Worthing High School
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MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD
After 21 years of incredible service Debbie Cole has retired from our main office; Mrs Cole will be rembered for her endless patience with us all!
Dear Parents and Carers We have had a truly amazing term! A successful Ofsted, a £2.5 million grant to build a new science block and an oversubscribed Year 7 for September 2016. I would like to offer a huge vote of thanks to all the staff in the school, they have worked so hard to ensure that we provide the best possible education for all our students and I am very pleased that their efforts have been recognised by so many local and national organisations. In May 2016 Ofsted judged Worthing High to be Good overall and awarded the highest judgement of Outstanding for Leadership and Management across the school. The Ofsted report also commends teaching in the school as “very effective with expert subject knowledge on the part of teachers”. The inspectors commented on “pupils’ good behaviour and keenness to learn.” They also stated that “In all years, pupils continue to make at least good and sometimes outstanding progress in many subjects.” As a whole school community we look forward to the summer holidays and are all set for a great start to the next academic year in September. Sadly, as ever at this time of year, we have to say good bye to staff members who are off to pastures new.
Broadwater Dr Amanda Jakes
ajakes@worthinghigh.net
Vince Message who has been an excellent technician in the DT Department since 2012 will be starting an exciting post at Christs’ Hospital, students and staff will miss Vince greatly and very much thank him for all his support. Jayne Fillery, Pastoral Leader for Heene Community has been with us since 2008 and has offered tireless support for students and parents, her care, patience and professionalism will be very much missed.
July 2016 the end of term. Liz has provided guidance for a great many students and set them on their next path to success. In the locality Liz is very much respected for her excellent business links and meticulous work experience programme.
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From the Inclusion Department we say goodbye to Fran Fisher who retires after 17 years, we thank Fran for all her support to students and for being an excellent colleague.
CONTENTS 3 SALTERS FESTIVAL
Students experience a day at Brighton University, challenging other local schools in the Festival of Chemistry
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Year 7 students present Tim Loughton, local MP with their contribution for the ‘send my friend to school campaign’
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Year 5 students from local middle schools, come to experience life at Worthing High
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Liz Millar, who since 1995 has led Careers Education and Guidance, finishes her time at Worthing High at
Year 11 leavers have a ball at the prestigious Hilton Metropole Hotel on Brighton seafront
COMMUNITY LEADERS
Heene Stuart Townsend
stownsend@worthinghigh.net
Salvington Lee Hardwick
lhardwick@worthinghigh.net
Tarring Mostefa Beda
mbeda@worthinghigh.net
MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD CONTINUED
From the Science Department, Damian Collins leaves us to take up the position of Deputy Head of Science at Holy Trinity School in Crawley, Fran Timms moves to Bohunt School, Julie Hylianski moves to St. Phillip Howard School, and Helen Davis who has led the science department to formidable success over the last 4 years, takes up the position of Assistant Headteacher at Sion School. They will all be much missed by students, staff, parents and governors.
Roger Talbot, who has led a very successful Art Department at Worthing High since 2001, moves to take up a new position at Eastbourne Academy. Katie Hunwick, our Leader of Drama will be remembered not only for her excellent teaching but also for all the stunning school shows she has produced. Katie starts her next chapter away from education and we wish her all the very best with her new enterprise.
We all say a very fond farewell to our Leader of Maths, Catherine Raynor, who has really led the way with her leadership of the Maths Department over the last 4 years. Catherine moves to The Angmering School to take up the role of Leader of Maths.
Nicola Bureau moves from the English Department to take up a position at Sir Robert Woodard Academy.
And finally, after three years with us, Core Assistant Headteacher Tom Flower, moves to take up the position of Deputy Headteacher at Heathfield Community College. Tom has ably led the Teaching and Learning
Programme at Worthing High and has set us on our course for continued success. We very much look forward to welcoming to Worthing High the following staff in September: Core Assistant Headteachers – Scott Swift and Gordon Perera join the Leadership Team. Scott joins us from The Forest School, Horsham and Gordon joins from Downlands Community School, Hassocks. Thom Izod joins us from Holy Trinity School, Crawley, as our new Head of Science, he will be supported by Ben Carter who joins us as Deputy Head of Science from Warden Park Academy. Craig Hamilton, Matthew Pope and Eleanor Humphrey will also be joining the Science team. In English Sophia Hunnisett joins us a Lead Practitioner, Denise Stripp will also be joining the English Department. Darryl Shear joins us as joint Leader of Art and DT from Ringmer Academy, Julia Batchelor joins as Leader of Drama from The Forest School and Debra-Jane Mayhew joins the Maths Department. I am enormously grateful to all parents and carers for your continued support and I wish you and your families a lovely summer break and very much look forward to welcoming back all students in September. Very best wishes Carolyn Dickinson Headteacher
TERM DATES AND ARRANGEMENTS: The last day of this term is Non-Uniform Day on Friday 22 July 2016 Please note that there will be an early 1.30pm finish. The Autumn Term - Friday 2 September - Friday 16 December 2016 Friday 2 September - Inset Monday 5 September - Year 7 Only Tuesday 6 September - All Year Groups Half Term Break Monday 24 October - Friday 28 October 2016 2
‘SALTERS’ FESTIVAL OF CHEMISTRY BRIGHTON UNIVERSITY On Tuesday, 14 June, we were invited to ‘Salters’ Festival of Chemistry’. We travelled by train to Brighton University, arriving for 10 o’clock. When we got there we were taken to the presentation room where we were told we were competing against other schools!
costumes, in true geeky science fashion. Nearer the end of the show they set fire to soap on someone’s head and then put carbon dioxide (as a solid) in hot water in a bottle which caused it to explode without warning.
After the introduction, we were taken to the lab to start the competition. Throughout the day – 10.00 – 3.15 – we did two different tasks. To start the day we did the ‘Salters’ challenge’ where we had to find out who the murderer was. To do this we had to test different powers
It made our ears buzz. Finally as a finale he first made liquid oxygen and then set fire to balloons with a certain amount of different gases to cause a loud explosion! This time we put our fingers in our ears, but we could still hear the explosion clearly! The show was amazing!
with different substances. This was to try and find out which one matched the powder found by the victim. We also did chromatography (separating ink) to find which one matched the ink from the victim. At the end we had to record our results which would be judged along with how we worked.
