deben news - dec/jan edition

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I write after a wonderful and action-packed month at school: so many events andactivities going on at Deben! I will start with the Suffolk Skillz events that took place inOctober for Year 7, 9 and 10 at BT HQ at Martlesham. I had the pleasure of attendingpart of the event with those Year 7 students who attended from Deben and many localIpswich schools. It was a fantastic opportunity to work with a huge range of localemployers to look at skills for life. We also had the privilege of seeing new technology such as 3D television in action!

After the event, I received an email from Andrew McVicar from Innovate Design whosaid this of our students:

Last week I had the pleasure of chaperoning some of your schools Year 7, 9 & 10 pupilsround the Suffolk Skillz event at Adastral Park. Id like to commend their behaviour duringthe course of the event. They all actively participated and seemed to enjoy themselves.Hopefully they learned some useful skills from the event and will put them to use duringtheir day to day activities.

I was especially impressed with the Year 7 pupils who were extremely eager and cameup with some very good questions and answers during the course of the day theyattended, as well as winning a couple of prizes!

Well done to all those students who attended this event! Look out for more informationthroughout the Deben News on many other events that have been hosted at Deben thismonth!

I recently had the pleasure of working with several members of staff to secretly nominatemy PA and school Ofce Manager (Mrs Cumberland) for the SecEd Headteachers PAof the year award. As you will no doubt have seen from the newspaper coverage, MrsCumberland reached the nal and was invited to a presentation day in London toreceive her certicate, which will be proudly displayed in the foyer.

It was a wonderful day and I would like to thank all those

at SecEd for making every PA/Ofce Manager at the nalfeel so special for the work they do to support Headteachers.I am so pleased that support staff, as well as teaching staff,are now being rewarded for the incredible work that they doin schools across the country. I can say without reservationthat I am extremely proud of the work our support staff dohere at Deben to support teachers, students and parents/carers. Thank you to you all!

Exciting news! Students in all year groups have once againbeen involved in the process of applying and beinginterviewed for positions on our Student Senior LeadershipTeam for the year.

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The best learners in the world walk through our doors.

You may remember last year that these students were able to take part in the Run theSchool for a Day project, which will happen once again on the 18th January.Leading up to the day, students will shadow members of the SLT and attend SLT andstaff meetings to help them to formulate a proposal for an area of the school they wantto research. During the day, the students will be involved in the running of the schooland researching their chosen theme.

This years Student SLT members are:Headteacher Nathan BowdidgeDeputy Headteachers Anneta John and Hannah Butcher

Business Manager Josh CorbettAssistant Headteachers Sasha Lawson-Frost, Ardra Udayan, Kirsty FrancisDirector of Learner Achievement Ryan FrancisDirector of Arts College Emily Ley

My thanks to Miss Boyce, who puts in such a huge effort throughout the year with thisprogramme and good luck to the students, who will have such an inuence on the lifeof the school this year!

As Christmas approaches, I would like to take this opportunity to promote the schoolChristmas Lunch which will take place on the last day of term (Friday 18th December).At 3.20, the meal is incredible value for money and - as last year every student who

buys a Christmas dinner will receive a rafe ticket for a top prize! Please look out for thedetails of the Christmas dinner and how to pre-order and please encourage your sons/daughters to join us for lunch that day!

The Christmas dinner menu will be:-

ROAST TURKEY WITH STUFFING AND CHIPOLATA SAUSAGE AND GRAVY

ROAST POTATOES - BRUSSELL SPROUTS - CARROTS OR PEAS

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LUXURY VEGETABLE PIE

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A CHOICE OF DESSERTS

CHRISTMAS PUDDING WITH CUSTARD OR A COLD DESSERT FROM OUR SELECTION

Please note the school kitchen will only be cooking a Christmas Dinner, which is prepaid and booked, no other meals will be available that day but students can still bringa packed lunch. Thank you in advance to the kitchen and school staff who work

extremely hard to make the last day a real event for students!

A reminder that Friday 18th December is the last day of term. Students in Years 10 and11 will go to lunch at 12:15pm. Those who go into town for lunch will not be expected toreturn. All other students will be dismissed at 2pm.

