that are best suited to a more vocational pathway and those that have the potential to achieve at the very highest of levels, then we will welcome the outcome. Currently, over 40% of our students achieve 3 or more A*/A grades, with over 10% gaining 10 or more top grades; so we are providing for the most able and I feel confident we will be well placed to deliver for them in the new regime, whatever the final outcome. My concern is more with the offer for those for whom a vocational element would be more appropriate. We will participate in the consultation on all the proposals and keep a watchful eye on the direction of travel. Whatever the outcome, we will be well prepared and will keep you informed.


The one change that is likely to start creeping into the examination system before 2015 and is certainly a change we need to start preparing for from the minute students join the school, is the move to examination results being determined solely by a final examination. No coursework or modular content or controlled assessments. The emphasis is going to be on students learning and mastering a body of knowledge and skills over a period of time and being tested on it at the end of the course. Along with this fundamental change, students will be expected to have deepened their mastery of English grammar, spelling, punctuation and extended writing; be able to do a number of maths’ calculations without the use of a calculator; and

recall large bodies of information. These changes will start to impact on how we teach and test students almost immediately.Change is always a challenge and at the moment we are only aware of the broad outline of the proposals but we are pretty clear about the direction in which they are headed. We shall adjust accordingly and keep you informed as the proposals develop and become established. 2015 is the key date but we have to start changing now.

Ian JungiusHeadteacher

Editorial & Production Team,Elizabeth McCabe, Matthew Healey, Barbara Negus

Willingdon Community School, Broad Road, Lower Willingdon, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN20 9QXT : 01323 485254 F : 01323 487779 E: [email protected]

Next edition of Contact: 25th March 2013


The 20th annual Eastbourne Young Engineers’ Challenge held at Bedes School

On Friday 25th January 2013, we, four students in Year 7, Nicholas Burton, Lydia Waters, Dylan Penrose and Jess Vinson took part in the Young Engineers Challenge held at Bedes School Eastbourne. There were eighteen other local schools that also took part.

The chosen teams from each school all arrived not knowing what the challenge would be. It was a “think fast on your feet day!”We were introduced to some business men and engineers who had been involved in their own engineering projects. The theme was a cable car across the River Thames in London.

We were then set the task of building two towers both 1 metre high and had to be strong enough to hold a weight of 100g to 2000g representing a cable car. Next we were given some basic equipment including garden sticks which were a variety of length, dried spaghetti, straws, rubber bands and string.

Our team worked for two hours with short breaks to build the towers. We spent some time at the beginning planning for example what shape would be the strongest base to keep the tower up, how we would work in pairs and how we would bind the sticks together. We worked really well as a team.

Later we tested our finished towers. Our towers held 700g of weight. The Mayor was welcomed to help with judging and also the Commanding Officer from 103 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

We all received certificates at the end. Whilst we did not win, we felt that we had achieved our goal and enjoyed the day.Thank you for organising and letting us take part.

By Lydia Waters.


On Friday 15th February 2013 our school will once again be supporting 'UNICEF’s Day for Change' and we very much hope that you will join us in supporting this worthwhile, fun and educational event. It is a great opportunity for our students to learn about and raise money for children in other parts of the world.

The idea is very straightforward. In return for a donation of £1 to

help UNICEF’s vital work, your child will be allowed to come to school in MUFTI. By taking part in this important day, we can help support UNICEF’s work, using sport and play to transform the lives of children.

Why are we doing it?

As you know, 2012 was a key year for sports. Sport and the achievements of the world’s top athletes at the London 2012 Games has inspired

Education through Sport

UNICEF’s


schools and children around the world, sport is an effective way of transforming the lives of children and their communities and is of a much wider importance.

Play and sport are not only a fundamental right for children, but also vital elements in their health happiness and well-being. UNICEF is using sport as an effective tool to help achieve goals in health, education, gender equality, HIV and AIDS, child protection and child development.

More than half of Uganda’s population is under the age of 14 and live on less than £1 a day. Poverty, conflict and social stigma mean that many children do not complete their primary education. Children often have to work and live in dangerous conditions. This is wrong.

By taking part in 'Day for Change', we will be helping transform children’s lives through the power of sport.

UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, is the world’s leading organisation working for children and their rights. They work with families, local communities, partners and governments in more than 150 countries to help every child realise their full potential.

UNICEF supports children by providing health care, nutrition and education.

To find out more information about UNICEF, please visit www.unicef.org.uk.

Thank you for your support for this worthwhile and educational day.

