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Principal’s Update

We have now reached the end

of the first term of this

academic year which has,

again, been extremely busy.

Both students and staff are

looking forward to a well

earned break.

Year 11 have sat their pre

public exams (PPEs) in all

subjects with Year 10 having

taken PPEs in English and RE.

Results will be available for

students on Friday 6 January –

Year 11 and Thursday 12

January – Year 10.

Some students in Year 9 have

been on a Murder Mystery trip

to St Vincent’s College and a

Careers Master Class at

Southampton University.

There have also been visits to

the theatre to see Blood

Brothers in Brighton and The

Wind in the Willows at the

Mayflower, organised by

English Department. Rock

challenge rehearsals continue

regularly under the direction of

Mrs Warner. If you are able to

help behind the scenes then

please contact Mrs Doyle for

further information.

The college held its inaugural

Firework Display in November

which was a huge success and

we have a provisional date in

the diary for a 2017 repeat on

Friday 3 November.

We would like to say a ‘big

thank you’ to the Friends of

Henry Cort who have recently

helped the college to purchase

a defibrillator, contributed to

our Craft Club and will be

helping us to purchase a new

bench. We appreciate their

continued support.

We look forward to welcoming

Miss Shuttleworth, Assistant

Principal, in January and will be

saying goodbye to Mr Gibson,

Science, at the end of this

term.

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Issue 2 December 2016

SPOTLIGHT

BMX Champ: Sam Wright

Senior Citizen’s Christmas Party

Christmas Concert

Christmas Craft Club Cooking

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Fareham College are running a Level 2 Babysitting

course in April – open to all 14-16 year-olds.

www.fareham.ac.uk/courses/health-social-care-early

-years/

Start date: 24.04.2017 | Duration: 5 weeks | Day of

week: Thurs | Time:15:30-17:30

REQUIREMENTS – This course is aimed at young

people in the last years of college. You must be aged

14 – 16 and have an interest in pursuing a career

working with children in the future.

DETAILS – This course provides an understanding of

the skills needed when babysitting.

CONTENT – Units that are covered include the

babysitter’s responsibilities to the children they care

for, their responsibilities to the parent(s), and

accident prevention and fire safety.

ASSESSMENT – It will be assessed by using a range of

assessment methods. This could include tasks,

coursework or methods such as oral questioning.

PROGRESSION – Level 2 or 3 Childcare qualifications

depending on GCSE English and Maths grades.

CONSIDERATIONS – You must wear suitable clothing

during the course as some aspects require you to be

working on the classroom floor.

STANDARD FEE – £25

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We also wish Mrs Durrant-Francis well as she

starts her maternity leave.

Congratulations to both Mrs Andrews and Mrs

Wheelwright who have now both had their babies.

We also look forward to the return of Miss

Sainsbury to Science in the spring term.

Road Safety: the immediate vicinity of the college

is extremely congested at the start and end of the

college day. Can we ask that everyone drives and

parks considerately. The car park nearest the main

gate is for staff parking and should not be used for

dropping off and picking up students. Students are

reminded about the importance of road safety

when walking or cycling and the need to wear

cycle helmets.

I would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas

and new year.

Mrs C Cubbage

Principal

Lyle receives

Outstanding Sports

Person of Year Award!

Talented gymnast, Lyle Harry won

The Michael Austin Harlick Award

for outstanding sports person of

year for gymnastics. These awards

are organised by the Colleges’

Sport Federation celebrating the

sporting success in Hampshire.

They were held last month in

Winchester Ashburton Hall.

At the awards presentation, Lyle

met the Mayors from around the

county and Paralympic swimmer,

Alice Tai from the 2016 Rio

Olympics, and got to wear an

Olympic bronze medal.

Lyle’s proud mother, Nicola Harry

said “This was an amazing

evening, we are so proud of Lyle he

works so hard and sacrifices a lot

to be where he is as a gymnast.”

Lyle started gymnastics when he

was four and he currently trains at

Dynamo Gymnastics. Dynamo

Gymnastics based in Hamble

Community Sports College. Their

passion for gymnastics is stronger

than ever.

