October 2008 Issue No. 1

Eggar’s students amongst the top ten in the country!

Once again our students have achieved excellent GCSE results this year, and in particular we are delighted to announce that Eggar’s student, Richard Jarvis, was amongst the top ten students according to Edexcel, the UK’s largest awarding body. Richard sat the GCSE Art & Design exam earlier this summer and the results show that out of 36,294 candidates, Richard achieved one of the highest overall marks. In addition, out of the 478 candidates who took the Art & Design: Three Dimensional Design exam, six further Eggar’s students, Emily Hatcher,

Stefan Romer, Anna Youngs, Charlotte Withams and Emily Wheeler, achieved one of the highest overall marks and are all amongst the top ten students nationally. These results clearly reflect the strong work ethic of our students and also the high quality teaching they received. On Thursday 20th November we are pleased to welcome back to Eggar’s Jim Roberson, a charismatic motivational speaker, who will be presenting our Leavers with their GCSE certificates at our annual Presentation Evening.

Dear Parent As you will see from this Newsletter the start of this new academic year has been full of interest and activity. Once again we have celebrated our excellent academic results and enjoyed some great trips and special events. We were delighted with the results of our last Year 11, and we have been pleased to see several of our past students back in school already to tell us how they are doing and to talk to the new Year 11 about how to do well in their GCSEs. They have also visited to talk about their own new experiences of being College students. It has been great to see them again! Our new Year 11 have already developed a strong team ethos. The Prefects are doing a great job. With the Senior Prefects they have officiated at our major induction events this term and we have received many very grateful and celebratory comments from our visitors about how wonderful our pupils are as ambassadors for their school. The year group is working well, very focused and determined to be successful. Our new students in Year 7 have made a very good start. They are settling in quickly and seem to be enjoying their early experiences of secondary school. Bonding Day helped them to get to know each other through team building activities and has provided a firm foundation to this new phase of their education. May I take this opportunity to thank parents for your continued support. We know that when our expectations are high and when we work well together we are able to achieve the best for every individual student. Whilst the majority of our pupils are very smart, recently we have been concerned that the standard of appearance of the uniform of some of our pupils has dropped. We do our best to ensure that the school uniform is smart and comfortable, and we would be grateful if parents would support us in ensuring that uniform standards are kept high. We are looking forward to the next half of term when we will enjoy more exciting learning experiences and of course at this time of year many seasonal music treats, which I am sure you will support. We all wish you a restful and relaxing week. Yours sincerely Felicity Martin Head Teacher

Hi, I’m Julie McKernan and I have joined Eggar’s this year as the Curriculum Leader for Languages. I am really excited about working with the Languages Team to ensure students have fun and make great progress in French and Spanish.

Hello, I’m Mrs Sorby and this is my first term as a Math’s Teacher at Eggar’s School. It has been really good getting to know my Year 7 Tutor Group and I am really looking forward to an exciting year ahead with you all.

This is going to be a great year! It might be raining outside but the corridors and classrooms are full of sunny faces. I’m particularly looking forward to working with tutor group 7RI who, from day one, have busied themselves with earning merits, meeting new friends and making the most of every minute at school. So, let it pour - nothing is going to dampen these ‘first term’ spirits!

Miss R Ingrey

I am Mr Moon, a new Science Teacher at Eggar’s. My favourite Science is Chemistry because that’s where you find all the coolest explosions, colour changes and fires! As some of my Year 7 classes will be able to testify to. As more time passes I hope to be able to meet all of you in lessons and get you interested in the world around us, which is really what Science is all about!

I have joined the ICT Department as an ICT teacher. I teach all year groups and am thoroughly enjoying it! We have a fabulous ICT Department at Eggar’s with air-conditioned rooms and the latest technology. It is a very exciting place to work.

Mrs H Atkins

Youngsters flying high after reaching finals of UK space Competition!

