Headlines Our lovely Y7 are ready for their first big

Sandringham adventure as they head off to the Peak District next week. This is one of our most long-running and established events that thousands before have enjoyed. It may well be that some of our parents as past students of the school also remember this trip. We will be taking 241 of them; half going from Monday to Wednesday and the second half going Wednesday to Friday. I will be joining the second half and look forward to getting to know our Y7 a little better. Watch our school Twitter feed for regular updates and we will also try to load things to the school web-site. This is dependent on connectivity at the Youth Hostel which can be variable. I am sure there will be many write-ups after the event and pictures for you to enjoy.

I would like to thank Fo$S, our school PTA, for

organising the Y7 ‘Sausage Sizzle’ last Friday evening. With over 500 people (including children) present, it was a fantastic evening and great to meet our new families. Fo$S have a busy calendar of events for you to enjoy throughout the year so watch the Sandprint for regular updates. They also have a very lively committee who are always looking for new members willing to give up a little time for their school. So, if you are interested please contact Julia Shaw at the school who can let you know how to proceed.

You may have seen some press articles from the

Welwyn area about our work with Sir Frederic Osborn School. This is a school with tremendous potential and as a National Support School we have had the privilege of working with them now for over three years. We have been working with the Local Authority over a new way of moving forward which is to sponsor Sir Frederic Osborn and convert it to a brand new academy from September 2018. The name will be The Ridgeway Academy and will form part of our Multi-Academy Trust. This is a really exciting time for the families and staff at Sir Frederic Osborn School and will provide the opportunity to establish a school that will be able to move to Outstanding provision in the near future. For Sandringham, our job will be to continue to improve performance here whilst supporting the new academy as it finds its feet and journey to success. Watch this space!

Alan Gray Headteacher

The andprintThe weekly newsletter of

Sandringham School

Issue 03 22 September 2017

DIARY DATES

25-29 Sept Y7 Trip to the Peak District 26 Sept 18:30 Spanish Exchange Evening 27 Sept 18:30 Y10 Parent Info Evening 02 Oct 09:00 Open Morning 03 Oct 09:00 Open Morning 03 Oct 18:30 Ski Trip Information 04 Oct 18:30 Y7 Parents Forum 04 Oct Y9/Y10 Spanish Exchange Trip 09 Oct Drawing week 13 Oct 19:00 Fo$S Pop Quiz

Please visit our school website for the most up to

date diary dates

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Head teacher's Commendations week ending 22 September 2017

Alfie Greenwood 7E English Salam Rajab 7J English Molly Charnock 8F Physical Education Oliver Carpenter 8T Physical Education Grace Newman 9E Physical Education Leona Tindall 9E Physical Education Tilly Risby 9F Physical Education Grace Twidell 9F Physical Education Jessica Butler 9T Physical Education Stanley MacMurray 12N Biology

Sandringham Open Mornings Our annual Open Evening takes place each July.

However, in the Autumn we strongly encourage families to look around the school during a normal day. This is where you can see the school in action and really understand our ethos and culture.

We have now have days where you can reserve a

tour:

Monday 2nd October (9.00 – 10.45 a.m.)

Tuesday 3rd October (9.00 – 10.45 a.m.)

Please contact Cathryn Russell on main reception to book one of these dates and then simply turn up and we will look after you. If you have not been to the school before we will provide you with our school prospectus and information pack.

Students will show you around and then there will be an opportunity to discuss the school and admissions with the Headteacher and other senior staff. We think you will find this very useful in the process of selecting a secondary school.

If you are unable to make any of the above dates don’t worry, simply contact Cathryn and she will try to accommodate you at an alternative time.

Car Safety Last week I highlighted the importance of

sensible parking when taking and picking up students from the school.

We have now received a complaint from a resident

in Malvern Close, off Chiltern Road. It had been noted that Sandringham students are being picked up from school at Malvern Close car park (these are the flats next to the school). The students are also using the entrance doors to the flats as a cut through to the car park to be picked up.