Mr Ellis


Congratulations to the Willingdon U14 badminton team for their excellent performance in the Centre Parcs Sussex Schools Badminton Team Championships on Thursday 31st January which was held at The K2, Crawley. Willingdon were one of eight schools from around the county that had qualified to compete in the finals. Willingdon were drawn in a group with William Parker, St Wilfreds and St Andrews. Willingdon convincingly beat St Wilfreds and St Andrews school 5-0 in the group stages. The final game in the group stage was a tough and close match against William Parker Sports College which they narrowly lost. The team qualified to play Christ’s Hospital Independent School in a 3rd/ 4th place play-off. Willingdon put their disappointment of losing their previous match behind them and won the play-off 4-1 to finish 3rd place.

Mr L Gordon

Centre Parcs Sussex Schools Badminton Finals 2013


Congratulations to the Willingdon U13 and U16 table tennis teams for their excellent performances in the Sussex Schools Table Tennis Championships on Wednesday 30th January which was held at St Leonards Academy, Hastings. All players won a number of their group games and closely missed qualification to the knock out stages apart from Solomon Fitzpatrick, Josh Bennett and Jack Bennett who qualified. Solomon Fitzpatrick qualified for the quarter final of the U13 competition after winning all of his five group games but he unfortunately lost in four sets to a regional squad player. Josh and Jack Bennett demonstrated why they are the top players in the county as they were undefeated throughout the whole competition both winning their U13 and U16 finals. They have now qualified to play and represent Sussex Schools in the National Schools Table Tennis Finals 2013.

Mr L Gordon

U13 & U16 Sussex Schools Table Tennis Championships


Sainsbury’s Active Kids 2013The PE Department are collecting the Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers. These vouchers are exchanged for sports equipment to be used in lessons and enrichment clubs as well active experience sessions. If you have any vouchers please could you donate them to the school by bringing them to PE1.

Congratulations! to Solomon Fitzpatrick 7BW, Harry Kendall 8CEA, Harry Chell 8DC and Joshua Levett 7MS for being selected to take part in a MCC cricket hub which will be held at Eastbourne College. The students took part in two trials sessions

and have been selected to receive weekly coaching from former Zimbabwean cricket captain Andrew Waller and ECB Level 3 coach Matt Banes.

Mr Gordon


Year 7 Sports Hall Athletics


Our last netball match was more important than the others, if we won then we would make it into the Sussex finals. We played Lewis Priory and even though it was very close they unfortunately won. The team was Kerris Senior, Alex Spillet, Fleur Green, Zoe Maskel, Amy Marchent, Sophie Appleyard, Bethany Russel, Kyah Ovenden , and Lauren Bowls.

The team played really well in some parts of the game, if we had played like this more consistently throughout the game then we would have easily won. We could have improved by staying calm and not panicking if we had no one to pass to straight away. The thing we did much better than the other team was foot work, they got blown up many more times than us therefore we had the advantage for parts of the game. Both teams got tired quickly because the game was longer than an average game, each quarter being eight minutes long.

The attackers were very good at getting the

ball to our end when it was in the centre third, even if it was the other teams centre pass, which led to a good amount of goal scoring opportunities. Unfortunately sometimes, with the pressure high, they missed a few but worked hard to regain possession and got the next ones in. When the ball did get to the other teams shooting end, our defenders worked hard to prevent Lewes scoring. Perhaps they could have been more aggressive but when they did get possession they were quick to get the ball out of the defending end and down the court for the attackers to try and score. Kerris Senior 7BW

Year 7 Netball Playoffs


Year 8 Netball PlayoffsAfter playing a lively game, Year 8’s netball team experienced their first defeat of the season, loosing their winning title in last week’s (11th Jan) play off match.

The game started off in Willingdon’s favour; energetic and focused, the girls managed to grab the ball and immediately pass it to the Wing Attack (Lucy Worrall) who threw the ball to Centre (Maia Buckthorpe) who got the ball to Goal Attack (Sophie Richardson). Then, between her and the Goal Shooter (Jessica Sidwell) scored the first goal of the game, bringing Willingdon 1-0 up. Later on, with the same set up, the girls took the ball again and it flew through the net.

Unfortunately, after a great start, Lewis also started to get in a few goals, getting

passed the strong defense (Amy Miles, Connie Breach, Hannah Ginno) making it a score of 2-4 by the end of the first half.