At the end of the day we made our way back to the presentation room so they could announce the winners. We didn’t win but we had a great day and each got certificates and pens, bracelets and fuzzy balls from a fun pack we got for participation. We had a great day and learnt to do many things. We also learnt that other schools are really quite competitive! On the way back we had our picture taken with our certificates and made out way back to school – by train exhausted! The day had been tiring and we got back at 4.30 pm. We all went our separate ways as the day had come to an end. After the long day of stress and fun we went home for a rest.
After lunch we did the second challenge where we had to mix substances together, just like the first challenge we had to write our results on a sheet for the judges. We were up against the clock to get all the work done...but we did it! For the last 30 minutes we were treated to a Science show hosted by Professor Hal and Dave from ‘The Bigger Bang Show’ it was Science not ‘Magic’. At the beginning of the show we saw a video and they kept making jokes about each other, dressed in Sci-Fi
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ANNUAL INTAKE DAY This July saw the annual Intake day filling the school with our new oversubscribed Year 6 intake. Children moving up in September met their Community and Pastoral Leaders and spent some time with their new tutor groups. The day was spent experiencing a few lessons in Maths, English and PE with a couple of quick assessments. The day was full of excitement and new friendships as students from different schools and even countries came together to form new learning relationships at Worthing High. I would like to praise the new Year 7 buddies for guiding and looking after the new intake throughout the day, you made me proud! Mr P Slaughter Assistant Headteacher
SEND MY FRIEND TO SCHOOL CAMPAIGN On 1 July, after almost a whole term of work, Year 7 students from Worthing High School brought in the East Worthing MP, Tim Loughton, to present their concern for children out of school around the world.
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Worthing High showed him a brilliantly produced presentation on the Send My Friend to School campaign and handed over colourful paper rucksacks and letters to world leaders for him to pass on to the Prime Minister in support of the campaign.
When asked in an interview after the presentation, Tim said that education in disaster affected areas was “really, really important.� After such a thorough interview and persuasive presentation, Mr Loughton promised to continue
to support the Send My Friend to School campaign in the future. He has started by promising to tweet about it and include us in his newsletter! Mary Boucher SSFU Year 7 student
YEAR 5 TASTER DAYS
Once again Worthing High opened its doors to over 500 Year 5 children and parents of Worthing and Lancing. The Taster Mornings gave children an opportunity to experience life at Worthing High School; children took part in Science, Design Technology or Physical Education lessons. Parents had a tour around the school from our Year 7 and 8 students, looking at lessons and meeting the leadership team. I would like to thank all the Year 7 and 8 tour guides who demonstrated maturity, confidence and pride in their school. Mr P Slaughter Assistant Headteacher
the children to play on. Caroline Kelly and Diane Robinson (cofounder), came into school this term and ran year group presentations and Q&A sessions to our students that addressed the impact and devastation of these events.
IT’S ALL FOR NEPAL This year, Worthing High have decided to raise money for ‘It’s all for Nepal’ (IAFN) a local charity set up to support a small village in Makaising following the 2015 Earthquakes that struck Nepal in April of last year. Having travelled across Nepal prior to the Earthquake, the founders Caroline and Terry Kelly met some local villagers and spent over three weeks meeting exploring some of the most rural villages. Once they heard of the devastation that had hit the Nepalese population, they spoke to a local villager who they had maintained contact with. Hearing 5
of the tragedy that had hit a small village in Makaising, they decided to visit and assess the damage that had been caused. After witnessing the structural damage to the school and homes of a small village, they decided to raise funds to help support the rebuilding of the local school for the children in the village and surrounding area. Having successfully done this, they are now raising funds to install solar panels and build a football pitch for
On Friday the 22nd July, Worthing High is holding a non-school uniform day in support of this worthwhile charity to help raise funds and support the next stage of this project.
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WORK EXPERIENCE 2016
Year 10 Work Experience Week – Monday 4 July to Friday 8 July Year 10 students returned from yet another successful week’s work experience. Virtually all of the students were placed in local and national businesses, and staff that visited students in their work placements reported on the maturity and commitment that the students were showing. The school’s dynamic Work Experience programme is designed to begin to equip students to take advantage of opportunities in an increasingly competitive work place. It also aims to raise the profile of Worthing High School students amongst local employers. Some of the places where the students worked included Allergy Therapeutics; Ricardo Engineering; Arundel Castle; The Connaught Theatre and Tarring and Worthing Osteopath clinics.
Work Experience provides the opportunity to explore the world of work and make decisions on possible further education and career paths. This experience can provide an initial link to a future employer and will also assist in building personal confidence and discovering qualities students never knew they had. Liz Millar – Careers Adviser
UNIFORM NEWS Uniform for years 7-10 can only be ordered from our uniform supplier SWI as follows: Online: Visit their website at www.swi.co.uk and order via PARENTS ONLINE. By Post: Send your completed order form with payment by cheque or credit card to SWI. Please note all cheques are to be made payable to SWI. By Telephone: Call their team on 01928 752 610. By Fax: Complete the order form, including your credit card details and fax to SWI on 0845 519 0055 A copy of the order form is available from our website:http://www.worthinghigh.net/uniform Summer Delivery To guarantee delivery for the start of September 2016, please ensure your order is placed with them by Friday 5th August 2016.
NEW CATERING PROVIDER The Catering Academy have successfully tendered to run our catering facility from September. They will take over from the current supplier, Caterlink, during the summer holidays. 6
All student canteen account credit balances will be maintained and will transfer seamlessly to the new company over the summer break. Wisepay will be unavailable for “top ups” in early August whilst the transition takes place. Cheque payments will only be accepted by Caterlink up to and including Thursday 21 July. After this date, all cheque top up payments for student canteen accounts should be made payable to Catering Academy Limited.
ENRICHMENT WEEK OVERVIEW The week of 4th-8th July was Worthing High School’s annual enrichment week. The purpose of this week is to provide a varied range of extra-curricular activities for Year 7, 8 and 9 students. Monday 4th of July included a variety of activities for all students. All students received an hour of first-aid training courtesy of St John Ambulance; a “Ready, Steady Cook-style” cookery demonstration
and a discovery session from STEM Sussex called “Spark it up” (about the physics of electricity/ magnetism).
Year 7 and 8 students enjoyed two days out of school on trips in the local area. The Weald and Downland Museum in Singleton hosted Year 8 students for a mixture of workshops and talks on both days. These focused on the important role of the museum in preserving the architectural heritage of Sussex buildings and the associated crafts. The same students spent the day at Plumpton College which, again, blended talks with hands-on workshops, this time focusing on the range of post-16 courses on offer.
