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As you read this, we will have come to the end of our Holocaust Memorial Week at Deben which incorporates the Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January 2010). This year marks the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by Soviet troops.

This week at Deben, students have been engaged in a huge range of learning events related to our Holocaust Week:

• Assemblies for every year group on the meaning of the Holocaust and the genocide undertaken by the Nazis in the Second World War;• We were very pleased to host two special guests from the Czech Republic: Eva Kuzelova, (lecturer) and Marta Vancurova, (co-ordinator) from The Forgotten Ones Association and Jewish Museum in Prague who worked with our Holocaust Focus Group students on the significance of the banners in the Holocaust banner exhibition;• Over the past few months, and particularly this week, the students involved in the Holocaust Focus Group have been privileged to meet and work alongside Frank Bright, who is now in his eighties. Frank was one of the few children who survived the Holocaust. His family was placed in a Ghetto in Czechoslovakia and many family members did not survive;• On Tuesday 26 January, five Suffolk schools joined our Deben students for an event to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Week. They worked with Frank Bright, and Dale Banham (County Advisor for Humanities), on a research project which culminated in each school giving a presentation on their particular area of Holocaust research;• Deben Holocaust Focus Group students put on an evening of music and drama to mark the Holocaust Memorial Day on the 27 January;• We have had the privilege of hosting the Lee Miller Exhibition for 6 weeks this half term, linked to the Holocaust Memorial Week (more on this overleaf);• Primary schools visited Deben on the 28 January for a Holocaust Assembly, with an opportunity to look at the Holocaust Banners and Lee Miller photography exhibition;• Antony Penrose (Lee Miller’s son) and his daughter Ami Bouhassane visited the school on Friday 29 to talk to students and invited guests about Lee Miller’s work as a war photographer.

My thanks go to Mrs Pearson, Miss Boyce and Mrs Ryland from school as well as Dale Banham, Mike Todd (graphic designer)and Frank Bright for their hard work in putting together this very special week at Deben.

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“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

Finally my congratulations and thanks to the students who worked so hard in all the events. They have truly risen to the challenge of understanding and interpreting the Holocaust during this week.

Through these events, we hope that the next generation will learn the horrors experienced by the many millions who suffered at the hands of those who perpetrated genocide. George Santayana once said “those who ignore history are condemned to repeat it”. I personally believe it is important to keep knowledge of that horror alive in the hope that the Holocaust will never happen again.

As I mentioned, we are very privileged and excited to be hosting the Lee Miller exhibition in the foyer here at Deben.

For those who have never heard of Lee, she produced some of the most powerful photographs seen this century, from portraits of her friends such as Pablo Picasso, to her work as a correspondent with the US army in World War II. Beginning her own studio in Paris with artist Man Ray, she went on to work with Vogue, and in France, Egypt, and New York, being best remembered for her witty Surrealist images. We have a small selection of her archive exhibition here with permission from the Penrose family to tie in with Holocaust Memorial Week.

The archive holding includes some 60,000 negatives, mainly black and white, most of her manuscripts, captions, notes, letters and ephemeral material, her cameras, and some of her personal effects such as her US Army uniform. We couldn’t possibly hope to have all of this here at Deben, so have a small selection of some of her most famous photographs as digital prints and will be holding viewings throughout the period we have the exhibition.

More information is available from the following websites:

• http://www.leemiller.co.uk/• http://www.farleyfarmhouse.co.uk • http://www.rolandpenrose.co.uk

My thanks go to Jane Newall (Vice Chair of Governors) and Mrs Battle (Subject Leader of Art) for the hard work bringing the exhibition from Sussex where it is stored and to all the staff who helped carefully put it up in the school foyer. Also thanks to Antony Penrose and Ami Bouhassane for allowing us to host this exhibition and for visiting the school for their presentation during Holocaust Memorial Week.