Lewis continued to score throughout the next quarter but after switching a few players around, Willingdon fought back and Wing Attack (Erin Mckee) received the ball and passed it to our powerful attack and they scored another, making it 3-4. Later on in the quarter, Lewis came back again and scored more goals. By the end of the third quarter the score was 3-9.

In the last quarter, Lewis managed to get through our defense and scored again, after changing around the positions, our Wing Defense (Summer Pannett) got the ball, passed it on to the Wing Attack (Beatrice Frias Del Rio) who got it to

the Goal Shooter and scored making it 4-9, again towards the end of the quarter Lewis scored some good goals and made the ending score 4-12.

Even though Willingdon lost the play off, coming second in our local area is certainly something to be proud of and we now have something to aim for next year. We’re all looking forward to our next match and hope to get our winning streak back.

By Hannah Ginno 8JG


Year 8 entered two teams into this year’s Eastbourne Schools Netball Tournament held at The Eastbourne Academy.

Squad 1:Sophie Richardson Maia BuckthorpeHannah Ginno Jess SidwellBea Frais- Del-Rio Connie BreachAmy Miles

"Both teams played exceptionally well but in the end Willingdon's A team came first overall. The

weather was against us the whole time as it was windy and cold, however it didn’t seem to affect our playing too much. We had 5 games to play in total and as time moved on it got colder, but we managed to win each match and come back champions. We worked well as a team which made sure we were all alert and also made sure we were all in a space ready to pass. All of us were very happy after we had finished the games and found that we had won and were glad we did the school and ourselves proud."

Maia Buckthorpe 8SR

Year 8 Tournament


Squad 2:Kathryn James Anya BrownHannah Woolf Hollie WrathSummer Pannett Beth MortonAlex Spillet (yr7) Kerris Senior (yr7)

"At the start of the tournament we needed to look into our techniques, because we had very poor footwork in our first game. This was soon put right by watching our team mates, and reflecting on our performance. In the end we played brilliantly throughout the tournament. We won our game against Seaford Head and Drew against HCC and the Eastbourne Academy. Overall we came fifth, and I would like to take the opportunity as Captain to say well done to the whole team".

Kathryn James

8SSH


Team Chloe LindleyHolly Bachelor Katie Allan Kellie Larkin Zoe MilbournJodie Lindley (yr9)

Congratulations to the Year 11 netball team for not only winning their last ever match for the school, but for also never losing a league game, and qualifying for the Sussex Finals each year they have entered.

Despite their numerous other commitments, exams and revision schedules the girls triumphed in the area final against Peacehaven, winning 31 – 7.

After five years of training with

the girls we would like to take the opportunity to wish them every success for the future.

Miss Attrill and Miss Graffham

"On Thursday 31st January we competed in the playoffs against Peacehaven. We began the match at a high standard; we were determined right from the first centre pass. The attacking side of the team began well will Kellie Larkin playing in the centre which controlled the game well. Holly Batchelor was playing WA and was making many interceptions; also Jodie Lindley playing GA was controlling the circle well and was shooting very accurately. Additionally Zoe Milbourn was in the circle and was playing

GS playing at high quality throughout the game and also shooting accurately. In the defence Chloe Lindley was playing GK and was able to mark her player and make some good interceptions, also playing in a defensive role was Sophie Allan who was playing WD and also made many interceptions and was able to use the space to make some solid passes across

Year 11 Tournament


the court. Our score reflected our hard work and effort, which we had played throughout the match. There was some outstanding play, which helped contribute the score, which was 31-7 to Willingdon. I would like to thank all the people that participated in the game and as it was the last year 11 game I would also like to thank Miss Attrill and Miss Graffham for all the hard work and effort that they have put in the netball team for the last 5 years."

Written by Katie Allan 11DAC

Year 9 Netball Team

Congratulations! to the Year 9 Netball Team for winning their partnership playoff against Lewes Priory. This was a fantastic end to a brilliant

season.

Well Done!


