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Sandringham School Headlines Issue 10 18 November 2016

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If you attended Vaudeville last week you will

know just how impressive a show this was. The entire Performing Arts faculty worked together to stage an amazing show to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the SandPit Theatre. I would like to congratulate all the students involved for their performances which were of the highest standard. A huge thank you also to Ms Paul, Ms Stothard, Ms Meeking, Mrs Birkett, Ms Peacock and the many other staff who made this show a success. Well done everyone and roll-on the next 15 years!

The school Christmas festivities are fast

approaching, the first of which is our annual Christmas Fayre on Saturday 3rd December (11.00 a.m. – 3-00 p.m.). Can I remind everyone to try and bring at least one item in for one of the many tombola stalls, and encourage you all to pop along even for a short while to support your school. Entrance is free and there is plenty to see and do. There will also be some amazing food too! Look forward to seeing you there.

As you know, large numbers of our students are

regularly involved in noteworthy activities outside school. We love to hear about these because they help to encourage others to be community minded and develop their own character. This week I would like to highlight the activities of Gabriella Farrugia from Y7. Gabriella won the Inspire The House award for Most Inspirational Young Person (an award nominated ex-clusively by MPs). The award was part of the 2016 Kids Count Inspiration Awards. She was nominated for her JDM awareness work (radio interview, TV interviews, newspaper interviews and whole school assembly at Wheatfields) and her personal fundraising for GOSH (over £4000 raised through completing a 5km run and organising a whole school sponsored fun run at Wheatfields) as well as her part in the national campaigns run by GOSH.

Gabriella was invited to the House of Commons to

receive the award. She met Anne Main (who had nominated Gabriella) and had a tour of the Commons and the Lords. At the award ceremony Gabriella talked to lots of MPs about her condition and the need to support the NHS and to fund research into rare diseases. She made an acceptance speech and was amazing! Well done Gabriella, we are all very proud of your achievements.

If you have any great news, please e-mail it

through to the school. Alan Gray Headteacher

Toby Hawkins 9B English Alexander Clarke 9D English Archie Holt 9D English Jermaine Ogundere 9D English Bradley Snell 9E English Jason Roome 9K Science Matthew Hilton 9S Computer Science Emma Beardon 9V History Hannah Dyer 9V History Daisy Rowe 9V History Amy Colvin 10B Drama Rachel Dodd 10B Food Technology Tara Jones 10B Science Ines Simpson 10B Science Ines Simpson 10B Drama Kristen Kemp-Robertson 10E Drama Samuel Hardie 10K Drama Annika Hanton 10S Drama Jason Parker 10S Science Callan Deradour 11B Science Oliver Nurse 11E Science Caitlin Waller 11E Science Ben Atkin 11S Science

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Headteacher’s Commendations for week ending 18th November

Katie Leigh 7B Drama Franziska McLaren 7B Drama Shiam Ardeshna 7E Phil, Religion & Ethics Charlie Bullock 7E Phil, Religion & Ethics Cristina Evagorou 7E Phil, Religion & Ethics Olivia Goss 7E Phil, Religion & Ethics Angus Houlahan 7E Phil, Religion & Ethics Angus Houlahan 7E Geography Dorottya Molnar 7E Phil, Religion & Ethics Dorottya Molnar 7E Geography Lucy Pether 7E Drama Ruby Sheppard 7E Phil, Religion & Ethics Ruby Sheppard 7E Geography Lucy Topp 7E Geography Madeleine Wills 7E Geography Jessica Anfield 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Megan Bryant 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Ilirian Bushi 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Alex Cassidy 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Annabel Chambers 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Molly Charnock 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Joseph Chatfield 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Kyle Currant 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Thomas Gardner 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Sophia Hakim 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Rosie Hart 7K History Maya Laming 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Flynn Law 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Zachary Lines 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Ella Mauchline 7K History Ella Mauchline 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Maddi Smith 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Francesca Williamson 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Matthew Wilson 7K Phil, Religion & Ethics Benjamin Andrews 8B Computer Science Freya Holmes 8B Science Ryan O'Sullivan 8B Physical Education Max Hawkins 8D Physical Education Ryaan Hussain 8D Science Chloe Robertson 8D Science Summer North 8E Science Elisa Piovano 8E Science Elisa Piovano 8E English James Small 8E Physical Education Lily Hurp 8EE Design Technology Tara Jordan 8EE English Alex Samsami 8EE Physical Education Cleo Spittall 8EE English Sophie Timbs 8EE English Sophie Timbs 8EE Design Technology Charlotte Sevindi 8K German Nicole Tindall 8K German Isabella Graham 8S History Daisy Barrow 8V German Francesca Hayes 8V English William Huke 8V Computer Science George Sharpe 8V Computer Science ZakariaElhamri 9B English