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Christmas Dinner Update

You may recall before Christmas that I had to make the very difficult decision to close the school on the last day of term due to the weather conditions. This had the unfortunate consequence that students were not able to enjoy the Christmas Dinner that was due to take place on that day. Outlined below are the refund arrangements.

Please complete the reply slip at the end of Deben News and ask your son/daughter to return to the Finance Office in school to collect their refund. This must be done by Friday 12 February 2010.

We would like to make something positive out of this situation and so any money not claimed back by students will be donated to the charity that the School Council are raising money for Youth Interactive (CYAG). The fund currently stands at approximately £1600 and we only have to raise another £400 to be able to build a school in India.

If you would prefer that the money for the Christmas dinner be donated to this fund, then you need do nothing, as all money left over at the end of school on Friday 12 February 2010 will be donated to Youth Interactive (CYAG).

Mr Cawley

Keep Fit Class

Come and join us as we keep fit at Deben every Wednesday from 4.30-5.30. No need to pre-book, just come along and enjoy! The cost is £4.00 per session.

Mrs Millan

On Tuesday 12th January, 22 Deben students travelled to Great Cornard Upper School to attend training for the UK Schools Memory Championships, an event arranged by AimHigher and presented by Dominic O’Brien, the eight times World Memory Champion.

Dominic O’Brien devised the original concept of the UK Schools Memory Championship and is spearheading training sessions in Memory techniques for school and college groups throughout the UK. After the visits, in-school competitions will identify the most talented participants, with the top 100 students being invited to take part in the National Final.

Mrs Hartley and Mrs Scrine were very impressed by the conduct and enthusiasm of our students. They were amazing and showed terrific talent after the training. Some of them came with good memory skills, others picked up many tips and showed great promise at the end of the session which culminated in an unofficial ‘School Memory Champion of the day’ type test where the students were asked to remember 30 words in the correct order using the technique of their choice. Many of our students recalled over 20 words with 3, James Bellamy, Rosie Hartley and Emily Ley, recalling all 30. James had

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been particularly impressive all day, scoring full marks in every challenge faced. Special mention should go to the year 8s, the youngest present, who were exceptional, particularly Willem Ball and Jordan Amos who recorded high scores frequently.

In February, the students will attend the second session. Here they will take on the other schools (Great Cornard Upper, Westbourne and Sudbury Upper), finding out individual school champions and area school champions. If their scores come in the top 100 nationally, students will be invited to attend the National Schools’ Memory Championships in July.

Between now and the next session, the students plan to meet regularly in order to practise their techniques and get them accustomed to the events in which they will take part. We have been given a Rubik’s Cube box of tricks to practise with, which should be interesting!

We are hopeful the students will be able to utilise these new skills in their learning and revision; many gained confidence in their ability to learn and retain information, something some of the brightest students felt was lacking in their armoury.

Congratulations should go to all students who attended the training. Not only did they demonstrate fantastic memory skills, but they were a credit to themselves and the school showing exemplary behaviour throughout the day.

Mrs D Hartley

Jazz, Cheese and Wine Evening

Following the success of last year’s event, the Music Department is pleased to be presenting another Jazz, Cheese and Wine evening on Thursday 11th February 2010, 7pm in the Upper School Hall. There will be performances by the very talented Deben Jazz Band and Musicians’ Union Band. This is a great opportunity to meet up with your friends, catch up and enjoy a relaxing evening of Jazz, wine and food.

Tickets: £10 adults, £8 concessions – first drink given on return of ticket. Please see the ticket request slip at the end of this Deben News or contact the school directly.

All proceeds will go towards the Arts Week Tour to Paris.

Mr Wren

Homework Club

Students in Year 7 and 8 can now attend a Homework Club which will take place every Thursday from 3.00-4.00pm in the Library. For more information please see Mrs Barrett or Mrs Franks.