He has recently competed in the

Level 5 Elite nationals for the

south and the team came 3rd

overall and Lyle came 6th overall

in the country. He is also top elite

gymnast for the Southern region.

Well done Lyle, keep up the good

work.

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Year 7 Basketball Team

Sporting

News

Girls Basketball

The Year 7 girls

basketball team did exceptionally

well at the central venue

tournaments, with the boys

finishing 1st and 2nd and the girls

finishing 2nd out of all local

secondary colleges.

Year 8 girls have only lost one

match all season. The girls have

done really well this half term,

managing to get at least 10 players

for each game, all of which are

really keen and eager to represent

the college. The season started

really well with two consecutive

wins against Brune Park and

Bridgemary on a large scale. The

girls were all so pleased! The last

two games have unfortunately

been a loss against Bay House and

Portchester, just missing out

through lack of defence and

aggression. Well done to you all,

you have been a credit to Henry

Cort and we are excited to see

what Year 9 Basketball brings for

you next year!

Year 9 girls are currently

undefeated! We are extremely

pleased with the year 9 girl’s

basketball team. Their attitude and

dedication to the team this year

has been amazing and this has not

gone unnoticed. As a result of this,

the girls are currently undefeated,

having won their 4 previous

matches to Portchester, Fareham

Academy, Cams Hill and

Bridgemary. Ellie Cherrington has

been the star of the team receiving

player of the match on several

occasions and scoring numerous

baskets over all 4 games. Well done

Girls!

Boys Basketball

Year 7 boys did amazingly well at

the central venue basketball

competition, with both Henry Cort

A and Henry Cort B making it

through to the final.

The Year 8 team have played 3

games and have only lost 1.

Portchester (A) WIN 8 – 10

Brune Park (H) LOST 24 – 10

Fareham Academy (H)

WIN 26 – 12

The Year 10 team are currently

undefeated. There has been strong

performances from Joe Bull, Ben

Randell and Dan Garnham who has

seen the team score an average of

28 points per game.

With one more fixture this week,

can the team go undefeated…

Team lists can be found on the

website in the sport news.

Cross Country

The Year 7 girls team came 4th in

the district team competition, with

Grace Park and Amber Murdoch

coming 2nd and 4th respectively.

The Year 7 boys team came 3rd

overall, with Billy Campbell

achieving a 1st place.

Football

The Year 9 football team went on a

strong cup run in the Hampshire

Cup rolling through opposition in

the early rounds. They made it to

the last 16 at Wyvern College.

Despite a superb strike from Joe

Farlow in the second half the teams

finished level at full time 2-2. The

match went straight to penalties. 3-

0 to the visitors.

Outstanding squad effort: Josh

Moors, Louie Wakefield, Joe

Farlow, Charles Higgs, Spencer

Hancock (C), Brandon Gee, Harry

Wilmot, Haydn Simmonds, Alex

Chivers, Kaiden Wright, Aidan

Smart, Will Bell, Jack Sherwood,

Will Steer and Alfie Birks.

Clubs

Attendance at clubs has been

brilliant this term, and we hope to

see it continue next year!

PE Department

Representing Henry Cort

Are you interested in representing

the college in any of the sports

below? Please sign up in the PE

office.

Year 7/8 Table Tennis

Year 7/8 Badminton

Year 9/10/11 Badminton

Year 9/10/11 Volleyball

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Daring House News

My first term as Daring House Progress

Leader has been very busy indeed. We

are very pleased to welcome our new

Tutors, Mme Vaissieres-Brien, Mme

Cuven, Mrs Brown, Mr Adeyemo, Mrs

Isted, Mrs Wilks and Mr Bagnell.

We are very proud to have a really

strong set of Year 11 prefects this year

and three newly appointed House

Captains – Braden Danaher, Jack

Webber and Charlotte May. Once

again, the application process for this

role was well supported by the

students, with 6 strong applicants all

preparing personal statements to

demonstrate their suitability for the

role. Along with the House Captains

from the other Houses, they will be

involved in helping to run tutor time

activities and House events throughout

the year.

