Sonar Magazine Issue 9

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In this issue

YEAR 11 AND 13 PROM PHOTOS

FRENCH & NEW YORK TRIP

DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD

SPORTS DAY!

Welcome...

Welcome to our Summer 2023 edition of Sonar magazine. This issue is packed with pictures and articles about just some of the various events that have been taking place this term.

The performing arts section is a particular standout and highlights the incredible opportunities that are on offer from our outstanding Performing Arts department.

We hope you enjoy reading this edition and wish you a very enjoyable summer holiday!

ROB PAYNE

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CAREERS

FRANCE

PROMS!

D OF E

Dance students perform at the Summer Arts Evening

MESSAGE FROM THE HEADTEACHER

PAUL GRAY

Dearparents,guardians,carers,

The end to another incredible year! Putting to one side the two inspection milestones (one, the school; the other, our teacher training facility) –both of these validated an immense sense of pride and re-energised our efforts for the year ahead.

However, the two features which have most struck me about this academic year have been the mature, focused engagement by the vast majority of our students – not merely in their learning, but also in their good-humoured, sharedsenseofvaluesacrosstheschool.Forthe vast majority, the mutual engagement in a commitmenttoourlearningcommunityhasbeen tangibleandexemplary.

The second, has been the immense commitment by my colleagues to provide a vast array of enrichmentandextra-curricularactivities.

These life-changing experiences vary enormously – some gradual and regular activities (sporting, musical, artistic or cerebral and social); others fall into ‘the extravaganza’ category like New York or the first experience ontheskislopes.

The factor common to both is the professionalism, goodwill and commitment of so many caring, energetic and dedicated colleagues without whom, none of these things wouldhappen.

While it would be very easy to get into an abstruse examination of the difference between ethos and culture, the point at the heart of both is the change that occurs in the character of each individual, and which on scale, transforms an organisation into a community. Such transformations only have depth when they are led by the less visible, but highly significant ‘other partners’ in the relationship. Alongside our support staff, teachers and wonderful student body – only a fractionofwhichiscelebratedinthisversionof Sonar, our special thanks also go to our governors and parents who set the tone to enablethesegreatthingstohappen.

Wishingyouallarestfulandsafesummer,

Mr Paul Gray Headteacher

Martyna Brelinska

Year 7 Art

Olivia Herringe

Duarte Rosa Simoes

Leilani Smith

Flo Utton

Mouad Touileb

Caitlyn Kewley

Oscar Lamont

Lucy Cowan

Ben Roberts

Year 8 Art

Tara Dawson

Sammy Taylor-Clark

Ryan White

Liv Bryan

Anastasia Yena

James Magiinn

Dylan Large

Daisie Bagshaw

Alex Druce

Château Beaumont

My vision for this long weekend trip has always been for students to learn, firstly, that we can get on a ferry in Poole and be in France just a few hours later. Secondly, we always design the trip to be a weekend actively enjoying all things French! So, on Friday 9th June Mr Attrill, Mrs Lewis, Mr Hudson and myself set off for the Barfleur with 40 students from years 7,8 and 9.

No sooner had we arrived on Friday late afternoon than (with the expert encouragement from Mr Attrill) the students were introducing themselves and ordering their dinner in French. An egg protector challenge was the first evening activity. The students were too good, so Mr Attrill and Mr Hudson regretted their promise that all saved eggs could be cracked over their heads!

Saturday morning and we followed the smell of freshly baked croissants and pain au chocolat to breakfast and then partook in the Saturday morning tradition of the French market in the nearby town of Laval. The rain stopped and the sun came out for us to enjoy our baguette picnic in the beautiful park in Laval, complete with goats, tropical birds, a rose garden and a lovely view over the river. In the afternoon, the students had a try at archery, fencing and zip wire, in French and English of course! On Saturday evening they were treated to the chance of tasting frogs’ legs and snails.

Sunday morning and a trip to the stunning Mont St. Michel awaited. After being wowed by one of the eighth wonders of the world, on our way back to the Chateau, we had a personal tour of the largest medieval fortress in Europe (Château de Fougères). On the last evening we set up a mixture of activities from games to karaoke, followed by one of Mr Attrill’s infamous bedtime stories. Back to Cherbourg and home? Of course not! A trip to Cité de la Mer with the largest visitable submarine in the world, the Titanic exhibition and an aquarium is a must before boarding the Barfleur home. The beautiful sunset that greeted us back into Poole harbour was a fitting end to a great trip with an equally great group of students.

As I write this, Year 9 and our first 3 years, of our 7 year journey at PHS is coming to a close. This signals the end of KS3 and the beginning of KS4. Our GCSE journey begins in September. The children have all chosen and receivedtheiroptionsinpreparationforthis.

We’ve had another busy year with so many enriching experiences, performances, adventures, opportunities and learning that the children have undertaken. We have achieved 26304 VIE points which is a wonderful achievement. I have loved watched the children grow and mature into some fine human beings, who are definitelyreadytomoveuptheschoolandintoYear10.

Year 10 awaits our return and is set to bring a fresh start to all, challenge and change. The children begin their bespokecurriculumwiththesubjectstheyhavechosento follow. Tutor time becomes additional math tuition and afterschoolrevisionsessionswillbegin.Moreinformation aboutthisnextadventurewillfollow.

Finally, we say a sad goodbye to Ms Anderson as she moves onto pastures new. Ms Anderson has been instrumental in ensuring your children are well looked after, your calls and concerns triaged and for me my wing man. I’d like to thank her for all her hard work and commitment to Year 9 and wish her all the best in her nextchapter!

I would like to thank you all for your continued support over the last term. It remains an immense privilege to be Head of Year 9 and working with all your young people. Please have yourselves a wonderful summer full of adventures and memories. See you in September ready tobeginourGCSEjourney!