Mrs Barrett and Mrs Franks

Artist of the month

Elliot Cornwell Year 12 has been given the artist of the month award. He was nominated for his photography coursework final piece on transitions. He has used the transition of making an origami bird as his inspiration, combining photos of the process within the piece. You will be able to see all final outcomes from our photography students in this year’s summer AS/A2 exhibition. Well done Elliot.

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Talent Show

Under the direction of their mentors, 16 talented acts come together for a night of sheer entertainment. Who wins? You decide.

Hosted by William Tink and Wade Ablitt (last year’s winner) the acts will sing, dance or pluck their way to talent show glory!

Our four mentors (AJ, Mona, Ben and Emily) have been working with the acts to make sure they are perfect and give them the best chance of winning. Also adding a glitzier feel to the show we will have a house band led by David Scarlett rocking out the house all night long!

Be there on the 25th February at 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm) for what promises to be a night to remember!

Tickets cost £3 each. Please complete the ticket request form at the back of the Deben News.

Look out in a future Deben News for information on a Fashion Show!

Arts Focus Group

PE News

Urgent: Girls PE kitIt has come to my attention that a few individual students have arrived at PE lessons with hooded tops. While I am happy for parents to purchase a plain navy blue tracksuit top, students cannot wear a hooded top on the grounds of health and safety e.g. if a student is running past someone in netball they could be pulled back by the hood and be strangled. Please note that Coes supply the navy blue tracksuit for girls. These can be purchased as a whole tracksuit or individually as a top or bottoms. If an alternative tracksuit is purchased, it must be plain navy blue (no big logo’s, no stripes and no hoods).

Mr Ewers

CongratulationsAs mentioned in the last Deben News Daniel Finegan (G4) and James Casburn (G3) represented the county at the Three Counties Swimming Gala at Thetford on Saturday 5th December. The Suffolk team competed against the county teams from Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.

The event was swum over six lanes with each county having two teams. Both boys had impressive swims with James achieving 1st place in the 50m breaststroke and Daniel a 2nd place with a personal best in the 50m backstroke. They also had strong swims in two relays helping Suffolk to achieve the top places and to win the overall trophy.

Final results: 1st place Suffolk 469pts, 2nd place Norfolk 319pts, 3rd place Cambridgeshire 216pts

James and Daniel thoroughly enjoyed the high level of competition and were thrilled to be part of Suffolk’s winning team.

Photo shows James and Daniel with their captain and trophy

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Basketball resultsFarlingaye v Deben 10th December 2009 Year 11 Farlingaye 42 Deben 37A good effort by all but undone by physical stature (Farlingaye were all Year 11) as we apart from Joe Reeve and Ben Trudgett were Year 10’s. For a debut Ben Trudgett was impressive and learnt very quickly during the game. Elliot, Tobi and Ryan never stopped running. Year 9 Farlingaye 25 Deben 48The situation was reversed as we were the bigger side. James Casburn caused lots of problems, with a little more aggression his points tally would have doubled. Needless to say Henry French and Will Jewkes ran the show. If you could bottle what Will has got and sell it we would make a fortune. Nathan Bowdidge created lots of problems for the opposition when he came on - an excellent debut.

Mr Clarke

County Cross Country FinalsThe following students took part in the County Cross Country Finals (2nd round) at the Royal Hospital School on Sunday 6th December. The top 40 (out of approximately 200) from the event qualify to represent the county at the next stage. We had 4 qualifiers (bold) and 3 very nearly qualified. Positions as below:

Girls Minors: Rebecca Cox (7S) 44th Boys Minors: William O’Maley (7T) 41stBoys Juniors: Ben Parker (G4) 39th Chris Franks (T2) 41st Girls Inter: Gabby Swann (S2) 38th Boys Inter: Jonathan Bailey (T1) 21st Rhys Hinton-Smith (D4) 6th

Well done to all who took part.

Mrs Scrine

BadmintonU16 boys and girls won the regional badminton competition and are going on to the County Finals.