Year 7 students spent one day carrying out ecological fieldwork at an RSPB nature reserve (either Pulborough Brooks or Pagham Harbour). The other day was spent with Mrs Grindel (Leader of History) who took all Year 7 students to visit the Norman Castle at Portchester. Whilst Year 7 and 8 were out of school on trips, Year 9 spent two days enjoying GCSE “Taster Sessions” for their four options.
Year 7 and 8 students had preparatory lessons before their visits to Portchester Castle, RSPB reserves and Weald and Downland museum. Year 8 and 9 students had an additional opportunity to create a video relating to the Rio Olympics (using video-editing software for the first time), and Year 9 students had the chance to practise their cookery skills in the food technology rooms. 7
These provided an opportunity to see exactly what their GCSE/ BTEC course will involve and ensure that students ‘hit the ground running’ in September when they embark on their Key Stage 4 courses. However, rather than stay in school, some thirty Y9 Triple Science students were fortunate enough to secure places to visit the Royal Society Summer exhibition on Tuesday 5th July. This provided students with a rare opportunity to visit the Royal Society, the most pre-eminent scientific institution in the UK. Students listened to a key-note lecture and then visited the exhibition, coming face-to-face with some of the most wellrespected scientists and their cutting-edge research. At the end of the week, Year 7 and 8 students took part in a PSHE/ Citizenship Day focusing on Government, politics, human rights and radicalisation. Year 9 spend the same day (titled “Your Lie, Your Choice”) with a different focus. Students enjoyed a carousel of workshops, including: taking part in a mock trial; looking at the role of magistrates in sentencing; listening to an ex-offender’s account of the criminal justice system as well as learning about the law surrounding drugs and alcohol.
Mr T Flower Assistant Headteacher
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GOVENOR NEWS
GOVERNOR NEWS
Jon Calvert has joined the school Governing Body. Jon said: “I am married with 2 sons who will both be starting at the school in September 2016. I have lived in the Worthing area all my life and also work in West Sussex. I am a self-employed software engineer in the R&D department of a high tech engineering company and I am therefore very interested in the STEM subjects and how they relate to solving real world problems. I am impressed with the great strides forward the school has recently made and welcome the opportunity to be a part of that continued improvement. I am committed to making a positive contribution to the governing body and the school. I strongly believe that all students should be given the same opportunity to excel and realise their full potential and I look forward to working closely with the other members of the governing body and school to achieve this aim.” Governing Body agendas and minutes are available from the school website. http://www.worthinghigh.net/governing-body-meetings-agenda-and-minutes
UK MATHS CHALLENGE Students in Years 9, 10 and 11 at Worthing High School recently sat the UK Intermediate Maths Challenge. An unprecedented total of eight Worthing High students have been invited to sit further PINK and GREY Kangaroo awards, an opportunity given to just the top 1% students across the UK. Year 11 - Elliott Miles, Daniel Jenkins, Ethan Pickering and Ryan Porter have all been invited to sit PINK papers. Year 10 - Taylor Holter invited to sit PINK paper Year 9 - Jamie Smith invited to sit GREY paper Year 7 and 8 - Max Bennett and Scott Darval were invited to sit the GREY paper. Max Bennett being awarded Merit status.
PEER MEDIATOR PROJECT
The Peer Mediator Project was set up at Worthing High School in 2011. Successful applicants from all year groups attend an intensive training course of 8 weeks. This will equip them to help their peers with friendship issues, low self-esteem, low self-image and worries about school or home life.
Each year over six million school pupils from more than 50 countries throughout the world take part at various levels. So when students sit the Kangaroo they are part of a huge world wide community of maths students. The UKMT has been organising the Kangaroo activities in the UK for many years. Further details can be found at the UKMT website.
To date the Peer Mediators have helped over 60 students with their problems and 15 year 11 students have been awarded the Princess Diana Anti-Bullying award for their work in school. The Peer Mediators attend a meeting every week to be allocated cases and to improve their skills. If a student feels they need some support or would like to speak to a Peer Mediator they can see Ms Silvé in the Pastoral Office or speak to their Form Tutor. Often students are referred by concerned peers or teaching staff. The Peer Mediator Project has proved, over the years, to be a successful support network for students at Worthing High School. Ms Silvé Salvington Pastoral Leader
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ITALY TRIP 2016 - GEOGRAPHY Our exciting trip to Italy began at 1.45am on Saturday 16th July when the geography department met 25 geography students all packed ready for the journey to Italy! Although we were all tired on the coach, everyone was so excited – most had never been to Italy before, with a few having never been abroad before. After a long journey we arrived at our first stop in Italy, a wonderful Mozzarella Farm. Once we arrived at the Farm we were given a tour. We then walked out into the courtyard to see how they make mozzarella. This was done by separating the curds and whey from the Buffalo’s milk. We were then lucky enough to be able to try some of the mozzarella and fresh tomatoes for our lunch. We then finally checked into our amazing hotel where we had free time by the pool to recover from the journey! Sunday morning is when the hard work began. We visited Pompeii where we saw the incredible, but harrowing, remains of Vesuvius’s historic eruption in 79AD. Nobody
was really prepared for the sites that awaited us; the remains of the amphitheatre where gladiators would have fought to the death, preservations of important buildings and bodies that were impressively preserved by the ash from the pyroclastic flow. After a few hours taking in the magnificence of Pompeii, we then made our journey to the legendary Mount Vesuvius. After a long and hard walk up to the top of Vesuvius, in the heat, the view was breath-taking, looking down on the surrounding
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towns and the beautiful coast and then seeing into the crater of an active volcano! We spent time taking photos and discussing the magnitude of the eruption and how it would and could impact Italy if it went off today. After this long day in the heat of Italy, we returned to the hotel for a well-deserved relaxing dip in the swimming pool at the Hotel.
On Tuesday we visited the Isle of Capri. We had all been looking forward to this since the start of the
On Monday we went to visit Herculaneum which was another town frozen in time. Here we saw
trip! We went to the harbour and met the ferry that would take us to Capri. When we reached Capri we got onto
some more skeletons of people who used live there and we could imagine how the houses would have looked before the eruption. After exploring all the ‘nooks and crannies’ of the town we then made our way to the café to have some lunch and buy gifts for friends and family. Shortly after, we made our way to the Solfatara Volcano, where we all braved the horrific sulphur smell to get closer to the craters where we could see the super-heated pools bubbling. We then headed back to the hotel for to cool off by the pool.
a motor boat which would give us a tour around the island. The sights were hugely impressive, seeing many of the coastal landforms which we had learnt about in the classroom. We then walked back to the port to meet the ferry to take us back to Sorrento and made our way back to the hotel for a freshen up and get ready for our last meal at the hotel. On Wednesday morning everyone awoke with sad faces as nobody wanted to go home after a fantastic trip. We then travelled to the airport to begin our final journey back to Worthing. Italy was a truly fantastic place to visit and I hugely recommend it to those students taking Geography GCSE. Mrs C Conrad Leader of Geography
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NEWS FROM ALUMNI
Gillian Sayer (nee Warwick) has been in touch with the school. “ I am a former pupil from 1953 to 1960, under Constance Reid as Head Mistress, after which I won an American Field Service Scholarship to Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond Virginia, returning in 1961.