MrsHenley HeadofYear9

Jack Roman

Rosy Hunt

Rosy Hunt

Rosy Hunt

Year 9 Art

Weronika Ulicka

Lucas Millward

Lily Sollom

Charlie Lane Kellon Joyce

Ellie Jackman

Ella Power Kuba Tac

Amelie Campbell

Year 10 Arts University Bournemouth Visit

Inspired to a Large Degree!

In July our Year 10 GCSE art students had the opportunity of visiting this year’sdegreeshowattheArtsUniversityBournemouth.Thestudentswere given a bespoke tour of the architecture, model making, visual communications and fine art shows. Our pupils were blown away by the quality and diversity of the work that was on display. They were also impressed by the size and feel of the specialist arts campus. This brilliant trip which was arranged by Mrs Field, really broadened our students’ mindsabouttherangeofartisticpossibilitieswhichawaitthemafterthey leave Sixth Form and there was much excited discussion on the return coachaboutdegreecoursesandcareersinthecreativeindustries.

Duke of Edinburgh's Award Bronze Award Evening

Creams Teas greeted the students and parents at our Bronze Awards Evening. These students have worked hard to achieve one of the highly prized award so, what better way to reward this group than with some sumptuoussconeswithjamandcream!

These students were the first ones out on expedition since lockdown which only encouraged them in their determination and excitement to complete their adventuresinthePurbecksandqualifyingexpeditionin theNewForest.

Inattendanceatthisyear’sceremonywasChairtothe Governors, Mr Jeff Hart and Headteacher, Mr Paul Gray, who proudly awarded all students with their covetedcertificateandBronzeDofEpinbadge.

During the evening we heard accounts from students about their inspiring skills and volunteering, required as partoftheworktowardsgainingthisaward.

A special award for Long Service in Volunteering was awardedtoourveryownMrSteve‘DP’Power.Thiswas presented in recognition of 20 years’ service volunteering on Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions. This equates to over 92 expeditions and 14 training days at Gore Heath. Special guest speaker, Chris Handcock and Gold award achiever from one of the schools very first expeditions many years ago, presented Steve a certificateandtrophies.

Closing the evening Mr Gray proudly awarded another certificatefromtheDukeofEdinburghChiefExecutive, to all our volunteering staff for their continued commitmenttoPooleHighstudents.

JunesawYear9and10studentscomplete their DofE qualifying expeditions with gusto! The energy levels were surprisingly high given the weather. We had brilliant sunshine through to muggy wet storms, yet our young students soldiered on with positivity and strength. Not even a mountainofblistersforourSilverachievers could hinder their 3 long treks through the NewForest.

Our Bronze students got to experience their own full, self-navigated routes, planned and executed without any major wrong turns, to our leaders delight. The diversions that did occur were promptly corrected by their own deduction which is the best that we could have hoped for, so welldonethoseteams!!

HavingpracticedteamskillsatGoreHeath and in the Purbecks, Bronze groups adapted with ease to the expectations once in camp. Camp life saw team work come together with the practical skills of putting up their tents and then preparing their group evening meal. Energy levels then were clearly restored, as frisbee was theeveninggameofchoicewhenitwasn’t lostupanearbytree!

The second day surprisingly began with renewed enthusiasm, nothing seemed to rock these Bronze students, making them idealcandidatestoapplyforSilver!

Students taking on their Silver Expedition, were from start to finish, outstanding in their execution. Three groups showed they had mastered all the skills with planning and deliverance of being self-sufficient overanextendedtimeframeoftwonights and three days. Working as cohesive teamsthiscontinuedthroughoutthewhole experience.

You would expect tiredness of the second day and the heat to take its toll on these young people pushing their limits. But beyond their own expectations, Silver’s maturity shone throughout this expedition. Having grown so much over two years, developing in all aspects in this award programme, we the leaders, couldn’t be proud of all their outcomes and achievements.

Welldoneeveryone,youallwereamazing!

Year 11

Year11Prom

On Thursday 29th June, 200 students attended their end of Year 11 Prom held at the beautiful Deans Court, in Wimborne. It was a truly stunning setting, and after an unsettling few days we were spoilt with glorious sunshine. Students enjoyed an evening of dancing, photo fun,magicandadeliciousBBQwithanenviable backdropofthegardensandlake.

Along with an array of fancy cars, the girls looked incredibly glamorous, and the boys looked very handsome all suited and booted. It was so lovely, and a proud moment for many of thestaff,tobeabletocelebratetheendofthe year with our students. We hope they enjoyed the evening as much as we did, it was well deserved and a lovely end to the summer of exams.

Year11LeaversCelebration

Following the Prom, on Friday 30th June, students were invited into school one final time for their end of year celebration. Unlike the previous evening, the weather was not on our side and once students had the opportunity to enjoyadrinkandicecream,weretreatedinside the Theatre. Students were treated to a slideshow of photo booth pictures from the Prom, and this brought giggles to many. Tutors shared speeches and special memories with their tutor groups,andmanyatearwasseenasbothstaff and students reminisced over past events. I feel incredibly lucky to have been Head of Year for such a wonderful cohort. Watching our students grow and mature into the young adults they havebecomehasbeenarealprivilege.

Poole High School staff and Governors would like to wish the Class of 2023 a wonderful summer and we look forward to celebrating theirsuccessesinAugust.

Year 11 Prom

Year 11 Prom

Year 11 Prom

This term, 116 of our year 7 and 8 students took part in the Junior Maths Challenge. This was their first experience of Maths Challenge at Poole High School so was a very exciting opportunity for them to get involved in. The students did brilliantly with 40 achieving a bronze, 27 achieving a silver and 4 achieving a gold. This is a great result and we are looking forward to seeing these fantastic results again in future challenges.

The top two students, Ben Knapper and Tara Dawson, qualified for the next round – the Junior Kangaroo. Thisputstheminthetop3%ofparticipantsacrossthewholecountry!Thisisahugeachievementandthey shouldbeextremelyproudofthemselves.