Vaudeville was a spectacular show to be involved in. It brought all years together and united the school through the arts. It was a great learning experience and inspired us to get more involved with arts forms we may otherwise not have tried. Vaudeville proved that effort and dedication can create something so impressive and enjoyable. It was an honour to have music specially arranged for the Jazz Band, it really gave the show a more professional outcome and helped bring together the different art forms. It was also a great way to include those who may not necessarily have gotten involved with the show via acting, singing or dancing.

I found Vaudeville to be a great experience because it

gave extra opportunities to get involved with the things you love. Also it bonded people of all ages and gave students a time to demonstrate their talents. It was definitely worth all the effort!

Overall, everyone had a brilliant time and Vaudeville

was a unique and breath-taking show. Jazz Dalziel 9B

Vaudeville – A 15 year celebration of the SandPit Theatre

Last week the SandPit Theatre was transformed

into a fabulous performance space for the whole school show Vaudeville. The show captured the very best of musical theatre and celebrated the flagship work of Dance, Drama and Music at Sandringham. There were so many highlights from the 200+ cast and the audience were immersed in the live performance by being seated around jazz club style tables whilst students performed in the round. The audience for the final show arrived in black tie dress to add to the celebration of our fantastic theatre.

A huge thanks to all of the arts staff and SandPit

Theatre staff for their outstanding work in putting on such an ambitious project and most importantly to our fabulous students in the cast, band and crew who were superb in all four shows. The live music, performed by the jazz band, was arranged by West End leading artist Neil Rutherford and it added an exciting element to each show. Emily Horton-Harpin deserves a special mention for writing large sections of the script to link the musicals into the whole show. Congratulations to everyone involved!

Karen Paul Associate Assistant Headteacher

Student Reflections on Vaudeville Being part of Vaudeville was a very exciting

experience, and one that I will remember for many years to come. As this was the 15th Anniversary of The SandPit Theatre, it was very important for me to help create a piece that would be memorable for the crew, actors and audience: especially since I have been performing here myself for 7 years now. I worked with Miss Birkett to create a script to link all the scenes of the show together, and even directed some!

The show was a great success, selling out on every

night, and it was simply wonderful to watch people of all ages and creative strengths come together for such an amazing event. Overall, the whole process of being part of Vaudeville was phenomenal and one that I'm sure we will all treasure for many years.

Emily Horton-Harpin Year 13 My experience playing in the Jazz Band in

Vaudeville was very enjoyable. It was my first time accompanying singers and dancers in a live show. Although I felt tired by the end, I thought it was interesting to see how the show progressed throughout the different performances. I liked all the various show tunes we played, some of which I had heard before and some were new.

Emily Pollard 9E

Parents of Year 11 students Please note that for the weeks commencing 28th

November and 5th December, the tr ial exams will end at 3.30pm. For students with extra time, the ex-ams will finish after this time. Students will NOT be allowed to leave exams early and should arrange alternative transport home. The extra time has been included to allow students a break between exams and to accommodate the longer exams linked with the new GCSE specifications. Please check the hard copy of the trial exam timetable given to your child or the school website for personal detail.

If you have any questions please contact, Anita

Headland, Exams Officer or Claire Oakes, Assistant Headteacher.

MFL GCSE Speaking Tests Year 11

Make sure you know your appointment time and turn up at the correct time and place!

Good luck - another 15% of the final exam about to

be completed.

Drama News

Sandringham Actor’s Company Following their outstanding performance in

Vaudeville, the Sandringham Actor’s company will be beginning again on Monday evenings from 3-4pm in the Drama Studios. If you are in Y8 – Y10, and would like to join us, please come along for acting techniques, workshops, games and more!

Young Actors Company (YAC) Well done to all of the Young Actors Company

members who were involved in the whole school show. You were amazing. The Young Actors Club will recommence on Thursday 1st December 3.15pm-4pm. We will be getting ready to take our show on the road. Get ready it’s going to be lots of fun!

Year 10 and 12 Devising Performances Our talented Y10 GCSE students and Y12 A Level

Drama students will be sharing a selection of their devised work in the Drama Studios from 4pm on Tuesday 13th December. The pieces are all original works created by our students and this is sure to be a very entertaining afternoon of performance. It is free to all, so please come along and support our lovely students.