Cambridge. I later came back to Sussex and was Head of English at Steyning Grammar School. I presently live in Washington DC USA.”
Sign up to our Alumni We are keen for ex-students to sign up for our Alumni. Please visit our Futurefirst website portal for more information:
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WORTHING & ADUR ECO SUMMIT 2016 The 9th Worthing & Adur Eco Summit hosted by Davison CE High School for Girls took place on Tuesday 21 June. This year the event had a very topical Climate Change theme.
Around 250 Eco Warriors from 18 different schools attended the Eco Summit event where they heard from Key Note Speaker Emma Pinchbeck (Head of Climate Change and Energy - WWF UK) 10 surprising things about Climate Change that she has learned in her job. Pupils then split into small groups where they attended a number of fun and interactive workshop sessions many of which had a Climate Change theme or linked their environmental or sustainability themed workshops to current Climate issues. Workshops covered a range of themes including Energy; Transport; Water; Waste and Biodiversity.
NEW SCIENCE FACILITYUPDATE The demolition of the existing science block starts on Monday 25th July. We have appointed DDS Demolition for this initial phase. Governors will confirm the appointment of the contractor for phase 2 (the build phase) at their meeting on Wednesday 20th July. Letters have been issued to local residents updating them on our
Pupils learnt about important environment and sustainability issues in fun and interactive ways including creating; designing; planting; music; kite flying; games; making a movie; experiments with engineers; bug hunting; food tasting; making bread; and quizzes. Workshops were run by number of local Environmental Educators along with various local organisations keen to connect with school children on these important issues including: The Southern Co-operative; Shoreham Port & Hemsley Orrell Partnership; Brighton & Hove Bus Company; Farming & Countryside Education & Plumpton College; Southern Water; and National Trust Slindon Estate. Local British Kitesurfing Champion Lewis Crathern had perfect weather conditions to demonstrate the power of wind through his kite flying workshop.
This year, Shoreham’s Ropetackle Arts Centre actively supported the Summit, introducing a number of leading businesses keen to put their weight behind it - Brighton & Hove Bus Company, Shoreham Port Authority, Hemsley Orrell Partnership (Engineers), DMH Stallard (regional law firm) and Oakley Commercial (surveyors). Ropetackle Chairman, Martin Allen, was keen to emphasize the importance of both business and the arts in the part they can play in helping to engage young people in understanding the critical issues we face due to climate change, and in coming up with ideas for addressing them. Each of the 16 workshop leaders gave a brief summary of the focus of their workshop sessions in a Plenary session which rounded up the day. Clare Sutton Eye Project Manager
progress and outlining the work due to take place over the summer break. The first of 4 temporary classrooms has been installed on the North Playground. Access to the school cycle sheds will continue to be maintained. Our surveyors have installed a time lapse camera to record the project which we hope to share with students and parents during the build phase. Mrs K Hayler Business Manager
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LEAVERS PROM 2016 The Worthing High School Prom just keeps getting better and better every year! Held on Friday 1 July, once again at the Hilton Metropole, Brighton. 195 Students and Staff arrived in style in a variety of weird and wonderful vehicles at the 4 star hotel, where hundreds of proud family members fought strong winds to capture the red-carpet moment in true Oscar style. The Metropole really delivered the “wow factor”. As they entered the main hall the year 11 leavers were welcomed with a predinner mocktail. Students were entertained during their beautifully presented two course meal with close - hand magic by a magician who has recently appeared on national TV. The Leavers’ video was shown before after dinner speeches and awards. Birthday girl Tammy Davidson started the party by bursting the huge confettii ballon. The students literally had a ball; the majority never left the dance floor, just occassionally to take the opportunity to dress-up and use the photo booth props (as did the teachers). The hotel staff, who have seen many proms, commented that our students were “a lovely bunch: polite, respectful, friendly and great fun!” It was an emotional occasion for co-organiser Liz Millar as it was her last Prom but what a Prom to end with; definitely the best one yet! Head girl, Ella Bourne, thanked the school the next day: “Thank you for organising such a great event to say farewell to fellow students and staff. The food was lovely and the venue was fantastic! Everyone enjoyed themselves, it was such a great way to end our time at Worthing High School.” All photos available from the school office. A CD containing over 400 photos of the evening is available from the school for £5. Jamie Peacock Prom Co-ordinator
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STUDENT FIRST AIDERS During Enrichment week all 520 KS3 students, those in year 7,8 and 9, attended a one hour basic first aid course from qualified trainers from St Johns Ambulance. The session covered basic first aid, resuscitation techniques and also how to use our school defibrillator. The lead trainer from St John’s said “We had a great time today. Your pupils were a pleasure to teach and are a credit to your school. Your staff were very supportive and welcoming and it made our job easier so thank you for all of your help.”
St JOHN’S COLLEGE OXFORD Despite the rain and heavy traffic a group of ten Y10 students from Worthing High School made the journey to Oxford on Wednesday 18th May . After brief introductions the group was divided into three together with students from another school to undertake a chemistry based exercise directed by Oxford PhD students. Familiar technics such as chromatography and pH were supplemented by completely new concepts such as infra red spectroscopy to analyse samples collected at a crime scene leading to a conclusion and identification of a suspect. After lunch in the college dining hall the group returned to the Prestwich room to be given an introduction to the application procedure to University in general and to Oxbridge in specific concentrating on the Russell Group “enabling subject” list
MEDIA TASTER
The Year 9 students who are taking GCSE Media Studies next year had a great taster day during Enrichment Week. They started the session exploring album art work and analysing the messages that are given to the audience.
and interview procedures. This was followed by a question and answer session with three undergraduates studying diverse subjects such as PPE and theology. After this the students were given a tour of the college. St John’s College was founded in 1555 by Sir Tomas White a wealthy London merchant and is home to approximately 390 undergraduates, 240-50 graduate students, 100 fellows and 25 College lecturers. Nearly every subject studied at the University is represented in St Next they had to create their own idea for a band and have a photoshoot, using some crazy props, to create their own album art work. The groups worked very successfully together and it was really nice to see the different bands acting as photographer for each other. Finally, we spent some time looking at the basics of Photoshop which will be an essential tool for their production work next year.