Thetopperformersfromeachyeargrouparelistedbelow–welldonetoeveryonewhotookpart!

Remember Maths Club is on every Thursday 3-4pm in room 36. Come along to do some fun Maths and prepareforfuturechallenges.

PREVIOUS ISSUE'S CHALLENGE

The diagram shows an equilateral triangle divided into four smaller equilateral triangles. One of these triangles has itself been divided into gour smaller equilateral triangles.

What fraction of the area of the large triangle has been shaded?

The answer was: B

THIS ISSUE'S CHALLENGE

In the diagram, all distances are shown in cm. The perimeter of the shape is 60cm. What is the area, in cm2, of the shape?

Olivia Smith

Y12 Aspirations Day

Y12 Aspirations Day

Y12 Aspirations Day

Poole High Sixth Form Prom

Poole High Sixth Form Prom

Poole High Sixth Form Prom

Psychology AECC University Trip

AttheendofthespringtermourwonderfulYear

13 Psychology students went to the AECC for a Psychology revision conference. During the day they had revision lectures on the topics of Sex and Gender, Memory and Social Psychology. They also had a really engaging session on Research Methods where they played games in groups trying to work out which methodology wasbeingdescribed.

Thestudentsgottoexploresomeofthecampus including and the lecture theatre and teaching rooms before being treated to a free lunch at the 'Togglers Arms', which is the campus dinning hall. After lunch students received a lecture on thebestwaystoreviseandadvisefromstudents currently attending AECC. Finally to top the day students were given free revision text books to aidwiththeirA-Levelexaminationrevision

Manyyoungpeoplewillbelookingforwardto the summer holidays as an opportunity to recharge, but some may find it challenging without the structure and support networks of being in school. The Anna Freud Centre has put together packs for young people to help them to stay mentally healthy over the summer.Thepacksincludeself-careactivities thatotheryoungpeoplehavefounduseful.

Careers & Enterprise

DEAR STUDENTS, PARENTS AND CARERS, WELCOME TO THE FUTURES SECTION OF THIS NEWSLETTER

ANOTHER YEAR OF INSPIRING THEIR FUTURES!!!!

With the summer term drawing to an end, we'd like to pass on our best wishes to those of you receiving exam results this summer! We look forward to seeing you in August and will be there to support your next steps. Whatever the outcome, the future is yours to make what you will. We know you are awesome and can do whatever you set your mind to and we hope that we have provided you with the knowledge and confidence to make informed decisions going forward.

FORPARENTS

SUPPORTYOURCHILDS

JOURNEYTOUNIVERSITY

Registeronlinefor informationonregular webinarsdeliveredby UniversityofExeter specificallyaimedat parents&carerscovering topicssuchas accommodation,finance andresultsday

AMAZING

APPRENTICESHIPS

Recognition of our fantastic careers programme was once again honoured at the annual Dorset Careers Hub Celebration evening hosted at Merley House in Wimborne. This year saw us receive an award from the BCP 0-19Team for our participation and commitment to STEM programmes as well as awards for continuing to maintain achievements of Gatsby Benchmarks 5 & 6 (committing to building powerful relationships between education and employers) and the accolade of meeting all 8 of the Gatsby Benchmarks. The national average is 4.9! The eight benchmarks are a national framework providing students with the best possible careers education, information, advice, and guidance.

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PARENTZONE

Podcastsandresources includingthelatestnews andinsightsonallthings apprenticeships

MYCHOICESGUIDE FORPARENTSAND CARERS

Aguidetosupportyour sonordaughterthrough themanyoptionsafter Year11andYear13,

AZURE HARBOUR-A BRANCH OF YOUNG ENTERPRISE: OUR Y10 COMPANY PROGRAMME TEAM FOR STUDENTS:

In our last publication, Azure Harbour had just started their journey in terms of setting up and running their own business for a year. Since the Christmas

trade fairs the students have gone on to participate in a Dragon's Den event in February, where they pitched for investment from a panel of judges made up of local businesses and took away the award for Most Financially Aware team.

A further two months into their journey, and the students started manufacturing their 'Franklin the Frog' analogue clock along with having their accompanying book printed, ready to fulfil their orders.

Azure Harbour exhibited their product and relayed their journey at the Dorset Showcase Finals in April, held at Poole Harbour Commissioners, where they again walked away with no less than three awards: Best Trade Stand, Most innovative Product and Best Presentation.

YOUR FUTURE IN STEM

An online guide to help young people to understand more about careers in the STEM field. This has been designed to showcase just how creative, exciting and rewarding a career in STEM can be.

VIRTUAL WORK EXPERIENCE

The team have met weekly since launching in October, to research, plan, design, produce and test their

product ahead of making sales. They have shown teamwork, commitment, resilience and energy throughout, supported by their business advisors-the lovely Lauren Newman & Owen Blakeley of Mazars. Super proud of these students.

APPRENTICE NATION

An online platform full of information on apprenticeships

DEGREE APPRENTICESHIPS

Find out more about Degree Apprenticeships from Rate MyApprenticeship

UCAS CAREERS QUIZ

Take this online careers quiz to see what could be your ideal job based on your personality

UK UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

Taken from 65,000+ different data points and are from students who have attended university to help the future generation of students

CLEARING: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

If you haven't had any university offers, 'Clearing' matches applicants to university places that are yet to be filled.

STUDENT REFLECTIONS:

GIRLS IN STEM

Research suggests for years, women have been underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) university courses and occupations. "Overall, the percentage of female graduates with core STEM degrees is steadily growing, however, the split is still just 26%. This figure is also translated in the female STEM workforce, with women making up 24%. This shows that some work needs to be done to encourage women to both study these subjects, and transition into the workforce."

