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Gable Talk The Gable Hall School Newsletter Issue 1- Summer Term Thursday 21 April 2016 Diary Dates Tuesday 26 April Year 8 Parents Evening 4.30-7.30 pm Friday 29 April Non Staff / Non Pupil Day Monday 2 May May Bank Holiday Disney Trip Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 May GCSE Drama Curriculum Evening Friday 27 May Year 11 Leavers Assembly Tuesday 7 June GCSE Woman in Black Trip Wednesday 8 June 9 VIY Curriculum Update Opons Evening 5.00 pm Friday 9 June Year 10 BTEC Perfroming Arts Trip to Purfleet 1.30—5.00 pm Monday 13 June 8 VIY Curriculum Update Opons Evening 5.00 — 6.00 pm Wednesday 15 June Art Exhibion in the Theatre Extension Thursday 16 June Arts Award Evening 7.00 pm ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang we love you!’ On Thursday 14 April, the Performing Arts Department took 70 Year 7 and 8 pupils to see Chiy Chiy Bang Bang at the Cliffs Pavillion in Southend. The show was a great success and enjoyed by all. There were people such as Jason Manford, Phil Jupitus and Michelle Collins in the show and the children playing Jeremy and Jemima were excellent. There were plenty of comedy moments and the car was brilliant! Pupils thoroughly enjoyed the trip and were extremely well behaved. Many have already asked when the next theatre visit is. Watch this space……!! A group of 9 students and 3 staff alongside 3 crew members undertook a voyage on a sailing boat for 5 days. We departed from Essex Marina and sailed to Walton on the Naze and then on to Felixstowe. We anchored in sheltered waters overnight. For the voyage we were split into 3 teams and all had to follow a duty rota consisng of cooking, washing up and happy hour which wasn’t what we imagined, we had to clean the whole boat including the toilets!! During the night when we were anchored we had to carry out night watches in our teams for 3 hours. During our watch we had to monitor the water depth, the posion of the boat using bearings and baery levels. We learnt various sailing skills and techniques including different knots used, different sails, their names and what they are used for and how to change them. We focused on two techniques, jibing and tacking. We succeeded in seng the second best me of 34 seconds during the tacking technique. We also learnt to plot our locaon on charts and monitor various informaon on different instruments around the boat and best of all we got to steer the boat. As well as sailing we had the opportunity to go onshore and spend one day on a beach where we had a BBQ and played various ball games. We had a fantasc day seal watching and we saw several seals . The best bits of the trip were the day on beach in the sun, cooking the BBQ and playing rugby and achieving all the knowledge we did and seng the me we did on the tacking. It was a fantasc trip and we are very grateful for the opportunity we were given. Ahoy, me hearties! written by Harry Blackburn (Yr 10) and Thomas Pasquale (Yr 9)
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Gable Talk The Gable Hall School Newsletter
Issue 1- Summer Term Thursday 21 April 2016
Diary Dates
Tuesday 26 April
Year 8 Parents Evening 4.30-7.30 pm
Friday 29 April
Non Staff / Non Pupil Day
Monday 2 May May Bank Holiday
Disney Trip
Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 May
GCSE Drama Curriculum Evening
Friday 27 May
Year 11 Leavers Assembly
Tuesday 7 June GCSE Woman in Black Trip
Wednesday 8 June
9 VIY Curriculum Update Options Evening 5.00 pm
Friday 9 June
Year 10 BTEC Perfroming Arts Trip to Purfleet 1.30—5.00 pm
Monday 13 June
8 VIY Curriculum Update Options Evening 5.00 — 6.00 pm
Wednesday 15 June Art Exhibition in the Theatre Extension
Thursday 16 June
Arts Award Evening 7.00 pm
‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang we love you!’
On Thursday 14 April, the Performing Arts Department took 70 Year 7 and 8 pupils to see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Cliffs Pavillion in Southend. The show was a great success and enjoyed by all. There were people such as Jason Manford, Phil Jupitus and Michelle Collins in the show and the children playing Jeremy and Jemima were excellent. There were plenty of comedy moments and
the car was brilliant! Pupils thoroughly enjoyed the trip and were extremely well behaved. Many have already asked when the next theatre visit is. Watch this space……!!