John’s. Although primarily a producer of Anglican clergymen in the earlier periods of its history, St John’s also gained a reputation for both law and medicine. Fellows and alumni have included Archbishop Laud, Jane Austen’s father and brothers, the early Fabian intellectual Sidney Ball, and Abdul Rasul, one of the first Bengalis to gain the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law at Oxford. More recently, graduates of St John’s have included the novelists and poets A.E. Housman, Robert Graves, Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin and John Wain,
as well as former Prime Minister, Tony Blair. Dr P Klemenic Leader of Gifted & Talented
I look forward to working with them all. Miss N Hoad – Leader of Media
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MFL OPTION TASTER SESSIONS
One of the themes of our new GCSE curriculum is “Target Language Culture”. During Enrichment Week the language department worked with Year 9 students exploring the following topics:
famous German sporting stars • Spanish: finding out about Latin American countries
• French: Learning about Parkour and its origins in France • German: research into modern German culture and
READING BUDDIES
Reading Buddies is a reading scheme that has been operating successfully for several years at Worthing High. It is for year 7 and 8 students who come for two, twenty minute sessions at tutor time for several weeks. Volunteer year 10 or 11 students become their ‘reading buddy’.
Fran Fisher Inclusion
The scheme has been shown to raise the self-esteem and confidence of all the students both younger and older. All students gain a reading buddies certificate and the older students gain a Unit Award from this rewarding experience.
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We have had year 8 students that have become ‘buddies’ themselves when they reach year 10.
THE ONSIE CYCLE
Five of our students organised their own 13 mile sponsored cycle ride in order to raise funds for St Barnabas Hospice. It was in memory of our Year 8 student Jasmine Marshall’s mother and other family members within the group who have lost loved ones. The five girls were Isobel May, Jasmine Marshall, Annie Green, Evie Carter and Ella Cornish. The girls recieved fantastic support cyclying in their onsie’s from Brighton Pier to Worthing Pier which they all completed it in just over 2 hours, even though they cycled through the hailstorm! At each stop they saw that more donations had been made online which spurred them on. Whilst on the ride an elderly couple spoke to them after seeing their St.Barnabas T-Shirts and gave them £10. Isobel May said “We are all so pleased by the amount we raised, we hpoe that ihe money will benifitt others like St Barnabas has helped us”. Their page stands at £988 but all of them have some offline sponsors that need to be added so we are hoping it will exceed £1000. If you would still like to contribute the link to the page is www.justgiving.com/Debbie-May2.
WORLD OF WORDS
PORTCHESTER CASTLE
Did you know that there were more female directors, producers and cinematographers in Hollywood in 1916 than there are now?
Year 7 enriched their experience in History by recently visiting Portchester castle. Having studied castles as part of their investigation on how William I changed England after invading in 1066, the opportunity to visit a castle originally built by a Norman Lord in the grounds of a Roman wall had to be seized. Students investigated how the castle developed and why.
The Year 9 Media students were lucky enough to have a visit from Melody Bridges from the Worthing World of Words festival. Melody, a film director herself, showed us a documentary film about the film maker Nell Shipman and her amazing career and led a discussion about women in the world of television and cinema. The students were surprised to learn about how many women were instrumental in the film industry before the five main studios dominated the scene. Hopefully, some were inspired to follow their own film making dreams!
They also saw how difficult it would have been to attack the castle successfully and particularly enjoyed climbing the spiral staircase to experience the views at the top of the keep. Jules Grindel Leader of History 15
LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE In April Worthing High were thrilled to welcome bestselling, award winning author Cathy Cassidy to the school along with other secondary and primary schools. Cathy told us how she started writing in her little blue shed at the bottom of her garden in Scotland. One of her favourite things to do is daydream which has helped her harness the skills for her creative writing and form imaginary worlds which she then recreates into mood boards for starting a new book. She also showed us how she draws
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pictures to help her form her main characters. One of the inspirations for her new book started years ago when she was at a book signing and 5 very persistent fans asked her if she would include them in one of her books. They called themselves ’The Heart Club’ as their initials formed the word Heart and constantly emailed her over the years for her to include them somewhere in one of her books. This now forms the theme for Broken Heart Club, the main characters being Hasmita,
Eden, Andy, Ryan and Tasha, spelling HEART. Five best friends who drifted apart. We took a fun quiz to see which character of her new book we are most like. We explored all the exciting areas of her website from the Dreamcatcher Blog to competitions which our students were very keen to take part in. She was amazing and students were so excited talking to her afterwards as she signed their books and spent time individually answering their questions.
LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE
We all had an AMAZING time at the presentation evening on Friday 24th June. The event was attended by over 450 students, parents and grandparents from numerous schools. Our host for the evening was Juno Dawson and after hearing the authors talk about their books and inspirations she announced the winners. Carla Spradbery, author of 100 Society, was thrilled to win the Gold Award and will be back to host next year’s award ceremony. Thank you to all our students for taking part, we thoroughly enjoyed reading along with you. You are such an enthusiastic bunch!
Reading has gone from strength to strength this year. Many students have enrolled in book clubs and taken part in book awards. Students are enjoying striving towards reaching their reading
targets and many are going way beyond. At break and lunchtime there is a constant hubbub of students discussing books and recommending to others.
Top reading awards this year have gone to the following students, they have achieved incredible results in their first year on Accelerated Reader.
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LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE Great to see so many of our students are volunteering to help out with this years summer reading challenge in the local libraries. Look out for our students, they are all keen readers and are looking forward to hearing all about what the younger readers are enjoying.