Sports Person of the Month

Year 7 Alex Spillett 7BWYear 8 Josh Bennett 8JG

Year 9 Ben Twine 9CAYear 10 Ryley Tate 10BP

Year 11 Kellie Larkin 11DAC

Young Designer of the Month

Year 7 Lydia Waters 7MMPYear 8 Francesca Gittings 8DCYear 9 Megan Bowles 9GE

Year 10 Abigail Castle 10BPYear 11 Becky Kearns 11CD

Englisher of the Month

Year 7 Zach Reed 7MMPYear 8 Erin McKee 8JG

Year 9 Amy Ellenger 9KPYear 10 Mark Stephenson 10LBYear 11 Bailey Langford 11NM

Geographer of the Month

Year 7 Ben King 7MSYear 8 Mollie Ireland 8SSH

Year 9 Dominic Morden 9SPYear 10 Ryley Tate 10BP

Year 11 Leigha Cornford 11ASB

Artist of the Month

Year 7 Jozef Francis 7SSWYear 8 Khadija Dambam 8DC

Year 9 Phoebe Francis-Aylward 9WR

Year 10 Ellie Brown 10JMBYear 11 Becky Kearns 11CD

Historian of the Month

Year 7 Callum Lumley 7RGYear 8 Hannah Ginno 8JG

Year 9 James Blackmore 9KPYear 10 Rhys Lavender 10LB


WillinGDon ACHiEvErS oF THE MonTH JAnUArY 2013

iCT Person of the Month

Year 7 Jozef Francis 7SSWYear 8 Thomas Sangster 8SR

Year 9 Will Read 9RKYear 10 Owen Flaherty 10LGYear 11 Connor Burke11DAC

Philosopher of the Month

Year 7 Alex Spillett 7BWYear 8 Jack Wood 8JG

Year 9 Aiden Keeley 9MEYear 10 Joseph Ritchie 10LG

Year 11 Rebecca Maskell 11AM


Students in year 7 and 8 have been reading and quizzing with Accelerated Reader. Many year 7 students were familiar with the system from their primary schools, and have enjoyed the challenge of being able to read a wider range of books at WCS to take quizzes and win

prizes. Year 8 students, already experts at AR, are continuing their reading for a second year this year.

All students in year 7 and 8 should be reading a book from the library (or a book from home which is on the AR system) and taking their AR quizzes to earn

Rising ReadeRs


prizes and Reward Points. 100% on a quiz scores 10 reward points and wins either a bookmark or a sticker. 85% or above scores 5 reward points and earns a sticker. A bookmark full of stickers means that students can win a new bookmark with the next 100% quiz score. The more bookmarks you have, the greater your chance of winning prizes in the end of term draw.

Term 2 winners were:

Harrison Hunt Year 7Bethany Moreton Year 8

Both students won a £5 Amazon voucher, which we hope they have enjoyed

and spent on a good book!

Parents will soon be able to log on to Accelerated Reader from home to check their child’s progress AND receive email updates every time their child takes an Accelerated Reader quiz. You can find out more about AR at the Parent Forum on 14th March.

Readers!Want to recommend a book for AR? Is there a book you’d love to read, that’s on Accelerated Reader but not in the library? Make your recommendations to Mrs Pellet in the library for the chance to get your favourite books stocked!

Ms S Willow


WILLINGDON COMMUNITY SCHOOL

News from the Friends of Willingdon Community School

Following our latest, and well attended, meeting in January of the “Friends”, attention has now turned to events for 2013. As well as a presence at a number of parents evenings and other school functions coming up, we will also be arranging more events under the “Friends of Willingdon Community School” banner.

Our next fun event will be a “Bingo” Night, which is to be held in the Main Hall on Friday 22nd March at 7.00pm. You will find a flyer on the evening contained in this edition of Contact. The evening promises to be a lot of fun, bingo tends to be a popular pastime so if you would like to book a table with friends and family in advance please email [email protected]

Please do also spread the word to those you know who are keen bingo players, as the evening is open to all!

In terms of the next get together of the Friends our next meeting will be on Wednesday the 27th March at 7.00pm in the Community Training Room. We hope to see as many of you there. In the meantime if you have further ideas and/or offers of support for the Friends please do contact us via the email above, or contact the school. Many Thanks for your ongoing support.

Liz Fellows (mother of Megan – Year 11 and Lydia - Year 10)Chair of the Friends of Willingdon Community School


On Friday the 11th of January, 6 students (Emma French, Ben Preston, Elly Collins, Stephanie Watson, Charlotte Weyland and me, Enya Costin) travelled to Roedean school to watch the award ceremony of the Southern School Book awards, along with Miss Morrison-Price and our school librarian, Miss Pellet. After school, we went to the library and ordered 3 pizzas, though they didn't last long! After eating to our hearts content, we headed to Roedean school in the school minibus. Once we arrived at Roedean, we were shocked because it was so big. We headed to their theatre and were seated along with 40 other schools to discover the winner. I sat in the second row, whilst my peers and the teachers sat two rows behind me. There were 5 different books we had to read and review; Momentum by Saci Lloyd, Boys Don’t Cry by Malorie Blackman, Buried Thunder by Tim Bowler, Socks Are Not Enough by Mark Lowery, and This Is Not Forgiveness by Celia Rees. These were the books

short listed for the awards. Earlier in the school year, we started reading the books, and writing reviews, which were then counted up as votes. Each author then gave a little speech on the inspiration for their book, and read the first chapter of their book. This was quite interesting as some ideas were quite random, such as your parents deciding they want to become nudists! (Socks are not enough). The results were finally announced. Tim Bowler won the highly commended award for his spooky and slightly freaky book, Buried Thunder, whilst Malorie Blackman

