RISING SPORTS STARS

schizophrenia. The highlight is always the sheep brain dissection, which enables students to visualise brain anatomy and physiology in an interesting way. Each lecture passes so quickly, and it is lovely to see our students so enthusiastic, asking stimulating questions and receiving such interesting answers. The explanations take students’ knowledge to another level and the content is always stimulating and challenges even the most able students.

Primary school students from a range of on-island schools, notably Mont Nicolle, have also been visiting Hautlieu’s science department for over 15 years as part of “Brain Day.” The excitement, wonder and awe seen when these young scientists first enter a school laboratory is a joy to behold. Over the years, our visitors have enjoyed a wide range of interactive activities, including: handling animals and learning about their adaptations, making honeycomb and chocolate water slides, studying microorganisms, musical flames and designing telephones, investigating friction and air resistance by building parachutes for eggs, and ‘potion science’ based around the Roald Dahl book George’s Marvellous Medicine. These interactive science experiments, led by specialist teachers, have been designed to reinforce and extend the children’s understanding of the natural, chemical, and physical world in fun and memorable ways.

We plan to invite Dr. Guy Sutton to Hautlieu for many years to come, and our next exciting development will be to offer an evening lecture to parents and students. Watch this space!

Our school

sports captains Stephanie Goncalves, Joel McKinlay, Abbie Hayes and Mya Gell present four of Hautlieu’s rising stars.

(Images courtesy of Hautlieu Sports Department).

Netball – Izzy Lofthouse (Year 10)

Over the past year, Izzy has played for Jersey Jets Under 16s, who have been competing in the UK Southwest Regional Division 1. They placed 6th overall this season. Izzy has played a significant role in the squad, travelling to England most weekends to play in at least two games. While playing for Team JETs, she has also been training with her club, Accies, and with Team Bath. After multiple trials, she has now also been selected for the Team Bath Under 15s Long Squad and has had the opportunity to train with the Salisbury Bath ADC Performance Squad, an excellent achievement. She is also a part of the Jersey Performance Academy, playing this year in a county tournament with 8 other county teams. They took 1st place! Izzy is a talented sports person who gives her all in every training session and game that she plays. It is also great to see that she is fully committed to Hautlieu sport, playing for the school netball, hockey, and rounders teams.

Swimming – Megan Hansford (Year 11)

Megan is currently one of the biggestup and-coming talents on the Jersey swimming scene. She dedicates over 8 hours to training each week, both pool and land based. Her recent achievements include being selected for the Pathway of Youth Commonwealth Games, achieving a bronze medal at the English Nationals, and gaining a large number of medals at the Hampshire Championships. More recently, she has been selected to represent Jersey in the Island Games Junior Squad for 2023. Megan’s dedication to training alongside her study and revision in the lead up to her GCSE exams has been inspiring.

Golf – Anabelle Lucas-Villar (Year 12)

Anabelle is one of the best female golfers on the Island. She recently competed in a European golf competition, playing on one of the most challenging courses against some of the best female golfers in Europe, and still performed to exceptional standards. She was also selected to represent the Junior Jersey Inter-Insular Team, which played against Guernsey. She also became Junior Island Champion and beat the Women’s record at Le Moye Golf course, which highlights her exceptional standards of performance this year. Many congratulations, Anabelle! We are looking forward to hearing about your golfing achievements next year.

Football – Miguel Carvalho (Year 13)

Miguel has performed exceptionally well this season, with most of his achievements coming as a player for the Jersey Bulls FC First Team. He began the season with St Pauls, but then took the opportunity to move to the Bulls, where he scored a hat-trick on his debut – his best performance of the season. Miguel has also captained the Jersey Bulls Under-18s Team to a semi-final, which they are yet to play. He is hoping to become the first captain to lift a trophy for the Bulls. For the Jersey Island team, Miguel was selected for the semi-final of the Murrati Vase tournament in Alderney, which was his first ever selection for the Senior Murrati Team. He is now hoping to be selected for the final against Guernsey. To complete his season, Miguel trialled for the Wolverhampton Wanderers Under-18s Squad, and grasped that opportunity by scoring a screamer on his debut. What a brilliant season!

The station was established to provide a platform for students to broadcast live, developing their communication skills and enabling them to express themselves creatively. Hautlieu Radio currently offers more than 20 hours of live original content each school week, drawing upon the input of more than 30 students. Content is also provided by members of staff; by parents broadcasting live programmes with their children who are studying at Hautlieu; and by other interested academic parties, such as the Jersey Institute for Continuing Academic Studies (JICAS), which broadcasts every Thursday.

The weekly schedule can be found on the Hautlieu Radio web page at www.hautlieucreative.co.uk/radio

It starts with the On Time Show, broadcast from 8am to 9am each Monday, and ends with the The Joe Clarke Show from 4pm to 6pm on Fridays. Many of the talk shows, such The Joe Clarke Show are available as podcasts and can be found on the Hautlieu Radio Spotify Channel, on Soundcloud, and on Deezer.

News, updates, ideas and information are exchanged on the Hautlieu Radio Twitter page, and parents, friends, colleagues, and anyone else interested in the station, can send in requests or even talk live.

Since we started broadcasting, we have had thousands of listeners from all over the world, including: the UK, Ireland, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Australia, America, Madagascar and Canada. Indeed, one listener – the renowned CBC Montreal reporter and presenter, Kate McKenna, picked up on a show by our own Kate McKenna in Year 13 and the subsequent communication between the two broadcasters with the same name went viral – with 10,000 retweets and 3,000 likes!

Hautlieu Radio was set up, and is and managed by, Dr Michael (Mike) McKinlay and is available to all Hautlieu staff, students and parents. It generally includes a range of talk-plus-music based programming, with the addition of other subject-specific programmes, such as the extremely popular Time Machine (History), Space and Time (Science) and The Psychology Show. The station has become an integral part of the Hautlieu community, providing a voice for students and staff alike – which is one of the ideas that has always underpinned this new creative venture. As Dr McKinlay, explains, “I wanted to take advantage of the opportunities offered by new digital technology to create an accessible space where the school community could use their voice creatively to connect and to

“I wanted to take advantage of the opportunities offered by new digital technology to create an accessible space where the school community could use their voice creatively to connect and to communicate”.

Dr Michael

communicate. Ultimately, we would like to provide a full schedule of programmes that represent the interests, aspirations and ideas that bind us all together.”

Since starting, the station has been recognised and supported by local media organisations, with input coming from Channel 103, BBC Jersey, and the JEP, as well as the Bailiwick. In 2022, just a few months after the station went on air for the first time, Year 13 student Julia Bochenska was nominated for the prestigious Arqiva Technical Excellence in Radio Production Award from the BBC, at its Young Audio Awards, an excellent starting point for young broadcasters, presenters and journalists who are thinking about taking up a career in the creative industries.

Now, after two academic years of broadcasting, Hautlieu Radio is part of the Hautlieu community. It was the cornerstone of our Remembrance Day schedule, providing an all-day broadcast, produced and presented by Esme Deer and Harry Elston from the Time Machine show, featuring a range of staff and students. The station also featured significantly in the visit to the school by Education Minister, Inna Gardiner, who was engaged and challenged by students in a live on-air interview. She was impressed with the “very professional” approach of its young presenters and the set-up and quality of its production.

Dr McKinlay adds, however, that “we can’t do it without continued contributions from our community.” To that end, Hautlieu students and staff are encouraged to find out more and to get involved. Who knows? You could end up with your own radio show very soon!

If you’d like to get involved in Hautlieu Radio then contact Dr Mckinlay @ m.mckinlay@hautlieu.sch.je