Please note that this is private property and

furthermore several parents cars have been blocking the entry and exit into Malvern Close meaning that residents cannot access and exit their road. We would appreciate your consideration in this matter.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation Martin Petersen Campus Manager

C is for … cajole

Verb

To urge, coax

“Magda’s friends cajoled her in to having

another slice of cake”

Would you like to work at Sandringham School?

We currently have a number of support

staff vacancies at the school.

Please find all details and information on how to apply on the Sandringham

School Website;

http://sandringham.herts.sch.uk/about-us/vacancies/

Alternatively please follow this link

which will direct you to the Teach in Herts site;

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job.htm?jobtype=3&keyword=sandringham

French Exchange 2017 Last Wednesday, 26 Sandringham students

travelled to the beautiful region of Annecy in The Alps for the return visit of the annual French exchange. The exchange is now in its fifth year and forms part of a two leg process between our school and the Jean Monnet Collège, St Jorioz. Students spent six days living with French families and participating in a variety of visits organised by our host school.

Students spent time in Annecy itself and also

enjoyed a cruise along the lake reputed to be the cleanest in Europe. The science department will be pleased to know we also visited CERN in Switzerland!. Students learnt about instruments used at CERN which help us to understand our universe. We spoke with scientists from China, Spain, Italy and France who were all very enthusiastic about particle physics. It was truly fascinating! In addition to excursions, students attended lessons, ate in the canteen and experienced daily school life in France.

There was a wonderful atmosphere between the

Sandringham students and their partners. All our young people behaved superbly even when things didn’t go according to plan. They embraced a different culture and were confident in their communication with our hosts. It is clear that some long lasting friendships have been formed. Well done to all involved and thank you to Ms Hewitt, Mrs Flahive and Mr Swann for giving up their time to look after students and support this project. Vive l’échange!!

Mme Kincaid Assistant Director of Learning: MFL

French Exchange 2017—A Student’s Perspective

The day of the French Exchange and I was so excited

about meeting my French exchange partner (Jean-Denis), I was frantically packing the presents, my clothes, the money (most importantly) and my breakfast since I had to wake up at 3 o’clock in the morning. I could barely walk let alone get up. The things that kept going through my mind was meeting Jean-Denis, Will it be awkward?, Does he have a big house?, a PS4? Does he have good games? Is he rich?...

When I got to Luton Airport, it was freezing at 4 in

the morning but I managed to cope in the end. I was the first one so I had to wait the longest. I always found that the security was annoying but it is always needed I guess. We got on the plane at last to Geneva and when we landed, many of us were so happy because we could finally say that we have been to Switzerland.

When we got on the coach we were all still pretty

shattered and some of us even went to sleep! Jean’s school wasn’t as big as Sandringham but it did have some cool stuff that we don’t have. For example, their school bell is better, their school has more security, everyone has their own padlock, they have a building specifically for children to have fun while waiting to be picked up or whilst waiting for the bus.

When we went in I was so surprised on how clean the

school was – there was not a spec of rubbish anywhere! It was if it was just built. In the main hall, I was anxiously waiting for JD’s arrival and as I was, I saw friend’s ones and they were so happy to see them. It was then clear to me that I wasn’t the only one who was excited. Finally I saw him he was just as I remembered when he came

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Stuart Kemp, Assistant Headteacher

to me but this time I am less nervous. He had gotten braces (which was really cool).

When I finally got to his house, or should I say

mansion, (it was huge by the way), I unpacked and we went for a bit of a walk around Annecy, we went to a restaurant/bar and I tried this new dish called Duo et torture. It was a raw kind of steak with cheese and ham on top of it. It was so nice. We also walked around the lake. It’s an amazing view, I took pictures of it. The lake is pretty clean but wasn’t recommend for anyone who wants to go to drink it. We came back at around 6:00 and we had potatoes with cheese and smoked bacon for dinner. It was quite simple but very nice as well.

