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FRIDAY 13th March 2015
weekly newsletter from southborough high school
Word from
the Headteacher
Niall Smith
Young Enterprise
This year’s Young Enterprise group,
Alpha, have picked up where ACE left
off. They have come up with a fantastic
product, a security backpack called the
“Vice-Versa” and are already winning awards: the Best
Team and Best Sales Team at the Richmond & Kingston
Trade Fair last weekend. Please do support them by
buying a “Vice-Versa” and spreading the word via Twitter
@alpha_YE or at facebook.com/AlphaYE1 .
Proud new owner of a Vice-Versa..!
Kind regards,
Mr N. Smith, Headteacher
LETTER OF THANKS
Southborough
High
School received a lovely note last week from
the Motor Neurone Disease Association thanking
our Year 10 Princes Trust
students for their generous donation. The boys,
namely
Mehmet
Aker,
Harris Barber, Cameron Ballard, John Cordeiro, Branden
Okyere, Sam Sobkow, Scott Wells, Noureddine Aitouarab,
Tarun Ramjeeawon and Dimitar Vukadinov – raised the
money selling a range of exclusive ethical products as part
of a special social enterprise project that they took part in
earlier this year. Well done boys!
calendar
Sat 14 Mar
Y10 Cadet Training
Sun 15 Mar
Y10 Cadet Training
Mon 16 Mar
Y7 Inter-form Football (am), Visit to Talk by
Michael Morpurgo (eve)
Tues 17 Mar
Y10 Trip to The Orange Tree Theatre, Y11/12/13
Science Trip to St Mary’s Uni
Wed 18 Mar
Y8 Inter-form Football (am)
Thur 19 Mar
4-7pm Y10 Parents’ Consultation, FOSH cake/
hot chocolate sale @ lunchtime, Y11/12/13
Science Trip to St Mary’s Uni
Fri 20 Mar
Y7-10 School Exams (to 26/3)
Sat 21 Mar
Y6 Friendship Day
Mon 23 Mar
6th Form Rag Week (to 27/3), AS Geography
Trip to Swanage (to 25/3)
Tues 24 Mar
7pm Murder Mystery
Wed 25 Mar
Y9 Inter-form Football (pm)
Thur 26 Mar
1.30pm The S Factor Talent Show for KS3 in
Hall
Fri 27 Mar
Break Up at Lunchtime
Mon 13 Apr
Professional Learning Day – School Closed for
Pupils
Tues 14 Apr
8.40am School Starts
Wed 22 Apr
GCSE PE Moderation
Thur 23 Apr
4-7pm Y8 Parents’ Consultation
Fri 24 Apr
FOSH ‘Pig Racing’ evening
Thur 30 Apr
4-7pm Y7 Parents’ Consultation, Junior Maths
Challenge
Mon 4 May
Bank Holiday
Wed 6 May
International GCSEs begin
Fri 8 May
6th Form Study Leave Starts
Sun 10 May
Trip to Basketball Match at the O2
Mon 11 May
GCE/GCSE Exams begin (to 24/6)
Tues 12 May
P6 Whole School Reading
25-29 May Half Term
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Zach Weston and Alec Mason
(Year 9)
for outstanding work
in Computer Science.
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THURSDAY 26TH MARCH
THE FINALS OF SOUTHBOROUGH’S
VERY OWN TALENT SHOW!!!!
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SOUTHBOROUGH STUDENTS AND
STAFF TAKE PART IN YMCA’S
SLEEPEASY CHALLENGE 2015
Last weekend, many of us
would have enjoyed a hot meal
and a cosy night indoors while
the cold night weather took its toll
outside. Snuggled later on in our
comfortable, warm beds, many of
us probably wouldn’t have given a
second thought to how very lucky
we are to have such comfortable
and safe lives.
The reality, it seems, can be
very different for others, with
thousands of people – young
and old – living homeless on the
streets. But what can people do to
help change things for the better?
