SHENLEY BROOK END SCHOOL

SCHOOL NEWS Vol 20 Issue 11 : 21 March 2019

Diary Dates

21 March Year 12 Parents’ Evening

21 March Year 12 Science Visit to Periodic Table Exhibition

26 March Year 7-13 Music Spring Concert

26 March Year 7 & 8 PE Girls Handball Tournament

27 March Year 12 PE Trip to LEAP

27 March Year 12 Young Enterprise Presentation

27 March Year 8 & 9 Drama BBC Virtual Reality Event

28 March Year Sixth Form Upperformity

28 March Year 10-13 Music Trip to Magic Flute

28 March Year 13 Business Studies Trip to Tutor2U Workshop

30 March DofE Bronze Training Day

1 April Year 9 & 10 MFL Inter

3 April Year 7 - 13 Music Youth Concert

4 April Year 11 Photos

4 April Year 12 Drama Trip to Wise Children

4 April Year 13 Business and Economics Workshop

Welcome

Congratulations to everyone involved in the wide range of activities celebrated in this

edition of the newsletter. There are a whole range of individual, group and school events

and achievements here. Especially memorable are the superb efforts made by so many

staff for World Book Day - enjoy the photos inside!

I’d also like to congratulate our Science Team for a superb Science Week and look

forward to sharing this in the next newsletter.

I am also pleased to welcome PC Lisa McKinley of the Thames Valley Police as our new

Safer Schools Officer. Lisa will be spending a fair amount of time in school with a focus

on educating our students in relation to issues such as social media and other areas of

citizenship.

Mr Holmwood

Headteacher

LIBRARY NEWS

World Book Day Book Tokens

Students in Years 7, 8 and 9 will have received World Book Day tokens

in their registration trays along with the recent edition of the Teen

Book Club magazine. The tokens can be exchanged for World Book

Day titles available at all good book shops, including W H Smiths and Waterstones. They are

valid until 31st March whilst stocks last.

There are specially written £1 books by popular authors such as Malorie Blackman, Rick

Riordan, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Jeff Kinney. Tokens can also be offered as part payment

for full-priced books and for any titles chosen from the Teen Book Club magazine. We have

some spare vouchers in the library for students who did not receive one in their form tray.

Forthcoming events in the Library

6th Form Debate Every Tuesday lunchtime – 6th Form Library

Creative Writing Every Friday - Break time

Easter Themed craft event Thursday 4th April - Lunchtime

Miss Mason

Library Manager

IMMUNISATION NEWS

Year 9 Immunisations

Parents and Carers of our year 9 students should by now have received their information

and consent packs for the vaccinations in April. It is very important for you to fill in and

return the consent form (even if you do not consent) to Matron in the medical room by

Monday 25 March. If you do not wish your child to have the vaccinations, please write this

on the form and sign it.

If you have not received a form please contact me by email, nearl@sbeschool.org.uk or call

01908 520265 ext.272

Mrs Earl

Welfare Support Leader

MUSIC NEWS

Year 7 Gamelan Workshops and Concert

Our annual Indonesian Gamelan Workshops took place at the beginning of this month, taught

by Pete Smith, one of the country’s leading experts. On Wednesday 6 March 30

hardworking students, inspired by these sessions, demonstrated the skills they learned

(teamwork, listening, memory skills, co-ordination, patience and musicality among others)

performing on the beautifully carved and decorated genuine Indonesian instruments.

The concert started with 5 brave year 7 students playing and singing solos. Well done Teja,

Ana, Maddy, Amber and Nelson!

Apologies to those audience members who found standing room only at this very well

attended event!

MUSIC NEWS Cont’d

Here’s what some of our students had to say about the experience:

A brilliant opportunity that not many get. A fun experience. The instruments were beautiful – the colours were lovely and bright. My favourite experience of 2019. Pete was funny and a good gamelan teacher. I loved when Pete came in and taught us gamelan. It was so interesting learning about all the instruments. My favourite was the big gong! An eye-opening experience into the intricate culture of authentic Indonesian music. It helped expand our knowledge. A fun way to learn about Indonesian instruments. An amazing experience with many new instruments I’ve never seen before. A lot of effort had been put into making the instruments.

