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    School Newsletter Issue Autumn Term (1) September 2009

    The best learners in the world walk through our doors.

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    Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 7RF Tel: 01394 282602 Fax: 01394 278368

    [email protected] http://www.deben.suffolk.sch.uk

    It has been a great pleasure to welcome all staff and students back to a new and

    exciting school year after the long summer break. And what a successful summer it has

    been for the students, staff and school! Our exam results are the best ever and I want to

    start by sharing a brief outline of those with you here:

    A Level:

    Students achieved a 98% A - E pass rate;

    23 out of 24 subjects achieved 100% A - E grade pass rate;

    50% of the students obtained A / B passes in their subjects; Students achieved 100% A - C pass rate in 13 subjects;

    Students achieved 100% A - B pass rate in 6 subjects.

    We were also extremely proud of the following students:

    Laurence Hookway and Helen Finegan achieved 4 A grades;

    Nicola Butcher, Eleanor Dunn, Hannah Rowe and Rosie Pearce achieved 3 A

    grades.

    At GCSE:

    59% of 160 students achieved 5+ A*-C grades a 3% rise on our adjusted figure of

    56% from last year;

    The number of students achieving 5+ A*-C grades with English and Maths is 48%: a20% rise on last years results.

    There were some exceptional results from the following students:

    Claire Downs and Emily Rowe 11 A*/A grades each;

    Alex Leigh-Pearson 10 A*/A grades;

    Hannah Butcher and Aline Porteous 9 A*/A grades each;

    William Tink 8 A* grades.

    We are also incredibly proud that 99% of students achieved at least one A*-G grade

    and 94% of students achieved at least 5 or more A*-G grades. Deben High School has a

    fully comprehensive intake and is proud of the achievements of all of our students.

    At Key Stage 3:

    Teacher Assessment results for the core subjects:

    English L5+ (83%) and L6+ (42%)

    Maths L5+ (79%) and L6+ (57%)

    Science L5+ (83%) and L6+ (44%)

    These results show rises in the numbers of students achieving at higher levels.

    My congratulations to all students and staff (and at Orwell who taught some of our

    students) who have excelled themselves this year! More detailed results for A Level and

    GCSE can be found in the Enjoy and Achieve section.

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    Parents/Carers

    Dont forget there are many ways to get involved in the school this year. Why not join us

    on the following dates:

    Parents Focus Group 5.30-6.30 first meeting 30 September 2009 contact Mrs

    Cumberland (Heads PA) on [email protected] get on the list;

    Open mornings come and look around the school week beginning 19

    October. More details will follow on this.

    Also we are trialling our new Parents Open Forum meetings this term! Three dates have

    been allocated for parents/carers to come in and have a cup of tea and have thechance to ask any questions they may have about the school. The only agenda is

    yours. The dates for these are:

    17 September 2009

    1 October 2009

    15 October 2009

    All meetings start at 8.30 and last for around an hour. Please report to the main

    reception to be directed to the where the meeting takes place.

    Staffing Changes

    The following members of staff will begin new posts this term:

    Mr M Craven Subject leader: KS3 Science;

    Mrs C Allsop Teacher of Art/DT;

    Mr M Watson Teacher of MFL;

    Mr D Rance Cover Supervisor;

    Mrs G Read Cover Supervisor.

    Staff taking up promoted posts this term:

    Mr T Hawkridge Subject Leader: Physics;

    Mr J Rawling - Professional Tutor;

    Mr D James - Head of Sixth Form;

    Mrs S DSilva - Curriculum Leader: Technology and Life Skil ls.

    Welcome back to Mrs E Cobain after her maternity leave and good luck to Mrs A May,

    Mrs G Nevler and Mrs J Macdonald-Fawcett with their new roles in school.

    We also say a goodbye to Mrs L Jackaman who has left the role of Art Technician. I

    would like to take this opportunity to thank her for her work last year and wish her the

    very best of luck for her new role.