Sticking with Year 11 successes, the

year group are working really hard on

their exam preparation and controlled

assessment at the moment, many of

them putting in extended hours

towards their recent French or German

speaking exams and on the Sam

Learning revision package. Harrison

Arnold has been specially mentioned

as someone who has worked really

hard towards this element of his exam.

Our new Year 7 students have settled

well into the House and are embracing

the many opportunities offered to

them at Henry Cort. Many of them

have taken up new experiences and

begun the challenge of taking top spot

with House points. The front runners

so far are, Thomas Thumwood-Staines,

Zoe Edwards, William Campbell and

Lucy Tarr with Toby Hancock taking the

top spot.

Continuing with House points, we have

a number of other students who are

contributing well to our overall total,

Ben Goodwin, Laura Marsh, Linden

Henkes, Katie Goodson, with Amy

Gregory taking overall top place for

students in Daring. A fantastic

achievement already. Well done

everybody.

Following the first set of Progress

Reports for the year, there are a

number of Daring students whose

reports are exceptional and should be

recognised –Laura Marsh, Kamile

Dumciute, Caitlin Adey, Ewan

Christopher, Lauren Evans, Laura

Howe, Olivia Radford and Mya Simpson

-Allen.

A special mention to Ewan Christopher

who has secured a place with the

Portsmouth Football Club Youth

Academy. We wish him every success

this year and congratulate him on

managing to maintain his fantastic

academic achievements, as well as

continuing to develop as a young

player.

Daring tutors have also highlighted the

following students for their

engagement in different activities or

their sporting achievements:

Katie Goodson - Art

Maxim Ganev - great performance

in French and taking part in all sorts

of after-college clubs

Fariha Choudhury and Natalie

Magallanes - Christmas Fayre

Myah Ojla and Ben Godwin -

leadership qualities in tutor time

Billy Hook – Mature approach to

PPE’s

William Campbell (Year 7) and Alex

Chivers (Year 9) - winning the

District Cross Country races for their

respective year groups

Congratulations to all those mentioned

above. Enjoy the Christmas break and

come back refreshed

and ready for another

busy term.

Mrs Warner

House Progress Leader

Community News

Fireworks Night

Our first ever Firework Display

was a success. We had a

performance from our

community Hip Hop group with

children as young as 5 years old.

This was followed by a fire

breather who wowed the

crowds.

Thank you to everyone who

supported this event either by

attending or donating to our

fabulous raffle. Top prize an

Amazon Kindle Fire was kindly

donated by Beals Estate Agents.

We are hoping to run the event

next year. Pencil in Friday 3

November 2017 into your diaries.

Christmas Craft and Gift Fair

Thank to all of you who came and

supported the fair this Saturday.

Both events managed to raise a

total of £1,400 for the college.

Dates for your diaries

Easter Eggstravaganza and Craft

Fair - Saturday 1 April 2017.

Firework Display - Friday 3

November 2017.

Community Bookings

Are you looking for a venue for

your group or a party? Look no

further, please contact our

community team who will be

happy to help.

They can be emailed via

community@henrycort.org or

phone 01329 843127.

www.henry-cort.hants.sch.uk/

community

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Murder Mystery solved

by Year 9 students

The Psychology, Health and Care,

and Science Departments at St

Vincent Sixth Form College stepped

in to the world of crime on 30

November, when they ran the

annual Murder Mystery evening. It

was an evening of intrigue and

deception with some of the finest

minds from the local Fareham,

Gosport and Portsmouth colleges

taking up the challenge to solve the

crime.

Students were taught a range of

skills that included criminal

profiling, crime scene analysis and

forensic skills in order to be

prepared for the tantalising details

that were left behind by the

criminal mastermind. The students

worked diligently during an early

evening set of workshops and then

were able to formulate their

conclusions over a working dinner.

The time came for each of the

teams to feedback their findings to

the group of renowned experts in a

specially selected panel.

Presentations and theories were

well thought out and no avenue

was left unexplored. However,

finally the perpetrator to these

crimes was found and his guilt was

proven beyond a shadow of a

doubt.

All the students who participated

had a brilliant time.

Invincible House News

Hello and welcome to a year in which

the all conquering House – Invincible!