Southern Schools Book Award Presentation Evening


won the award for her realistic and down-to-earth book Boys Don’t Cry. When the author of momentum, Saci Lloyd gave her speech, she said she would throw a temper tantrum if she didn't win. Once the results were called, she proceeded to try and steal the award of the others! She was the most eccentric of the authors, but also my personal favourite, she leapt around the stage and made fun of one of the schools that had to wear bright red berets! After the awards were collected, and thank you speeches made, Each school was called to the stage in alphabetical order to

collect the book tokens. These were worth £7 each. We were one of the last schools to be called to the front. I walked up to receive the tokens before returning to my seat. The curtains on the stage were pulled back to reveal piles and stacks of books by the authors. We were allowed to use our book tokens to buy one of these books, though some people brought along money. Once we had bought our books, we then went through to a dance studio, where the authors were sitting at a long table. This was where they signed our books for us and took some photos with us. Once everyone had got their books signed, we went through to “the green room” where we stayed and had some drinks. We were then lead back to our mini bus, and started to head back home. Everyone was quite tired as it had been a long day, some even fell asleep for the journey back to school! All in all, we had a great time, and thoroughly enjoyed reading the books and meeting the authors.

By Enya Costin 9SP


Year 71st Prize £50Owen Frost 7SSW

2nd Prize £30Leia Furlong 7MMP

3rd Prize £20Zoe Terren-Casas 7BW

Year 101st Prize £50Suphansa Sosaennoi 10LB

2nd Prize £30Billie-Mae Weir 10BP

3rd Prize £20Hannah Swift 10LG

Year 81st Prize £50Joshua Saunters 8SR

2nd Prize £30Jessica McKeown 8JG

3rd Prize £20Imogen Hawes 8CM

Year 111st Prize £50Michael Ginno 11DAC

2nd Prize £30Katy Gibbard 11FT

3rd Prize £20Maddy Chapman 11DAC

Year 91st Prize £50Ella Hancock 9CA

2nd Prize £30Jamie Bishop 9DF

3rd Prize £20Taylor Wiles 9DF

Reward Winners 2012-2013


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WILLINGDON AND JEVINGTON PARISH COUNCIL

PUBLIC INFORMATION DAY

Would you like to know what services are available in

Willingdon, Wannock, Filching and Jevington?

Come along to our Public Information Day

Wednesday 3rd April 2013, from, 10.00am – 4.00pm at Willingdon Community School, Broad Road, Lower Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN20 9QX

There will be lots of informative displays and some activities provided by Local services, groups,

charities, and organisations throughout Willingdon, Wannock, Filching and Jevington.

We look forward to seeing you there

There will also be opportunities to speak to Members

of your local Council

ALL WELCOME

Do you want to know what services are available in your local

area?

FREE ENTRY

FOR ALL

Drop in and see for yourself

Free advice and information


PArEnT inForMATion ConTACTDear Parents and Carers, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, my name is Ginette Ellis and I am the Parent Information Contact at Willingdon Community School.

I am the main contact for ALL parents and carers who are looking for advice about Local Services and Parenting Support. This can range from:

- Transition between year groups and schools;- Advice on Childcare and Parenting ;- Information about Local Community Services and Events;- Helping families that are new to the area;- After school clubs and activities – including extended services;I have access to a wealth of information and what I do not know I will try and find out for you. I work in school as a teaching assistant, Mon, Tue, Thurs and Friday, and can be contacted through LINC.

You can contact me by: Email - [email protected] Telephone – 01323 485254

Confidentiality is very important at Willingdon Community School and anything that is discussed will be treated this way.

I look forward to hearing from you and being of assistance.

Mrs G Ellis


ParentPay

We are pleased to say that we can

now accept payments online. The

facility known as “ParentPay” has

been available for the payment of

school meals for some time, but

is now being extended to cover

school trips and other activities,

with more options to follow.

ParentPay offers you the freedom to make these payments whenever and

wherever you like, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - safe in the knowledge

that the technology used is of the highest internet security available.

