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Return to home page George Abbot Bulletin …the weekly round-up and preview for GAS parents and carers 15 February 2019 As the third half term of the academic year draws to a close, we can proudly reflect on the purposeful learning and development of potential that forms the core of George Abbot School. Despite on-going national press about education funding, we are working hard to preserve what we believe is so important for our students; the highest quality teachers, and breadth and depth of opportunity needed to fulfil our students unique potential. Over 2,000 headteachers across the country have recently contributed to a national survey, run by the WorthLess campaign, about the state of funding in their schools. 74% of secondary schools have reduced the number of subjects they are teaching at KS4 and KS5. This is not the case at George Abbot School and we are grateful to all of the parents who have contributed to the PTA and other fundraising initiatives, such as the Opportunities Fund, to help ensure we do not get to this point. Over the half term week, work is continuing on site to position our Portakabin, which will house a newly equipped Photography classroom and facilities, as well as provide some learning support teaching spaces. I would like to mention the enormous commitment of Mrs Ferguson, Miss Masson and Mrs Ashby in working so hard to support our Photography students in these challenging circumstances. I must also mention our Learning Support Team, led by Mrs Ellis, and thank them for being so flexible in continuing to support our students. Thank you, too, to our students for being patient and in coping so admirably in the face of this considerable change. I hope the Portakabin accommodation and progress of the C-Block clear up will make a significantly positive difference in the next half term. Attached are three really useful resources to discuss with your children over half term. The first is our Online Safety Bulletin; the second, our first Careers Newsletter; the third, is the PE Department’s updated extra-curricular timetable. Our call to our students is: 1. Be in the fresh air without a mobile phone in your hand this half term. 2. Think positively about your pathway ahead – having an aim makes hard work meaningful. 3. Join at least one after school club next half term. Participation is part of belonging to our George Abbot Community. To close, a mention of this week’s visit from Stephen Kelly – an ex CEO of three successful UK and USA public tech companies and ex COO to the UK Government. He has made contact with us through our Alumni and parent links. In the second half of this year, he will be speaking to our students about success, focus and ambition, and working with our staff on leadership and social purpose. He is an inspirational man. With best wishes for a restful and perhaps, even sunny, half term. Mrs Kate Carriett Headteacher
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George Abbot Bulletin …the weekly round-up and preview for GAS parents and carers
15 February 2019
As the third half term of the academic year draws to a close, we can proudly reflect on the purposeful learning and development of potential that forms the core of George Abbot School. Despite on-going national press about education funding, we are working hard to preserve what we believe is so important for our students; the highest quality teachers, and breadth and depth of opportunity needed to fulfil our students unique potential. Over 2,000 headteachers across the country have recently contributed to a national survey, run by the WorthLess campaign, about the state of funding in their schools. 74% of secondary schools have reduced the number of subjects they are teaching at KS4 and KS5. This is not the case at George Abbot School and we are grateful to all of the parents who have contributed to the PTA and other fundraising initiatives, such as the Opportunities Fund, to help ensure we do not get to this point. Over the half term week, work is continuing on site to position our Portakabin, which will house a newly equipped Photography classroom and facilities, as well as provide some learning support teaching spaces. I would like to mention the enormous commitment of Mrs Ferguson, Miss Masson and Mrs Ashby in working so hard to support our Photography students in these challenging circumstances. I must also mention our Learning Support Team, led by Mrs Ellis, and thank them for being so flexible in continuing to support our students. Thank you, too, to our students for being patient and in coping so admirably in the face of this considerable change. I hope the Portakabin accommodation and progress of the C-Block clear up will make a significantly positive difference in the next half term. Attached are three really useful resources to discuss with your children over half term. The first is our Online Safety Bulletin; the second, our first Careers Newsletter; the third, is the PE Department’s updated extra-curricular timetable. Our call to our students is:
1. Be in the fresh air without a mobile phone in your hand this half term. 2. Think positively about your pathway ahead – having an aim makes hard work
meaningful. 3. Join at least one after school club next half term. Participation is part of belonging to our
George Abbot Community.