GCSE FOOD STUDENTS In June, the Year 10 GCSE food students completed the practical exam for their controlled assessment. They had to make a range of three challenging desserts
Things to look forward to next school year: September to December (2016)— The Southern School Book Awards—Year 9/10 book clubs 28th February 2017—Chris Bradford Author Visit—Year 7/8 and book club members
which met a given specification and demonstrated a range of skills. The students had spent the half term leading up to their exam trying out recipes and practising the high level skills they would need to demonstrate to achieve the top marks in their exam. On the day of their exam, the students arrived clutching their time plans and laden with bags of ingredients. Up to eight students at a time had a whole afternoon to make their three challenging desserts. The products produced included: lemon meringue pie, a layered profiterole dessert, trifle, chocolate honeycomb cheesecake, a melting chocolate bomb with caramel ice cream and panna cotta. Most students made all of the component parts for each dessert from scratch - not a tin of custard in sight! The students all worked extremely hard to create some
March to June (2017)—Amazing Book Awards—all book clubs 23rd June 2017—Amazing Book Awards Presentation Evening Have a fabulous summer and Mrs Langley and I look forward to hearing what you have been reading on your return.
outstanding and very professional looking desserts. It was a very tiring experience for the students and a little taster of what it might be like to work in the food industry. Mrs S Hurley - Food Technology
STUDENT LEADERS 2016 Worthing High School is delighted to announce their new Student Leadership Team for 2016/17. Yasmin Jeffery and Ben Dean have been appointed Head Girl and Head Boy. Amy Alford and Matthew Clegg are Deputy Head Girl and Deputy Head Boy.
Head Girl Yasmin Jeffery and Head Boy Ben Dean
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Deputy Head Girl Amy Alford & Deputy Head Boy Matthew Clegg
Broadwater - Becky Harrison and Megan Richardson
The Community Student Leaders are: Broadwater - Becky Harrison and Megan Richardson Heene - Amy Blower and Chris Sherman Salvington - Danielle Wilding and Ryan Stimpson Tarring - Millie Allen and William Edwards
Heene - Amy Blower and Chris Sherman
Salvington - Danielle Wilding and Ryan Stimpson
Tarring - Millie Allen and William Edwards
ROYAL SOCIETY EXHIBITION LONDON On Tuesday the 5th July year 9 Triple science option students visited the Summer Royal Society exhibition in London. A festival celebrating cutting edge science and technology. We got off to a fabulous start; our outbound train was first delayed, and then quickly cancelled leaving Worthing Station. However, we made the most of the situation; promptly wedging ourselves into the 3 carriages of the next Victoria bound train, along with all the other morning commuters. This meant standing for quite a large part of the journey and even those who did have seats good naturedly offered then to the elderly, very small or mothers with babies. We trotted off the train to be smartly route marched (at high speed by Miss Davis) past Buckingham palace and down The Mall to the Royal Society. Miss Davis was very keen to catch a glimpse of Professor Brian Cox. This historic building had seen many famous scientists over the years, Sir Isaac Newton, Darwin, Sir Walter Raleigh and even Watson and Crick.
Let’s hope some of the students visiting that day will be future great scientists ! After signing in we were given 3 hours to explore the hands on exhibits and talk to the scientists. There were over 22 different exhibits spanning killer fungi, artificial diamonds, cancer, antimatter, comets, plastic artificial joints, mosquitos, photosynthesis and surgical robots. Mr Talbot was very excited and threw himself into Science along with all the students; he is really looking forward to getting a spider web knee-cap replacement in old age! These would be exceedingly handy as are lighter,
stronger and not rejected by the human body-and most importantly for Mr Talbot Bullet proof! The students could also attend a lecture on “Brain hacking with viruses “by Dr Stephanie Schorge showing how epilepsy might be cured. There was just time to hold a piece of Mars and gather free pens, Frisbees and sweets before lunch in ST James Park. Then it was back on to the platform at Victoria to find out what Southern Rail had in store for our adventure home. A detour via Brighton saw us all return home on schedule tired but enlightened. Thank you to Mr Talbot, Mr Joyce and Miss Davis for taking us.
SIGNPOST GARDENING CLUB Signpost Gardening Club transforms garden space! School life is so busy that we often make the journey from lesson to lesson without noticing our surroundings, that is until they change! A small corner of the school campus has been given a green make over by a group of budding gardeners and is brightening up the view from the maths/DT corridor. The Signpost Club gardening club project has allowed students to (literally!) get their hands dirty and get stuck in with planting, pruning and watering the various plants and vegetables in this sheltered spot. They have already taken produce home and by the time we return after the summer holidays there will be tomatoes in abundance. The club also has a spiritual dimension and alongside our growing plants we have looked at the teachings of Jesus and how these help us grow and flourish in our daily lives. Mr Smith would like to thank: Kieran Fowles, Charlie Cottenham, Ruben Charlton, James Cooper and Rachelle Bamber for their help and enthusiasm. Who says young people are not interested in gardening?!
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ART TRIP Reflections on Worthing On 20 April the Art department took a small group of BTEC and GCSE Art students on a photography trip into Worthing. The main focus of this trip was to take photographs of reflections, recording different areas of the town and ending up on the seafront and eventually the pier.
Photo by Sam Winter
It didn’t take long for the select group to get the idea of setting up
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and preparing a great range of reflective surfaces including sunglasses and mirrors and then taking a wonderful set of photographs. These were used for the BTEC exam and also used towards GCSE work. It was great to see how well they took the idea of
On Thursday 16th June, a group of Year 10 students were invited to spend the day at Chichester University taking part in LitFest, a festival of all things literary. The day included a variety of workshops, seminars and discussions which were designed to support students’ English studies at GCSE and beyond. The students eagerly participated in a wide range of activities such as author talks from Sophia Bennett, Eve Ainsworth and Matt Dickinson; workshops on careers in advertising; creative writing activities and a careers panel with the experts. It was an engaging and
MY SILVER DofE AWARD
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Recently, I completed the practice expedition for my Silver Duke of Edinburgh award, which meant walking for 20 hours and camping for 2 nights. On this expedition, me and my group of 4 others were entirely self-sufficient, carrying all of the essential supplies on our backs and cooking our own food. On the first day we walked 29.9 kilometres through Ashdown Forest; we lost track on the second day. We were given certain checkpoints and destination that we had to get to by formulating our own routes using our map and compass navigation skills. Before hand, we
reflections in the town and ran with it creating some beautiful photographs. These were later edited in school and turned into postcards which could be sold in and around Worthing. R Whitaker - Art
interesting day and the students learned lots of new skills to take back to their English lessons. We all enjoyed the barbeque at lunchtime too (despite the weather)! Miss A Griffiths Leader of English
had a training day where we were taught these skills and what to do in the event of an emergency; i.e: if someone injured themselves, two members of the group go to find help while at least one person stays with the wounded. The whole experience is difficult and challenging, but it allows you to meet people you wouldn’t normally get to spend any time with. Friendships are formed, bonds are made and newfound appreciation for the natural world around you are merely some of the benefits. If you don’t enjoy the outdoors, it might help to think of all of the benefits of completing the award later in life; colleges, universities and employers value and admire the qualification. Overall, I loved the experience