(https://www.stemwomen.com/women-in-stem-percentagesof-women-in-stem-statistics)

Our careers programme this year has seen a real emphasis on getting girls enthused and ready to consider a career in STEM related roles.

Thirty girls were invited to spend the day on campus at AECC University College, for the Girls in Science Day 2023.

Students received a welcome talk from Claire Nadaf MSC BSc(Hons) RN RNT. They then rotated around a number of workshops looking at aspects of healthcare where STEM plays an important role such as radiology, x-ray and chiropractice.

The day was an immensely engaging, interactive and informative experience for our girls where we learned so much! Students arrived back at school filled with inspiration and deeper awareness of the link between science and healthcare.

Later in the year, another group of thirty students were invited to a Girls in STEM event at Bournemouth & Poole College.

Students turned their hands to a variety of workshops, from mechanics, science experiments, forensic analysis, animation, virtual welding and Computer Aided Design.

FOR STUDENTS

CV BUILDER

Help with your CV from Barclays Life Skills

HOW TO DO WELL IN A VIDEO INTERVIEW

Advice and tips from the National Careers Service

START PROFILE

A free, online careers platform designed to connect 11-18 year olds with their future career potential

SACU-Student

SACU has created a whole host of tools to get you researching your future options.

T LEVELS

Find out everything you need to know about the new Level 3 qualification

MANAGING MONEY & BUDGETING

See what a lesson plan would look like

UNIVERSITY BUDGETING TIPS

We’ve compiled a checklist of essential budgeting tips to help you make the most of your finances at university or college.

WOMEN IN ENGINEERING DAY RNLI

5 Year 8, aspiring female engineers, were given the opportunity to take part in the RNLI Women in Engineering Day 2023 at the RNLI HQ.

The girls participated in a number of team based activities and workshops designed to highlight the different skills and

attributes required in a variety of roles available within STEM related careers. From the math, science and design work behind life jackets and swimming aids, knot tying and hoists, computer science and virtual reality - navigating the open water in a bid to rescue civilians, the students engaged in the interactive elements as well as hearing from inspirational female engineers from across a variety of organisations.

YEAR 7 ENTERPRISE DAY

Y7's Enterprise Day 2023 saw the fabulous SAMEE team return to Poole High School to deliver their workshop focussing around the hospitality industry whilst raising awareness of self employment and varying transferable skills that would be utilised by an entrepreneur or an employee.

Students worked in teams to design, promote and present their 'ideal' hotel, addressing location, HR, finance, design elements, catering, beverages, entertainment and events, marketing and advertising as well as participating in a mock interview with candidates 'Martine' & 'Marianne'.

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HELPYOURCHILDBEGIN THEIRCAREERJOURNEY

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Aguidefor Parents/Carersfrom SuccessatSchool

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Digitalcareermagazine forparents.Eachissue featurestopemployers, hintsandtipstohelp supportjobsearches, inspiringcasestudiesand sectorspotlights

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YOUTHEMPLOYMENT

YouthEmploymentUKwe provideexpertcareers adviceforparentswho wanttohelptheirchild understandandexplore theirnextsteps.

EXAMRESULTSSUPPORT

UCASConfirmation

The students were brilliant and thoroughly engaged in all aspects of the very warm day and this was echoed with lovely comments from the organisers. "Yet again, I have to say, we are incredibly impressed with the engagement, behaviour & respect shown by the pupils - they are a brilliant year group and an absolute credit to the school." Well done Year 7-we are super proud of you!��

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EMPLOYER FEEDBACK

Eva was a pleasure to meet, she completed all tasks asked of her with enthusiasm, attention to detail and followed instructions well. She was extremely polite and her manners were impeccable. She is a real credit to your school and her parents. All the very best for the future Eva.

Galahad was a pleasure to have this week in the shop, he performed superbly. He was a great asset and would have him back again!

Louisa has really impressed us, this week Louisa spent time working at our head office in Ringwood completing administration tasks, using our internal systems She visited Southampton branch, and our West Stour mail order warehouse and sales team, Louisa acted well above her age and interacted with all staff very well. Louisa has proved to be a breath of fresh air , she is polite, very hard working. We would offer Louisa an excellent reference for any company thinking of employing her. and wish her all the best in her future. She is a credit to your school

It was great to have Alex work with us and I would not hesitate to offer Alex a role in the future.

It has been a pleasure having Madeline with both organisations this week. She has been very enthusiastic and helpful and has given advice regarding a work experience leaflet we are producing. She has also written a blog which will be published on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website. We wish her every success with her future career..

YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE

Every student should have first-hand experiences of the workplace through work visits, work shadowing and/or work experience to help their exploration of career opportunities and expand their networks.

The benefits of addressing this benchmark are valuable to students where each of the following have been noted:

Raise opportunity awareness,

Help to understand pathways at 16 and 18

Understand LMI (Labour Market Information)

Understand growth sectors and the changing economy, including skills ‘in demand, etc

Understand specific sectors/roles

Challenge stereotypes

Increase confidence

Raise aspirations

Support socialisation

Develop specific practical skills

Understand workplace behaviours/expectations

Understand enterprise and self-employment

Getting ‘real-life’ experience of work completing projects, etc Secured part-time work

Feedback from employers pays testament to the amazing young people we have in our cohort.

It was a real pleasure to host Amelie in my very busy Year 3 classroom. She was a real support to me and the children. She needed very little direction and at times, it was hard not to think of her as a very capable TA! The children loved her and interestingly, she managed to communicate beautifully to those few children who find school life tricky. They worked very well in her small groups and produced quality pieces of work. Amelie was polite, courteous and professional at all times. She took the work experience placement seriously and this was evident in her smart appearance and excellent time keeping. We discussed the possible routes into Primary Education available- Amelie would be a wonderful asset to any school in the future. I would like to express my thanks to her and we shall miss her next week!