What a great pleasure it was to pick up

the trophy at the end of the year and

do a lap of honour with my wonderful,

waltzing and winning House. Where

are we this first half term of the new

year? In poll position of course. Walk

proud with Invincible!

Walking proud with their tutor groups

are; ISC ran a game of shove ha’penny

game at the Christmas fair. We are

looking forward to our Christmas night

out at Nandos next week. Mrs

Connochie and Miss McKay have

organised a Christmas Craft Club

which is well attended. Matt Steward

has been awarded an engineering

award at cadets.

ICM are fantastic as always. Their

team work and positivity has been

superb as usual. They top the House

points table easily and I am very

proud of the way they have

approached the new college year.

Whilst they are all wonderful, a

special mention should go to Sophie

Alley and Emma Fletcher who have

thrown themselves into the Duke of

Edinburgh Award. Joe Bull who is in

the college’s district football for the

3rd year running and Mollie Baker

who continues to achieve highly as

part of her cheerleading squad. Well

done to them all and to the whole

tutor group.

Ruby from IDS has become an

Auntie to beautiful Layla and she has

already started her Auntie duties,

including feeding her and taking her

to Fareham town. In addition we

have some sporting heroes, Billy

and Dylan who won a match (an

astonishing 8-1) against the Gosport

Falcons!

IJH have a happy tutor group with a

great bunch of students. Our year 7

students; Rachel Myers, Amba

Murdoch and Georgia Potter have

settled in well and have had a good

start to their secondary career across

the board. We have a number of

students who have joined the “Over 30

House points (Bronze Certificate) club”

and on their way to Silver. They are:

Rowan Browning, Isabelle Ward,

Rachel Myers (who has a great 44

House points and is top scorer in out

Tutor Group), Hannah Newton, Gracie

Jacobs and Amba Murdoch. We have

the Deputy Head Girl Lasca Le Brocq in

our group and she is very involved in a

number of things around the college

and represents the tutor group on the

Student Council.

It has been a good year so far for the

whole Tutor Group in learning and

behaviour and we are all looking

forward to the Christmas break.

And, finally, the following are the

reason why Invincible remain

INVINCIBLE in the House points league!

Mollie Baker ICM 76

Logan Roseby ICM 64

Sydney Holmes IML 55

Olivia Sussmes IFG 53

Jay Foreman ISC 45

Rachel Myers IJH 44

Ryley Pack ICM 42

Dylan Biddiscombe ICM 42

Mia Madgwick IML 41

Tamara Henry ICM 39

I wish you all a restful Christmas and I

look forward to seeing back in 2017.

Mr D Rhodes

House Progress Leader

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Name Points

Kieran Elliott - 11TLC 103

Amber Hawkins - 8TEH 80

Ellen Pryle - 8THM 64

Sophie Greentree - 7TAE 63

Lisa Allen-Jones - 10TJS 58

Grace Park - 7TBC 56

Savni Gupta - 7THM 56

Charlotte Simpson - 10TEH 53

Bryony Paris - 10TRG 50

Chloe Worrell - 8TPN 50

Position Tutor Group

Total

1 TEH 359

2 TRG 343

3 TAE 309

4 TCD 307

5 THM 294

5 TPN 294

7 TJS 264

8 TLC 239

9 TBC 227

10 TAD 183

11 TKP 101

Triumph House News

Here we are again at the end of

another busy term. After our

disastrous showing in the House Shield

last year, the competition is on to try

to re-establish ourselves in our rightful

place at the top of the pile. After a very

quick and good start which saw us lead

the field in late September, we have

found ourselves chasing the pack

again. However within Triumph the

competition is fierce. Below there is a

list of where each of the Triumph tutor

groups are with their House point

totals alongside.

A quite healthy inter House

competition is developing here and I

hope that it will also affect our

standing amongst the other Houses.

Well done to all of the tutor groups

especially those in the Champions

League Places.

Congratulations to our top 10

individual House Pont scorers.

Look who is top, not only is it the only

boy in the list , it is also the only Year

11 in the list and it is of course our very

own Head Boy, Kieran Elliot. Well done

to you. We are going to miss your

contribution to the college next year

and we and TJS in particular are going

to miss your House Points. Looking

further down, I am really pleased to

see a good cross section of the year

groups in here.