The Spring term starts on Tuesday 5th January (Week 1).

Finally, I would like to extend my thanks to all the parents/carers, teaching/support staffand students who have worked so hard this year to make Deben what it is a highlysuccessful learning environment which we are all proud to be part of.

Have a fantastic holiday and a prosperous New Year!

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Swine Flu

Following guidance from the DCSF and Suffolk County Council, any student showingu-like symptoms will be withdrawn from lessons, and parents/carers will be advisedto take their child home as quickly as possible and to seek medical advice. In these

circumstances, parents/carers should telephone their GPs surgery for advice or the NHSDirect line on 0845 4647.

In order to reduce the spread of infection, the school has:

Installed antibacterial hand wash in all toilet areas of the school, and updated ourinfection control procedures by reminding students to wash their hands frequently, andto use tissues and dispose of them safely. Provided antibacterial sprays to cleaning staff in order to disinfect hard surfaces daily. Made appropriate arrangements to isolate students, and provided parents/carerswith further guidance. Considered, where practical, ways of ensuring the provision of continued educationof our students in the event of an outbreak.

New guidance received indicates that it is not necessary to close the school if casesof swine u are reported. It may, however, in extreme cases be necessary to close theschool if there are signicant staff absences due to an outbreak. In the event of aschool closure, we will seek some means of supplying work for students at home.

Please may I remind parents/carers to:

Ensure that their contact details held by the school are up to date at all times Ensure that they have appropriate measures in place for a possible closure, and forcollecting their children should the need arise.

Mrs Flint

School Nursing Team

The School Nursing Team will be offering a New Health Drop in starting in the New Year.Staff Nurse Cathy Tynan will be in the Connexions Room on alternate Wednesdaylunchtimes starting on Wednesday 13th January 2010.

The Drop in will be available to all year groups, look out for the posters around the schoolcoming soon.

Any parent or teacher is welcome to contact us for health advice on 01394 458846.

Staff Nurse Tynan

Healthy Schools Status

As part of achieving our Healthy Schools Status we are inviting parents to offer anycomments on the policies relating to Personal and Social Education. We would begrateful if you would read the PSHE and Citizenship policies, Drugs Education policy andthe Sex and Relationship policy available on the school website:www.deben.suffolk.sch.ukclick on resources and then school policies. Please e-mail

your comments to [email protected] the attention of Ms Berry.

Ms Berry


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Bad Weather Arrangements

We would like to remind you of the arrangements in case of a bad weather closure,details of which are given below.

School closures are a relatively rare event so assume the school is open unless you hearotherwise. If a decision has been taken to close the school, regular announcements willbe made on local radio stations and information will appear on the following websites:

www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk www.heart.co.uk www.suffolkcc.gov.uk

Please do not telephone the school in the event of bad weather. If the school is closedthe switchboard will only have an answer machine and if it is open then a large numberof calls can interfere with the work of the school ofce.

This is also an appropriate time to ask you to remind your children about taking care on

the way to school. Please ensure cyclists have lights on their bikes when necessary. Inaddition, pupils should be adequately protected against the cold. The school does notopen until 8.20 for pupils so they may well spend some time standing outside and needto be protected.

Mr Cawley

Celebrating Success at Deben GCSE Awards Evening

Students, parents and member of the local community enjoyed a wonderful evening ofcelebration at our recent GCSE Awards Presentation Evening.

This years GCSE results are the best ever in the history of the school. The results are atestament to all the hard work and effort the students put into their studies, and to theunstinting support staff provided to help students achieve their potential. I wish eachand every student continued success in the next stage of their learning, whether it bethrough continued education in the Sixth Form or in the world of work.

The evening concluded with the presentation of the following Special Awards.

The Deben Award was presented to the two highest achieving students - Claire Downs

(7A*/4A grades) and William Tink (9A*/1A grades).

The Diana Barnard Award was presented to the two students who made the mostprogress during their respective GCSE courses - Emma Downes and Jordan Field.

The Lesley Ratcliffe Award, for overcoming adversity, was awarded to Conor Jones forhis success and achievement despite sufferingserious physical injuries in an accident last year.