and I’ll definitely be going for the Gold Award next year. Becky Harrison, Broadwater Community Leader, BLBR
B SHARP GUITAR & UKULELE SCHOOL Steve Gladman has been running an after school guitar and ukulele clubs at Worthing High since 2006, over the years he has taught hundreds of students from all over the Worthing area, many have gone onto write their own songs, music, performing in live bands and some have careers in the music industry. To celebrate working with Worthing High for 10 years, Steve is offering a free guitar or ukulele lesson for any interested students. For more information, please contact Steve on 01903 600114 or email: info@bsharpguitarschool.co.uk
NATIONAL CITIZEN SERVICE Earlier this year, year 11 was visited by NCS (National Citizenship Service) - we were encouraged to sign up! During this course we have developed new skills and made many friends. Whilst we were away, we went to Devon for our first week and visited a PGL centre where we did various physically and mentally challenging tasks. This first week was the team building part of the process. The second week, we stayed in flats at Brighton University, Varley Park. This was good for it enabled us to understand what it’s like to live independently, whilst sharing a kitchen with 16 other people! We were visited by various charities and had many workshops which taught us basic public speaking skills. Sophie and Joe are part of a team called Amigos Wave. We are participating in a sponsored walk and a static cycle, whilst also organising an open mic event at The Glynn Owen Centre on 26th July. This is in aid of our chosen charity, the Anthony Nolan Trust. This is a blood cancer charity which we feel passionate about raising awareness to for there are next
to no symptoms and so we want people to know what to look for. It will be from 5.30-10pm - adult tickets are £4 and 16 and under are £2. We will also have a cake sale, an information stall about our chosen charity, an auction, a raffle, and a stand where we would appreciate people to come bringing old toys and old books in which we can proceed to donate to the children’s ward at Worthing Hospital. We have a Facebook page which is titled ‘Amigos Wave’ or @amiogswave and our aim is to get as many likes as possible to aid our charity. We also have a JustGiving page https://www. justgiving.com/fundraising/Amigoswave To donate, either follow the link, or Text AWOM54 and then your chosen number of money to 70070. Thanks for the support! Written by Sophie Chaplain and Joe Oakley. . Autistic Youth Awareness As part of NCS each team was encouraged to support a charity of their choice, we decided on the name Unity and as a group we wanted to spread awareness and tackle stereotypes about Autism. Throughout the past two weeks we have all formed close relationships
with one another and wanted to make a difference in our community as a team. One member in our team lives with Autism and he helped us decide the charity we want to support with fund raising. As a team we have decided on supporting NAS (National Autistic Society) which gives families and children with Autism better understanding and support with regular doctor’s visits and health checks. We have recently made contact with the charity and waiting for a response. What is Autism? Dictionary Definition states “A mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by great difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts” Children with autism may find it hard to adapt to change and may not understand boundaries. Children with autism often can’t make connections that other kids make easily and may find it harder to learn and concentrate. We are planning an Event at the Glynn Owen Centre to help raise awareness about the condition. If you want to get all the details feel free to visit our Facebook page “Worthing Awareness - Our community” And for facts and statistics follow us on Twitter @AYA_Worthing and if you want to contact us with any questions or support email us on Ncsayaworthing@gmail.com Thank you so much for reading about our charity work. Amelia Hughes & Ben Christian
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BRONZE MUSIC AWARD Worthing High School awarded Bronze Music certificate by the Incorporated Society of Musicians Worthing High School has been awarded the Incorporated Society of Musicians’ Bronze certificate in GCSE music. This means that 12% of the school’s entire 2015 GCSE cohort achieved an A*- C in music GCSE, putting the school in the top 649 schools nationally that achieved 10% or more. The national average is 6.8%. David Martin, Music Subject Leader, said: ‘I am absolutely thrilled that the effort and hard work of our students has been recognised by such an august national body. I am constantly amazed at the musicianship and standard of work produced by Worthing High School musicians. Their outstanding results were well above the national average in every aspect of the course. To stand alongside the top 20% of state and independent schools in England makes me very proud indeed!’
WEALD AND DOWNLAND Tuesday 5th and Thursday 7th July were truly enriching days as our year 8 students enjoyed discovering traditional buildings in a rural landscape that tell the stories of those who lived and worked in them
Milo Liau, whose outstanding GCSE results included the top grade A* for Music commented: “The Music department teachers at Worthing High were always so dedicated and they made it so much easier to succeed. I loved my time there and I’m extremely proud of all our year group achieved.” Deborah Annetts, Chief Executive of the Incorporated Society of Musicians said: ‘Music is a hugely important subject in itself, for future professional careers and for wider learning in a school; it adds huge benefits to
the wider curriculum, school and community life and educational opportunity. As the professional body for musicians, we are delighted to recognise this high level of achievement with this certificate.’ The certificate is supported by the ISM Trust (www.ismtrust.org), the charitable arm of the Incorporated Society of Musicians. The Trust was created in 2015 to promote and support music education and music itself. Mr D Martin Leader of Music
the stunning Sussex countryside! Students enjoyed a variety of workshops including milling flour in a working watermill, cooking in a Tudor kitchen, blacksmithing in a Victorian forge and got their hands dirty making a wattle and daub wall. A huge amount of interest
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PLUMPTON COLLEGE VISIT
During enrichment week all of our Year 8 students experienced a taster day at Plumpton College.
PULBOROUGH BROOKS AND PAGHAM HARBOUR On the Tuesday and Thursday of enrichment week, Year 7 students had the opportunity to visit an RSPB nature reserve. Half of the year group went to Pulborough Brooks, the remainder visited Pagham Harbour. In each place, students carried out ecological fieldwork investigations into the impact of abiotic (nonliving) and biotic
The day involved students rotating around the different areas of floristry, motor vehicle maintenance, blacksmithing and animal care as well as a tour of the farm and campus. Many students were able to hold and touch the animals in the reptile centre some of the sizeable tortoises! In addition to pond dipping and scaling the adventure wall, students had the chance to try their hand at floristry, meaning that many students returned to school sporting impressive buttonholes! The day finished with a talk from the college about the many different careers in the industry. Mr T Flower Assistant Headteacher
(living) factors on the diversity of invertebrates found in different locations on each reserve. At Pulborough Brooks, students investigated two different freshwater habitats: a pond surrounded by mature oak trees and a recently dredged ditch bordering the water-meadows. Students measured the light intensity, water clarity, water pH, water temperature and air temperature in each location in addition to collecting and identifying the invertebrates found in each location. Students found that the greater the light intensity, the cleaner the water and the greater the diversity of invertebrates. We all had the opportunity to enjoy eating lunch outside in one of the meadows, taking care not to consume one of the many highly poisonous plants (such as hemlock, which famously ended the life of Socrates). At Pagham Harbour, students investigated similar hypotheses. However, this time students were comparing abiotic and
biotic factors in a saltmarsh with freshwater and brackish ponds. Students found it particularly difficult to focus on some of the measurements in the saltmarsh given the huge numbers of shorecrabs that were scuttling around everywhere!