It was a pleasure to have Robbie at BCP council. His attitude towards work and new situations was outstanding. Robbie displayed a very good level of interest and asked lots of questions. He didn't shy away from getting stuck and helping the team. We would welcome his application for an apprenticeship if he wished to apply in the future. He really was a credit to Poole High School. Good luck for the future Robbie!

Evie has been absolutely fantastic and has taken direction well. We have been extremely short staffed this week so she has been thrown into the deep end and has worked really hard. Thank you Evie we would love to have you if you decided to do an apprenticeship in future

Chloe was a delightful young lady and very quickly became a much like and valued member of the Wesley's team. I would have no hesitation if offering Chloe a further opportunity / placement..

Harry was amazing! He showed up for work smart, on time and eager to work every day. He never complained and carried out all tasks that were allocated to him and always with a smile on his face. He has done so well that we have said to him that if he would like a summer job, he is more than welcome to come and officially work here for that period.

Nathan has completely embraced the experience of a work placement at Dorset County Hospital. He shown himself to a well mannered and polite individual with a desire to achieve. Nathan immersed himself in all of the areas and asked plenty of questions relatable to the placement. His attitude and behaviour have impressed every staff member that he has come into contact with. We would like to wish him the very best for the future and would welcome him back for further opportunities. It has been a pleasure meeting you Nathan!

Codey has been fantastic on his work experience placement with us - he has been early every day for his shifts, very keen to work, and is quick to learn and communicate. We would have him back anytime!

Maisie has worked very hard during her placement. She has worked as a team, carrying out all tasks given with care and enthusiasm. Maisie has grown during her work experience overcoming her anxieties. She is an asset to the school as her customer service skills are amazing. She takes direction and ask questions. Well Done Maisie, we have enjoyed having you.

Its been a brilliant week with Henry. We have done so much from him observing me in meetings, Henry running meetings. Visiting our HQ in London, Henry finding about lots of different roles like customer service, investment management and Marketing.

Tiffany is a very bright and confident young lady, she has excelled in her duties here at Melton Court and worked well with staff and owners. She has worked on reception, serving in the restaurant and the communal lounge serving tea and coffees to owners. She has completed every task given to her with a positive attitude and it has been a breath of fresh air to have her around. I would willingly employee Tiffany in the future.

For any companies who are open to supporting our work experience placements for 2024, PHS Employer Pledge

EMPLOYER FEEDBACK

Finley is an exceptional young man who is dedicated and always willing to help learn and be part of the team. He has shown an excellent get up and go for his age and will be an asset to any organisation or further learning environment he chooses next. Finley is a good worker and will go far due to having a positive attitude that will make him stand out from the crowd.

Jasmine has been a total dream. She really is such a lovely young lady, eager to get involved, and learn and has worked extremely hard in whatever tasks have been thrown at her. She has supported young disabled people within youth sessions, edited videos for our NHS Dorset projects and helped deliver training to staff in a local conservation organisation about NeuroDiversity.

We were very happy with Summer and have offered her a summer job in the hopes of an apprenticeship

Yamin has been an excellent work experience student. He's been keen to help in all aspects of the business and regularly shown initiative. His time keeping is very punctual. Yamin regularly asked for more tasks and was able to complete them independently. It was an absolute pleasure to meet Yamin and I've asked him to get in touch when he's ready to seek employment.

It has been a pleasure to have Callum here and I would more than willing take him on part time weekend work in the future.

relevant to multiple industry sectors."

HIVE PROJECT WITH BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY

This year we have been delighted to participate in a new programme rolled out by BU to inspire young women into business and entrepreneurship. Over four sessions, students have been introduced to a variety of careers and businesses, hearing first hand from professionals that have inspired and informed. From photography to robotic surgery, from healthcare to football. Saturday

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES, ACTIVITIES & SUPPORT Results day Resources

The Careers & Enterprise Company have collated a host of resources to support you surrounding results day. Please follow this link: Support for students on Results Days | CEC Resource Directory (careersandenterprise.co.uk)

Exams helpline – Advice & Guidance

Contact the National Careers Service Exam Results

Helpline for free advice if you’ve received exams results that were not as good as you were expecting.

The helpline is open from A level results day until a week after GCSE results day.

Telephone: 0800 100 900

Text messages: 07766 413 219 Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm Saturday, 10am to 5pm

SUN – Future Steps

SUN have an online chat facility called Future Steps where young people can reach out to ambassadors through their chat facility and ask for advice - Future Steps - Southern Universities Network (sunoutreach.org)

AND THERE WE HAVE IT..

Well no. There's more. There's always more!!! We've had college trips, university trips, workplace visits, insight days, workshops and competitions (and winners!!!). We've had live guests and zooming in guests. We've had Y12 Aspirations Day. We've had career appointments (nearly 300 this year) and mentoring. We've had so much going on and it is so rewarding to know that we do inspire the future..

If you are a business owner/employer or work for a company that is looking for ways to contribute to your community and meet your corporate social responsibility and feel you could inspire our students, would like to offer support, could share your career journey, run a Q&A session with a year group/department, run an insight session or workshop please do pledge (scan the QR code). We would absolutely love to hear from you.

And so I'll end this update for now and wish you all a safe and happy summer and I look forward to rolling out the careers education, information, advice and guidance programme for 2023-24 in September. Enjoy.

Employer Breakfast 7.30-8.30am

Thursday 12 Oct

AfterthesuccessofourfirstoneinJune, we will be hosting our second employer breakfast on the 12 October 7:30am8:30am.

The focus of this breakfast is for employers to hear about the new qualification called the T Level and how employers can engage with us to better supportourstudents.

There will also be someone from our careers team to discuss employer engagement across the school. Also a greatchanceforyoutonetwork!