Congratulations to all the students on theirfantastic achievements.

Mr Cawley

For more photos visit www.deben.suffolk.sch.uk, clickon Media Centre, Photo gallery, GSCE Awards Evening.


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Suffolk Skillz Event 20th, 21st, 22nd October 2009

Now in its second year, Suffolk Skillz is an event run by local employers BT, Port ofFelixstowe, Milsom Hotels, Suffolk Constabulary, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service, IpswichHospital NHS Trust, Suffolk County Council, Customer Service Direct and Suffolk CoastalDistrict Council. It comprises of a series of activities which are designed to develop thegroups of skills set out in the framework of personal, learning and thinking skills, andtherefore helps to enable young people to enter work and adult life as condent andcapable individuals. The event is currently held twice a year, in the Spring and Autumn,and in October 30 Year 7, 9 and 10 Deben students took part. The day was lled withchallenging activities and the students worked alongside employers to solve problems,create working spaces and learn about what technology can do for us in the future.

All of the students were great ambassadors for the school, showing creativity,knowledge and skill throughout the events, and they all agreed that the best part of theday was looking around the house of the future; 3-D TV, remote controlled heating andlighting, a fridge that alerts you when you need to buy some more milk!

Mrs Bennett

Make Your Mark Year 9 Challenge 16th November 2009

On Monday 16th November all Year 9 students took part in the Make Your Mark NationalChallenge, one of the events set up by Enterprise UK as part of the EntrepreneurshipWeek. The challenge draws on young peoples creativity, ideas and imagination toachieve an innovative solution for a product, service, event or attraction in one day.The aims were to inspire creative and innovative thinking and action, enhance problemsolving and communication skills, involve project managing in a team environment,promote commercial awareness, develop a can-do attitude and required the teamsto work to tight deadlines.

Deben has entered this event with small teams of able, gifted and talented Year 9 and10 students for the last 2 years and the decision to involve a whole year group in 2009came from wanting to give all students the opportunity for challenge and valuablework related experience.


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The assignment brief this year was to Let local inspiration lead you to a cool creation;come up with a new and innovative business idea that takes its inspiration fromsomething local. The business could be a product or a service as long as its a coolcreation and makes money. The students were guided to make sure that their idea hada low carbon footprint that helped towards lowering carbon emissions. Greenbusinesses are essential to the future of the UK economy and our planet so the studentsneeded to consider the carbon footprint of their business and think of innovative ideasto reduce it; how their products or services are produced and transported? Could theyreuse and recycle in their business? Is their idea sustainable? Does it use resources whichwill be exhausted?

All of the teams used their creativity and knowledge to produce ideas, outline theircompetitors in their chosen market and a nancial document showing prot and costsin their rst month or year. The standard was excellent with some ingenious ideas beingcreated and I would like to congratulate Emeara who produced the winning entryfor Deben, a plastic bottle shredder to encourage all the family to recycle their plastic.Their shredder could be used by schools and local councils alongside the bottle banksand paper recycling skips at recycling points throughout the county.

I would like to thank Jeanette Brieley from Ensors Chartered Accountants in Ipswich forencouraging the students and sharing her expertise and valuable time on the day.

Mrs Bennett

The winning team Emeara, from left to right, Rebekah Jones, Anthony Hitchen, AmeliaKeus, Edward Heeroma and Eleanor Franklin.

Christmas Concert Date For Your Diary!

Get into the Christmas spirit with this years Christmas Concert which will take place atSt. Andrews Church, in Felixstowe on the evening of Wednesday 16th December.

Tickets are available from school at 4.00 for adults and 2.80 for concessions. Pleaseorder your tickets by completing the slip at the back of Deben News.

Dont miss out on this wonderful opportunity to see and hear the musical talents ofDeben students as they entertain you with their lively Christmas programme!

Mr Wren

Year 7s crafty Christmas Enterprise Project -

Christmas Fayre Saturday 12th December 2-4pm UpperSchool Hall

Family, friends and members of the local community are invited to the Year 7 studentsChristmas Craft Fayre on Saturday 12th December - 2-4pm in the Upper School Hall.