Alex Birkett Director of Learning: Drama

The SandPit Theatre News

After the wonderful spectacle of Vaudeville last week, we were incredibly pleased to hear how many people enjoyed seeing the theatre’s transformation. As mentioned by Mr. Gray on the final performance, the theatre is currently undertaking renovations to celebrate our 15th Anniversary, and become an even more exciting venue. If you would like to support the theatre, please do attend our community showcase in December, or Sponsor a Seat to enable us to purchase lovely new seating. If you would like more information, please do pop in to the Box Office, see our website on www.sandpittheatre.co.uk, or call us on 01727 799565.

Christmas at The Sand-Pit Theatre

Santa’s Little Helper Saturday 26th

November 11.30am & 2.30pm £8/£6

Young Albert Tuttle is nearly 7 years old, far too old to believe in Santa! How does a big fat man wearing bright red pyjamas fit down the chimney, anyway? But, Albert is in for a big surprise. For as he sleeps on Christmas Eve, a big fat man wearing bright red pyjamas tumbles down his chimney like a roly poly pudding. It’s Santa, and he’s come for Albert’s help!

This delightful new show comes to life with an

irresistable blend of music, puppetry and high energy storytelling. With lots of laughs, sing-along songs and plenty of opportunities to join in along the way, this is the perfect treat for Christmas. Oh, and the chance to meet Santa himself!

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Sunday 4th December 11am £6/£4

Everything is in disguise and the story goes into

the skies with this comical retelling of Goldilocks

and the Three Bears from Booster Cushion Theatre

Company. This comical story is retold through a

massive 6ft tall book complete with pop ups and

props coming out of the book!

Volunteers needed for Year 11 Mock Interviews

Can you spare a few hours on Thursday 19th

January 2017 to help our Year 11 students and be part of our Careers ELD – ‘You’re Hired!’? We would like to hold a Mock Interview session and, to facilitate this, we are asking for 40 volunteers to interview our students.

You will be needed for just a few hours during the

morning, and given a full briefing and interview guidelines on the day to help you. Your help would be enormously appreciated as we will be unable to run the session without enough volunteers.

Although the process is a little nerve-wracking for

our students, feedback from previous years has been that the Mock Interview has been one of the most useful parts of the day. Please do get in touch with me at susie.howe@sandringham.herts.sch.uk if you can help. Thank you!

Susie Howe Careers Co-ordinator

Tombola Items please!

As usual, could you all kindly continue to bring in something for the Tombola for the Xmas Fayre.

We will be running a number of different tombolas

including the favourite ‘chocolate’ one. These should be left in Student Services.

Christmas Lunch Please buy your tickets!

Thank you for utilising ParentPay to purchase the

Christmas lunch for your son/daughter. We have had 446 requests so far which is fantastic!

As the lunch is now over two days, we can cater

for more, so please pay by December 5th if your child would like to take part.

There are two options on ParentPay (vegetarian

and meat) so please ensure you select the correct option. A list of lunch payments will be put up daily on the notice board by the canteen entrance.

Please note that there will be no other food

available to purchase at lunchtime on these days so students will need to either make a purchase at break, make a purchase from the kiosk or bring a packed lunch.

Julia Shaw

School Manager

15yr Anniversary Community Showcase Saturday 17th December

7.30pm £5 Join us for a once in a lifetime performance to

celebrate our 15 year Anniversary. We will be celebrating with a combination of performances, videos and speeches honouring the venues history, achievements and visions for the future . Our closest community groups, comprising of dance, theatre and musical theatre schools, will be performing. We will also be launching some very exciting plans for the near future, so don't miss out!

Rachael Peacock

Theatre Manager

Dance News Velocity 2017

Tickets for Velocity 2017 are now on sale from the Sandpit Theatre both online and via the box office. Make sure you don’t miss out!

Vaudeville A huge well done to everyone involved in the out-

standing production ‘Vaudeville’. It was such a great 9 weeks and I am very proud of all the students.

Please follow the Dance faculty on Twitter

@SandringhamDanc to keep up to date with events, articles and information.

Clare Meeking Director of Learming: Dance

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SAVE THE DATE

Friday 27th January – Quiz Night Put together a winning team for a fun packed evening

including food and a well-stocked bar with real ale and Prosecco! Quiz & food tickets £10 (fish & chip supper or alternative) or Quiz & non-food tickets £5.