Can you imagine how exciting it was to be invited to the 59th International Space Convention during World Space Week! The opportunity to meet astronauts and cosmonauts as well as leaders in the development of the space industry was given to only the winners of a competition that had been running all year. The competition was sponsored by the British National Space Centre and was open to UK schools. The challenge was for teams of 14-19 year olds to design and build a small, compact satellite instrument. We had a team of three, Kate Chapman 10MR, Graham Ogden 10KM and Joshua Atkins 10NW (pictured above) who had gone through the heats to the semi-finals at the Aldershot Air Show. The winners of the design for a satellite payload were to be announced in Glasgow on Friday 3rd October, and we were asked to be present! It was a wonderful event. We were certainly looked after and very impressed by our accommodation in a posh hotel! We had the opportunity to visit the Glasgow Science Centre and to the convention at the Conference Centre, where we were congratulated by astronauts and project leaders of the British Space Industry. It was a busy schedule with lectures on Space Science Fiction, Medicine in Space and Space Tourism.

Although we were told the competition had been won by a sixth form/university team from Shrewsbury School, our project will be flown on a satellite in the near future - how fantastic is that! To add to our delight we were also told that we can have a satellite image of anywhere on the Earth, or of the Earth itself as a second prize. We could not believe it. What an achievement for the youngest team in the whole competition - our three inventors should be congratulated and we are all very proud of them. Following this success, the three team members would like to form the nucleus of a Space Competition Group. The next competition is for KS3 and the prize is a trip to Florida! Anyone interested in this exciting task should register with Miss Sandeman - watch this space!!

Miss J Sandeman Assistant Science Curriculum Leader

Kate, Graham and Joshua flying home

50 of our Year 9 Geography pupils have recently returned from an exciting visit to the Italian island of Sicily. The visit comprised a huge variety of Geography including river studies in the Alcantara Gorge; settlement studies in Giardina Naxos as well as the excitement of scaling Mount Etna, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, luckily very peaceful during our visit! We also managed to throw in a little history with a time at the Greek Amphitheatre in Taormina. A visit to the Aeolian Island of Vulcano was also a spectacular highlight with a dip in the geothermal mud pool and spa. This resulted in huge hilarity as pupils covered themselves with the volcanic mud supposed to have many healing properties. These may not have been in evidence, but it certainly leaves your skin soft and also slightly smelly!

The evenings were spent taking part in extra-curricular activities organised with thanks to the hugely energetic group leaders on the visit. These included a quiz night, beach Olympics with events such as paddling pool ping pong and grab the peg relay. The finale was an Italian fancy dress night with an impressive line up including two volcanoes, two leaning Towers of Pisas’, Gondoliers, Italian Flags, Mario Brothers and several rather dodgy looking members of the Mafia! My thanks go to accompanying trip leaders, Mr Wheeler, Miss Whiting, Mrs Mathieson and Dr Emery for their help and assistance. The visit was a wonderful success and every pupil that went will I’m sure have memories to cherish for a lifetime. We are now looking forward to Sicily 2009 with our new Year 9 group.

Mrs A Sutehall

Geography Curriculum Leader

We enjoyed the Sicily trip especially the

eggy mud-baths and the slimey squids —

some things you can never find in England!

The hot weather was lovely and all the

evening activities were hysterical. By the

way we still have not got the smell of sul-

phur out of our swimming costumes!!

Gemma, Emily & Ellen 9CG

I had a great time in Sicily and the best bit was the mud baths — although they were disgusting! Mount Etna had amazing views and the plane flight was good as well.

Zac Snell 9CG

We had lots of fun and had a great

laugh. We made new friends and the fancy

dress was great. Looking down over Sicily at

Mount Etna was a great feeling. Joe Bennett 9CG

Sicily was great - seeing all the attractions like Mount Etna and the river gorge. The beaches were great and I would love to go again. I liked going around the shops with my friends and bought really nice things for me and my family.

Matthew Morgan 9PCJ

Thank you!

I just wanted to say thank you to all the

teachers for making my birthday so

special and unforgettable in Sicily.

Shona Morrison 9MF

The harbour at Giardini Naxos conducting a settlement study

Eating Gelato at the harbour

Alcantara Gorge river study

What a brilliant start to this academic year for Year 8! I have been impressed with the maturity you are all showing and I know that the teachers are pleased with the initial progress you are making. We have high expectations of you now, so keep up the positive attitude and make the most of the opportunities that are available to you – if you’ve not been to an after school club then try one this term, you never know, you may have a hidden talent! Congratulations to those pupils that have been voted in as representatives for your tutor groups. These are important roles with lots of responsibility and I hope you will support and represent your tutor group well. O u r Y e a r 8 S ch o o l C o u n c i l Representatives Lucy Clark 8NS and Alex Holmes 8SD have already met with me and we’ve made a good start with discussions, from the points put forward from Tutor members, on how we can make improvements in and around school. It is great to see how many merits have been earned already and will be interesting to see which tutor group is going to take the trophy for most merits. Don’t forget the attendance trophy too - the more often you are in school, the more you can learn. The Year 8 pupils have been given a copy of their Information and Curriculum Guide. However, if your child has missed this then please collect one from the school office. Well done so far Year 8 – keep up the

effort and positive attitudes!