A fantastic variety of Christmas gift, decoration and cards will be on sale that thestudents have made over this half-term in their Enterprise Project. All money raised at the


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Fayre will go towards the students chosen charity project CYAG.

Experienced creative practitioners have been working with the students on this projectwhich has given them the opportunity to develop their learning skills and knowledge indesign, production, advertising, sales and marketing, and budgeting.

Funding for the project was made available through the Change School CreativePartnerships programme, which is all about bringing sustainable change in approachesto teaching and learning.

Our commitment to creative and effective learning being at the heart of our teaching,along with offering an environment where creativity can thrive, gained us acceptanceonto the programme.

This particular project is the rst of many other exciting learning opportunities that will beprovided for students through the Creative Partnership funding.

The project also included a Christmas card competition. Mr Cawley chose the winningdesign which was created by Sophie Luu, 7G. Sophies artwork will be the ofcialChristmas card for the school this year and which will be sent by Mr Cawley to a widevariety of schools, ofces, businesses and organisations.

Six other designs were chosen for printing and packaging, and will be on sale at theChristmas Craft Fayre on 12th December. Three were created by groups of studentsand the other three designs chosen were by Ashleigh Connell, Katy Smith and AthenaMiller.

Congratulations and well done to all the Year 7 students for their inspirational andcreative hard work on this project over the past few weeks the proceeds of which willgo towards CYAG.

Please support the students and come along to the Fayre with family and friends. Seeyou there!

Miss WilliamsHead of Skills Based Curriculum and School Council Link Teacher

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UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge

The results of the Senior Maths Challenge have just been published and four of ourstudents were awarded certicates. The Challenge was sat by a small group of studentsin Years 12 and 13. Only two marks separated the students. The successful students were:

Luke AveryHannah Butcher Best in schoolAline Porteous

William Tink

Congratulations to all of them.

Mr Warren

GCSE/AS/A2 Level Examinations

GCSE/AS/A2 LEVEL EXAMINATIONS will take place from Monday 11th January 2010 toFriday 29th January 2010. A copy of the external examination timetable is available onthe school website and examination noticeboards.

Mrs Grundy, Examination Ofcer

Homework Club

Students in Year 7 and 8 can now attend a Homework Club which will take place everyThursday from 3.00-4.00pm in the Library. For more information please see Mrs Barrett orMrs Franks.

Mrs Barrett and Mrs Franks

Work Experience Year 10 studentsYear 10 students will be attending a Work Experience placement on the following dates:22nd to 16th March and 4th to 8th October 2010.

A number of students do not have a Work Experience placement. Students areencouraged to arrange their own placements with my support; however if students failto set up a placement before 8th January 2010 a placement will be allocated for them.This placement may not necessarily match the students preferences; so it is in theirinterest to set one up ASAP to avoid disappointment. All placements need to be clearedby Ms Reilly.

Ms T ReillyWork Experience Co-ordinator

Deben ICT Club

When: Every WednesdayWhere: Room 140Time: 3pm-4pm

Mrs ShawHead of ICT


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Artist of the Month

Phoebe Smith Year 10 has been nominated this month for her excellent artist studybased on Georgia OKeefe. The mixed media A2 piece along with in depth analysisshows a great use of media and creativity.

Well done Phoebe (Watercolours on their way to Phoebe)

Mrs Battle

Boost Bus at Deben High School

Every Friday the Boost Bus comes onto the Deben Site for all students to accessafterschool until 6pm. The Boost Bus is run by Felixstowe Christian Youth workers Trust andmanned by youth worker Adrian Wolton and student volunteer Leanne Wale. ThreeDeben Sixth formers, part of the Impact Christian group at Deben also help man thecaf and talk to the young people. Activities include a chance to play board games,beat friends on the PlayStation big screen, chatting, having hot chocolate and wafesor just chilling out. For Deben this is a brilliant opportunity for the Extended SchoolsProgramme and developing the use of the bus for lessons and lunchtime may bepossible in the future.

See the Boost bus at Felixstowe Skatepark on Tuesday nights and watch out aroundFelixstowe and Trimley as it sets up in a place near you!All pictures taken on non uniform day - (Children in Need).