    The 3 Ps

    This academic year we are to focus on the 3 Ps to continue to improve aspirations and

    achievement:

    Pride focuses on the new uniform, improving the school building and increasing student

    responsibility around school and in the community;

    Progress focuses on helping students and their parents/carers on understanding their

    targets and how to get there throughout the year. We start with Target Setting Day

    (formerly Tutor Review Day) in October and parents/carers will now receive 5 progress

    reports throughout the year instead of just the one. More details to follow;

    Performance is there to ensure that we focus not only on the aspirations and

    achievements of students and staff, but also that we create the best climate for that to

    happen in school. We will do a great deal of work this year on continuing to ensure the

    hard work we have started so far on improving mental and physical well-being carries

    on.

    The best learners in the world walk through our doors.

    Pride Progress Performance

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    My thanks to the following people: Deben site staff who have worked so hard over the summer to remodel and

    refurbish so many areas of the school to make it a more welcoming place to be;

    all parents/carers who have purchased the new uniform and have started the

    year off so well. To see our students arrive so smartly and ready to learn was

    wonderful on Monday! Long may it continue!

    You will find a copy of the new poster we are putting around school containing this

    years Year 11 targets in this edition of the Deben News. We are aiming as high as

    possible with 70% of our students being targeted for 5 or more A*-C grades and 58%with English and Maths. Please look out for letters which are being sent to some

    parents/carers inviting you to a special evening designed to show how you can help

    support your sons/daughters to achieve in their examinations from home.

    It only remains for me to say: have a great start to the new term!

    Mr Cawley

    Deben High School is hosting three seminars in October led by Donna Berry fromthe Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. The seminars are aimed

    primarily at Year 7 parents but parents of all year groups are welcome to

    attend.

    The three Ps in Triple P stand for Positive Parenting Programme. Triple P helps

    you understand the way your family works and uses the things you already think,

    feel, say and do in new ways that nurture relationships, parenting skills and

    confidence, as well as supporting your wellbeing.

    Triple P helps you:

    Create a stable, supportive, harmonious family environment.

    Teach your children the skills they need to get along with others.

    Deal positively, consistently and decisively with problem behaviour should

    it arise.

    Encourage behaviour you like.

    Develop realistic expectations of your children and yourself.

    Take care of yourself as a parent.

    DATES

    Seminar 1: Thursday 1st October 2009 - 7.00pm - The Power of PositiveParenting

    Seminar 2: Thursday 8th October - 7.00pm - Raising Happy, Confident Children

    Seminar 3: Thursday 15th October - 7.00pm - Raising Resilient Children

    Please contact the school if you would like to come along to any of the threelisted seminars. However, you can also just turn up on the night.

    There is no obligation to attend all three seminars; parents may attend 1, 2 or all

    3.

    Ms Berry

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    As I promised in the introduction, here are the more detailed examination resultsby subject:

    Well done everyone! Mr Cawley

    _____________________________________________________________________________

    It is always a pleasure to hear from proud parents/carers and ex-students about

    how they have built on the success they have had at Deben.

    Congratulations to Robert Squirrell (who attended Deben until 2006) who has

    graduated having gained a First Class Honours Degree (BSc) in Geography from

    the University of Southampton. He is staying on to do a PhD in the same subject.

    Many thanks to Roberts parents for letting us know! If you have any other newsof ex-students achievements, contact us at [email protected]

    The best learners in the world walk through our doors.

    A Level:

    A-B% A-E%Art and Design 44% 100%

    Biology 86% 100%

    Business andEconomics 25% 100%

    Chemistry 100% 100%

    Drama 100% 100%

    English Language 67% 100%

    English Literature 80% 100%

    Film Studies 80% 100%

    French 100% 100%

    Geography 60% 100%

    Health and SocialCare 82% 100%

    History 100% 100%

    InformationTechnology 100% 100%

    Maths 100% 100%

    Maths Further 100% 100%

    Media Studies 50% 100%

    Music 100% 100%

    Music TechnologyBTEC 50% 100%

    Performing Arts

    (Acting) BTEC 100% 100%Philosophy and Ethics 71% 100%

    Photography 100% 100%

    Physics 50% 50%

    Production Arts(Costume) BTEC 100% 100%

    Production Arts(Theatre) BTEC 100% 100%

    Psychology 50% 94%

    Sociology 60% 100%

    Sport BTEC 100% 100%

    TOTALS 77% 99%

    GCSE:

