Inside Heathfield enews issue 39

Issue Number 39 w/c 01/06/2015 & 08/06/2015 Heathfield Highflyers Congratulations to Grace (Form V) and Farah (LVI Form) who received the Humanities Faculty Highflyers Awards at half term. Grace gained a Highflyer Award for her Religious Studies revision resource and Farah for her outstanding English essay where she gained full marks. Billy (UVI Form) gained a Highflyer Award from the Creative Faculty for her abstract watercolour piece (see pictures on the left). Billy showed in-depth studies of tree shapes, wood texture and growth in her work. Fernanda (Form V) received a Highflyer Award from the EFL department; Fernanda gained a grade A in her exam for the Cambridge University Certificate in Advanced English. This exam is very difficult for non-English speakers. It is mainly written by college and university students. The final Highflyers of the academic year will be awarded in the last Assembly of term.

Mrs S Frost, Marketing Manager Form I ILP - Marketing Heathfield On Thursday 4 June Form I finished their school exams and then threw themselves with great energy into their Independent Learning Project. On the Thursday afternoon the girls had a talk from Mrs Frost, Heathfield’s Marketing Manager, about what Marketing involves and important concepts such as brand recognition and USPs. The girls also explored Marketing as a potential future career choice and what interests and skills such a career choice would involve. The girls listened responsively and asked some very apt questions.

On Friday 5 June the girls were divided into two teams and set the task of devising a marketing campaign for Heathfield. They were firstly given some advice and examples of how to use visual imagery most effectively by Miss White, Teacher in Charge of Photography, and then set to work in their teams to devise their own marketing campaign.

In the space of a day the girls brainstormed ideas, using mind maps to organise their ideas; made short but very effective videos; analysed who their target market might be and created adverts for magazines such as Tatler and Vogue; devised ways to use social media to spread their campaign, and worked to a budget. At the end of the day each team made a presentation to a panel of experts, explaining their ideas and showing their videos. The panel was most impressed by the standard of the presentations and particularly picked out the way the girls had taken on board and used the skills they had been taught by Mrs Frost and Miss White.

Form I thoroughly enjoyed their day as “Marketing Managers” and some would certainly consider marketing as a future career - look out Mrs Frost!

Mrs A Diaz, PSHE Co-ordinator and Assistant Housemistress

Issue Number 39 w/c 01/06/2015 & 08/06/2015 Prefect Positions Announced The much awaited announcement of the prefect positions for academic year 2015/2016 was made to the school on Tuesday 16 June. After a long process which included letters of application for all prefect positions and hustings, a vote and interviews for the Head Girl and Deputy Head girl, the suspense was finally over for Form V. Congratulations to all of the girls on their new roles but special congratulations to Rose H, our new Head Girl, and Deputy Head Girls Millie and Lizzy.

Mrs S Frost, Marketing Manager

Creative Arts Private View This year the numbers of girls taking Art and Design at GCSE, AS and A2 were considerable and so we reorganised the way we exhibit their work.

The GCSE students exhibited upstairs in the Art block and the AS/ A2 Art, Photography, Textiles and Graphic students’ work was displayed in the Assembly Hall. So many teachers have remarked on how exciting this year’s exhibition was both upstairs and downstairs. There was more variety in the sizes, shapes and techniques used than ever before. The skills seemed stronger too.

Many parents, prep school heads and teachers came to see the work and were very impressed by the variety and individuality.

It gives so much pleasure to see how the girls’ work matures. They start their courses with uncertainty and trepidation then gradually become confident in their ability to think creatively, analyse, adjust and finally realise they have the creative process at their fingertips and know how to adapt the skills they have learned. They can also articulate their intentions so well and this adds interest to the art work. I find it very encouraging that the girls engage with issues that concern the world we live in, whether this is to do with beauty, technology, environment, religion or other social issues that seem to affect us all.

Our thanks once again to Catering for the delicious refreshments.

Mrs J Leibovici, Subject Leader: Art and Textiles

Athletics and Rounder’s Success Congratulations to Kitty, Franny and Bota (all Form IV) who have been selected to represent Bracknell district at the County Championships. The girls competed in the 200m, 800m and triple jump respectively.

The U14A team also finished 3rd in the Ascot School’s rounder’s tournament.

They played against St Mary’s A, B and C teams, Charters, LVS and Ranelagh.

Ms W Reynolds, Director of Sport

Issue Number 39 w/c 01/06/2015 & 08/06/2015 Austen Weekend, 6th and 7th June 2015 Austen’s weekend provided the perfect opportunity to unwind after the hectic exam week. The Third Form were able to celebrate by making their first of many trips into Ascot whilst the First and Second Forms competed in a crazy golf tournament.

After three rounds of a challenging nine holes including some which seemed impossible, the Austen team were declared winners with Georgie in Form II picking up the individual prize. The girls were then able to chill out in the SMaT, singing along to the film Pitch Perfect.

Sunday turned into a day of pink as the girls put themselves forward to compete in the Race for Life, raising money for Cancer Research. The outfits were outrageous and the effort of all was monumental. Our target of £1000 was quickly smashed and as it stands, we are approaching the two and a half thousand pound mark; thank you so much for your very generous donations. If you would still like to contribute, it is not too late and you can follow the link here www.justgiving.com/heathfield01 We are immensely proud of all the girls and staff for running for such a worthy cause. A big thank you to the Austen staff and housemistresses who gave up their time to make such a great weekend.

Mr A Valner, Head of House Austen and Subject Leader: Latin and Classics

De Valois Weekend, 13th and 14th June 2015 The weekend’s activities were started by Family Tennis; congratulations to Emmy (Form IV) and Mr Nicholls for retaining the title for the third consecutive year. While the tennis was taking place, the rest of the lower school enjoyed some mixed year group rounders.

That afternoon Form III headed to Ascot and the First and Second Form baked chocolate chip muffins in the cookery room. On Saturday evening we had the idea of holding an open air cinema evening and the girls were well equipped with blankets, cushions and treats only to be foiled by the bright summer’s night and mosquitos. After experimenting with several locations we moved into the trusty Theatre where they sang the night away to a singalong version of Walking on Sunshine. With the exams continuing for the senior school, Fr Tim put on an early morning mass followed by Chapel for the main school at 10am. Following this the Third and Fourth Forms headed to London to BBC Broadcasting House where they had the opportunity to experience the set from The One Show, play the role of a news presenter, present the weather and create a piece for the radio. Alongside this, a group of girls looking ‘simply gorgeous’ headed to the Queen’s Cup Final at Guards Polo Club in Windsor. The Polo was brilliant and entertaining but the highlight must have been seeing Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Phillip stop directly next to the minibuses as the girls were piling in. A great weekend was had by all.

Miss J Talbot, Head of House - De Valois and Teacher of PE

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