Mrs Macpherson


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PE News

Center Parcs Schools Badminton Tournament 2009The Center Parcs Schools Badminton Tournament 2009 took place at Holbrook HighSchool on Monday 23rd November.

The girls had to play a series of singles and doubles matches and as can be seen fromthe scores they won 8 out of 9 matches. The team scored 16pts with the closest team insecond scoring only 8pts. This ensured that they won the area competition and will nowgo forward to represent Deben in the area nals in January.

SINGLES: Georgia Cattermole Won all 3 matches; 15-1, 15-3, 15-5Abi Jewkes Won two and lost one; 15-7, 9-15, 15-2

DOUBLES: Aneeta John and Gabby Swann Won all three matches; 15-5, 15-5, 15-9

Mr Teye-Botchway

CongratulationsCongratulations to Daniel Finegan (G4) and James Casburn (G3) who represented thecounty at the Three Counties Swimming Gala at Thetford on Saturday 5th December.The Suffolk team competed against the county teams from Norfolk and

Cambridgeshire. As this edition of the Deben News had gone to press by 5thDecember, the results will be published in the next edition.

Mr Ewers

Wanted Girls football Under 16sFelixstowe and Walton under 16s girls (Year 10-11) arelooking for new players to join their team. Games areplayed on Sundays with training on a Wednesdayevening between 7-8pm at Orwell High School.If you are interested please contact Miss S Shinney on07908110707 or Mrs Roper, School Ofce.

Mrs Roper

Arts Week

ArtsWeek 2010As the New Year approaches so does ArtsWeek 2010. After obtaining feedback fromstudents and parents we hope to make 2010 the most exciting ArtsWeek yet. Look outfor the pathway descriptions for the activities we have already started to plan onDeben High Schools website www.deben.suffolk.sch.uk This will give you an ideaof what is going to be on offer. Further information will follow in the New Year.

If you have not completed the parental questionnaire recently attached to DebenNews, please go to the school website and complete it online. Your input is essential inensuring that the school is providing the right type of activities at the right cost.

Watch this space!

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Deben High School held a Pudsey party! on the 20th November to raise money forChildren In Need. This involved the sixth formers dressing up and opening their area tothe whole school at lunch time. They sold cakes, French plaits, face painting and manymore games. A brave male sixth former even did a sponsored leg wax!

The organiser of the event Gemma Dixon said Thank you so much to everyone thathelped make the party such a success. We raised a total of 195.65. It just goes to showthat when something is for charity, people are more than willing to do somethingdifferent!

Gemma Dixon, Sixth Form

683.68 was raised from the non-uniform day for Children in Need bringing the grandtotal for the day to an amazing 879.33.

Thank you to everyone who supported this event.

Can you help?

If you have any of the following that you do not use any more and could donate tothe school, please forward to the DT department: old recipe books, food magazines,kitchen equipment no longer used (e.g. pressure cookers, steamers, bread makers, ice

cream makers, sandwich toasters etc). Many thanks.

Mrs Chapman


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Community Cluster Event: Felixstowe Young Peoples Summit

Students from Deben High and all the primary schools in Felixstowe have recently beeninvolved in an exciting community project that gave them the chance to have their sayon the facilities and environment they live in.

As part of the Felixstowe Schools Extended Services programme, and in partnership withSuffolk Constabulary, the project began back in September with consultation eventsheld at each school in the Felixstowe cluster.

An inatable POD with interactive screen, similar to that in Big Brother, was set up ineach of the primary schools, and Suffolk Constabulary provided their interactive votingequipment for use in the two high schools. Students were invited to respond to a seriesof questions relating to the local area they live in and the activities they partake induring their free time.

In November student representatives from each of the schools attended an interactiveplanning day at Deben High School to look at the results of the consultation exerciseand, in groups, focus on specic outcomes. The students worked in mixed age andmixed school groups to produce a presentation that included not only the ndings fromthe consultation, but also offer proposed solutions.