Last Saturday evening, a large
crowd of Southborough students
from Year 11 and 12- along with
teachers Miss Bassnett-Barker
and Mr Walker – attempted to
do just that. Indeed, they gave
up their comfortable beds for the
night and donated money in order
to sleep under the stars in makeshift cardboard shelters as part of
the YMCA -driven SleepEasy Challenge for 2015.
The SleepEasy Challenge which has grown in size and momentum over the last four years,
and now sees satellite events
taking place across the United
Kingdom – is about raising both
awareness and much needed
funds for the valuable work that
the YMCA do supporting the
homeless.
‘Sleep Rough So Others Don’t
Have To’ is the key message of
this very worthwhile cause and so
it was that both staff and students
from Southborough High School
found themselves in Kingston’s
town centre at 6.30pm last Saturday evening.
All participants – and there
were over 100 young people from
a number of schools and youth
clubs taking part in total – first
met up at the church next to the
memorial gardens to receive a
warm welcome from organisers,
sponsors and others who were
there simply to help out and entertain the crowds! Coffee, soup
and card boxes were then handed out to everyone taking part
and everyone moved outside and
into the memorial gardens themselves.
Earlier that day Kingston had
witnessed some rather unexpectedly warm weather. However, as
the night drew in, the temperature dropped and it was back to
a cold and frosty night (although
thankfully not rainy!) for the participants, settling down into their
cardboard shelters for the long
night ahead, which only ended at
6am the next morning.
Year 11 student Mario Nikolov commented: “It’s only
when you sleep outside with
nothing but a piece of cardboard to protect you from the
elements that you get a better
sense of what it must be like
for all those homeless people.
Not having any where safe and
warm to stay for the night –and
for the foreseeable future – is a
terrible situation to be in.”
Year 11 student Tim Wong
added: “Most of us really do take
our comfortable lives for granted so this experience was a real
wake-up call for what it must be
like to be homeless. Even so, we
still had refreshments and security was on hand for our protection.
The homeless invariably aren’t so
lucky. I just hope that our contribution can help in some way.
Year 11 student Aidan Yim added: “One thing’s for sure, though,
I know that we want to take part
in the event next year as well!”
Miss Bassnett-Barker, who was
the driving force behind our students getting involved, concluded:
“This is the second year running that students from Southborough have taken part and Mr
Walker and I were overwhelmed
that so many of the boys offered
up their weekend to do something
completely selfless.. For the entire
night the boys’ behaviour was impeccable! It was also lovely to see
the older students looking out for
the younger ones. I am unbelievably proud of all of them and what
they have accomplished through
taking part.”
Well done to the following students who took part:
Year 11: Zack Hill, Saad Khan,
Michael Villar-Nogerua, Mario Nikolov, Adam Royal, Tim Wong,
Aidan Yim, Joe Girton, Kurubaran
Umapathykumar,
Year 12: Jack Berry, Brooking
Roffey, Cameron Ritchie, Ben Ellis, Ewan Lui, Robert Hutchins and
George Barlow- McLarnon
A BIG thank you also to Miss
Bassnett-Barker and Mr Walker
for organising, supervising and
taking part in the event.
Murder Mystery
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MURDER MYSTERY
LAST CHANCE!! It is your last chance to secure tickets for
this year’s Murder Mystery. Payments will stop on March
17th. Remember your £14 gets you a three course meal and
an evening of dramatic entertainment.
CAUCASIAN
CHALK
CIRCLE TRIP
On March 7th, 40 Year 8 and
GCSE Drama students went to
see Caucasian Chalk Circle at
The Unicorn Theatre. The play
was written in the 1940s by
Bertol Brecht, who is a very important theatre practitioner.
Year 8 students will study him
and the theatrical techniques
that he developed later in the
year, and this was a great introduction. With little scenery, a
multi-rolling cast of eight, songs
and narration, the play tells the
story of Grusha a serving girl
who rescues a small boy after
their family flee a country in civil war. After Grusha's many trials and tribulations the biological mother returns, demanding
her son back. It is up to Azdak
the judge to decide who should
keep the child.