To close, a mention of this week’s visit from Stephen Kelly – an ex CEO of three successful UK and USA public tech companies and ex COO to the UK Government. He has made contact with us through our Alumni and parent links. In the second half of this year, he will be speaking to our students about success, focus and ambition, and working with our staff on leadership and social purpose. He is an inspirational man. With best wishes for a restful and perhaps, even sunny, half term. Mrs Kate Carriett Headteacher
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The Week Ahead Monday 25 February INSET Day – School closed for students
Tuesday 26 February Exams: Year 11 Additional English Language Mock Exams: Year 11 Additional Maths Mock Paper 1 F/H Year 12: UCAS Exhibition SSP Exams: Year 11 Food Preparation & Nutrition NEA2
Wednesday 27 February
Exams: Year 11 Additional Maths Mock Paper 2 F/H
Thursday 28 February
Exams: Year 11 Additional English Literature Mock Exams: Year 11 Food Preparation & Nutrition NEA2 Apprenticeship Evening
Friday 1 March Exams: Year 11 Additional Maths Mock Paper 3 F/H Year 13 Trip: English Literature Watts Gallery
Please visit www.georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk/events for full calendar of events.
News Round Up
Year group notices Y7, Y8, Y9, Y10, Y11, Y12, Y13, whole school Focus on Sports round up PTA George Abbot News
One of the George Abbot Teams at the SATRO Event
(see Focus On)
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Year Group Notices
Y7 No messages this week
Y8 Subject: Living History ’Tommy Atkins’ On Wednesday 27th March, the History Department is organising an activity day in school, which will be led by a group of knowledgeable guides from Anglia Tours to support the forthcoming topic in year 8 History lessons, ‘What was it like to live through World War 1? All students will be invited to take part in two workshops, where students will be able to take part in some of the activities to make the sessions more interesting. For this event to go ahead we ask for a voluntary contribution of £6 per student. Attached is a letter with more details about this exciting day. Subject: NHS Health and Social Care Careers Open Evening – Royal Surrey County Hospital As one of the largest employers in the world many of our students will work for the NHS sometime during their life-long career. Therefore, why not take this opportunity to investigate a number of health service careers at the Royal Surrey County Hospital on Tuesday 19 March from 5:30pm - 9:00pm.
'The event is for students and their parents in Year 8 and above and will include:
• Opportunities to talk to staff in different roles to find out about the various careers available • Tours to operating theatres, radiotherapy and medical physics departments • Careers talks • Career pathway, university and apprenticeship information • Information on work experience and volunteering
The careers covered will include:
Business Administration – Dietitian – Librarianship – Medicine – Nursing – Operating Department Practice – Occupational Therapy – Radiography (diagnostic and therapeutic) – Reablement – Social Care – Speech & Language Therapy – Paramedic – Pathology – Pharmacy – Phlebotomy – Psychiatry – Psychology – Physiotherapy
Please note the event was extremely popular last year, so students should book early as places are limited.'
Booking site: https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/recruitment/volunteer/
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Y9 See Year 8 message - Subject: NHS Health and Social Care Careers Open Evening – Royal Surrey County Hospital Subject: Computer Science – Silicon Valley Tour Information Evening Presentation Please see the following page of the school website for the presentation from the Information Evening earlier this week: https://www.georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk/weekly-messages-and-presentations/
Y10 See Year 8 message - Subject: NHS Health and Social Care Careers Open Evening – Royal Surrey County Hospital See Year 9 message - Subject: Computer Science – Silicon Valley Tour Information Evening Presentation
Y11 Subject: English Mock Exams Please be advised that the February mocks exams in English will consist of two papers: English Language will focus on the reading of 2 unseen prose extracts and writing to present a viewpoint (Paper 2) and English Literature will focus on modern texts - either 'An Inspector Calls' or 'Lord of the Flies' - and poetry (Paper 2). See Year 8 message - Subject: NHS Health and Social Care Careers Open Evening – Royal Surrey County Hospital
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Y12 See Year 8 message - Subject: NHS Health and Social Care Careers Open Evening – Royal Surrey County Hospital See Year 9 message - Subject: Computer Science – Silicon Valley Tour Information Evening Presentation Subject: Oxford University’s Hertford College - Unsung Heroes of Science Video Competition Oxford University’s Hertford College is launching a new video competition for 16-18 year-olds. The challenge is to produce a two-minute video about an 'unsung hero' of their choice. The winning team will be invited to shadow Krishnan Guru-Murthly behind the scenes at Channel 4 News. The deadline is 26th April, so start choosing unsung heroes of science now! For more information, check out the competition webpage here. Please contact Mrs Cave with any queries: [email protected] Subject: University of Surrey 2019 Residential Summer School Do encourage your son/daughter to apply for University of Surrey’s 2019 Residential Summer Schools. This year the University will be running programmes in 22 subject areas including: French, Spanish, Business, Law, Media & Production Skills, English & Creative Writing, Hospitality & Tourism, Nursing, Midwifery, Operating Department Practice, Paramedic Science Psychology, Physics, Maths, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Sciences, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Sport and Exercise Science, Veterinary Science Biosciences. More information and application form can be found on following website: www.surrey.ac.uk/summer Students will have the opportunity to work with undergraduates, academic staff and students from other schools. The programmes will include lectures, seminars, practical activities and a variety of fun social events in the evenings. Please note that summer schools are free to Widening Participation students.