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PERFORMING ARTS

Zoom workshop with playwright – National Theatreconnections

On 16th January as part of our work towards producing this year’s entry in to National Theatre Connections, we had the wonderful opportunity for our cast to meet with the writer of our chosen play, Jon Britton. There were schools and Performing Arts groups across the UK also involved and we had the chance to ask questions and hear about the inspiration and thought process behind the writing of ‘Model Behaviour’. It was a fantastic workshop and the first time for many of our cast to speak to a playwright.

Gecko trip to The Lighthouse inc. post show talk bycast

Once again Gecko Theatre Company were at The LighthouseinPoole,sharingtheirnewPhysicalTheatre production ‘Kin’, an exploration into migration, racism and what ‘home’ means. It was moving and provocative and every one of our students who attendedapproacheditwithasensitivityandmaturity beyond their years. After the performance on 19th January, we had the opportunity to meet the Artistic Director, Amit Lahav and the cast, to discuss our thoughts and feeling about the show. It was an amazing experience where our students spoke from the heart and engaged with some very challenging themes. We were completely bowled over by their sophisticatedresponse.

Geckoworkshopphysicaltheatreyears10and12

Thanks to being a partner school with Lighthouse, Poole who partially funded this opportunity, our year 10 and 12 students were treated to a great physical theatreworkshopon24thJanuarywithinternationally acclaimed theatre company Gecko. Working with a professionalactorgavestudentsagreatinsightintoa technique that they can use for their own devised workbutalsoanopportunitytofindoutmoreabouta career in the industry. The workshop focused on the incorporation of the breath into performance and how to improve interactions between performers, reallyusefultoolsforourstudents.

PERFORMING ARTS

Origins youth dance platform at Pavilion Dance SouthWest

OnSaturday18Marchdanceclubstudentsperformed as part of the Origins Dance Festival at PDSW. This is an opportunity for dancers from different schools, clubs and companies to come together for a day of celebration. The students took part in a workshop with a professional dancer and created a “Beach Challenge” dance video on the day. They performed a dance Good vs Evil choreographed by Jazz Gritt, a professional choreographer and dancer who came to workwithuseachweekoftheSpringterm.Wewould like to say a big thank you to him for sharing his time with us and thank you to PDSW for the opportunity to perform in a professional venue. The students performed brilliantly and it was a real celebration of theirhardworkandtalent.

VitaNovaperformanceandworkshop

On Thursday 23rd of March year 10 drama students andyear12performingartsstudentshadthepleasure ofbeingjoinedbythetheatrecompanyVitaNova. A Bournemouthbasedcompanycontributingtohavinga healthier, safer community and led by artistic director Sharon Coyne delivered a three hour workshop focusing on addiction and the accompanying issues. The session began with a theatre performance tackling addiction which led into a question and answer session in which students could ask the actors about their own experiences and how they had overcome adversity. Following this, the students took place in a practical workshop where they developed devisingskillsbasedonthetopicofmaintaininggood mental health. Ideas were shared of positive and negative experiences and these were developed into short performances which were shared with the group.Finally,Sharongaveashorttalkexplainingthe origins and purpose of Vita Nova, this proved highly useful as the year 12 students begin their coursework onperformingartsinthecommunity.

PERFORMING ARTS

National Theatre Connections performance at The Lighthouse

‘Connections is the National Theatre’s annual, nationwide youth theatre festival. The programme is 28 years old and has a history of championing the talent of young people from across the UK. Every year, Connections commissions new plays for young people to perform. The programme brings together some of the UK’s most exciting writers with thetheatre-makersoftomorrow.’

(https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/learn-explore/youngpeople/connections/)

A huge congratulations to the 27 students, who performed at the Lighthouse on the 26th April! Directed by Miss Wheadon and Mrs Good, the play Model Behaviour, by Jon Brittain, explores a group of teenagers debating some of society’s most pressing issues through a model United Nations project in class. Our students got the amazing opportunity to be involved in workshop and rehearsal time with a professional actor whilst at the Lighthouse. Our cast showed incredible professionalism, dedication and resilience throughout the rehearsal and performance process, culminating in an amazing show performed on the Lighthousestage.

DanceclubperformatSportsAwards

Tuesday 20th June saw our amazing dance club students opening the Sports Award ceremony with their piece created with Jazz Gritt for the PDSW Origins Festival – the girls were highly professional as always, working within a smaller dance area so also showed their versatility and adaptability – all great skills for not only dance but future opportunities.

Online workshop for Dance club with 2FacedDance company

Thanks to Pavilion Dance South West, on Thursday 22nd June, we were able to take part in an online workshop with 2 of the company members of 2 Faced Dance, who will be coming to perform at Poole High School in July. The studentslearnedrepertoirefromthecompanyandusedthis to create work with some of our feeder schools at the Primary Dance Festival in July. These pieces will be performed at our Summer Arts Evening. A really lovely opportunity to work with professional dancers who gave us some great insight into the industry and a professional dancework.

PERFORMING ARTS

Year 9 Future BTEC students take part in the CreativeMusicDay

OnFriday23rdJuneyear9studentswhohavechosen musicforBTECnextyeartookpartinacreativemusic day, run by members of the Bath Philharmonia. Where they had the opportunity to learn how to play as part as an ensemble, which is sometimes a challenge for eventhebestofmusicians!Theirtaskwastocreatea piece of music from scratch throughout the day using arangeofinstruments,allstudentsinputtedtheirown ideasintothecomposition,creatingabeautifulpiece of music. On top of all of that they then performed in front of 60 students who were having a music/drama lesson. It was a pleasure to see them all working together to create music, and we are excited for whatnextyearwillbring!

GuitarclubperformatTransitionEvening

Wednesday 28th June our talented guitar club students performed some of their work as part of the transitioneveningtowelcomeournewyear7parents totheschool.Guitarclubwasaperfectchoiceforthe occasion as students range from year 7 to year 14, showing the inclusivity of the school and one of the many extra-curricular performing arts clubs that are run at PHS each week. The students performed beautifullywithprofessionalismandpolish.

