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Canterbury, Whitstable, Herne Bay & Faversham | May Half Term Edition | Issue 15

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Kent College 6-7

St Anselms 8

King Ethelberts 10

Spires Academy 11

Sturry Primary 12

Canterbury College 14-15

Canterbury Festival 16

School News Links 18

How To..Survive your exams 20-21

Business Insight 22

Editor’s Letter

Welcome to the latest edition of School News. We have had some great experiences out in the community recently, with Young Enterprise, the Atlantic Lions and Keep it in Kent.

As always please let us know your thoughts and opinions on the magazines , don’t forget to follow us on our social media outlet and check out our website.

Enjoy your half term and good luck to all those sitting exams. Claire x

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Northbourne ParkWere very busy during the last few weeks

On Saturday 23rd April, the woods at Northbourne Park School echoed with happy, excited and multilingual

children.

Pupils from Northbourne Park’s Section Française, and budding linguists from the school’s English section, had the pleasure of welcoming young bilingual children from Petite Ecole de Canterbury; a Saturday morning mini-school aimed at local bilingual children. Both Senior and Intermediate pupils from Northbourne Park had the opportunity to demonstrate and pass on their woodland skills, such as the intricate technique of den

building and the fine art of marshmallow roasting. All of this, of course, in French!Marie Hutchinson, Head of Languages at Northbourne Park said: “All creatures, great and small, enjoyed a lovely morning of Entente Cordiale. Bravo les enfants!”

On Sunday 24th April, Pupils from Northbourne Park school enjoyed their annual 14.7 mile Pilgrimage to

Canterbury Cathedral.The Pilgrimage started with a blessing at the school chapel, St Mary the Virgin, Betteshanger, from School Chaplain, Revd Nigel Hale after which, stocked up with plenty of water, the children set off across the beautiful Kent countryside.The Pilgrimage is a special event in the school calendar. It is a time when our senior pupils have the opportunity to reflect on their past

years at Northbourne Park, and a time to plan and look forward to the future.

The Pilgrimage takes the children along the original pilgrims’ path to Canterbury, visiting six local churches along the way, and it concluded at Canterbury Cathedral with a private blessing from Canon Claire Edwards.Priscilla Smith, Head of Outdoor Education said “Congratulations to all the children and staff who completed the Pilgrimage. It was lovely to see such a fine display of great determination both mentally and physically.”

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On Saturday 7th May, Northbourne Park School welcomed back over 400 former pupils, parents and staff to join current families to celebrate the school’s

80th Anniversary and 25 years of the French programme, the Section Francaise Bilingue.

Former pupils and their parents toured the school reminiscing their school days, while current pupils took part in the legendary Burton Race and Maypole Dancing.During the day, the school choir, joined by former pupils, gave a wonderful rendition of Locus Iste and the school orchestra performed in style. There was a Spitfire on-site and RAF re-enactment to celebrate VE Day and the 80th anniversary of the first flight of the Spitfire.There were speeches from a past headmaster, the head boys and head girls, and the current headmaster set out the vision for the future of the school.A wonderful day for all.

Headmaster, Sebastian Rees said: “We could not have asked for a better day to showcase just what a special school this is. Our former pupils clearly have very fond memories of Northbourne Park and we look forward to the next generation of children to enjoy everything that this school has to offer”

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Kent College in spring concertMusic students take centre stage in Spring concert held at University of Kent

The musicians of Kent College delighted the audience at their Spring concert held in the Colyer Fergusson Hall at the

University of Kent with a series of impressive solo, orchestral and choral performances.

The concert opened with a movement from Brahms’ requiem, sung beautifully by the full choir of over 120 singers which included the school’s Senior Choir, Chamber Choir and Choral Society made up of parents, staff and governors. It was followed by stunning concerto performances by two of the school’s highly talented Year 13 instrumentalists, for whom this was their final major concert with Kent

College: Hannah Parry, who played Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, and Niamh O’Shea who performed Hummel’s Fantasie for Viola and Strings in G Minor. The school orchestra played a rousing rendition of the Overture to Die Fledermaus and during the interval, the audience was entertained by the school’s Jazz Band, under the dynamic direction of John Shillito. In the second half came a jubilant performance of Haydn’s powerful choral work the ‘Harmoniemesse’. This, the composer’s final major work and written on a grand scale, was made all the more impressive as key solos were performed by current Sixth Form Music Scholars. They were also joined on stage by


“Everyone has put in so much hard work in preparation, students, staff and parents alike, and I would like to thank them all for helping to create yet another memorable and uplifting concert that brought together so many strands of our school community.”

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three recent former students, Helen Sotillo (soprano), Josie Frappart (alto) and David Cain (bass), all of whom are now either studying Music at university or are pursuing Music to a high standard alongside their academic studies. The tenor solo was performed by Kent College’s Singing teacher, Clifford Lister.Julian Ross, Director of Music at Kent College who conducted the concert, said that he was very proud of all those who had been involved: “As well as a wonderful opportunity for our young musicians, it is a credit to the talent of our students that they were able to perform solos of such high quality, both choral and instrumental, with the tenacity and composure that they did.