    A*C% A-G%Art and Design 92.1 100

    Beauty 0 100

    Business CCEA 52.2 100

    Business Dbl Award 50 100

    Catering 17.1 94

    BTEC Childcare 100 100

    Dance 55.6 100

    Drama 42.9 100

    English Lit 67.4 100

    Engineering 0 100

    French 63 100

    Geography 46.3 98

    German 80 100

    Graphics 100 100

    Health and SocialCare 48.2 100

    History 71.8 97

    DIDA ICT 47.5 68

    Media Studies 8.5 78

    Music 72.7 95

    BTEC PerformingArts 100 100

    PE 64 100

    Polish 100 100

    RE (Full) 76.2 100

    Resistant Materials 33.3 100

    Single Science 66.9 100

    Additional Science 67.8 100

    Sociology 50 88

    Textiles 84.6 100

    English Language 65.4 99

    Mathematics 56 99

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    Please note the deadline for clerical checks and remarks is Friday 18th

    September 2009. The deadline for the return of original exam scripts is 4th

    October 2009. For further information and fees please refer to your Post Results

    Services Information leaflet which was distributed with exam results.

    The deadline for November GCSE English and maths re-sits is Friday 18th

    September 2009. Students attending maths/English re-sit classes do not pay thisfee. The deadline for January 2010 A level re-sits is Friday 2nd October

    2009. Please see exam notice-board for details regarding exam fees.

    Mrs Grundy, Examination Officer

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    Deben student Ellen Wright was asked by her dad, Charles, to organise a street

    dance team to entertain visitors to the BT Adastral Park Family Fun Day on June

    27th.

    Ellen, with fellow students Jordan Field and Hannah Butcher, along with Gemma

    Pipe and Sophie Hopkins from Orwell High, devised and rehearsed a 15 minute

    dance routine. On the day, the five 16 year olds entertained some of the 4000

    visitors to Adastral Park and also taught a few dance moves.

    Photo shows L-R, Hannah, Sophie, Jordan, Ellen and Gemma.

    Mr Wright, parent

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    Congratulations to Jordan Field the winner of the Wils Clothing

    competition. Jordan is now the face of 2009 for Wils Clothing advertisingfeatures and will also receive 50 worth of clothing vouchers!

    The best learners in the world walk through our doors.

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    Competitors from all year groups took part in field and track events during the

    morning with the track finals taking place in the afternoon. Students competedin a range of events that included 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and relays. They

    were enthusiastically cheered on by their fellow students as they raced to earn

    points for their House team. The glorious sunshine was almost as scorching as

    some of the performances.

    School records were smashed throughout the afternoon. Ben Parker ran a

    record time of 5 minutes 18 seconds in the Year 7 1500m race. The blistering

    pace of Chris Franks in the 800m Year 8 challenge saw him cross the finishing

    line in 2 minutes 30.85 seconds. He broke the previous school record of 2

    minutes 31.01 seconds which has been held by R. Baker since 1977.

    Performance of the day went to Year 10 student Rhys Hinton-Smith. Rhysknocked six seconds off the 800m school record finishing in a remarkable 2

    minutes 11 seconds, and he shattered the 1500m record by 21 seconds when

    he raced over the line in 4 minutes 41 seconds.

    The winning House, Turner, was awarded the Sports Day Trophy by special guest

    ex-Olympian, Mr Stan Cox. Last year the BBC Inside Out team made a

    programme as a tribute and celebration of his achievements. Part of the

    filming for the programme took place with Deben students. Mr Cox ran the 10K

    in the 1948 Olympics and was the worlds top marathon runner in 1952 HelsinkiOlympics in 2 hours 18 minutes, and we were delighted that he was able to join

    us on the day.

    The Sports Day Trophy has a very special association with the school.