Teams are:Boys: Jonathan Hall, Josh Butler, Phil Cooke and Saul AllertonGirls: Abi Jewkes, Georgia Cattermole, Aneetta John and Gabby Swann

FootballThe U12 boys football team are in the semi finals for the regional schools knock out cup.

Well done to all and good luck.

Mr Ewers

Running Club

A running club is held on Tuesdays, from 3pm until 3.45pm, open to all years. We meet at the sports hall and use the school field. However, if the weather is bad (snow/rain) the session will be cancelled. Any questions, students need to contact me.

Mrs Franks, Learning Support Department

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Term Dates

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 2010Half 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 2011Half term: Monday 30th May 2011 - Friday 3rd June 2011

Mobile Phone Use

We presently ask students not to bring mobiles to school for the main reason that they disrupt lessons. It would be very helpful if parents/carers can help us set an appropriate example by avoiding texting/phoning students when they are in lessons.

We are trying to do all we can to help students work on the 4C’s to Success, one of which is ‘concentration’! Any distractions from their job of achieving their academic targets is unhelpful. Thank you in advance for your support.

Mr Cawley

Urgent Reminder

Following the severe weather arrangements it has been highlighted that some of our mobile contact numbers for parents/carers are out of date. Please could parents/carers therefore inform the school of any contact detail changes (change of address, home, work and mobile telephone numbers) as soon as possible. It is vital that we are able to contact parents/carers quickly when required.

Mrs Rose

Helping in Haiti

Students have expressed their wish to help the people of Haiti following the recent earthquake and therefore Friday 12th February will be a non uniform day for a donation of £1. All money raised on the day will go towards the aid efforts.

Ms Berry

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SCHOOL COUNCIL FUNDRAISING

Year 7 students helped raise an enormous £632.61 for the school charity Connecting Youth Around the Globe (now called Youth Interactive) www.youthinteractive.tv – a worldwide charity that builds community facilities in developing countries. The money was raised from sales at their Christmas Craft Fayre and stalls in school during the last week of the Autumn term and at the Christmas Concert at St Andrew’s Church.

Natalie White, the director of Youth Interactive, and Nathalie Gensac, the founder of Youth Interactive (formerly CYAG), both attended the Christmas Craft Fayre and were amazed and delighted by the generosity and creativity shown by students.

Natalie said “Deben High School has been one of our most reliable and determined supporters and has initiated a number of innovative fundraising activities. The money raised by these young people will contribute directly to improving the lives of children and their community in India. Deben students have shown themselves to be excellent examples of global citizens as they can think beyond themselves and can use their skills, talents and time to care for and support others. They should be very proud of themselves!”

On the day Natalie bought one of the wooden seagulls which is on her windowsill, to remind her of Deben’s generosity.

Having now raised just over £1,600 the students are well on their way to hitting their £2,000 target, and they have plenty more ideas for fundraising activities this year. If they can manage to swell the funds to £5,000 they will be given the opportunity to enter into a draw to visit the community project in India.

Huge thanks to all students, staff, parents and families, and members of the community for your support with fundraising for this project so far…….

NEXT YOUTH INTERACTIVE (CYAG) FUNDRAISING EVENTS/ACTIVITIES ……

During the week of 1st March the School Council will be getting students involved in a variety of tutor group fundraising activities. On Friday 5th March there will be an Indian themed dress-down day for a £1.00 donation, and a ‘Bollywood Nights at Home’ evening event in the Upper School Hall starting at 7pm.

This event will be an opportunity to experience an evening of Indian culture, with music, entertainment and light refreshments as well as the chance to buy traditional Indian products which include jewellery boxes, Jaipuri necklaces, bangles, and wall hangings, Indian Teas, handbags, silks, cushions and lots, lots more. Bollywood Nights at Home events are run by Monica Meister and she has kindly offered to donate 10% of all sales to Youth Interactive (CYAG) project – which is fantastic! Thank you very much for your support Monica!