At nearly 3 hours in length,
the play kept the students spell
bound with its innovative staging and gripping story. On leaving the theatre I overheard one
student say: 'It moved my soul.'
That is the power of theatre!
Many thanks to Mr Milliken for
assisting, and especially to Miss
Parsons and Miss McMonagle
who gave up their free time to
be on the trip.
PLEASE PAY OUR SCHOOL FUND
We thank those parents who have already made a contribution to the school fund. If
you haven’t already made your school fund donation this year, then we would urge you
to do so. School fund payments contribute towards different aspects of school life, eg
students’ extra-curricular activities, participation in sports competitions, and running
and upkeep of school minibuses. The suggested contribution per family per annum is
£80.00, but all donations are welcome. There is an option now to pay school fund donations on Parent Pay. You can amend the amount on screen to whatever you would like to
donate. We thank you for your continued support in this matter.
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ACCELERATED READER
AWARDS
Congratulations to the following boys who earned awards
for the first half term
Ready Reader:
Year 7:
Mahad
Ahmad,
Amman
Ahmed, Hayder Al-Ali, Muhammad Awan, Jack Barber, Alex
Barker,
Harrison
Brimmell,
Joshua Britton, Faris Chughtai,
Lennon Croucher, Angus Findlay, Armandas Gintvilas, Tyler
Gosling, Finley Griffith-Brown,
Nirusan Gunapalan, Mustafa
Hamam, Arushan Hariharan,
Brandon Hodges, Joshua Jordan, Rishabh Joshi, Jack Kemp,
Mehdi Khalil, Sadid Khan, Keval
Patel, Vikash Purwal, Rabishana Rabindran, Sivanujan Sathiskumar, Cameron Shaw, Luke
Taperell, Theepigan Thaneeskaran, Gerthikan Tharmarajah, Max Thompson, Connor
Thornton, Krish Udani, Sinthujan Vivekanadan, Alex Weston,
Dylan White, Oscar White,
Charlie Whittaker, Dylan Winfield
Ready Reader:
Year 8:
Habib Malik, Sujeethan Nadesan, Lenny O’Rawe, Lathurshan Raveendran, James Western-Airey
Ready Reader:
Year 9:
Kastro Castello, Amine Larbi,
Robert Marsh, Vibooshan Nanthakumaran, Ataur Rehman
Independent Reader:
Cameron Barnard, Tyler Gosling, Jamie Mason, Patrick McDonnell, Stanley Shaw, Mackenzie
Thompson, Jobin Alex, Thanusan
Balakumar, Kai Campbell-Painter,
Tom McAtamney, Zachary Meehan, Roshan Parmar, Hariram
Prabaharan, Neervesh Bolakee,
Calum Hutton, Gregory Kozicki
Rising Reader:
Bertie Badham, Sagar Jawa,
Liam Jones, Patrick McDonnell,
Callum Murphy, Mohammed Qamar, Basil Raja, Stanley Shaw,
Sivanajan Sivasamy, Maadesh
Thayaparan, Alex Finnie, Christian Harper, Sam Hodgson,
Sung In Hong, Anton Kehayov,
Roshan Nakuleswaran, Alex Ellis, Alfie Johnson, Chris Vargas,
Sharooz Virk, Jack Wheeler
Super Reader:
Sivanajan Sivasamy, Clive
Donaldson, Anton Kehayov,
Praveen Rasamohan, David Williams-Beaney, Deechan Gurung,
Rahil Patel
Advanced Reader:
Tyler Yim, Arslan Ahmed
Star Reader:
Luke Gregory
Word Millionaire:
Sivanajan Sivasamy, Jasvin
Khurana, Jamie Suwankampoo
quote OF THE WEEK:
"A gem cannot be polished without friction,
nor a man perfected without trials."