A group of 9 students and 3 staff alongside 3 crew members undertook a voyage on a sailing boat for 5 days. We departed from Essex Marina and sailed to Walton on the Naze and then on to Felixstowe. We anchored in sheltered waters overnight. For the voyage we were split into 3 teams and all had to follow a duty rota consisting of cooking, washing up and happy hour which wasn’t what we imagined, we had to clean the whole boat including the
toilets!! During the night when we were anchored we had to carry out night watches in our teams for 3 hours. During our watch we had to monitor the water depth, the position of the boat using bearings and battery levels. We learnt various sailing skills and techniques including different knots used, different sails, their names and what
they are used for and how to change them. We focused on two techniques, jibing and tacking. We succeeded in setting the second best time of 34 seconds during the tacking technique. We also learnt to plot our location on charts and monitor various information on different instruments around the boat and best of all we got to steer the boat. As well as sailing we had the opportunity to go onshore and spend one day on a beach where we had a BBQ and played various ball games. We
had a fantastic day seal watching and we saw several seals . The best bits of the trip were the day on beach in the sun, cooking the BBQ and playing rugby and achieving all the knowledge we did and setting the time we did on the tacking. It was a fantastic trip and we are very grateful for the opportunity we were given.
Ahoy, me hearties! written by Harry Blackburn (Yr 10) and Thomas Pasquale (Yr 9)
Work of the week for Art by Lauren Waller Year 11GCSE Textiles exam work‘ Coast’
COOKING CLUB
Every Tuesday 3.10pm to 4.30pm - If you love cooking, see Mrs Twinn during FB1 or FB2 in room
301 to pick up a recipe.
COME ALONG, IT’S GREAT FUN!
New York, New York so good they named it twice!
Performing Arts and History recently spent a week in New York . It really was…..so good!! We saw “School of Rock” and “Finding Neverland” on Broadway and were lucky enough to See Alfie Boa’s debut night! We were blessed with beautiful weather which meant loads of sight seeing. We visited: Times Square, Empire State Building, Top of the Rock, a Water Taxi around the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, 911 memorial and museum, The High Line, MOMA, Guggenheim, Natural History Museum, Central Park and ended the week with a walk across Brooklyn Bridge. The dancers learnt choreography from “Finding Neverland” and
participated in a dance class at the Alvin Ailey Studio’s. Dramatists took part in stage combat and performance workshops. While History and Art visited some amazing Museums and galleries. The only downer was the rain on the final day, which meant we were forced into Macy’s for a few hours to take cover! The pupils were lovely and polite throughout the trip and our pilot even complimented them as we left the plane, explaining that he had never had such a well behaved school party on board before. Despite walking miles, I’m hoping that the pupils will remember this trip forever. We crammed a lot in and had some long days but it was well worth it! Miss K Latham
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS Congratulations to...
Commendations
23 students have received an award. If you haven't already had a letter home, you
will receive one shortly.
Above & Beyond Awards
7 students have received an award
If you haven't already had a letter home, you will receive one shortly.
Essex Entertainment Awards
The following students dance for Danceworld Studios, Basildon and were selected to open the SEEA South Essex Entertainment Awards celebrating its 4th Annual Ceremony. The Essex Entertainment Awards is expanding, scouting across the South East of England in an attempt to find and reward the best talent in a variety of different categories. The awards were filmed live in front of a paying audience at Grays Civic Hall on Sunday 10th April 2016. The girls were also nominated for one of the categories other nominees up for awards included 2 Shoes from Xfactor and Cameron Floyd, Sara Reed, Emily Mitchell, Jessica Horrocks, Lauren Webb, Daisy Sutcliffe, Molly Shayshutt, Carly Wright and Emily Hubbard . There is a you tube video of the girls opening number uploaded by the SEEA : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j384nDtThJ8
Achievement - Egg Free Sponge Cake Michael Edwards Year 9
Michael is one of many who are Lactose Intolerant, which means that he has the inability to digest lactose - a sugar found in milk and dairy products, which as you can imagine, can sometimes prove difficult for him when he wants to join in with a practical lesson. The Food Department helped Michael
to source a suitable recipe that was as close as possible to the original cake recipe the class were going to cook. This was very important to Michael, as it was his first attempt of making a cake that he would be able to eat. As you can see, the cake turned out fantastically well and Michael was very proud of his achievement. Well done Michael!