Y13 See Year 8 message - Subject: NHS Health and Social Care Careers Open Evening – Royal Surrey County Hospital See Year 12 message - Subject: Oxford University’s Hertford College - Unsung Heroes of Science Video Competition
Whole School
Subject: INSET Day A reminder to all parents, following the half term break Monday 25 February is an INSET day and the school is closed for students. Students return on ‘Week B’ timetable. Subject: Online Safety Bulletin Please see the latest edition of the George Abbot Online Safety Bulletin from the school’s online safety coordinator Louise Hayne. Louise’s role in the school is to act on online safety issues, improve education and raise awareness of the good and bad that the internet may bring to ensure we continue to work together to keep our children safe online. As our students are the best source of knowledge for online behaviour Louise has enlisted a number of students to act as ‘Cyber Consultants’ to help with cyber safety. Please see the newsletter attached.
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Subject: Careers Newsletter Welcome to our first careers newsletter, please see attached. My name is Helen Rose and I am the Careers Lead at George Abbot School. In January 2018, the government issued new guidance on Careers Education and Guidance; since then we have been working towards achieving the eight Gatsby Benchmarks which are:
1. A stable careers programme 2. Learning from career and labour market information 3. Addressing the needs of each student 4. Linking curriculum learning to careers 5. Encounters with employers and employees 6. Experiences of workplaces 7. Encounters with further and higher education 8. Personal guidance
Subject: Parents’ Clinic – Wednesday 6 March 6.30 – 7.30pm Wednesday 6 March, from 6.30pm, brings the next termly opportunity for parents to raise any queries face to face with myself, or one of my two Deputy Heads, Ms Kemp or Mr O’Sullivan. If you would like to make an appointment, please would you email my PA, Mrs Newman, on [email protected]. She will then coordinate appointment times for the evening. It is important for us to hear your views and be able to ensure we keep improving our school. Mrs Kate Carriett Headteacher Subject: Annual Presentation of DofE Awards - Tuesday 30 April 2019 - 7.30 pm Our congratulations to students who have already had their Bronze, Silver or Gold Awards confirmed by the Duke of Edinburgh head office. In the first half of the Spring Term you will receive an invitation to join us in celebrating your success at the April 2019 award ceremony during which you will be presented with your award certificate. For those that have still to complete their award there is still opportunity to complete your Award and receive an invitation to the ceremony this year. A DofE participant can check whether they have completed their award by logging into their eDofE account and checking the status of their Award. You should see Award completed on followed by a date. Those who have completed their Award since the 22 March 2018 will receive an invitation. Students who have still to complete their Award need to check that each section includes an assessors report (which should be submitted by the assessor using the DofE web site https://edofe.org/Assessor) and that they have submitted the sections for us to sign them off. Any Awards completed by Friday 22 March 2019 will be eligible to attend the award ceremony.
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Subject: English Tutor Team We are looking for parents or friends within the community who are seeking casual part time employment during the school day (9-1:30) who have skills in English and Literacy to join our English Tutor team. Ideally candidates would be able to provide a DBS check for work with children, and an English/Humanities degree or well achieved A-Levels as skills being taught would focus on literacy and language. Please be in touch with Mrs Newman on [email protected] if you would like to get involved or find out more information about the George Abbot Tutor team! Subject: Get into…..Apprenticeships
Is your son / daughter interested in an apprenticeship in the future? If yes, why not come along to George Abbot’s
Get into… Apprenticeships evening
Thursday 28 February
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Raynham Hall
The evening will include information about apprenticeships in general, the employer’s viewpoint and then the experiences of a number of ex-George Abbot students, who have either completed or are currently undertaking an apprenticeship at the moment. These guests represent a host of companies and job sectors including: accountancy, business, product development, marketing and communication, surveying and aeronautical and automotive engineering. Do book a ticket via Eventbrite and come along and investigate brilliant future opportunities for ‘earning while learning’. Please Click HERE Subject: On behalf of the AKIN Community Group
AKIN Community Group
Helping Families to Support Children's Emotional and Mental Health
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Drama Therapy Workshop
Tuesday 26th February, 7.30pm
£5 per person, payable on the door. RSVP [email protected] to book your tickets
Emmanuel Church, Shepherds Lane, Stoughton, Guildford GU2 9SJ For more details visit www.akin.interests.me
Subject: Science and Arts Festival – Saturday 23 March 10am – 5pm An exciting free event at G Live from Innovate Guildford, please see poster below.