Well done all of you who are in the top

10 and those of you just outside of top

10.

As I said at the beginning, it has been a

really busy term. I don’t think that the

parents of today necessarily realise

how much more pressurised the

college week is for students. The huge

majority of our students work

incredibly hard here in college and

then get their homework done and

many manage to partake in the many

extra curricular activities that are going

on after college .

If you are the parent of a student in

Year 11 you may well be feeling their

exam pressure yourself. Our year 10’s

have also done PPE’s this term and are

now a good way into their GCSE

courses, all of which will now of course

be examined again as they used to be,

at the end of Year 11.

I hope that you all have a restful

holiday period. The best date for me is

December 21st. The days start to get

longer again from there. Enjoy the

daffodils when they arrive.

Mr R Shepherd

House Progress Leader

Individual Successes

Megan Murphy and Madi Hook

have been selected for the

Hampshire football team, which

means they represent their

county in football and play

regionally against other

counties.

Cameron Mummery was

selected in the Final Cut of the

Hampshire U16’s Rugby Squad.

Holly Cristofoli continues to do

amazingly well in the Equestrian

World, and is on the brink of the

GB Squad. Hopefully we will see

her at an Olympics in the future!

Sam Wright is one of our new

Year 7s. Sam is a BMX racer. He

started racing in 2014 with his

older brother Oli who is now in

Year 11. Sam competes in at least

30 big competitions during the

year, at both Regional and

National level. Nationally he has

raced in places as far as Glasgow,

Blackpool and Manchester

among many others. He is ranked

7th in the South region for last

year, and has picked up many

trophies along the way. Sam is

sponsored by Everyone Active

which run our local leisure centre,

he is supported by them in many

ways including having personal

training sessions in the gym to

keep his fitness levels up. Sam is

very driven to succeed and he also

works out at home focusing on leg

and core strength. Sam sacrifices a

lot of other activities for his sport

because he knows how hard he

has to work to get the results he

desires.

Well done to all of you!

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Victorious House News

As the Autumn Term draws to a close

our thoughts turn towards the New

Year but before we do that, there has

been lots for Victorious students to

celebrate since September. Our Year 7

students have settled in admirably and

have been well supported by the older

students in their Tutor Groups. A

special mention needs to go to Niamh

Petty (VGD) who after being at Henry

Cort for only a couple of weeks, spoke

confidently to Year 5 and 6 students

and parents who had gathered in the

Cort Theatre on our Open Evening.

September also saw Maddie Spafford

(VGC) take up her role as Head Girl and

Zach Burnham (VNS) as Deputy Head

Boy, they together with the Senior

Prefects have been very busy this term

taking parent tours and supporting

staff with running the Student Council.

Maddie also spoke at last year’s Year

11 Presentation Evening, at the same

event Alex Donovan and Megan Dance

both did fantastic musical

performances for their GCSE playing in

front of a large audience without a

trace of nerves. Each Tutor Group has

also elected their tutor representatives

to attend Council meetings and act as a

conduit between the Council and the

Tutor Group.

Students nominated to receive praise

postcards home this term for their

exceptional effort and support in their

Tutor Group are VNS - Holly Ede, Lilly

Mizzen, Star Firman and Zach

Burnham. VGA - Thomas Cude, Emma

Norris, Luci Baldwin and Emma Norris.

VTL - Freya Clinton, Lauren Lycett,

Kimmy Marshall and James Lapworth.

VST - Oliver Bedford, Zara Williams,

Sophie Birks and Charlie Bell. VHM -

Kaushal Vaisnav, Seb Howes, Ethan

Corbin and Courtney Riddell. VWS -

Tom Henning, Megan Dance and Alfie

Birks. VBW - Ashleigh Lycett,

Mackenzie Crouch and Rosie Fogwill.

VNW - Lauren Kidd, Matthew Latus, Abi

Voller and Erica Halshaw. VGC - Scarlet

Eden, Vincent Daykin, Alice Crossley

and Kiara Taylor. VMC - Pip

Hemingway and Joel Fairhead. VGD -

Tomas Gittins, Niamh Petty, James Ross

and Isabelle Kimberley.

