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By James Saunders

THANK YOU

Happy Friday everyone and welcome back to the second half of the term. This week I would like to dedicate our headlines as a thank you to all our servicemen and women, both past and present, who have helped to shape and preserve the freedoms we too often take for granted. Few things have altered the course of history and shaped the modern world as much as the first World War. Armistice Day is a day that marks a significant part of our history and the progress we have made as the human race.

I hope that you have been following our activities this week in the run up to Armistice Day and Sunday’s remembrance.

Today we held our fourth annual Teachers vs C11 Learners Football match. The match is more than just an opportunity to provide a bit of C11 and teacher rivalry, it is an opportunity to galvanise our community as we reflect on the freedoms we are all afforded. As the opposing teams gather in the centre circle for the 2-minute silence, the rest of the school join in around the edge of the pitch. As always it makes for an intense and competitive game. As I write this we have not kicked off, however I am confident that the game will not be without its drama and, dare I say, some controversy - there is usually a penalty given that is questionable.

A special thanks must go to:

Staff Team

Jonny Williams

Lucy Borella

Phillipe Bilby

Tom Gribben

Learner Team

Jonny Penrose

Chris Rusu

Max French

David Ojowa

Dan Smith Will Dooley

Jack Mantle Alex Ross

David Briggs George Warwick

Rob Philpott Harry Gosling

Jesse Dyer Max Schroeder

Danny Scott Theo Saunders

Scott Caygill Zac Shuffield

James Munro Luke Read

Sam Lloyd Niel Viljoen

Jack Savage Reegan May

Jack Pragnell Archie Chipperfield

Carter Edwards (Ex-Learner)

George Stark (Ex-learner)

James Baker (Ex-learner)

Felix Bird Finn Byrnes

Kai Harding Robert Ardern

Sam Mead Tama Uja

Zane Sargent

Danny Scott for helping to organise and manage the C11 football team.

Gwyn Walters, Ellie Bunting (11LPU/KCD), Recep Almas (11NPo) for officiating the remembrance day football match.

Freddie Brooks 11GWa/CKH, Tama Ujfalusi 11GWa/CKh, Freddie Estall 10ASa, Jack Hill 10JDy, Matilda Moxham 10ASa, Felix Skubich 10ASa, Molly Barford 10CFr, Sophie Bloomfield 10ASa, Katherine De Bruyn 10DSp, Nathan Humphreys 10VSp/MRa, Francesca Nottage 10ASa, Callum Rider 10VSp/MRa, Evie Thomson 10JDy, Elliott Watson 10CFr for their support with the poppy collection over the past week.

Staff Team Learner Team

Tiffany Turner (Cohort 10) 10DSP, Jonathan Hardington (Cohort 11) 11GWA/AGI, Tama Ujfalusi (Cohort 11) 11GWA/AGI, Freddie Brooks (Cohort 11) 11GWA/AGI, Ryan Tunbridge (Cohort 11) 11TGI/MRA, Charlie Hermon (Cohort 7) 7ATO, Dom Powell (Cohort 7) 7ATO, Soroya Singh (Cohort 7) 7ATO, Tillie Sheridan (Cohort 7) 7ATO, Emmanuel Ojowa (Cohort 8) 8ADE, Tyler Simmons (Cohort 8) 8ADE, Aidrick Makuyana (Cohort 8) 8CHO, Lilly Mullenger (Cohort 8) 8JMA, Alfie Mackay (Cohort 8) 8JVE, Freya Horvath (Cohort 8) 8JVE, Emma Dennis (Cohort 9) 9HLE/LMO, Sophie Collard (Cohort 9) 9HLE/ LMO, Thomas Smy (Cohort 9) 9HLE/LMO, Micah Seaman-Cudjoe (Cohort 9) 9HLE/LMO, Emmy Robins (Cohort 9) 9HLE/LMO, Ivy Murkowski (Cohort 9) 9MHA, Kieran Tredgett (Cohort 9) 9NWH/GVA for supporting and attending the church service.

MENTAL HEALTH CHAMPIONS

This time last year we launched our Mental Health Champions project with 16 C7 learners - 2 representatives from each learning group. These learners had put themselves forward to become mental health champions for the school. Mrs Buckley still has the clam jar on her desk that they made for her last Christmas.

Becoming a mental health champion is the first opportunity C7s have to embrace the Honywood Leadership pathway which culminates in becoming a lead learner in C11.

We are now looking for the next wave of recruits from our current C7 - learning groups will be asked to put forward two learners each who will be trained up by our current C8s. Our learners engage brilliantly in discussions about what mental health is and why it is important that we actively take measures to support our mental health in the same way we do for our physical health. As a mental Health Champion learners will develop these skills further. They will learn about:

• How we feel within ourselves

• How we act and think

• How we deal with problems

The programme will involve evaluating themselves and their own mental health. The learners then spend time learning about how to care for our mental health:

• Exercise and be physically active everyday

• Get plenty of sleep each day

• Speak to a trusted adult or friend if you have worries that are troubling you

• Enjoy your hobbies and interests with other people

• Challenge your brain to grow by learning new knowledge and skills

• Make time for things that help you relax

Our Mental Health Champions will work closely with Mrs Nichols and Mr Smith and will be able to lead on projects that respond to the needs of our learners as identified through the YouHQ app that we use to support wellbeing.

Our current school mental health champions in C8 are:

Josh Milliken, Poppy Fairhall, Mattie Bolton, Tyler Simmons, Harry Cousins, Eadie Grounds, Liam Haylock, Charlotte Brown, Freya Horvath, Amelia Marshall, Hermione O’Neill, Afiyah Malik, Micah Melvin, Lexi Jones, Maggie Alexander, Phoebe Fairbairn.

Wishing you a lovely weekend.

James Saunders

“THEY GAVE THEIR TOMORROW FOR OUR TODAY”

Estelle Scherer (C10) was recently selected to play for Essex Schools U16 football team. Estelle was captain for the team against Bedfordshire and Essex went on to win the match 5-0. Estelle contributed by scoring one of the goals. Well done.

Erina McSweeney (C7) has been selected to play for the Girls U13 Essex Cricket Team. Well done!

All you need to know about NOVEMBER

7 November 1665

The London Gazette claims to be England’s oldest newspaper. Its first edition was published on 7 November 1665 under the name The Oxford Gazette.

Did you know that each full moon has its own name?

Beaver Moon is a name for the full moon that appears in November. In 2024, this will appear on the 15th November and it will be the fourth and final supermoon of the year

15 November 1969

First colour TV advert aired in the UK for Birds Eye.

11 November 1918

An important day in history. World War I ended on this day when the Allied Forces and Germany signed an armistice or truce. The armistice stated the war would end on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month.

Archaeologists found the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, or King Tut, in Egypt on 26 November 1922. It had been undisturbed for over 3,000 years. Many experts consider their discovery the most important Ancient Egyptian discovery ever.

9 November 1989 - Fall of The Berlin Wall

The fall of the Berlin Wall was the first step towards German reunification. In 1989, political changes in Eastern Europe and civil unrest in Germany put pressure on the East German government to loosen some of its regulations on travel to West Germany.