Year12BTECperformanceatLongfleet

On Wednesday July the 5th, our Year 12 BTEC Performing Arts students performed their course work to year 5 and 6 students at Longfleet school. The performances were the culmination of their work on performingartsinthecommunityandstorytelling.The students began their project by selecting and adapting well known stories for a specific target audience. Among the stories were classic fairy tales such as; Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. Our students did a brilliant effort at passing on the important message of 'stranger danger' to the younger audience whilst maintaining a fun atmospherecreatedbyexcitingmomentsofaudience participation and even whole - audience dance moveswhichthestudentsthoroughlyenjoyed.

PERFORMING ARTS

OrchestraperformwithLongfleetorchestraatPHS

On Thursday 6th July our orchestra joined Longfleet Primary School's orchestra, our students had 3 rehearsals with the primary orchestra and did a fantastic performance. Our students helped with the set up of the 40 piece orchestra, as well as tuning instruments and guiding them through their parts. It was great to see them make friends with the younger students and talk to those who will be joining us in the nextcomingyears.

PrimaryDanceSchoolsFestival

Despite a strike day, we worked together with Poole School Games and our feeder schools St Josephs, Baden-Powell, Longfleet and Oakdale to hold a lovely morningofdanceworkingwiththedanceclubstudents fromPHSonFriday7thJuly. Students worked together using 2 Faced Dance repertoire to create their own dances that will be performed at our Summer Arts Evening on 13th July. It was great to see so many students being creative and performing together in suchacollaborativesetting.

Performance by Coast Youth Dance company and 2FacedDancecompany

As part of our celebration of the arts, we welcomed Coast Youth Dance Company and 2 Faced Dance company to Poole High School on Thursday 13th July. Coast is a company based at PDSW that students who aspire to a career in dance can audition to be a part of. 2Faced Dance performed their work Lungs of Our City on the basketball courts. They are an all-male company based in Hereford that perform highly energeticworks. This piece was based around a giant scaffolding tree that the dancers used to great effect. A huge thank you to both the company and Pavilion Dance South West who funded this as part of our Associate School membership. An inspirational opportunity for years 7 and 8 and all our students taking part in the Summer Arts Evening, as well as for our feeder school dance and music students, to see a professional work and meet professional artists. At the end of the performance there was also an opportunity forstudentstowritetheiraspirationsandhangthemon thetree.

PERFORMING ARTS

SummerArtsEvening

We asked for good weather and were so lucky to get it. The Summer Arts Evening on Thursday 13th Julywasachancetocelebratemanystudentswork from the past year. Students from art, dance, design tech, drama, food tech and music were involved and we had exhibitions of work, performances, refreshments and professionals from the arts industries on hand to talk to students and parentsabouttheirwork. Wealsowelcomedsome of our feeder schools to share their work in dance andmusic.Theeveningendedwithaprocessionof amazingpuppetsandlivemusictoleadintoasmall awardsceremonytopresentcertificatestosomeof our inspiring students. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all our students for their fabulous contributions throughout the year andfortheirdedication,hardworkandcreativity.

Year 9 to Arts University Bournemouth Creative Careerstrip

As part of our extensive Careers’ programme, year 9 were treated to a trip to visit our local Arts University in Bournemouth on Tuesday 18th July. Hannah and her team provided a lovely programme of activities for students including a scavenger hunt around the site. This day provided an important insight into Higher education for our students at one of the countries’ leading providers of creative university courses. The university offers many courses ranging from photography to dance, architecture to music and sound production. Checkouttheirwebsitehere: https://aub.ac.uk/study-at-aub

They also offer short courses throughout the year that students can access including the Being a Boy opportunityinthesummer.

https://aub.ac.uk/apply/short-courses

Even if students are not thinking of pursuing a career in the creative industries, the day was an invaluable opportunity for students to start thinking about their future aspirations as they are about to embarkontheirKS4studiesinSeptember.

PERFORMING ARTS

MusicconcertatLewisManninghospice

Wednesday 19th July saw some of our talented music students visit Lewis Manning hospice to play for the patients and staff. Once again, the team at Lewis Manning made us all very welcome and the students performed beautifully. Alovelyendtotheacademicyear.

Instrumentalexamsuccesses

AnnieCurtis,Grade2PianoPass

Teddy Ginn, Grade 5 Saxophone

Distinction

DylanWilde,Grade1 PianoMerit

Nikolai Poate, Grade 3 Singing ABRSM

Distinction

Alex Weatherly, Grade 5 Rockschool

PerformanceCertificateMerit

Purdy Westfield, Grade 1 ABRSM Piano Pass.

Nikolai Poate, Grade 3 Clarinet ABRSM

Merit

TeganBridges,Grade3GuitarMerit

PE NEWS

Dorset County Championships

PHS had 8 students selected to represent Poole& East schoolsatthisyear’sCountryChampionships.Theyall performed incredibly well against tough competition, with many top 3 finishes. Two of our students won theireventsandbecameCountyChampion:

JayaCollinson–1stin300mand300mH

DicksonRoku-Ali–1stin75mH

SophieOliver–2ndin200mand3rdin100m

Ruby-Mae Phelps – 2nd in 70mH, 4th in 100m and 6thinHighJump

MarcelRoku-Ali–2ndinHighJump

CameronWicks–7thin1500m

JuanRoku-Ali–3rdinHighJump,7thin200m

CharlieCollinson–2ndin1500m

Jaya and Marcel have also went on to be selected to represent Dorset at the South-West Schools Championships in Exeter (Year 8 and above only). Jaya achieved a brilliant 2nd place in the 300m hurdles and Marcel jumped a massive 1.61m to finish 5th.