Lucius Seneca
Our quote this week is again drawn from Classical Antiquity and the writings of Seneca.
Lucius Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist. He was a tutor and later
advisor to Emperor Nero. Tragically, he was forced to commit suicide for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero.
Like Marcus Aurelius last week, Seneca was a committed devotee of the Stoic outlook.
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SOUTHBOROUGH TEAM WIN
UNDER 17 SURREY CRICKET
INDOOR LEAGUE TROPHY
Friday evening saw our
school team play their final sixaside game of the season for
the last round of the Under 17
Surrey Cricket Indoor League –
and much to everyone’s delight,
they didn’t just win the game
but they won the entire tournament!
Since September, the team
has played six games against
teams from Tiffin Boys, Ripley
and Wimbledon School, winning
every single match! Team Captain Adam Lawrence performed
a personal best on Friday gaining 62 not out and he was the
top scorer and fielder for the
entire season, demonstrating a
batting average of 149.
Mr Colbert, who gave up a
great deal of his own time coaching and supporting the team
commented: “ I’m extremely
proud of the lads, who have all
given their best throughout the
entire season. Whilst the team
is predominantly made up of
sixth formers, we also have a
number of Year 10 students who
play within the team and they
have clearly worked very well
together. The winning shield will
sit proudly in the school’s display cabinet for all to see and
admire!”
Sadly, this will be the last
season that our current sixth
formers will be eligible to play.
However, younger talent from
lower down in the school have
already proved their worth and
they will no doubt take up where
the sixth formers left off and do
the school proud!
Many
congratulations
to
the following students: Rahim Akram, Adam Lawrence,
Tom Daniels, Conor McElligott,
Abishek Annthakumar, Haris
Khan and Prince Singh and to
Mr Colbert for all his time and
support.
FOSH CORNER
FOSH will be having a CAKES/
hot chocolate sale at lunchtime
on THURSDAY 19th MARCH. If
you would like to, please could
you send in some cakes with
the boys on Thursday – the
boys certainly appreciate the
home-baking, and the hot choc!
We shall also be providing an
Easter Hamper and a Licensed
Bar for the Murder Mystery on
Tues 24th March.
Our
next
major
FOSH
fund-raising event shall be a
‘pig racing evening’ on Friday
24th April – do keep this evening free in your diary. TICKETS
ARE AVAILABLE ON PARENTPAY
NOW! Please see the poster below.
We are preparing a Hamper
for this event – can we ask you
to consider sending in any unwanted gifts for our Raffle espe-
cially if they have a pink/pigtheme. If you bring the items
in to the School Office we shall
collect them from there. Thank
you.
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YOUNG ENTERPRISE
TEAM ’ALPHA’
WIN TWO TROPHIES AT RICHMOND
& KINGSTON TRADE FAIR
This year’s 6th Form Young
Enterprise Team ‘Alpha’ are certainly following in the footsteps
of last year’s team success, as
they won two major awards
during last Saturday’s Richmond
and Kingston Trade Fair.
The team won ‘Best Sales
Team’ and ‘Best Overall Company , and the trophies were
presented to the team by the
Mayor of Kingston and Deputy
Mayor of Richmond.
Lewis
Alpha
spokesman
Howells commented: “We had
an early start with only an hour
to set our trade stand and display our product, which is a
back pack cleverly designed to
minimise the risk of pick pockets./ theft. During the allotted
sales time there were many
different products which we
had to compete against such
as wine glasses as flower pots
and a scented pillow but we
knew we had a better product!
We also did a flash mob which
we called “operation guerrilla”,
which, we believe helped us
win our awards because no one
ever in the history of Young Enterprise had done anything like
that before! “
The students received £80
prize money and generated
£305 worth of revenue – fantastic!