    Mr Gildersleeves and his late wife were both students at Deben over 60 years

    ago and he kindly donated the trophy to the school in his wifes memory.

    Unfortunately Mr Gildersleeves was unable to attend this year, but sincerethanks go to him for his continued support for the school.

    Well done to everyone who took part!

    Mr Ewers

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    The best learners in the world walk through our doors.

    On July 15th Deben hosted its first

    Art Slam and Open Mic Night. This

    original and exciting event

    showcased a range of extremely

    talented artists and musicians.

    Wh i le the aud ience was

    serenaded with a range of musical

    acts from year 7 to 13 they saw Art

    being created by artists from year 7

    to 9 in front of their very eyes. The

    music highlighted the wide range

    of talented solo singers and bands

    who even performed their ownoriginal material.

    The winning entry

    Each Art slam team were given a title to work

    from and had to create their own piece of art

    during the night. The teams had a wide range ofmaterials to choose from and demonstrated their

    wonderful creativity. The winning team which

    included Fearne Hussey, Freddie Stafford and

    Esme Watling Smith created an exciting

    composition based on the theme of destruction.

    Look out for the next Art Slam event with more

    wonderful Art and Music. Mrs Battle

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    Photos supplied by studentson the ArtsWeek MediaTeam

    The best learners in the world walk through our doors.

    On 6th July normal timetables were suspended for the whole

    week as students engaged in a range of exciting activities

    and workshops, both on and off site, as part of this years

    ArtsWeek.

    An event of this scale takes an enormous amount of

    planning and organisation and this all began back inAutumn Term 2008. More than 35 different pathways of

    activity were made available for students to choose from,

    and we were really pleased with the diversity of the

    pathways we were able to offer. These included dance

    and musical theatre, forensic science, fashion, song-writing,

    the circus, sculpture, sport and media to name but a few!

    Some students also had the opportunity to go on residential

    trips for the week. Members of the Deben Strings and

    Deben Jazz Band went to the Isle of Wight, whilst students

    who enjoy all aspects of sport and fitness enjoyed a

    challenging PGL multi-activity week in North Devon.

    We aim to provide stimulating and exciting opportunities

    both inside and outside the structure of the curriculum. An

    event such as this provides students with the chance to

    engage, and develop their skills and knowledge, in an area

    they particularly enjoy, or to try and experience something

    completely different.

    Throughout the week the fun and enjoyment was a pleasure

    to see. Every area of the school was buzzing with activity.

    Stress-Busters offered hand massages, aspiring models

    strutted their stuff on the catwalk, speed skaters raced

    around the sports hall, sculptures were created, and songs

    were written.

    And to top it all the media team captured it all

    through producing a radio and TV programme and

    compiling two ArtsWeek Newspapers.

    For more information about ArtsWeek look on the

    school website www.deben.suffolk.sch.uk

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    Mrs Lawson-Frost

    Photos supplied by

    Lucy Bingham

    The best learners in the world walk through our doors.

    A selection of students aged 15-19 years old from

    Deben High School spent two weeks in the

    Summer Term working at University Campus

    Suffolk through an Escalators Futures project.

    Their main tutor over the two weeks was a

    director from the renowned Gecko TheatreCompany but the students also worked with a

    variety of professional artists and choreographers.

    As part of the project they also spent an industry

    day at the Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich learningabout back stage roles and marketing and had

    an opportunity to meet the Wolsey Theatre team.

    They also created a piece of music which they

    recorded in a professional recording studio in

    Ipswich.

    As a culmination of the project the students

    performed their production at Sudbury Upper

    High School and here at Deben to an invitedaudience of parents and guests as an

    appropriate end to the highly successful

    ArtsWeek.

    Adam Flatman, Head Boy, was one of the

    performers and Lucy Bingham, Head Girl, has

    documented the entire event as part of a

    photography project.

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    During the last week of term a special assembly took place to celebrate and

    recognise students for their achievements during the year.

    Ms Berry thanked the following students for their contribution to the success of

    the school, and the teaching staff and parents for their support and

    encouragement.