A great time was had by staff and students alike visiting these nationally-important nature reserves! Mr T Flower Assistant Headteacher
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What is Crackit?
The group of 14 students commit to attend a 2 hour a week after school club for 6 weeks. Each week, the first hour is spent playing Tennis on our new tennis courts with the West Worthing Tennis club coach. The second hour is spent with a Design agency Pleece and Co who support the students to design characters related to Tennis which will be used to brand team Tennis Rackets and T shirts. A number of students from year 7 and 8 were selected to take part in
SIMPLY DANCE 2016 On Thursday 14th April Worthing High School’s annual dance show, Simply Dance returned to Worthing Pavilion for the fifth year running. Again like previous years the evening was a huge success with over 250 students participating in
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the project, following an invitation from Future Proof CIC. They had designed an innovative programme for secondary students aiming to link Design and Technology to Sport in an interesting way. Worthing High School was chosen as the pilot school for West Sussex and the first cohort started in November 2015. Mrs Allibone led the sessions with the input of the two main support partners, West Worthing Tennis Club and Pleece and Co. Students were spilt into two teams of seven. All team members contributed to designing and playing tennis each
week. Team captains for the first Tennis Crackit cohort were Daniel Vassiliou and Sophie Cole. The sixth week is a celebration with play offs against each team and a formal Tennis tea to which all parents were invited. This was such a successful project we are now coming to the end of Crackit 4. We are hoping to start the
the evening from Worthing High School, The Vale, Thomas A Becket Junior School, Heene C of E Primary School and Thomas A Becket Infant School. The performers met at 3.30pm as they eagerly waited for their final rehearsal onstage before the doors opened at 6.00pm, for over 600 people to take to their seats to enjoy the many performances
included in the evening. The evening consisted of twenty dance performances, each showing a different style, genre and theme.
next sessions of Crackit Cricket in October 2016 for the new year 7s. Amanda Allibone
The evening was a brilliant success and enjoyed by all. Miss A Strudwick Leader of Dance
PE PRESENTATION EVENING Worthing High School’s PE Achievement Evening took place on Wednesday 13th July. The guest speaker this year was Tim Prendergast, Paralympic Gold Medalist 2004 800m track.
The PE department were proud to reward those students who have represented the school so successfully this academic year. Students were awarded a number of certificates and
WHS CRICKET ACADEMY Worthing High School Cricket Academy in partnership with Sussex Cricket Foundation Year 5 and 6 students from Vale, Downsbrook, Thomas A Becket, and Durrington Junior attended. Students were taught by Worthing High School Year 9 PE students, developing their cricket skills, completing in a carousel of activities. victorious with a greater number of runs scored. TAB were crowned ‘Worthing High School academy cricket tournament winners’ for the third year running. Sid the shark presented all students with a certificate and the winners with medals.
In the afternoon students participated in a tournament where the Sussex’s mascot ‘Sid the Shark’ joined in with the fun. Excellent cricket was on display all day. Students played in a round robin tournament throughout the afternoon. Vale 2 and TAB finished joint on points however TAB were
Worthing High School is already looking forward to the tournament next year. Miss M Field Leader of PE
engraved trophies throughout the evening. Miss M Field Leader of PE
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ACTIV8 DAY 2016 Worthing High School held its annual Activ8 Day on Friday 15th July. Worthing High School sport leaders and past year 11 students were in at 7am to help the PE department set up. 40 tutor groups, representing each of the four communities, took part in a carousel of activities including bench ball, softball, lacrosse, volleyball, hockey, handball, tennis, table tennis, tchoukball, basketball, dodge ball, nerf and football. Tutor groups were looking to earn as many points as they could for their community through team work, participation, effort and competition. There was a real sense of community ethos throughout the school which
created a great atmosphere for students and staff. All four communities were fantastic and it was hard to announce a winner. The honours this year for the second time went to TARRING. Miss M Field Leader of PE
Community Points Position Tarring 1101 1st Heene 1063 2nd Salvington 1049 3rd Broadwater 1027 4th
MOTORSPORT HONOUR
Congratulations to both Ben and James who have been invited by Lord March this week to race at the Goodwood Revival in September. Both students will be racing in the St Marys Trophy Austin A30/A35’s. This event is something which is 26
renowned worldwide and will have 100,000 spectators attending over the 3 day event. Many of the top racing drivers and celebrities will be attending. This will be the pinnacle of both James’ and Ben’s racing so far. We are all so proud of both students here at Worthing High school and wish them both well in their bright motorsport futures.
STEYNING NOVICES 2016 Another fantastic day in June at Steyning Novices for the athletes from Year 7, 8 and 9. The stunning weather was complimented by the stunning performances on offer from all year
groups competing in a number of different disciplines. However, the hot and humid conditions did not deter the students from Worthing High School many of whom were keen to repeat their excellent performances at the District meet earlier in the term and really announce their arrival on the Worthing school athletics circuit. Again the students did not disappoint and they put on another awesome display of speed, power and endurance to record some fantastic victories:
form in winning Gold in the boys 100m, 200m and the 4 x 100m relay. • Sam Williamson (Year 8) won Gold in the boys Shot Putt. • The Year 8 boys relay team (Ryan Leah, Marley Miranda Marshall, Joe Nerval, Kobe Whitford) won Gold. • Dieter Forster (Year 7) only just missed out on a medal, finishing a very impressive 4th in both the Discus and Shot Putt
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Sophie Cole (Year 7) won Gold in the girls Javelin. Kobe Whitford (Year 8) continued his recent good
Georgia Dean (Year 8) continued where she left off at the district athletics meet
earlier in the year with an awe inspiring display competing in the 200m (where she gained a Silver in the final), the very demanding 1500m, the long jump as well assisting the Year 8 girls relay team through to the 4 x 100m final where they came a welldeserved 4th overall. • The Year 8 boys came a credible 3rd overall in the competition out of 12 schools. Overall, it was another fantastic day with our students and another breathtaking display of guts, determination and resilience from all of the athletes from Worthing High School. A huge well done to all those who competed on an extremely hot and humid afternoon. Mr R Morris - PE
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