Above & Beyond Awards Georgina and Amy produced research projects that were completed to an outstanding quality. They took it upon them-selves to do additional work
and research which contributed towards their mark. The amount of hard work and dedication they showed deserves rewarding. Food Technology - Exam Success
Year 10 GCSE Catering Exam – Afternoon Tea
Part of Year 10’s GCSE Catering Exam has been to research, prepare and present the theme of ‘An Afternoon Tea’. Students had two hours in which to lay their table; prepare and present their food and to fully clear up. As, apart from the cookery aspect, hygiene, safety and cleanliness were also observed. Hannah Mattock’s table is just one example of the standard of presentation and quality of the food that was achieved. Hannah’s Afternoon Tea consisted of a Jam and Cream Swiss Roll, decorated with chocolate icing. Heart shaped Fruit Scones filled with jam and fresh cream. Amazing Heart Cakes filled with fresh cream and jam and deli-cious Sausage Rolls. What an achievement! Well done Hannah and to all Year 10’s for an outstanding exam.
Young Writer’s Competition
Congratulations to Lucia Lucioni who had her Spine-Chillers story published in a Young Writers anthology. Her story was not only spooky but gripping from the start! Well done Lucia.
Parent Surgery
Monday 25 April 2016 6-7.15pm Monday 9 May2016 6-7.15pm
Please wait in the old reception. Thank you!
Contact us Key Stage 3 Co-Ordinators [email protected]
(Mrs Burr) [email protected]
(Mrs Jeffrey) [email protected]
(Miss Nancolas) Key Stage 4 Co-Ordinators
[email protected] (Mr McCallen)
[email protected] (Miss Ntiri/Mrs Marks)
Dealing with Exam Stress The exam period can be a stressful time for students and their parents and it is important that we recognise the signs of stress so as to deal with it effectively. Signs of stress include: Being anxious, nervous or afraid Snapping at people Headaches So what can you do if you are feeling stressed? You should talk to someone about it. Simply telling someone about the issue can take a huge weight off the sufferers’ shoulders. Try to organise your revision time into short sessions, take regular breaks, and remember – if you are trying your best and working hard everyone will be proud of what you achieve.
SEN Parent Surgery
To cut down on waiting times, SEN surgeries are now by appointment only. Please call to arrange to see the SENCo (Ms Nicola Ely) should you wish to attend. 01375 400800 or email [email protected] FAO SENCO
Half Price Book Fair
In the Library every day FB2 - From 20.4.2016 to 26.4.2016
Hundreds of new books.
Be there First.
Please credit your SQUID account!
The initial overdraft facility given to all students on SQUID for cashless payments has now expired. Please remember to top up your SQUID account as your children may be unaware of low or zero funds being available when they approach the till with their items. As we all know this can cause anxiety and embarrassment in all of us. There are five ways of topping up SQUID, including Auto Top up and Direct Transfer. All are detailed on your SQUID portal.
Do you have (or know of someone with) talents you would like us to shout about? Please contact your child's Form Tutor or email us at [email protected] with details.
Can we do better? We are asking for parents to give us feedback on anything they feel we as a school can improve on. If you have any suggestions please email the school [email protected] for the attention of Mrs Jeffrey.
If your son/daughter suffers from Asthma, it is vital that they have an asthma pump on them at all times, and a spare one in the Medical Bay, especially now the weather conditions have changed!
Year 8: Week commencing 27th June Year 9: Week commencing 25th April Year 10: Week commencing 20th June
End of year exam dates
If you ride a bike to and from school, please remember to always wear a
helmet!