Mr J Wordsworth Year Leader, Year 8

It is my great pleasure to welcome Year 7 and parents to Eggar’s School and what will, I am sure, be an exciting school career. The start of term has been an industrious and successful time for all with positive feedback from pupils, staff and parents alike. One of the most memorable days for Year 7 has to be Bonding Day at the start of term at Fairthorne Manor. It started off as a bleak and wet day but very quickly turned into a challenging, exciting and enjoyable event. Many fears were faced and overcome throughout the day and new friendships were established which was the aim of the day. I hope you enjoy the photographs overleaf of the students clearly having fun despite the showers! As a result of Bonding Day the ethos of Year 7 is now one of unity and the determination to succeed. I would like to thank all of you who attended the Year 7 Information and Curriculum evening, it was lovely to see so many faces. If you missed the evening and your child has not brought the information booklet home, please collect a copy from the school office. By the time this Newsletter has gone to print Year 7 would have enjoyed a day at the Petersfield Theatre experiencing the sounds from the Taiko Drumming — a full report of the days activities will be in the next issue. It was a delight to give so many certificates at the Year 7 Awards Assembly this week and I look forward to this continuing into the next half term.

Miss N Curtis Year Leader, Year 7

Media Project Twelve students from Year 8 and Year 9 accompanied Mr Neale, Mr Mills and Mrs Mathieson on a Media course. Over a two day period the students were able to make their own films based upon a visitor’s experience of Milestones Victorian Museum. This two day course at Sony Centre in Basingstoke was part of the Media 4 Schools project.

They were guided through the before and after process of filming by two experts, Norah and Anna. The students had to understand the concept of filming shots and edit their own films. At the end of the course the school was presented with an iMac which will be used for a variety of means. Plans are to develop a Media Club for lunchtimes and afterschool so — watch this space!

Mr A Neale Drama Curriculum Leader

The Music Department are hosting an Auction of Promises on Thursday 13th November at 7.00pm in the school hall, the profits of which will support the Music Tour to Spain in July 2009. The evening will be conducted by a professional auctioneer, along with live music from musicians at the school. Tickets are on sale now from the school office priced at £10.00 per person and this will include a hot meal and dessert, Auction Programme and the opportunity to bid, so please make sure you bring along a cheque book! As a parent, your role in the success of this event is extremely important and we are calling upon your support, good nature and talent to pledge a saleable lot that you feel would be appropriate. We are looking to gather as many lots as possible and the more unique the better! Some of the Lots already received include: ♦ a guided tour of the Ocean Liner

Oriana and lunch with the Captain ♦ a 3 bedroom holiday apartment in

Spain

♦ a day pass for 10 players for

camouflage paintball ♦ a series of drum lessons at

Percussion Works ♦ Eggar’s big band to perform at an

event of your choice ♦ And many more…! Maybe you can offer free services from businesses or family members such as hair salon vouchers, restaurant vouchers or car valeting. Perhaps a sail boat outing or the experience of flying a glider, fresh flowers for a month, a wine or food hamper - go on surprise us! Don’t forget entry is by ticket only — on sale until Wednesday 5th November, but hurry before they sell out. We look forward to hearing from you.

Mr Farris & Mr Smith

Music Department

Music Clubs We thought it would be a good time of year to remind pupils and parents of the music clubs offered to all pupils. We are currently extremely busy rehearsing for the forthcoming Christmas concerts. Whilst attendance has been excellent from a large number of pupils we have noticed that it has been erratic from a minority. Please could you actively encourage your son/daughter to attend on a regular basis. As an incentive we will be rewarding pupils with regular attendance by entering them into a draw to win vouchers to purchase music of their choice.