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DIARY DATES

25 November Occasional Day 28 November Y11 Trial Exams Begin 12 December Carol Service 13/14 December Christmas Lunch (No other lunch served on this day) 20 December Awards Evening -Finish 12:30 21 December Charity Day –Finish 12:30 09 January Beginning of Spring Term

Please visit our school website for the most up to date diary dates

Friends of Sandringham School (Fo$S) News

Fundraising Events & Activities Christmas Extravaganza (FREE entry) Saturday 3rd December – 11am to 3pm There’s something for the whole family so please

invite everyone you know to join us; friends, family and neighbours!

Including Christmas Market shopping stalls,

Christmas Café serving hot food refreshments & snacks, Festive Bar serving real ale & mulled wine, Tombolas (bottle & chocolate), Gift Stall, Mystery Prize Stall, Craft Activities, Fun Zone, Prize Draw Raffle and lots, lots more …

DONATIONS – Tombola items

Lots of wine, beer, spirits and chocolate needed! The tombolas are always very successful stalls at our Christmas event so please keep your donations coming in via Reception. Also donations of mince pies would not go to waste so ready, steady, bake (or buy)!

DONATIONS – Gift Stall items

We would also be grateful for any good quality unused gifts so bear in mind any gifted (but unwanted) items you could pass our way.

Help on the Day

We really can’t run this event without your support so please consider giving up a couple of hours on the day to help out where needed.

Prize Draw Raffle Tickets

1st prize £75, 2nd prize £50, 3rd prize hamper. These have come home with student reports. Please return your ticket stubs and payment. Further tickets available from Reception.

Go and see Santa at Carpenter’s this

Christmas Santa has managed to find time out in his busy

schedule to visit Carpenter’s Nursery & Farm Shop this December from Saturday 3rd and every weekend up until Christmas. He will be reading stories and handing out special gifts.

PE

Fixtures

Tuesday 29th November – Y9 Basketball V Roundwood Park (H)

Wednesday 30th November

Y11 Netball V Loreto (H)

News Last week’s senior Football game V Owens school was

cancelled on arrival after a huge downpour flooded Owens’ pitch meaning the game couldn’t even start. This will be rearranged for later this term.

On Friday, the Y11 boys basketball team played

Queens in their first game of the season. This was always going to be a tough opener against a team that has made the National Quarter finals in previous years. The team started well and quickly made Queens work for their points, whilst Tom Dumsday was outstanding on offence. The game was very close with both teams trading points and having to focus on defence. At half time the score was 40-47. In the second half we continued to put pressure on Queens, however their strength was too much in the stretch and they eventually won the game. Dumsday was excellent throughout contributing 37 points. Well done to all the boys who played.

The U15 Girls Football Team played in the 4th Round

of the ESFA National Schools Competition against Swakeleys High School. The day of the game was a very wet and blustery one, but this didn’t stop the loyal group of parents coming along to offer the girls their support and encouragement. From the outset, Sandringham dominated the game in the midfield with a well worked, opening goal coming from Zoe Hook. Amalie Newman-Booth followed this shortly after with a fantastic run, scoring an outstanding individual goal. Although Swakeleys made a good few runs, our defence remained strong and quickly shut down any attacking threats. The girls were fantastic at transferring the ball from defence to attack, playing the ball through the field and out to Eve Shaw, who put in a brilliant cross to Emily Giovanni who put the ball firmly in the back of the net. Amalie Newman-Booth followed this up with another outstanding individual goal.

The closing minutes of the half saw a brilliant long ball

from Goal Keeper, Mollie Herrington, picked up by Eve Shaw who scored a brilliant goal. We went into the second half leading the game 5-0. Throughout this half, the girls played some excellent football, with Rachel Dodd coming close to scoring several times, even picking up a disallowed goal. Swakeleys School didn’t ever give up and our defence continued to work hard to stop them from scor-ing. The game ended 5-0 to Sandringham, meaning that we are through to the 5th Round and the last 32 schools in the whole country.

ABSENCE LINE 01727 799564

Absence Email: (Available 24 hours) absence@sandringham.herts.sch.uk

Please report ALL absences before 9:15am on the first day of absence. This should be fol-

lowed up by a letter on return.

Stuart Kemp, Assistant Headteacher

Special mention must go to Daisy Charnock

whose high level of skill and strength in defence earned her Player of the Match. Well done girls, you continue to make us all proud.

Well done to Xander Masters in Y12 who

won a Silver medal yesterday at the Judo (BJC) National Closed Championships, again demonstrating the high level of competition he is competing at. Well done.

For more news, fixtures, team sheets and

results don’t forget to follow us @SandringhamPE on Twitter and at www.sandringhamsport.co.uk.

Andrew Cracknell

Director of Learning: PE