Tickets will be available from school shortly, £4 Adults and £2 Concessions. Please tell your family and friends and book your tickets by completing the ticket request slip at the end of this Deben News and return to the school office with your money/cheque made payable to Deben High School.

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Re: Somebody Else’s Child - National Private Fostering Campaign 22-28 February 2010

Do you have someone living at your house that is under 16 years of age, or 18 if they have a disability, and is not a member of your family or a close relative? Has this person lived with you for over 28 days? If so then this is called private fostering and Suffolk County Council needs to know.

Why?• to make sure that the living arrangement meets the needs of the child/young person• to obtain the child/young person’s feelings about where they are living• to provide you with free advice, support, training and information

New regulations for private fostering were introduced following the death of Victoria Climbie who was privately fostered. Suffolk County Council has introduced new procedures for children who are privately fostered, and the County Asylum and Private Fostering Team have established links with the childcare teams and undertake assessments. Even though these are considered private fostering arrangements, Suffolk County Council still needs to know.

All Local Authorities have a duty to satisfy themselves that the welfare of the children concerned is being satisfactorily safeguarded and promoted. Failure by a private foster carer, or parent, to notify a Local Authority of a private fostering arrangement is an offence.

There are several reasons why it happens including when children are:

• sent to this country for education or health care by parents who live overseas• living with a friend’s family because their parents’ study or work involves unsociable hours, which make it difficult to use ordinary day care or after-school care or• staying with another family because their parents have separated or divorced, or they do not get on with their own family.

If you think you have a child or know of a child who is in a private fostering arrangement please contact Customer First on: 0808 800 4005

Free School Meals - have your financial circumstances changed?

Suffolk County Council is committed to promoting the health and well-being of children, providing assistance for children from entitled households to have their meals free of charge while at school.Your child may have free meals when they are at school full time if you receive:• Income Support • Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance • Employment Support Allowance (Income related) • Child Tax Credit, and you are not entitled to receive Working Tax Credit and you have a taxable income of less than £16,040 (from 6 April 2009) as shown on your Tax Credit Award Summary • The Guarantee Element of the State Pension Credit or • Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999If you are aged between 16 and 19 and you receive Income Support, you may also be entitled to free school meals.Note: From 1 May 2009 where a parent is entitled to Working Tax Credit during the four- week period immediately after their employment ceases, or after they start to work less than 16 hours per week, their children are entitled to free school lunches.

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To apply for free school meals you can request or download an application form from [email protected] or collect from your local area Education Office, St Edmund House, Rope Walk, Ipswich, IP4 1NF (01473 584784) or Deben High School.

You will need to sign and return the completed application form along with proof of your current benefit(s) to your local area Education Office, School or Customer Service Centre who will arrange for this to be processed as quickly as possible.

Please note that even if your child does not wish to take up their free school meal in school, you may wish to record in school that your child is eligible to receive a school meal as you may be contacted about other benefits through new government initiatives that you are entitled to.

Mrs Flint

Attendance

The 100% attendance for the four weeks up to 4th December 2009 are as follows:

Year 7 William Minter 7T Year 10 Rose Carpenter S2Year 8 Henry Leveridge D4 Year 11 Christian Bibb H4Year 9 Matilda Bond G2

The 100% attendance for the four weeks up to 22nd January 2010 are as follows:

Year 7 Katy Smith 7H Year 10 James Bellamy G2Year 8 Harry Wells S3 Year 11 Aneetta John H3Year 9 Reece Cable S4

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Black and Minority Ethnic Teacher Taster Course

St Alban’s High School, Ipswich

24 - 26 March 2010Have you thought about a career in secondary teaching?

If you are a graduate, or final year undergraduate, have GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Maths and are seriously considering becoming a secondary teacher, this three day course could help you to make an informed career decision.

People from black and minority ethnic groups are under-represented in teaching. This course is specifically designed to help suitably qualified people with a BME background to make an informed career decision.