Town Sports

Students from year 7, 8 & 10 competed at this years Town Sports Athletics event. There were many fantastic performances from our students throughout the day, most notably victories for: Sophie Oliver (200m), Ruby-Mae Phelps (70m hurdles), Harrison Holmes (Shot Put), Marcel Roku Ali (High Jump), Jessica King (Shot Put), Charlie Collins (1500m), Juan RokuAli(HighJump).

Overall,ourteamsfinished:

Year7Girls–4th Year7Boys–3rd Year8Girls–4th Year8Boys–2nd Year10Girls–3rd Year10Boys–3rd

Y7/8 girls rounders

The year 7 and 8 girls had a brief but fairly successful stint in the PEDSSA league. After missing out on our first few training sessions due to bank holidays and strike days, our first fixture against Magna was a success at home with a win of 10 rounders to 6. Next up we had an away game against St Michael’s – a more challenging game against a team who’d clearly playedandtrainedtogetheralotmorethanourgirls.

We fought well and our girls demonstrated some brilliant fielding throughout, but the stronger team came out on top and we lost 8½ to 12 rounders. We had a few games conceded giving us some bonus points, but unfortunately meant the girls missed out on a couple of fixtures; many of our players were dedicated to other summer clubs and teams though, meaning they didn’t miss out too much! We ended up missing out on reaching the semi-finals by just one point, and came 3rd in our group overall. I look forward to working with the team again next summer andgettingmanymoregamesunderoutbelts!

Dorset School Games Summer Festival

On Wednesday 21st June we attended the Dorset School Games Summer Festival with a number of Y7 students to take part in the wellbeing activities – a variety of movement, dance, team building and yoga activities. It was a lovely day which the students very much enjoyed taking part in, especially the yoga session in the afternoon, and they even came away with free yoga mat! Some of our fantastic Y8, Y9 and Y13 student leaders also attended the event and were involved in helping lead and manage the tennis activitiesandgamesforprimaryschoolstudents.

Our leaders were highly praised for their maturity, enthusiasm, and approachability with their roles on the day – students being role models like this is such an important part of these events as they simply could not run without them. A big thanks to our sports leaders and ambassadors on the day Stevie Walters, Scott Robinson, Veronica Azaucka, Louella Murry,KellonJoyce,andDigbySkinner.

SPORTS DAY

JULY 2023

Sports Day 19th July 2023

Last the day of term finished with sports day activities for all years, tutor groups were put into countriesfromthe2023Women'sWorldCup. Year 10 took part in track and field events before the whole school joined together to take part in the relaysincludingthestaffrelay.

Thewinningteamsforsportsdaythisyearwere......

1stFrance231points

2ndUSA401points

3rdBrazil331

4thAustralia297

5thEngland279

6thGermany212

Thank you to everyone who took part and contributedpointstowardsthereteamstotal.

Team PE

SPORTS DAY

SPORTS DAY

Parents, BCP Council need your help!

BCP would like to hear about your experiences of using childcare in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. This includes day nurseries, pre-schools, childminders, before and after school clubs and holiday clubs too.

If you are the parent or carer of children aged 0-14, or children with a special educational need or disability (SEND) aged 0-18, we need to hear from you. This short survey will give you the opportunity to feedback about the provisions you currently use, enabling us to provide the best support for your family in the future.

Click on the picture link below to have your say or visit : https://haveyoursay.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/parents-survey-2023

The survey is open until 1 September 2023.

UPCOMING EVENTS

DiscoverPoole HighSchool!

Parents of Year 5 & 6 students, you are invited to our exciting Open Evening!

Engaging Talks from our Inspirational Headteacher: at 4:15, 5:15 and 6:00pm

Explore Our Dynamic Campus: Take a Guided Tour of Our Departments - Science Labs - Art StudiosIT Suites - Drama and Music Facilities - Sports Hall and Swimming Pool

Thursday 14 September 4-7pm

Exceptional Education

Experience the Poole High School Difference: Join us and unlock your child's full potential!

For more information, visit our website: poolehigh.co.uk

ExpresslyAcademicTestfor2024 entrySaturday30September2023

What is Expressly Academic?

ChildrenthatapplytoPooleHighSchoolwillbeadmittedwithoutreferenceto ability or aptitude. Parents also have the opportunity to apply for a place within the "Expressly Academic Class" (10% of intake). These children are selectedonthebasisofabilityandarerequiredtotakeaseriesoftests.

Is the ‘Expressly Academic’ route appropriate for my child?

Our ‘Expressly Academic’ route is intended for students with high ability. As a generalguide,ifyourchildisregularlyatoraboveagerelatedexpectationsor hasanNVRorCATSscoregreaterthan115,thenitisappropriate.

Thetestisinthreeparts:

Part1–ReasoningTest

Part2–EnglishTest

Part3–MathematicsTest

Thereasoningtestismultiplechoiceandhaselementsofbothverbalandnonverbal reasoning. The English and Mathematics tests are based upon the KS2 curriculum.

When can I apply for my child to sit the ‘Expressly Academic’ tests? You can apply now. The closing date for applications is Sunday 17th September2023at23:59hrs.Nolateapplicationswillbeacceptedafterthis time.

How do I apply for my child to sit the ‘Expressly Academic tests’? You apply online by visiting our Admissions page at Poolehigh.co.uk, or by usingtheQRcodeontheright.

When and where is the test?

The date of the test is on the morning of Saturday 30th September 2023 at Poole High School. We shall contact all candidates the week beginning Monday 18th September to confirm the exact timings and procedures for the testingday.

FRONTCOVERART

Grace Hill-Cousins

CHÂTEAUBEAUMONT

Mrs Dolman

DUKEOFEDINBURGH

Ms Rolle

PERFORMINGARTS

Mrs Ellicott

MATHSCHALLENGE

Miss Melvin-Smith

PHSFUTURES

Mrs Porter

PENEWS

Mrs Wilkins & P.E. Department

ARTWORK

Mr Mathlin and the Art Department

EDITOR

Mr Payne

SONAR