Congratulations to all of these

students.

I am determined that Victorious will

regain the House Champions trophy

back from Invincible this year and have

put out a plea to all Victorious students

to try their hardest to gain as many

House points as they can. Zara

Williams, Star Firman, Emma Norris,

Marisia Lee and Niamh Petty have the

most House points in our House

so far amassing nearly 400

House points between them.

By us all pulling together as a

team I know the trophy will be

returning to its rightful home at

the end of the year.

This term, Victorious students have

been collecting for the Fareham Food

Bank. Isabelle Kimberly in VGD came

up with the idea for her PiXL Edge

Challenge. Tutor Group VST did a

House Assembly explaining to students

what the Food Bank was and how they

could help by donating items of non-

perishable food, toiletries and advent

calendars. Isabelle and her mother

delivered the parcels to the project

which helps people in Fareham and

Gosport who are in crisis. A postcard

was received from the Food Bank

thanking Isabelle and Victorious

Students for their generosity. Outside

of college, Emily McKnight has been

awarded ‘Cadet of the Year’ and has

received two commendations. Emily is

always an excellent ambassador for the

Cadets, her maturity and impeccable

attitude during Remembrance Day was

outstanding.

Victorious students as always have also

been involved in lots of sporting

activities. Cameron Mummery plays

rugby for the Hampshire U16 rugby

team honours, Tommy Jepson plays

football for the U16 Whiteley

Wanderers and Ryan East plays Ice

hockey for the Solent and Gosport

Destroyers. In college Star Firman and

Holly Ede have played for the college

cricket and netball teams and Ryan

Badger has started to play table tennis

at the college club on a Friday. The

Victorious Year 7 girls recently won the

inter-House cross country competition

so here is hoping for a clean sweep of

the Sports Day trophies in the summer!

It just leaves me to wish you all a very

Happy Christmas and I look forward to

seeing all Victorious students back

ready to work hard in the

New Year.

Mrs H Lloyd

House Progress Leader

Do you have some free time and

enjoy working with young people?

There is an opportunity for parents /

carers to be trained to be supervisors

for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award.

We have been running the Duke of

Edinburgh's Award at Henry Cort for a

number of years. Students in Year 10

and 11 get the opportunity to walk

and camp in the countryside, as well

as learning map-reading skills and

working as a team.

Adults are needed to supervise the

young people on their expeditions.

Prospective supervisors would need

to be prepared to attend an evening

introductory course and a weekend

camping course. They would need to

undergo a DBS check.

Please contact Mrs.Townrow on

wkt@henrycort.org for more details.

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Friends of Henry Cort

We meet every six weeks or so at

6:30pm in the college library. Our

next meeting will be in January

2017. New members are always

welcome and thank you to the

new volunteers that have joined

recently.

If you would like more

information in the meantime

please contact us on

fohc@henrycort.org. We look

forward to meeting you.

PE Star of the Month!

The November Stars are:

Year 7: Ryan East, Nathan Eldridge,

Tyler Henry, Niamh Petty, Emily

Slater, Thomas Thumwood-Staines.

Year 8: Ben Frampton, Amy Gregory,

Jenny Grima, Stephen Lucas, Jacob

Owen, Alexzander Simpson, Zoe

Thomas.

Year 9: Ellie Cherrington, Alex

Chivers, Lauren Evans, Emma

Mouncey, April-Mae Smith

Year 10: Oliver Chaffey, Owen

Denman, Josh Goacher, Carly

Robson, Charlotte Simpson, Euan

Smart

Year 11: Siddhi Amonker, Tyler

Beech, Alice Hunt, Jack McCallum,

Sam Quinn, Hollie Sansbury, Kaushal

Vaisnav, Hannah Worrall.

Christmas Spirit is in

the Air

Christmas Craft Club

Twenty Year 7 and 8 students

have been getting in the

Christmas spirit this half term at

our first Christmas Craft club.