The next day, Thursday, we walked to his school

where we had maths in French. Clearly it was new to me and quite hard, but when you can understand what the teacher is saying then you will find it easier. Afterwards we went to the outskirts of CERN in France/Switzerland and we tried to learn about the geography of it since there were posters around the area. Unfortunately, it rained that day so we had to go back to school and had a lesson in physics playing with light. We found out that people who deal with stage lights have only three colours to use: red, blue, green. Afterwards we went home and played Over watch on the PS4. Yes!

Friday was the big day to go to CERN and luckily we

went down it not the actual one because it wasn’t the time of year to go down there so they talked about how the Large Hadron Collider worked, the questions it would solve and the inventions it started. Then after three hours we went back to the school to get picked up by our exchanges.

At the weekend I went to Chamonix where I bought

my family gifts and went to a self-controlled roller coaster it was really fun!

On Monday, we went around Annecy to explore. It

was interesting but I had already seen everything with JD. On Tuesday it was our final day and we were to spend most of it at school with maths and French. After these lessons we went to the 1992 Olympics museum and it was great because I had a badge for it too! On our return it was time to say our goodbyes. Some of us tried to hold back our tears but failed. And before we knew it we were back in England and dreading coming back to school!

The exchange was a really fun experience. Some

might say it’s challenging and awkward but the advice I would give is if you just enjoy yourself and speak as much French as you can you will get the most out of the exchange and even stay friends with them for the rest of your life. I have kept in touch with JD. I loved it and I hope that the future students who are doing it have as much fun as I did.

Harry Nsubuga Year 9

Celebrating Student Success!

Music Emily Reed, 7N, took her silver music medal exam in Descant Recorder with ABRSM just before the summer holidays. She passed with Excellence. Well done, Emily! Congratulations to Maddie Wills, 8A, for passing her Grade 3 Piano with Merit!

Gymnastics On 30 July, Anneline Papendorf, 8V, won Gold

in her Intermediate level Gymnastics during the end of year competition. This is a great achievement as Anneline has only been a club member at Sapphire Gymnastics for 3 months!

Flatwater Racing Ilirian Bushi,8F, won gold at the Chelmsford

Regatta last week. This was the final race in the Flatwater Racing Sprint Series for 2016-2017 and Ilirian took the podium as U12 Series Winner. Congratulations, Ilirian!

We are always delighted to celebrate our

Students success in Sandprint. Please pass details to becky.dale@sandringham.herts.sch.uk for inclusion in future editions.

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Dance A huge well done to all the students who

attended the TripleEdge audition on Thursday. The standard as always was very high and we were impressed with the talent on show. Further company auditions for SYCD and Tuxedo take place over the next two weeks.

Company Auditions

SYCD

Year 10 -13, open to ALL Hertfordshire students

Tuesday 26th September at 5-6.30pm

Tuxedo Year 7 -13, open to ALL Hertfordshire students Monday 2nd October at 5.30-7pm

Dance T-Shirts Letters for Dance t-shirts are coming out this

week to GCSE, A-level, Year 9 module and TripleEdge students. The return date for t-shirts is Friday 29th September, make sure you order yours as soon as possible.

Dance Clubs

Monday Whole School Show

Tuxedo Dance Company (audition only tbc) Tuesday

Lunchtime = Contemporary Dance Club, Years 7+8

SYCD (audition only tbc) Wednesday

Striding Out, KS3 dance club Boys Dance Club

Thursday KS4/5 Dance Club

TripleEdge Contemporary Dance company, KS3 only. (audition only tbc)

Follow dance on Twitter @SandringhamDanc Clare Meeking Director of Learning: Dance

Rock School Rock School is aimed at helping students form and

rehearse their own band. The sessions cover how to ap-proach rehearsing, finding or creating their own material and preparing for gigs. Rock School is run on Thursdays from 3-4pm and is ideal for electr ic guitar ists, bass-ists, drummers or singers! For more information on how to apply and the cost, application forms can be requested from the Music Department.

Grade 5 theory support

Each week, we run a music theory class aimed at helping students prepare for their Grade 5 theory exams. Any new students wishing to attend are welcome, all you need is a Grade 5 theory book (Music Theory in Practise: Grade 5) and a notebook. Sessions are run by Mrs. Paul in F6 on Mondays at 1:25pm.