Well done to the ‘Alpha’
team and to the students who
were present on that particular
day, namely:. Lewis Howells,
Ajaykharan Divakharan, Matt
Alder, Nantheesh Puvaneswara,
Arsid Temaj, Craig Pereira, Jack
Berry, Yusuf Rafiq, Joe Stocker, Ewan Liu, ,Thanvir Kamaly,
Sarusan Saseendrakumar and
Kieran Kentish. And a huge
thank you also to last year’s
Young Enterprise MD Sunny
Ratilal and Sales director Kiran
Arokiasamy, Mr Miah and Miss
Andreou, who’s collective help
and support was amazing.
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Book of
the week!
The Divide
MUSIC
CLUBS
MONDAY: 12.50
MUSIC 1 – YEAR 7 ‘PLAY TIME’
For those who would enjoy getting
together with others on a variety
of instruments and producing performances of various songs.
by Nicholas Evans (Author of The Horse Whisperer)
The story starts with two skiers finding the body of a young
woman embedded in the ice of a remote mountain creek. The
police work with arc lamps and chainsaws throughout the night
to prise her out. They soon discover that she is Abbie Cooper,
wanted by police all over America for murder and acts of terrorism!
Abbie’s story is told in flashbacks, as it relates to her brother and her now estranged parents Ben & Sarah. Abbie had
gone missing whilst studying at University, her parents are distraught. How do you cope when a member of your family goes
missing? How does the bright and intelligent daughter of a
loving family end up on the FBI’s wanted list? This is a gripping
and beautifully written story of one family’s struggle through
the unthinkable.
Mrs Smart
TUESDAY: 12.50
MUSIC 1 – JAZZ BAND
at present we have 3 trumpets
1 saxophone, 1 cornet and 1
trombone. Any competent brass/
wind players (at least Grade 2)
would be very welcome!
WEDNESDAY: 12.50
SAINSBURY’S ACTIVE KIDS
We are now collecting
these vouchers in order to
obtain free PE kit for the
pupils. In previous years
we have been able to
send off for some fantastic equipment. So please
do bring in /send in your
vouchers to reception.
Please ask neighbours,
relatives and friends for their vouchers to help us get as
many as possible. Many thanks in advance for your help.
MUSIC 1 - UKULELE CLUB
If you have already played or you
would like to improve your skills,
come along to make music!
THURSDAY: 12.50
GARAGE BAND CLUB
All year groups welcome. Learn
how to REALLY make tunes with
Garage Band and Logic!
FRIDAY: 12.50
MUSIC 1 – SINGING CLUB
Singing for everyone – all ages
welcome!
MATHS CLUBS
The maths department offers help after school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays. Please come along. If you’d like to develop your thinking
skills, why not join us at chess club or puzzle club?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Maths help
for Y11
Thursday
Chess club
(B7)
Maths help
for Y11
Friday
Maths challenge club
(B5)
Maths help
for Y11
Maths help
for Y7-10
(B8)
(B6)
(B5)
(B5)
Puzzle club
Maths help for
Y7-10
Maths help
for Y7-10
Maths help
for Y7-10
(B5)
(B5)
(B7)
(B8)
Lunch
After
School
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN HOOK AND
SOUTHBOROUGH BOWLING CLUB?
We have received the following:
My name is Keith White and I am President of Hook & Southborough
Bowling Club founded in 1905. The club is situated in the far corner of
Kings Edward’s Recreation Ground along the Hook Road where it has
been cited for the last 110 years.
We are a relatively small mixed club but looking to expand its membership particularly with young people. If you are interested, please
do email me at keith.white63@ntlworld.com
HISTORY
TRIP TO
BERLIN 17TH
TO 19TH
JUNE 2015
Please could parents and
carers of those year 10 students going on the trip to
Berlin please pay the second instalment of £75.00.
A final instalment of £75
will be due after the Easter
holidays.
There are also a couple
of places left on the trip. If
any student would still like
to go, please see Mr McMillan for a letter.