Supported by a generous

donation from the Friends of

Henry Cort, the group have been

meeting each week to enjoy a

range of Christmas themed crafts

and some impromptu Christmas

karaoke. The first session saw an

explosion of glitter as the group

made their own Christmas cards,

followed by yet more glitter in

week 2 as they designed and

decorated their own Christmas

Baubles. The quality of artwork

and creativity in both sessions has

been brilliant and the group are

rightfully very proud of their work.

The last two sessions have seen

the group working in the catering

room baking their own

gingerbread from scratch as well

as decorating them.

It has been a real pleasure to work

with the group who have shown

some superb team work and

Christmas spirit. We would like to

say thank you to the Friends of

Henry Cort for their donation and

we hope to run similar sessions in

the future and would gladly

welcome donations of any craft

material that you might have

laying around at home.

Well done to all the students

involved and Merry Christmas.

Miss Mckay and Mrs Connochie

Senior Citizen’s Christmas Party

Senior citizens from local care

homes and sheltered

accommodation were invited back

to college to celebrate Christmas

with a party.

The annual event has been held at

here since 1988. On 13 December

2016 around 50 elderly people

packed out the Cort Theatre for

this year’s knees-up. They were

treated to an afternoon of

entertainment put on by students

from all years including a

performance from the choir and

music ensembles.

The guests afternoon ended with

a game of bingo, Christmas carols

and a visit from Father Christmas

who gave out presents.

Christmas Concert

The annual Christmas Concert also

took place on 13 December.

Parents were treated to music

from the choir, flute ensemble,

woodwind ensemble, two rock

bands and soloists.

There was an opportunity for

some festive indulgence during

the interval with mulled wine,

Christmas cake and mince pies.

The evening ended with audience

participation singing Slade’s Merry

Christmas.

Over £100 was raised and

proceeds will go to the Creative

and Technical Arts Faculty.

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any of the areas listed below?

Behaviour management

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If you have answered YES to any of the

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help. Contact Stella on 07748 631862 or

email emp@henrycort.org

Stella is contactable during the holidays.

KEY DATES

19 Dec 16-2 Jan 17 - Christmas Holidays (Return Week A)

6 Jan 17 - Year 11 PPE Results Day

12 Jan 17 - Year 10 PPE Results Day, Year 10 Numeracy Parent

Workshops

13 Jan 17 - Year 8 Learn with Us workshops

18 Jan 17 - GCSE Poetry Live at The Hexagon

26 Jan 17 - Service Families Coffee Evening at Oust & Squire - 7:30

27 Jan 17 - College Closed - CPD Day

3 Feb 17 - Year Group Photographs for Years 7 & 11

8 Feb 17 - Year 9 Parent Information Evening - 6:30pm

9 Feb 17 - Year 10 Parent Numeracy Workshop

15 Feb 17 - Why Higher Education trip to Portsmouth Uni

16 Feb 17 - Year 9 Subject Consultation Meetings 3:30-7:00

17—25 Feb 17 - Ski Trip

17 Feb 17 - Year 11 History Trip to London

20-24 Feb 17 - Half Term (Return Week B)

28 Feb 17 - Rock Challenge Heats

2 Mar 17 - An Inspector Calls KS4 trip

7 Mar 17 - Year 10 Learn with Us workshops

8 Mar 17 - Year 8 Parent Information Evening - 6:30

9 Mar 17 - Year 10 Learn with Us workshops, Year 10 Parent

Numeracy Workshop

10 Mar 17 - Year 9 Conference at Havant College

13-31 Mar 17 - Year 11 Pre-Public Exams

16 Mar 17 - Year 8 Subject Consultation Meetings 3:30-7:00

21 Mar 17 - Service Families Coffee Morning - 9:30-11:30

23 Mar 17 - Year 7 Subject Consultation Meetings - 3:30-7:00

27 Mar 17 - College Closed - CPD Day

6 Apr 17 - Year 10 Parent Numeracy Workshop

7 Apr 17 - Year 11 PPE Results Day

10-21 Apr 17 - Easter Holidays (Return Week B)

Are you 11-19 and want confidential advice from

a ChatHealth nurse?

Text: 07507 332160