The next day the students delivered their presentations to agency and activity providersat a Young Peoples Summit at the Hotel Elizabeth in Felixstowe.Former secondary headteacher and consultant Dave Shorten, who helped lead theyoung peoples work over the two days said: This is a great example of joint workingwithin the community cluster. The project gave young people an opportunity to havetheir say about the community they live in. They all have strong views and opinions,which they presented with condence at the summit event. This kind of activity givesyoung people the opportunity to inuence decision makers and service providers in thecommunity.

The students presentations focused on Things we like about Felixstowe, Things we

would change about Felixstowe and New things we would like for Felixstowe followedby a question and answer session facilitated by Mr Green.

Well done and thank you to all the students from all the schools in the Felixstowe Clusterwho took part in this event. You worked really hard in your teams and certainlyimpressed us all with your presentations at the Summit event!

Special thanks to Joshua Day, Georgia Cattermole, Penny Miller, James Pedersen andHannah Castle who represented Deben in this activity.

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Samaritans Purse Shoebox Appeal

Year 7 form groups have been involved with a project linked with Old FelixstoweParish (St Peter and St Paul, St Andrews and St Nicholas). They collected toys, gifts andtoiletries to put into shoe boxes as part of the Samaritans Purse Appeal. 14 boxes weredonated by Deben students and in total in excess of 250 boxes (they lost count) werecollected! The boxes were sent to some of the worlds poorest children in EasternEurope and Africa, helping to bring hope and a smile for them at Christmas.

One new school child from Eastern Europe said he had a shoe box last year and it wasthe only present he received for Christmas. So along with Old Felixstowe Parish, Debenhas made a difference and helped some less fortunate children feel very special andvalued. Well done Year 7!

Watch out for the next Year 7 Charity event which is the Christmas Craft Market onSaturday 12th December with hand made gifts and cards on sale all in aid of theCYAG School in India project.

Mrs Macpherson

School Council

The School Council have been working very hard to try and come up with some newideas for CYAG (Connecting Youth Around The Globe). So far we have raised 988which means we are nearly half way to meeting our 2000 target which we need toachieve by spring next year. One of our ideas was to have a Bollywood evening andBollywood dress day. We also have the Year 7 making wonderful Christmas cards andmore. There will be a fayre on Saturday 12th December with all that the Year 7 havemade and we would really appreciate it if you could come down and just have a look- you never know you might nd the perfect Christmas card. All the money that is raisedat the fayre will go to CYAG.

The School Council would like to once again say a huge thank you to Mrs Franks and allthe PTA who held a Grease evening on the 17th October and donated the rafe andquiz money to CYAG. That was a huge success.

We would also like you to remember that Deben is holding a Christmas Concert onWednesday 16th December at 7pm at St Andrews Church in Felixstowe. We would loveto see you there, also there will be collection boxes for CYAG around and we wouldreally appreciate it if you could put in your pennies and pounds because every pennyand pound really does help.

Remember to watch this space to hear about more ideas that we have in store. AndMerry Christmas from the whole of the School Council!!!

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Urgent reminder

Please could all parents/carers remember to inform the school of any changes tocontact details (change of address, home, work and mobile telephone numbers). It isvital that we are able to contact parents/carers quickly when required.

Mrs Rose

Attendance

The 100% attendance for the four weeks up to 6th November 2009 are as follows:

Year 7 Imogen Hargreaves 7T Year 10 Niall Williams G2Year 8 Freya Brennan D1 Year 11 Hannah Routledge B2Year 9 Adam Barrington H3

Congratulations to all students for their 100% attendance! Keep doing what you can tomake sure you are in school learning.

Mrs Baker

Parent Point

A computer has been provided in the main reception area for any parent to use whois unable to access the internet from home. This facility is available during the schoolworking day from 8.30 am 3.30 pm daily term time only. Please see the receptionist inorder to gain access to this facility.

Mrs Flint

Housing Benet

From 2nd November child benet will be disregarded when assessing a familys incomefor entitlement to Housing Benet. The government has introduced this change as partof its national anti-poverty strategy.

Suffolk Coastal District Council needs to make sure that no child or family loses out. Theirbenet records will be automatically updated for existing claimants but many otherparents may not know about this very valuable extra Government assistance. Moreinformation is available from Customer Services on 01394 444838 or at the CouncilOfces.