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St AnselmsFeast Day Mass at the Cathedral

St Anselm’s Catholic secondary school attended a feast day mass on the 21st April 2016 in honour of their school’s

saint. All students were dressed smart, head to toe and it was absolutely wonderful to see the sixth formers dressed smartly for the special occasion. Fr Dermot Donnoly travelled from Newcastle to say our service. Not only did he manage to tick this mass off his bucket list but he also had every single student engaged as he told them a story. He took the idea of snow white and the phrase ‘mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the finest of them all?’ and explained to them how as soon as the witch found out she was no longer the finest of them all she let her life be consumed by snow white. He then went on to explain how our phones can come to consume our lives and left us with the phrase ‘mirror, mirror on Facebook, tell me how my life should look.’ This simple phrase really made everyone think. Many more of our local priests helped

with various parts of the mass showing the diversity of the school. Some people from the Bruderhof community joined St Anselm’s school choir helping to fill the beautiful building with song. Some students from St Anselm’s read in the mass with beautiful loud clear voices, showing how proud they are to be a part of their school. It was wonderful to see many students of different ages partaking in such a momentous event. All the students did their school proud as they welcomed guests back to their school for refreshments.

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Marlowe TheatrePerforming in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

THE ROYAL Shakespeare Company are bringing A Midsummer Night’s Dream to The Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury,

The national tour marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and visits every region and nation of the UK. In each area, the 18-strong professional company will joined by local amateur companies who will play the Mechanicals, and schoolchildren who will form part of Titania’s fairy train. At The Marlowe, members of the Canterbury Players will take to the stage, joined by pupils from King Ethelbert School, Birchington.

This magical new production of one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies is set on a midsummer night when four loves find themselves wrapped in the mischievous arms of an enchanted forest where sprites lurk and fairies rule. Leading the professional cast is Ayesha Dharker, who takes on the celebrated role of Titania, Queen of the Fairies. Last year, Ayesha played the role of Emilia in the RSC’s critically-acclaimed production of Othello.

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Round-upRepresenting Spires Students excel in gymnastics competition

Amy Carpenter, Bobbi Cullis, Jasmine Manley, Eloise Wallis, Elis Ould and Bonnie Hards represented Spires

Academy in the floor and vault gymnastics competition against Folkestone Academy at Dover Gymnastics Club.

Spires Academy gymnasts were on top form and making a clean sweep of all the trophies.

Jasmine Manley, Elise Ould and Bonnie Hards won the year 7 & 8 overall trophy and Amy Carpenter, Eloise Wallis and Bobbi Cullis won the year 9 overall.

Amy Carpenter and Jasmine Manley also won the overall individual competition for their age groups.

Jasmine Manley sored the most points out of all the gymnasts that competed.

With all scores added together Spires Gymnastics team won the team overall team event.

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Sturry in Maths ChallengeAt Junior Kings

Some of our Year 5 children represented our school at a Maths Challenge held at

Junior Kings School. The children were very excited and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The challenge was just that and it was great to see such positive attitudes towards competitive maths. Our children behaved impeccably and were rewarded for their hard work afterwards, with afternoon tea!

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More local businesses are being encouraged to take on apprentices, with a partnership between

Canterbury College and Furley Page Solicitors highlighted as an example of what can be achieved.

For several years, Canterbury College and Furley Page Solicitors have been working together to offer business-related apprenticeships for young people interested in pursuing a career in law.Their work has been praised by Lisa Carlson, the business manager for Canterbury Connected Business Improvement District (BID). “This is a great example of a local

company that trains young people and invests in the future through an apprenticeship programme with our local college,” she said.BID is a business-run initiative aimed at ensuring more investment in the city centre. It’s calling for more Canterbury employers to make use of apprentices. “Canterbury College is a strong partner and we look forward to working with them to make this happen for as many businesses as possible as quickly as possible,” said Lisa.Over the past five years, Furley Page has taken on 13 apprentices with the help of Canterbury College’s Active Links recruitment service. Many apprentices have subsequently been offered permanent roles with the firm.

One person who went from Furley Page Solicitors apprentice to fully-fledged employee is Deveena Pithia, 22, who was a Business Administration apprentice and became a legal secretary. She said: “Doing an apprenticeship throws you in at the deep end but things quickly become second nature. I’m now being supported to take an ILEX [Institute of Legal