NYJC

The National Youth Jazz Collective offers workshop opportunities for musicians playing at a high level and applications are now open. The deadline for this round of workshops is September 25th, but they are held regularly throughout the year. More information can be found at www.nationalyouthjazz.co.uk.

Amy Stothard Director of Learning: Music

Music News

ABRSM exams Any students applying to take an ABRSM exam

need to hand in their application form to the Music Department by the 25th September.

St Peter's Concert Senior students from Sandringham will be

performing in St Peter's Church as part of their popular lunchtime recital series on October 11th. Any students wishing to sign up to perform need to speak to somebody in the Music Department and sign up by Friday 29th.

The SandPit Theatre News The St Albans District Sports Awards took place on

Tuesday night, with guests from the local area invited to celebrate their sporting achievements.

Tune into Radio Verulam on Friday, as we will be

paying them a visit at 12.15pm on ‘The Out and About Show’ to discuss our Autumn Season of events - particularly our upcoming production of ‘According to Arthur’ which kicks off our autumn season of ‘Little Diggers’ events. A heart-warming tale with five-star reviews from Primary Times and The Guardian. We invited Paddleboat to the theatre following the National Literacy Trust’s research that in 2016 over 50% of children in the UK had never written a postcard - and we want to encourage children to enjoy writing, especially important with the start of a new school term!

Suitable for ages 3+, it will be the perfect weekend treat

for younger siblings.

All tickets available from the Box Office (open Monday – Friday 11.30am – 3.30pm). via the website www.sandpittheatre.co.uk or by calling us on 01727 799565. We look forward to seeing you soon!

WHAT’S ON AT THE SANDPIT THEATRE

The Unknown Soldier Wednesday 27th September 7:30pm Adults £10

Con £8 Jack stayed on when the guns fell silent, to search

the battlefields for the boys that could not go home - for the dead and the missing, for both enemy and friend – and amongst the rusty wire and unexploded bombs Jack is looking for something – looking for someone. He has a promise to keep and a debt to repay, and now there is this strange request from the generals.

The Unknown Soldier is a moving, often humor-

ous, but above all thought provoking new theatre piece by the award nominated writer Ross Ericson, for Grist to the Mill Productions. It looks at the First World War from a new perspective, through the eyes of a man who has survived the carnage but who finds it hard to return home. It is a story of betrayal, of the deep friendship that can only be found between those who fight and die together, and of a world that has changed for ever.

‘Strong writing, an original approach and a sensi-tive performance bring fresh power to a reminder of the horrors of war.’– The Sta

According to Arthur Saturday 30th September 11.30am & 2.30pm

Adults £8 Concessions £6

Meet Arthur - A man with a story to share, the story of a night when the moon wasn't there! After years of hiding, he'll find something more, For a world of adventure waits outside his front door... Bursting with poetry, puppetry, live music and imagination, Paddle Boat Theatre Company invite you to help Arthur find the moon again!

"One of the most magical and captivating children’s shows I have seen" - Broadway Baby "Young, Energetic and Inventive" - Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

Antigone Monday 2nd October 7:30pm Adults £12 Con £8

A battle-ground and bloodshed between brothers. A

double fratricide. A proclamation that one brother should

remain unburied, left to decay on the fields for carrion to ravage.

A loyal sister, Antigone, defiant of the State, buries him. Creon, her uncle, is determined to uphold the Law and punish those who disobey at whatever cost. Family loyalties and personal politics collide in this most passionate and timeless of ancient Greek tragedies. Needless to say it gets bloody.

Actors of Dionysus’ radical new adaptation of

Sophocles’ masterpiece is set in a dystopian, post-truth age where birds are drones and someone is always listening. But in a world more akin to Black Mirror than Ancient Greece, the age-old themes prevail and one girl’s battle against the state lives on...

Rachael Peacock Theatre Manager

Community News

Learn to Lino Print in Five Weeks – for adults and students aged 12 plus.