Music Exam Success

Congratulations to the following students on their recent exam successes:

Alessandro Lagioia clarinet Grade 4 Passed with Merit

James Mitchell clarinet Grade 5 Passed with Merit

Zoe Littlecott-Prado dbl bass Grade 2 Passed with Distinction

James Jesuthasan drums Grade 1 Passed with Distinction

Noah Farrell drums Grade 1 Passed with Merit

Ben Sharp French horn Grade 4 Passed with Distinction

Emily Abbott guitar Grade 6 Passed with Merit

MUSIC NEWS Cont’d

A few of the events happening in the music department this term and next:

Tues 19 March: 6F Recital

Tuesday 26 March: Spring Concert (music from films and musicals)

Thurs 2 May: Composition Concert

Wed 15 May: Music Residential Course Information Evening

Wed 19 June: Strings Concert

Mon 8 – Fri 12 July: Music Residential Course

Tues 16 July: Summer Concert

For more information on these events and many more, please follow us on Twitter

@SBE_Music Mrs Gray Music Administrator

MK Music Festival News

Congratulations to all our SBE musicians who took part in the MK Music Festival last week.

Well done Teja Koripalli for achieving 2 silver medals and some very positive comments

from the adjudicators.

Congratulations to Emily Abbott who came 1st in the strings solo competition and 2nd in the

strings recital. She is now through to the Milton Keynes Young Musician of the Year

competition.

Mrs Smith Team Leader of Music

WORK EXPERIENCE NEWS

Year 10 Experience of Work

One final message about the two week placements:

Please remember that if for any reason your child is unwell and unable to attend their

placement, the school AND the employer MUST be informed immediately. In the

exceptional circumstances where a student does not have a placement, they must come into

school at the usual time, dressed in school uniform, as normal. A special timetable has been

arranged for them. Good luck to all the students going out on placements; we hope that you

make the most of this great opportunity and please work hard to impress your employers!

See you in two weeks time!

Mrs Gladkow

Work Related Learning Tutor

ENGLISH NEWS

World Book Day 2019

On Thursday 7 March we celebrated World Book Day with a Character Quest. Students

across all year groups were on a mission to track down as many literary characters

(teachers in clever disguise!) as they could in a quest to win a World Book Day prize.

Students scoured the school, travelling from Platform 9¾ to the Emerald City along the

way, and spotted a whole host of characters from Frankenstein and his monster to Captain

Hook and the Mad Hatter. The winners will be presented with a bundle of books in a

forthcoming assembly.

Joint First Prize - Elizabeth Auty 9EMQ and Reni Adeleye 9EKR

Second Prize: Skye Durham 9HET

Third Prize: Libby Barnes 7BSS

Mrs Hazell

Director of English

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS

FIA Women In Motorsport- The Girls on Track, European Final.

Louisa Bell, 12BCK, recently represented the UK in the European Final of the FIA Girls On

Track Karting Event, in Le Mans, France.

Louisa took part in National Selections at Silverstone in October 2018 and was selected as

one of 3 girls from 130, at an event organised by Dare to be Different. This selection

process included karting slalom, STEM activities and an interview.

Girls on Track is an FIA two year European Erasmus+ programme which was created to

encourage more young women between 13 and 18 years old to get involved in motorsport.

One of its main objectives is to increase the participation of young women in motorsport,

and break the stereotypes built historically and culturally through a free accessible

programme implemented in Europe across 9 national motorsport Federations involved in the

project. Louisa was supported by Motorsport UK.

27 girls were selected to take part in the event from across Europe.

The girls spent 4 days at the FIA FFSA Academy in Le Mans taking part in many activities

including;

Driving coaching in Karts

Video debriefing of driving

Physical tests and training, including reaction and memory tests.

Louisa started Karting at Daytona Milton Keynes three years ago, as part of her Duke of

Edinburgh Award.

Mr Greenghalgh

Director of Sixth Form

YEAR 11 NEWS

FINAL YEAR 11 PHOTOGRAPHS

On Thursday 4 April Year 11 will be having their final set of photographs taken, which will

comprise of Whole Year Group, Tutor Group and Individual.

Please be aware only students wearing the correct school uniform will be able to have their

photograph taken. This should comprise of Blazer (complete with badges), Shirt, Tie, skirt,

smart tailored trousers of the correct length and leather shoes (no trainers or boots).

Students may wear their school jumper to school, but will be asked to remove this for the

purpose of the photograph.

Mrs Nottingham

Year Leader

PE NEWS

Congratulations to the U16 girls football team on reaching the County Cup final for the 2nd

consecutive year. They lost out to Chesham Grammar School 2-1. Well done to everybody

who has represented the school this year in the County Cup Squad. Kiya Webb, Whitney

Blake, Nicole Whittle, Holly Cook, Hannah Darr, Elsa Darr, Alex Ashley, Kiesha Brown, Ella

Taylor, Ellie Morris, Bethany Cox, Briony Smith, Amy Cos, Serena Spivey, Jodie Hawkins,

Lily Appleton, Millie Heathcote, Amy Lester.

It was a hard fought final that could have gone either way in the last 10 minutes and sadly

didn’t go ours.

Miss Green

PE Teacher

ART NEWS