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Executives] qualification which will allow me to advance my legal career.”Anthony Roy, 23, did a Business Administration apprenticeship at Furley Page Solicitors. He was based in the real estate team but now works as a legal assistant in the personal injury team. He said: “Being at Furley Page and having things to do straight away helped me pick up skills quicker than I would in a classroom or lecture theatre. My colleagues were happy to help and I could see how people had approached similar problems in the past.”Eva Ripley, 19, is an apprentice receptionist at Furley Page Solicitors. She is three months into a Business Administration apprenticeship and would like to study law at university. She said: “Doing this gives me an idea of how everything works in practice and I enjoy having work-based tasks to do instead of writing essays all the time.” Working at Furley Page Solicitors has enabled Eva to develop her legal knowledge. She is the first point of contact for the clients of the company,

and often has to assess their problems and direct them to the correct legal team.Furley Page Solicitors Senior Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution Peter Hawkes said: “We take great pride in providing excellent training and experience because we firmly believe our success lies in the quality of the staff we employ and that their training and development is key to our future growth. Apprenticeships are good for business and good for individuals. As well as being an important way of improving your skills base, they give young people opportunities beyond the classroom and the chance to develop their professional skills, laying the foundations for a successful career.”Each year, Canterbury College’s Active Links recruitment service matches hundreds of young people with businesses in need of an apprentice, in a variety of different areas. Apprenticeships are a way for employers such as Furley Page Solicitors to take on and train new talent. Canterbury College can tailor apprenticeships specifically to employers’ needs.

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The annual Canterbury Festival Schools’ Poetry Competition has launched once more in a yearly

search to uncover the best writing talent Kent has to offer.

Picture This is the theme for this year’s competition, using iconic pictures and candid snaps as inspiration for budding poets across the county in a bid to encourage everyone to give putting pen to paper a go.Winners in each of the four age categories, spanning 5-18, will be revealed in a performance and

celebration event on 7 October, at Colyer-Fergusson Hall where this year’s Festival anthology will also be launched, thanks to the support of the University of Kent’s School of English.Kent based poets James Cavalier and Gemma Jackson are judging this year’s poems and are offering workshops in schools across Kent, based on free teaching resources created and available to download from the Festival website.To find out more or to enter go to: www.canterburyfestival.co.uk with the deadline for all entries on Monday 25 July 2016. If you have any queries contact Niamh Lynam-Cotter, Programme and Participation Manager on 01227 452853.

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Along with Lizzie Ferrar, Founder of Proofreading London and James Wilford Owner and founder of YMS

Group of companies comparing of Your Music School, Theatre Trips Kent and YMS Travel, I had the pleasure of being invited to judge the North East Young Enterprise final at CATS college Canterbury.Four Young Enterprise companies had been entered from, CATS college Canterbury, The King’s School Canterbury and St Lawrence college Ramsgate. Each company brought to the final a creative, innovative idea that had been nurtured from a thought to a final product, that had then been marketed and sold in their respective schools, enabling each company to produce business and financial reports. As a group of Judges, we analysed the products, spoke to representatives from each company and watched inspiring presentations, Having the very difficult task of finally choosing the winners of each of the categories including Best Company Report, Best Trade Stand, Best Presentation, Most Innovative Product, Overall Winner – Company of the YearLizzie Ferrar, summed up the thoughts of all the judges, by saying; “It was really great to meet so many motivated and entrepreneurial young people. I was very impressed by the quality of all the entrants, which made the job of judging very challenging. I am sure that some of them will go on to run their own start-ups.”

I said about the overall company of the year ‘CAPITAL’ from St Lawrence College whatever the future holds for these guys, one thing can be sure the business world would benefit from their enthusiasm, professionalism, ideas, and entrepreneurship. A sentement that I attribute to all the pupils involved in the competition, congratulations to all involved for such a brilliant event.

To read more about the companies that entered the final and find out about Young Enterprise and how your child/school can get involved, please go to our website www.schoolnesgroup.co.uk

We had an absolutely fantastic and awe inspiring evening at Kent College when we went to listen to the Atlantic Lions tell their tales of their adventure. These boys spoke with such passion and devotion it was hard not to feel completely moved by them, I had goosebumps to prove it. Read more about their adventures on our website with an in-depth interview coming soon.....


The stress levels in our house are at an all-time high, it’s GCSE time oh and SATs and end of year exams, not to mention all the other testing that our children go through. Apparently the build up to exams is more stressful for parents than the children. I can relate to that - I don’t know about you but I feel like my parenting skills are being tested too.I have read the parenting books, found out what to do, what not to do, what to say, what not to say. The most common advice was to keep the lines of communication open and to show an interest.

So I show interest in what my child is revising, I tell you I’m glad I’m not having to sit the exams. I asked my GCSE child what the best thing for me to do to help was,

“Trust me to revise, don’t make life all about the exams, I know how important they are but let me have a social life and play sport.”

Help and support and interest is what they need. That grumpy teenager, who has slammed their door and moaned about all the pressure, doesn’t really want to be


left alone. Take them a nice cup of tea and an indulgent bar of chocolate just remind them you are there for them without having to say anything. Cook them their favourite mean and have plenty of snacks in the house. The hardest advice I have recieved, forget about the rule on tidy bedrooms, :-( it’s not that important honestly!

Before your Exams

* Don’t panic* Stay Positive* Keep things in perspective* Rest and Relax* Use Revision Papers* Eat and Drink well* Study away from distractions* Prepare everything you need for the exams

Difficult as it is we have to believe they will be motivated to study because they will have a desire to achieve. Even in my house there are exam timetables stuck up all over the place and study guides everywhere.....see you on the other side!

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* Take deep breaths* Read instructions and questions carefully* Stay in control

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