 Time/Day 

 Monday

 Tuesday

 Wednesday

 Thursday

 Friday

   Lunch 

 School Choir

MS2

 Blue

Notes MS2

 School Choir

MS2

 Brass En-

semble MS1

 Percussion Ensemble

MS2  After School 

 GCSE

Coursework MS1

 Concert

Band MS2

 Chamber

Choir MS2

 Big Band

MS2

 GCSE

Coursework MS1

GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

Every Friday after school from

3.30pm until 4.30pm

Come along and join in the fun of learning about the countries and animals in the world. We have also sponsored a mountain gorilla and have called it MUNDO!

Why not give it a try…. all are welcome!

Mrs Kinteh’s Year 9 students are welcome to the Department during any lunch time. Also KS4 Year 10 and Year 11 students can attend any lunch time and any day after school.

Don’t forget to look out for regular sports events and activities on the De-partment Notice Board - why

not give something new a try this

We have recently received complaints regarding the dropping-off of children at the school entrance with the driver then turning around in the entrance to depart, or drivers coming into the front car parking area and not pulling over to the left hand-side, instead they are stopping in the middle and therefore blocking through-traffic. We would appreciate all drivers having consideration for other drivers and pedestrians.

Please use the school entrance on

London Road and exit from the Holybourne Road junction – this will ensure the safety of all drivers and

pedestrians. Thank you for your consideration.

We are still having many students coming into school without a drink for the whole day. We would also mention that those students taking school dinners should also bring to school a water bottle. We do have water dispensers in school which enables students to replenish their bottles during morning break and lunchtime. We would appreciate parent support in ensuring that all children bring a water bottle to school every day, even during the winter months.

You will be aware from our recent letter to parents that we are increasingly concerned that some students are choosing to wear clothing which is not of the recommended uniform style. Students should not wear sweatshirts, hooded tops or non school uniform sweaters under the school blazers. Skirts should be no shorter than knee length and be of a plain black pencil style, or if the option is to wear black trousers, these should be uniform trousers, and not be of a chino/jean style with studded pockets. Full details of the uniform guidelines are on page 8 of your child’s Student Planner. 1st Grade uniform orders can be made by collecting an order form from the school office or by using the new on-line store by visiting www.eggars.net and follow the link to parents and uniform guidelines. We would appreciate your support in ensuring your child is dressed in the correct and appropriate uniform.

It come to our attention that there is an error on the calendar this year. Therefore please note that after the Christmas holiday the Staff Training day for January 2009 is on Monday 5th January 2009

with the whole school returning on Tuesday 6th January 2009. For your convenience we have attached the current School Calendar at the end of this Newsletter, however, dates can be subject to change and we advise you contacting the school office or visiting our website www.eggars.net/calendar for regular updates.

A note from the Director… ‘Sweet Charity’ is finally here! Over 60 students have been involved in lead, dance and chorus rehearsals with an outstanding attitude. The chorus have been singing their souls out to the tune of ‘The Rhythm of Life’ and the dancers have been flamboyant as they choreograph the song ‘Big Spender’. Leads have be-gun reading through their lines and rehearsals now need to step up another gear as they approach Christmas in time for the March performances. Just a personal thank you to Mr Farris, Mr Smith, Miss Masterman, Miss McCready and Mr Colburn-Jackson for their hard work so far. Josh Humphrey 9CG has been working hard behind the scenes and has already designed the set for the production - it’s looking great Josh, thank you!

Mr A Neale Drama Curriculum Leader

Wednesday 22nd October 3.30pm-5.00pm Act 1: Charity, Vidal, Ursula, Oscar, Helene, Nickie 

Thursday 23rd October 3.15pm-4.30pm Act 1: Charity, Vidal, Ursula, Oscar, Helene, Nickie

Wednesday 5th November 3.30pm-5.00pm Act 2 Scene 2/3/5 Charity, Oscar, Nickie, Helene

 

AFTER HALF-TERM Chorus - every Monday 

3.30pm-5.00pm Dancers – every Wednesday 

3.30pm-5.00pm

 

Thursday 16th November 3.30pm-5.00pm Act 2 Scene 6-11 Oscar, Charity, Helene, Nickie, Rosie, Herman & Dancers

Wednesday 12th November 3.30pm-5.00pm Act 2 (whole) Oscar, Charity, Helene, Nickie, Rosie, Herman & Dancers 

Thursday 13th November 3.30pm-5.00pm (in Drama Studio) Act 1 (whole) Oscar, Charity, Helene, Nickie, Dancers, Herman, Vidal & Ursula