James Kelly, Housing Benets Ofcer, Suffolk Coastal District Council

CHRISTMAS CONCERT TICKET APPLICATION FORM 16/12/09Please return to the Student Reception

Number of tickets: Adult 4.00 ............. Concessions 2.80 .............

Please nd enclosed cash/cheque for .. (cheques made payable toDeben High School).

Name of Student Form ..

Signed ................ Parent/Carer Date

Parent/Carer Name ...................... (Please print)


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PART-TIME PE TECHNICIAN Grade 2

We require a technician to join our PE department from January 2010. The positioninvolves organising resources for PE lessons, and providing an administrative service forthe department, including the booking of sports xtures. Background knowledge of thesubject would be an advantage. Some in school training is offered. The post is part-time

working 20 hours/week for 39 weeks per year.

Further details and an application form are available on our websitewww.deben.suffolk.sch.uk. Alternatively, please contact the school ofce at DebenHigh School, Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, IP11 7RF. Tel. 01394 282602 Fax: 01394 278368 ore-mail [email protected].

Closing Date: 18 December 2009

COMMUNITY SPORT ASSISTANT Grade 1 (6.21 per hour pay rise pending)

We require a part-time community sport assistant to work 10-20hrs/week Monday Fri-

day (variable depending on bookings) from 6.00 pm with effect from January 2010.The post involves setting up equipment for community sport lettings, and site security. Agood knowledge of Health & Safety procedures is desirable, but not essential.

Further details and an application form are available on our websitewww.deben.suffolk.sch.uk. Alternatively, please contact the school ofce at DebenHigh School, Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, IP11 7RF. Tel. 01394 282602 Fax: 01394 278368 ore-mail [email protected].

Closing Date: 18 December 2009

Term Dates

Autumn Term 2009 Ends Friday 18th December 2009

Spring Term 2010 Tuesday 5th January 2010 to Thursday 1st April 2010(Staff training day: Monday 4th January 2010)Half term: Monday 15th February Friday 19th February 2010

Summer Term 2010 Monday 19th April 2010 Thursday 22nd July 2010(Staff training day: Monday 7th June 2010)Bank Holiday: Monday 3rd May 2010

Half term: Monday 31st May Friday 4th June 2010

Autumn Term 2010 - Monday 6th September 2010 - Friday 17th December 2010(Staff training days: Wednesday 1st, Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd September 2010)

Half Term: Monday 25th October - Friday 29th October 2010

Spring Term 2011 - Wednesday 5th January 2011 - Friday 8th April 2011(Staff training day: Tuesday 4th January 2011)Half term: Monday 21st February - Friday 25th February 2011)

Summer Term 2011 - Tuesday 26th April 2011 - Friday 22nd July 2011(Staff training day: Friday 27th May 2011)Bank Holiday: Monday 2nd May 2011Half term: Monday 30th May 2011 - Friday 3rd June 2011


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Notices

-End of term 18thDecember

Christmas Dinnerand party in theStudy Centre!

-Back to school:week 1

ExamsAS maths core1Mon 11th January

AS psychologyWeds13th January

AS chemistryThurs 14th January

A2 gov&politicsThurs 14th

AS physicsFri 15th January

AS sociologyFri 15th January

A2 sociologyTues 19th January

A2 phil& ethicsWeds 20th January

A2 mathsMon 25th January

A2 chemistryWeds 27th January

A2 psychologyFri 29th January

Sixth FormNewsletterWritten by:

Claire DownsEmily Rowe

Photography by:Olivia RitchieKatie Taylor

Garrison Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk, IP11 7RF Tel: 01394 282602 Fax: 01394 278368

[email protected] http://www.deben.suffolk.sch.uk

Year 13 GuidanceSkills for independent living/university lifeNovember 4th 2009In preparation for surviving independent living at universityand beyond, the Year 13s have been gaining experienceduring a recent guidance session. Some of the aims in-cluded: learning to cook simple meals, budgeting and sew-

ing.Mrs Chapman led a group in their cooking challenge. Eachstudent paid 1 for their ingredients and had the task ofcooking up an (edible!) meal. Some of the meals producedincluded pasta in a sauce and chicken curry.The other two groups worked alongside Ms DSilva to pro-duce clothing garments out of old clothes. Skills learnedwere how to sew on a button, hemming and all kinds ofhaberdashery techniques which may prove very useful dur-ing university life. E.Rowe