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WEEKLY FIXTURES LIST - W/C MONDAY 16th March
Fixture Date
Staff
Y7 Inter-form Football Periods 1-4
16/3/15
PE DEPT
Y8 Inter-form Football Periods 3-4
18/3/15
PE DEPT
Y10 Football v Hollyfield – AWAY 3.30pm KO
19/3/15
Mr Johnson
MENU w/c MONDAY 16th march
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Chicken Korma
Pizza
Roast Chicken
Lasagne
Battered
Onion Bhajji
Veggie Pizza
Veggie Quiche
Vegetarian
Pollock
Burgers
Potato Wedges
Roast Potatoes,
Bolognaise
Veggie
Rice
Peas & Carrots
Yorkshire
Garlic Bread
Sausages
Green Beans &
Meringue
Pudding &
Sweetcorn
Chips
Carrots
Nests
Gravy
Angel
Baked Beans
Fruit Crumble &
Mixed Veg
Delight
Rice Pudding
Custard
Raspberry Jelly
Jacket Potatoes, paninis, bakes beans, salad, fresh fruit and a variety of sandwiches and rolls are also served
every day.
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Southborough High School / PE Department
Key Stage 3 & 4 Extra
Curricular Programme Spring Term 2015
Lunchtime
After School
MondayGym - Table Tennis Club – No Clubs – Staff Meetings
up to 20 participants JCO
Astro –Y7
Tuesday
Astro – Y8 Rugby Club - All Years
CJO / ACO – School Field
Football Club – Year 7
ADU / KSC - Astro
Wednesday
Astro – Y9
Football Club – Year 8
JCO - Astro
Thursday
Astro – Y10 Football Club – Year 9
Y 7/8 cricket bowling machine ACO
– 6th formers
Friday
Astro – Y11Badminton – Gym JCO
Personalised training programs
OPEN TO YEARS 10-13
THE WEIGHTS ROOM
WEDNESDAYS
3:20-4:30PM
THE
MUSCLE
PROJECT
STRENGTH
MUSCLE
WEIGHT LOSS
DIET ADVICE
Weights room & Fitness suite
Extra Curricular Programme
Lunchtime Monday
Tuesday
After School
Year 11 Weights gym & Fitness suite JCOStaff Meetings
Year 10 weights gym & Fitness suite* CJO
Wednesday 6th form weights gym & fitness suite* KSC
Thursday
Yr 10 Core PE
Years 10/11 & 6th form
weights gym & Fitness suite*
The Muscle Project- MHA
Years 10/11 & 6th form weights
gym & Fitness suite* JCO
Friday
Yr 11 Core PE
Years 10/11 & 6th form weights
gym & fitness suite*
MHA
* Due to the popularity of this club there will be limited entry into the weights room & fitness suite.
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Friends of Southborough High
invites you to a
PIG RACING NIGHT
Friday 24th April 2015
Doors open at 7pm. Racing begins at 7.30pm
£5.00 per Adult & £1.00 Under 18’s
Tickets via ParentPay
Licensed Bar with soft drinks
Burgers and sweets to buy
Raffle prizes to be won
Bring your friends and have a fun evening!
All proceeds to the boys at Southborough High School.
FOSH would like to thank you in advance for your support.
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Attention ALL Students and
Parents/Carers of
Southborough High School!
RAG WEEK 2015
23-27 March
During the last week of this term, the 6th Form will be running their annual
RAG Week, raising money for TWO very worthwhile charities, namely
The Children’s Trust, Tadworth and Ronald McDonald House
Charities.
Parents: We would like all our Southborough students in the school to
support such a worthwhile cause and you can help by ensuring that your
boys bring in some extra pocket money during RAG Week to pay to see the
shows, buy some cakes, take part in Friday’s mufti day, sponsor a teacher
to dress in something ridiculous… plus much more besides! It’s a chance
for them to take part in some HIGHLY enjoyable and exciting activities –
and raise much needed money for charity. We thank you in advance for
your kind support!