Some useful pointers to get you started:

Have you got your ParentPay login and password? If you haven't please

contact Mrs Harrity in School Reception or via kharrity@willingdonschool.

org.uk

Have you changed your password to something you’ll easily remember?

Click on My profile if you’d like to change it.

If you have more than one child at our school you can merge their

accounts giving you future access using a single set of login details; Click

on My Account or My Profile then click on Merge My Logins and follow the

simple steps!

Mr A Webb


ST WILFIDSCHURCH HALLBROAD ROAD


Big Art Club: The Kingdom of ModrocTues 19 – Thurs 21 Feb, 10-4pm £70

Come and spend three exciting days with artist Sheridan Quigley making the creatures and castles that inhabit the kingdom of your imagination. We will be using a fantastic material called modroc (plaster of paris bandage) as well as host of other materials. You will develop lots of modelling skills while learning how to turn your ideas into reality.

This course is for young people age 8-12 years. Sculpture is a messy activity, so please wear appropriate clothing and shoes!

Big Art Club: Urban Art DaysWed 3 – Fri 5 Apr, 10-4pm £70

In a fun and safe environment come and learn more about graffiti stencilling with artist Tom Goulden. In this new and exciting course for young people aged 9–13 years you will research and learn new techniques about graffiti stencilling. Using paint pens and sprays you will design and create images on your own t-shirts, small and large canvases.

Please bring along a plain t-shirt, canvases will be supplied.

DlWP Film ClubMon 8 – Fri 12 Apr, 10-4pm £110 can be paid in two instalments

The De La Warr Pavilion's Film Club returns for a sixth year with an action packed five days of film production for young people aged 13 - 18 in the Easter break. With filmmaker Nick Pilton participants

The De la Warr Pavilion


will have the opportunity to write, produce, edit and screen their own films in response to Sean Gladwell's exhibition Cycles of Radical Will. Young film makers will experiment with themes of mythology, extreme sports and cultural stories. Film Club provides a highly practical creative environment for young film makers to develop writing, camera, sound and editing skills whilst developing an individual visual style.

Young Film MakersWed 29 – Fri 31 May, 10-4pm £70

Join in the Film-athon with Alice Ross fun film maker with 18 yrs industry experience, docs to music videos. Experiment with the nuts and bolts of film making, Zoatropes, Slow motion and Animation.Produce your films and animations in a fantastic work like environment and get a taste of all the roles involved, from your colorful dynamic story boards to special effects and crazy colour correction.Young people aged 8–12yrs

The De La Warr Pavilion is a Modernist icon for the contemporary arts on the sea-front in Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex. The De La Warr Pavilion Charitable Trust, Charity No. 1065585, Registered office, Bexhill on Sea, TN40 1DP, Company No. 3446306


DATES For THE DiArY

February:

Monday 11th - Contact Issued / School Production rehearsal (all

day)

Tuesday 12th - School Production Dress Rehearsal and Performance

to Primary School (period 3-6) / School Production 7.30pm

Wednesday 13th - School Production 7.30pm

Thursday 14th - School Production 7.30pm

Friday 15th - Mufti Day (UNICEF) / Year 8 Citizenship Day / End of

Term 3

Monday 25th - Start of Term 4 / Year 9 Reports and Option Booklets

Issued

Wednesday 27th - Art showcase (Auditions for Youths Got Talent) -

Drama Studio

March:

Wednesday 6th - Art Showcase (Auditions for Youths Got Talent) - Drama Studio / Year 9 Options

Evening

Thursday 7th - Finance and Leadership meeting

Tuesday 12th - Years 7, 8 and 11 Progress Reports Issued

Wednesday 13th - Year 10

Geography Trip / Year 9 Parents Evening

Thursday 14th - Parent Forum

Monday 18th - Year 9 Options Forms Returned

Tuesday 19th - Year 7 and 8 Reports Issued

Thursday 21st - Year 8 BBC School Report Day (Media Suite) / Year

9 History Trip to Ypres / Full Governors Meeting 4.30pm / Year 6

Parents Evening 7pm

Monday 25th - Contact Issued

Tuesday 26th HPV Vaccinations / Year 11 GCSE Music Recordings

/ Year 7 G&T Enrichment Day (University of Brighton)

Wednesday 27th - Year 7 Parents Evening

Thursday 28th - End of Term 4

Friday 29th - Ski Trip Leaves

April:

Monday 15th - Start of Term 5

Contact - February 2013

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