Children in NeedA big thank you to everyone who took part in Pudseys Party forchildren in Need on Friday 20th November. The Sixth Form wel-comed all years in to the Sixth Form Study Centre at lunchtime.There was music, games, face painting and cakes. Thank you toeveryone who kindly made cakes to be sold. And well done toJake Read who bravely had his legs waxed in aid of the goodcause. A Special thanks to Gemma Dixon (year 12) who superblyorganised the event. A great time was had by all! E.Rowe

Young Enterprise As part of the extra curricular activities offered at Felixstowe Sixth

Form, a group of year 12 and 13 students have opted to take part in ayoung enterprise team.The Young Enterprise Award involves over 5,500 schools and collegesthroughout the country and has resulted in the creation of successfulbusinesses and the recognition of budding entrepreneurs.The group regularly meet on Fridays after school and are currently inthe discussion and planning stages of their business venture. Theyhave allocated positions within the team in order for every area to befocused upon and to reflect real business. The project manager, PeterFinegan, is looking forward to this opportunity and describes the pros-pect of running a business and the possibility of gaining a contract asdaunting yet exciting.The students have decided to focus their business on the selling ofpersonalised items such as calendars. They are hoping to target and

attract a wide market through setting up a website to enable onlineshopping.They hope to raise funds from the selling of shares and fundraising.C.Downs

Year 12 GCSE Awards Evening

Wednesday 18th NovemberIt was a fantastic evening, with the chance to reunite withold friends and of course, get those all important GCSEcertificates. Amongst the special awards, were William Tinkand Claire Downs who achieved the highest point scores,well done! E.Rowe

Winners of SpecialAwards: ConorJones,Jordan Field,(Mr Cawley),Claire Downs,WilliamTink,Emma Downes

Yr 13s in fancy dress! Gemma and Mr Rawling...Pudsey Bear

Year 12 GuidanceTeam building/Life skillsOn the 21st October, the year 12 students embarked on an orienteering adven-ture in Rendlesham Forest. Team building was one of the main aims for theafternoon, as well as the opportunity to gain some useful skills such as mapreading. Unfortunately, the rain poured down, not giving a particularly goodstart. Once divided in to random groups, the teams set off, map in hand, readyto navigate through the forest following the marked trail. All but one groupmanaged to successfully guide themselves and arrived back at the coach.However, for one group it was a sad story of trudging through the pouring rain,the map destroyed by the wet, only to find they were going round in circles withabsolutely no idea which direction they were heading in. Whilst the otherswaited on the coach, David Wright and David Scarlett went in search for thelost group (who will remain anonymous!) Thankfully, all arrived back safelyalthough, they were not everybodys best friend as the others had been waitingfor just over an hour! Despite the lack of orienteering skills and the awful

weather, it was a fun afternoon! E.Rowe

PhotographybyKatieTaylor

Photographyby

OliviaRitchie

Yr12senjoyingtherain!

Yr 13s getting stuck in to sewing!

Cooking up a storm, on abudget!


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Do you want to learn something new?

Courses for AdultsFelixstowe, Woodbridge, Kesgrave and Martlesham

Community Learning and Skills Development deliver a wide range of high qualitylearning opportunities for adults that can help you to develop new skills, gain

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We offer a variety of courses such as Floristry, Creative Craft Skills, Drawing, Painting,Sewing, Improve your Computer Skills, English, Maths and much more.

Most of our courses are free (there is a free crche available for a few courses).For more details, free prospectus and to book a place for the course you would like to

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or

Local contact: Felixstowe Community Centre, Orwell High School grounds,Maidstone Road, Felixstowe, IP11 9EF. Telephone: 01394 284839


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IP11 7AB01394 276112

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Quality Service and Value

Our Price Promise:

If you can buy the same for less on the High Street, we willrefund the difference

10% discount for Deben High School students


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