SHAUN BY THE SEA

We are really pleased to be able to share that we'll be taking part in the Shaun by the Sea art trail later this year! The trail will feature over 40 individually designed sculptures on display around Brighton & Hove, and we're lucky enough to have our very own Shaun to decorate!

Our Shaun will be arriving in school in April, and we need your bold and imaginative designs to help us decide how to decorate him. If your design is shortlisted, you will be joining a select group of artists to paint Shaun!

All designs must relate to our specific theme, 'The Living Coast' . The Living Coast is a designated urban biosphere reserve and covers a huge area of land all the way from Newhaven to Shoreham-by-Sea This means that the area we live in has significant natural value. Your designs might incorporate our local wildlife and nature, or perhaps they might highlight the principals of community and conservation. They could even include local landmarks or landscape We can't wait to see what you come up with!

The competition is open to all students in Years 7, 8 and 9, and you can enter by handing your completed template in at the Art office, or directly to your Art teacher If you would like a printed A3 template, you can collect one from your Art lesson or from the Art office. The deadline is 24th April. Good luck!

This term has been amazing in the PE, Sport and Dance Department. Not only have we entertained the masses with the Dorothy Stringer Dance Show, thanks to Miss Sampson and Miss Bishop-Williams, but students also had the chance to represent the school in Football, Rugby, Netball, Swimming, Basketball, Climbing and Table Tennis We are now looking forward to our summer schedule which will include all the usual sports activities including Tennis, Athletics, Cricket and Rounders.

This term our Football Teams have continued their outstanding run in the County Cups, Brighton Leagues and Brighton and Hove Cups Our Year 7 Boys A team have made it to the County Cup Final and remain in with a chance of taking the Brighton League The Year 8/9 girls football team had a fantastic run in the Brighton Cup before meeting an incredibly strong Peacehaven side who have also stormed the league. Our Year 10 boys A team are in the Brighton Cup final and will play Cardinal Newman after Easter, whilst the Year 10 B team have won the B league and got to the semi-final of the Brighton Cup Our Year 10/11 girls had a fantastic tournament last week with Newman, Varndean and Blatchington Mill – we have a semi-final to play in the Cup to continue our season The Year 11 boys team still remain in the Brighton Cup and are in contention for the league. They will have a few games to finish after the Easter break.

This year our swimmers have had even more opportunities to represent the school at swimming meets

The school club has been well attended and students have been enjoying Friday morning sessions At the most recent Brighton and Hove Swimming Gala at the Prince Regent we had some fantastic performances, and most importantly we regained the Brighton Ottaway Trophy. This was without a doubt the key aim for the Dorothy Stringer students.

Our Netball teams have continued to represent the school superbly in extra-curricular fixtures, showing solid skill, passion, and teamwork on the courts. Our newest teams, the Year 7s, have shown great determination and taken away multiple wins under their belts, and a special mention must go to Savannah S who has come away with the most Player of the Match nominations, awarded from the opposition Our Year 9A team just narrowly missed out on representing Brighton and Hove in the Netball finals, after the tournament was rained off and results decided upon the games played up until that point The Year 11 team have continued to show great enthusiasm and ability, and it will be a shame to see them go, although we look forward to their final game, versus the staff, next term! Well done and thank you to all the students who have shown commitment to the sport, throughout a somewhat disrupted term – we look forward to getting stuck back in, in September

This year our wonderful Year 7 Table Tennis players have reached the national final Ryan G, Daniel S, Finley A and Rafa MDP have represented the school very well. They will compete in the Nationals in the first weekend of the Easter holidays. Our Climbers have also made the school proud this year with a fantastic display at the Boulder Brighton Schools competition Anya H, Stan W, Tom M, Ronnie B, India S and Rico T represented us in the finals, with Tom M and Anya H winning their respective age groups!

Our Year 7 and 8 Rugby teams have had a great run this year in the County Cup With some outstanding performances in Year 7 from Noah T, Blake H and Harvey S and in Year 8 from Hafi A, Eddy B, Dillon T and George H both teams did the school proud Our year 7s made the County Cup Finals Day, losing to St Phillip Howard (by one try) and Heathfield (by two tries) and Year 8 were narrow losers to Cardinal Newman in the Semi Finals, where a last-minute try from Newman in extra time won the day

Well done as well to Stan C, who was awarded the Donatello extra-curricular prize for his outstanding attitude both on and off the pitch. Thank you to Donatello for providing Stan with premium tickets for the next Brighton and Hove Albion match!

Well done to everyone who has represented the school this term!