    The best learners in the world walk through our doors.

    Year 9

    Gold Awards

    Emily Ford T4 Amy Wright T2

    Diamond Awards

    Lauren Chorlton B6 Mica Hope G5 Ashley Ireland B7Hannah Judkins B6 Jessica Judkins B2 Min Luu T2

    Sportsperson of the Year 9

    Ben Cattermole B2 Jenna Walker G2

    Key Steps AwardChelsea Smith H6 Michael Pinder G6 Daniel Rolph-Wills S6

    Michael McLaren G8 Tone Mitton H2

    Commitment to the Arts Year 9

    Donna Clark D7 Ben Winton H2

    Year 8

    Gold Awards

    Kayleigh Backhouse G6 Francesca Bignell G8 Emma Castle S4Bethany Durrance G3 Grace Flynn S7 Amelia Forsdyke-Day D1

    Eleanor Franklin G4 Nathan Gould T2 Laura Grimwade H5

    Lee Harrold H7 Charlotte Hockley-Hills T5 Emma Jones S7Sophie LArgent B1 Sasha Lawson-Frost S4 Cameron McKenna B4

    Poppy Minns G1 Mohan Mudhar G7 Tyler Pickett D2Sarah Marie Pryke T7 Lewis Stiff H2 Jessica Topple S7

    Macauley Versey G7 Abigail Vinecombe G3

    Diamond Awards

    Matilda Bond G3 Aprille Branton G4 Kirsty Francis G5

    Melissa Gower T6 Wayne Lack T3 Harriet Ley T7

    Jessica MacLeod T6 Narmatha Ramaswarmy D4

    Sportsperson of the Year 8

    Matt Poxon D5 Emily Lambert T1

    Commitment to the Arts Year 8

    Emily Ley D3 Jordan Lewis S3

    Year 7

    Gold Award

    Alex Avery H3 Adam Barrington H3 Rachel Bellamy S2

    Freya Brennan D6 Charlotte Cave H2 George Copsey G5Martyn Dyke T5 Georgia Gainford T3 Amelia Keus H2Henry Leveridge B1 Elle Lewis S2 Eleanor Lockwood H6

    Joe Matthewson G6 Megan Miller T3 Laura Nickless G1Bethany Piper T5 Lucie Standing D5

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    Year 7 Girls Netball Team

    Rhianon Barbor Captain D1 Katie Barber B7 Karen Fuggle D8

    Donna Noel B5 Laura Harvey H4 Victoria Hazelwood H7

    Josie May D8 Isobel Dunachie D5 Ellen Meikle T1

    Sportsperson of the Year 7

    Ben Parker G6 Rhiannon Barbor D1

    Commitment to the Arts Year 7

    Lucie Standing D5 Willem Ball H3

    Ambassadors

    From Causton Megan Bailey H6 Isabelle Houghton H6

    From Colneis Rachel Bellamy S2 Matthew Bury T4

    Charlie Harris T7 Victoria Hazelwood H7Freya Brennan D6 Christian Bailey H2

    From Grange Sophie Clarke G4 Sarah Cotton H7

    From Kingsfleet James Casburn G2 Dan Finnegan G6

    Lititia Butcher H8 Georgia Cattermole S7

    From Langer Caitlin Grigor H1 Laura Winterman H1

    From Trimley St Mary Kate Hartley D8 Karen Fuggle D8

    Josie May D8 Chloe Timson D8

    From Trimley St Martin Alex Scott H5 Joshua Day T1

    Sports Day Trophy Presentation

    Winners: Turner collected by Abi Jewkes (T2) and Jack Callis (T5)

    Sorrell Foundation:Congratulations to Philippa Cowburn (S7) and Harriet Ley (T7) who have been

    successful in their application to join the Pupil Advisory Board at the Sorrell

    Foundation as part of the Building Schools for the Future project.

    Ms Berry

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    The best learners in the world walk through our doors.