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Focus on: Extra Curricular Shining the spotlight on a different area of the school each week… SATRO Event George Abbot was pleased to host a SATRO event earlier this week. Three teams of students from Year 9 (see photo at beginning) 10 and 12 took part in the problem solving competition which is one of five heats held across the country. SATRO provides a challenging and diverse programmes particularly focussed on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Students were competing against 11 other schools in this heat to build a tower with a light on the top which would only light up once a weight suspended from it was dropped. This all had to be done with a limited quantity of materials. Our Year 12 team won their heat and the Year 10 team came second so they will both go through to the finals!
Sports Round Up Sharing the sporting success of our students
Sport Round Up Another fantastic week of sport has taken place this week with many teams dominating the leagues. Our U15 boys won the Surrey indoor cricket tournament which is 3/3 for George Abbot so far in these events. Our Year 7 and 8 boys football has started strong with two wins this week and our girls basketball teams continue to dominate across all year groups. Some individual students have also made great strides this week and had personal achievement worth celebrating. Millie Kirby in Y12 has been selected for the U21 England Rounders team and Rhianwen Deacy (Year9) and Megan Davies (Year 10) have both been selected to play for the U15s Surrey Rugby Squad. Finlay Winter has been selected to play Handball for England and Matt Durbridge will now be playing for Harlequins U15s Rugby Squad. We have so many talented students at George Abbot and there are so many to mention but well done and huge congratulations to these students for their commitment to sport. Notices A new extra curricular timetable will be up on the website for next half term. There are quite a few changes as football, rugby and netball season come back. Please can I also remind parents and students that all teamsheets can be accessed via the sport section of our school website.
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Mrs Graves Head of PE
George Abbot PTA Clandon Park Run 2019 – Saturday 23 March 2019 at 10am
With only five weeks to go to this year’s Clandon Park Run, preparations are heating up. This year, all funds raised will go towards upgrading the arts facilities at school – from ceramics, to fashion, fine art, photography and textiles. Our target is to raise £16,000 from the run and here’s how you can help:
Clandon Park Run T-Shirts: Why not buy a technical t-shirt to remember the run? Orders need to be received by 20 February.
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Runners spotted wearing the t-shirt will earn double house points!!
All profits from t-shirt sales will go directly to school.
Click here to access the website for t-shirt sales:
https://www.scimitarevents.com/shop/kellys-clandon-park-run/kellys-clandon-park-run-adult-tshirt/
Race Marshals: We urgently need people to act as marshals around the course. You will be needed for around two hours. No experience is necessary and a full briefing will be given.
Volunteers: We need help around school to welcome runners, to register and to help serve drinks and cakes.
Donations: If you are unable to give your time, would you be able to make a donation to help cover the costs? For example, the wood for the medals costs £100, we need to buy tea and coffee for the café, we have to pay for the race director, prizes etc. Donations can be made by following this link and sponsoring one of the race coordinators, former PTA Chair, Dave Clarke: https://charity.kellystorage.co.uk/Events/2019/Clandon-Park-Run/sponsor/DavidClarke3
Do the Clandon! Why not give some of your time and your money by running the Clandon Park Run? Last year the race took place when the Beast from the East paid us a very unwelcome visit. It was blowing a gale, the snow was coming in horizontally, it was freezing cold and the ground was soaking. But if you did it, you finished with a smile on your face. You can enter at: https://charity.kellystorage.co.uk/Events/2019/Clandon-Park-Run
Please get in touch if you can help in any way: [email protected] – thank you!
Stop Press! The George Abbot Community news…
George Abbot music students will be entertaining the local community at one of Guildford Cathedral's coffee concerts on Thursday 25 April. The event runs from 11.15am – 12pm if you are interested in coming along.
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Many congratulations to George Abbot staff member Nigel Notley who was recognised for his long standing support of the DofE Scheme at a ceremony at St James’s Palace, presented by the Earl of Wessex. Our thanks go to Nigel in helping to support so many George Abbot students over the years to gain this highly regarded award.
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