Learn to lino print at Sandringham, led by art teacher Kerry Godfrey. This course starts with the very basics for beginners, with lots of opportunity to extend for those who are more confident. You will learn how to design, cut and print your own mono and multi-coloured prints during the five weeks. Ideal course for a parent to do with a child but adults and students welcome to enrol individually.

To see examples from previous groups, search for processmessart on Instagram and Facebook

Thurs 7- 9pm 28 Sept to 2 Nov Fee £80 per person Drawing Skills Workshop – adults 18 plus An introduction to accessible drawing and shading

techniques using pencil. Charcoal and inks. Each session will focus on a different theme, including portrait, figure drawing and still life. This course is a great preparation for the Introduction to Water Colours course that follows on. Tues 7 – 9pm 26 Sept to 17 Oct. Fee £48 per person

Introduction to Water Colours – adults 18 plus Ideal for beginners. Learn how to stretch paper,

lay down basic washes, colour theory, painting neutrals, tonal painting ( one colour) and wet in wet technique. Create a simple still life, painting with washes and using wax and salt. Tues 7 – 9pm 31 Oct to 5 Dec Fee £60 per person.

To enrol on any of the courses please contact

Carole.heselton@verulam.herts.sch.uk or call 01727 754113. www.bsvcourses.co.uk/courses/sandringham

There are still places left on the Photoshop Course for students in years 7, 8 & 9 star ting Thurs 28 Sept 3.15pm to 4.45pm Fee £35 per person.

To enrol on any of the courses please contact

Carole.heselton@verulam.herts.sch.uk or call 01727 754113. www.bsvcourses.co.uk/courses/sandringham

Carole Heselton Community Links Administrator BeauSandVer Consortium

Fo$S News

If anyone has any old uniform they no longer need please pass to Student Services in readiness for our next 2nd hand uniform sale.!

We have lots of exciting events taking place this

term;

*****Pop Quiz - 13 October***** Tickets are available now from the SandPit Theatre at a cost of £10 per ticket which includes delicious Fish & Chips! Come and test your music knowledge!

Other Dates for your Diary

Y7 Parent Forum 04 October

Fo$S Meeting 7 November

Christmas Fayre 02 December

PE Fixtures

Saturday 22nd September – Y7-10 Football V Sir John Lawes (7/10A) (8/9H)

Monday 25th September – U18 County Basketball Rally @ Queens

Y9 Girls Football V Haydon School (H) Tuesday 26th September –Y10 Rugby V Beaumont

(A) Y8 Girls Football V Henlow (H)

Wednesday 27th September – Y10 Netball V St. Edmunds (H)

District XC @ Nicholas Breakspear Y8 Netball V Loreto (A)

Saturday 30th September – Y7-10 Football V Hemel Hempstead

PE News Congratulations to the students who have been

selected to represent St. Albans and Harpenden District Football teams; Jack De Groot, Jake Clarke, Kieran Gauthier, Callum Bennett, Ben Kirby and Jude James.

Well done to the Cross Country team who

represented the school last week in the first District League match at Townsend. The races were a high standard and the highlight of the finishers was Alex Hughes in the Senior Boys race finishing 4th. This week the students will have run at STAGS in the second round of the league and hopefully there are equally as many excellent performances to share.

Both the 1st XI and 1st XV were in action on

Wednesday afternoon. The 1st XV were at home in a friendly V Simon Balle school from Hertford, which saw the return of Mr Coy to the school field. The team was an experimental side with new players given an opportunity and a number away on the Geography field trip. It was an exciting game with action at both ends of the pitch. Tries from Seas Ahearne-Smith and Rory Hextall were enough in the end to put some daylight between us and the visitors. The 1st XI were away to St. Albans School and a good start didn’t result in a goal and with a 2-0 deficit to overcome at half time, the uphill battle proved too much. A consolation goal from Callan Deradour wasn’t enough to prevent the capitulation that ensued.

The Y8 girls played their first County League game

at home V Chauncey on Wednesday. There was some superb netball played from both teams, however Chauncey eventually came out 25-16 winners with Molly Charnock & Margot Koppe receiving the player of the match award.

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