    When: Wednesday from 16th Sept

    Where: Room 140

    Time: 3 till 4

    Deben ICT Club

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    Autumn Term 2009 Ends Friday 18th December 2009

    Half Term: Monday 26th October Friday 30th October 2009

    Spring Term 2010 Tuesday 5th January 2010 to Thursday 1st April 2010

    (Staff training day: Monday 4th January 2010)

    Half term: Monday 15th February Friday 19th February 2010

    Summer Term 2010 Monday 19th April 2010 Thursday 22nd July 2010

    (Staff training day: Monday 7th June 2010)

    Bank Holiday: Monday 3rd May 2010

    Half term: Monday 31st May Friday 4th June 2010

    Autumn Term 2010 - Monday 6th September 2010 - Friday 17th December 2010(Staff training days: Wednesday 1st, Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd September

    2010)

    Half Term: Monday 25th October - Friday 29th October 2010

    Spring Term 2011 - Wednesday 5th January 2011 - Friday 8th April 2011

    (Staff training day: Tuesday 4th January 2011)

    Half term: Monday 21st February - Friday 25th February 2011)

    Summer Term 2011 - Tuesday 26th April 2011 - Friday 22nd July 2011

    (Staff training day: Friday 27th May 2011)

    Bank Holiday: Monday 2nd May 2011

    Half term: Monday 30th May 2011 - Friday 3rd June 2011

    You will be pleased to hear that the following refurbishment work has been

    carried out over the summer to improve the facilities for our students.

    Enlarging the dark room to increase classes for photography

    Refurbishment of the Dance Drama Studio Refurbishment and provision for disabled access for Main Reception area

    Staircase renewal and redecoration

    Resurfacing the Sports Hall floor

    Refurbishment of the Sixth Form area

    New tarmac surface at the rear of the school

    Corridor redecoration

    A new CCTV system will be installed mid-September to improve the security of

    the school site, as well as targeting areas in school to reduce vandalism within

    the building.

    Mrs Flint

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    Nestles box tops for Books tokens are on many Nestles cereals like Shreddies,

    Nesquik, Cheerios, Clusters, Golden Grahams etc and we are saving for the

    cash option so each one is worth 10p to us. Please keep sending in.

    Mrs Macpherson

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    Please keep sending in old phones. You may have at least one old mobile

    phone that you could donate or ask at your workplace for colleagues to

    donate to the school. Pupils can either donate the phones direct to the schoolor choose some fantastic prizes for helping with the campaign. The more

    phones the bigger the prize. In addition the school will be provided with

    educational resources and a cash prize.

    Mrs Armbruster

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    From this September Religious Studies will

    change its name to Philosophy and Ethics. The

    name change will appear on student and staff

    timetables. The reason behind the change is to

    reflect the more enquiring aspect of this

    subject. It is also to reflect the change in

    primary school teaching. Philosophy is now

    taught in our feeder primary schools and is also

    a subject that is offered at A level at Deben

    High School. Therefore it makes sense to have one half of Philosophy from

    primary school to sixth form.Mr Stares_____________________________________________________________________________

    Parents please note that school shoes are not available from a sports shop such

    as JJB. These shops sell leather look trainers which are not school shoes. School

    shoes should be obtained from a shoe shop or the shoe department within

    large stores.Mrs Baker

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    The PTA AGM will take place on Wednesday, 16th September at 7pm in the Sixth

    Form Study Centre. Come along and find out about the work of the PTA and how

    you can get involved!! Our next big event is

    DEBEN HIGH SCHOOL PTA

    PRESENTS

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    FROM 7.15PM 11.30PM in the Upper

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    BUFFET BYO DRINKS RAFFLE QUIZ

    Just 10 per person

    Contact Mrs Franks at Deben High School for tickets

    and any further information on 01394 282602 or

    complete and return the slip on the last page of the

    Deben News

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    Please return to the Student Reception F.A.O. Mrs Franks

    Number of tickets: Adult 10.00 ....................

    Please find enclosed cash/cheque for .. (cheques made payable to Deben High School).

    Name of Pupil Form ..

    Signed ................ Parent/Guardian Date

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