Two tutored days will cover: the current context for schools – curriculum; every child matters and extended schools; an introduction to learning, teaching and assessment; roles and responsibilities of members of the school community; and the routes to qualified teacher status.

A one day placement in a local school provides the opportunity to see teaching in action and talk to teachers. Applications from under-represented groups are particularly welcomed.

For further details and an application form email: [email protected] or telephone (01473) 264582. Closing date: 8 February 2010.




Miss Boyce and Mr Salter were the guest speakers at the November Parent Focus Group, concerning topics raised by parents, which on this occasion included the ongoing issue of personalised learning, and also Deben’s Sixth Form admissions policy. This unsuspecting parent had settled down quite happily before spotting Mr Cawley armed with ominous pencils and paper, meaning another artistic endeavour was in the offing (memories of stick men flooded back!).

As Miss Boyce pointed out, talking about what personalised learning means could not be covered in detail within the allotted 20 minutes, so we were given a sheet setting out key features which Miss Boyce went through briefly. More detail was then drawn out by both deputy heads. Mr Salter talked about an initiative to help students who need more support in numeracy and literacy and discussed how students are targetted for particular assistance. Miss Boyce and Mr Cawley initiated a discussion about the learning environment in the current school building where rooms and spaces are being adapted where possible for the new learning methods, with emphasis not just on the classroom, but using school space for both group activities and private study. It was made clear that the new school design will emphasise these different types of study methods.

Importance was attached to using the school’s database of information on students, to provide the best working environment for each individual student. The future includes giving students ownership of how they learn. Academic students need access to the full range of GCSEs and A levels. More practical options must be available to those who don’t wish to go on to further education.

From year 7 to Sixth Form, personalised learning is being introduced to blur the lines between the academic life of each student and the world outside. Examples included extending the curriculum to include courses for students and their carers, outside the school day, and inviting outside agencies such as health professionals and youth groups onto school premises for the benefit of the wider community.

Whilst we digested all this, Mr Cawley, obviously bowled over by the huge success of the last artistic endeavour of the PFG, had decided on another attempt as he gleefully dished out paper and pencils and asked us to draw chickens! This was all well and good for the Michelangelos of poultry illustration who surrounded this poor parent; my little vulture looked pretty grim amongst them! But the point being made was a good one - we were invited to make four statements each, depending on whether our little birdy was battery farmed or free range, as an indication of old style education or the new approach. This will take some getting used to amongst students, parents and teachers.Miss Boyce then took us on to the second topic for discussion - Sixth Form admissions. In some detail it was explained what prospective year 12s would be expected to have attained to gain entry - 8 GCSEs (40 points) as a minimum entry requirement to do 3 or more A levels. Trying to be as inclusive as possible, students with slightly less than the required points could be accepted to do 1 or 2 subjects. All students are offered the opportunity to retake English and Maths GCSE in the autumn after their year 11 if they fail to get a C or above in these subjects.

Questions raised established that only Maths and English GCSE can be retaken in the sixth form; that all students have to do AS levels as a process to achieving the full A level. A levels can be retaken as secondary education can keep students into year 14 (until they are 19). Doing badly at AS level can be used as a warning and students will be strongly supported by the school to improve for the full A level. Deben is very successful at accommodating students’ choices for A level and there is a well organised crossover between Deben and Orwell as a joint sixth form.

We finished another productive meeting with further discussion on the future for Deben. Thanks as always to Mr Cawley, Mrs Cumberland, Miss Boyce and Mr Salter for giving up their time and to the kitchen staff for the always very welcome tea and cakes.

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JAZZ, CHEESE AND WINE EVENING - THURSDAY 11TH FEBRUARY

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BOLLYWOOD NIGHTS AT HOME EVENT - FRIDAY 5TH MARCHIN UPPER SCHOOL HALL: Ticket application form

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Please complete and take to the Finance Office in school at break-times by Friday 12 February 2010.

I would like the school to refund the money paid for the Christmas dinner which was due to take place on Friday 18 December 2009.

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