Wednesday 19th November 3.30pm-5.00pm Act 1 (whole) Oscar, Charity, Vidal, Ursula, Helene, Nickie & Herman

Thursday 20th November 3.30pm-5.00pm Act 1 (whole) Oscar, Charity, Vidal, Ursula, Helene, Nickie & Herman

Thursday 20th November 3.30-5.00pm Act 2 (whole) Oscar, Charity, Helene, Nickie, Rosie, Herman & Dancers

Wednesday 26th November 3.30pm-5.00pm Act 1 (whole) Oscar, Charity, Helene, Nickie, Dancers, Herman, Vidal & Ursula

Thursday 27th November 3.30pm-5.00pm Act 2 (whole) Oscar, Charity, Helene, Nickie, Rosie, Herman & Dancers

Wednesday 3rd December 3.30pm-5.00pm Act 2 (whole) Oscar, Charity, Helene, Nickie, Rosie, Herman & Dancers

Thursday 4th December 3.30pm-5.00pm Act 2 (whole) Oscar, Charity, Helene, Nickie, Dancers, Herman, Vidal & Ursula

Wednesday 10th December 3.30pm-5.00pm (in Drama Studio) Act 1 (whole) Oscar, Charity, Helene, Nickie, Dancers, Herman, Vidal & Ursula

Thursday 11th December 3.30pm-5.00pm Act 2 (whole) Oscar, Charity, Helene, Nickie, Rosie, Herman & Dancers

MONDAY 15TH DECEMBER 3.30pm-6.00pm WHOLE CAST

REHEARSAL TIMETABLE

We were delighted to offer Eggar’s Peer Mentors the opportunity to attend a one-day conference at school on Wednes-day 24th September. Our Peer Mentors offer pupils the opportunity to talk over problems or can be asked to consult staff on a number of issues that individuals might be unwilling to raise themselves. As such, they have a valuable role to play in our school community. With the help of Jan Aspinall from ‘Childline’, the full day’s training covered the skills of: ♦ Communication & listening skills ♦ Working alongside other people ♦ Problem solving ♦ Supporting others ♦ Team building ♦ Confidentiality and when to pass on

issues to a teacher The team was also introduced to Sue Foster from the Careers Service, who will continue the training and support every Thursday lunchtime. Eggar’s has a very active Peer Mentor Team. They are hard working and we are very proud of their achievements.

Miss J Sandeman PSHE & Citizenship Teacher

Welcome back to Year 9! An exciting and challenging year lies ahead for the students. I am very pleased to say that the Year 9s have made an excellent start. Many subject teachers have commented that they are working hard and great to teach. Let’s keep this momentum going!

SAM Learning All Year 9 students know about SAM Learning and many of them use the service. It is an online service which means it can be accessed from home. SAM Learning is excellent in supporting students with revision exercises and exam-style questions completed and marked online. It will help the Year 9’s to build up their confidence. Past students, in particular boys, have said that it helped them a great deal. Why don’t you ask your son or daughter to show you how it works?

Year 9 Tennis Star Alex Gasson 9LL played in the HSBC ‘Road To Wimbledon’ tournament over the summer holidays. Alex eventually made it to the last 16 but lost to the champion. Alex was very pleased with his performance as he pushed the champion to the limit. During half-term Alex will be training with a prominent American tennis coach in Colorado, USA. He will also be taking part in a tourna-ment in Las Vegas. Congratulations and good luck Alex! Operation Christmas Child 9LL are planning to run Operation Christmas Child, where they hope that each tutor group will fill a shoebox with goodies to send across the world to less advantaged children. For more detailed information please check the following website: http://www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk/ Here are a few suggestions for gifts for boys: felt-tip pens, pens, pencils, toothpaste, toothbrush, pencil case, cars, trucks, small ball. And for girls: felt-tip pens, pens, pencils, toothpaste, toothbrush, pencil case, doll, hair bands, scrunchies, hair brush, comb. I do hope you all take part in this worthwhile cause. Have a good half term break and keep up the good work Year 9.

Mr A Wheeler

Year Leader, Year 9

Library Exhibition We were very happy to have all year groups represented at a new annual exhibition at Alton Library. The exhibition was a great success and the school has been asked to return next year to create a larger scale exhibition.

Drawing Competition We are pleased to announce the launch of the Eggar’s Drawing Competition.

The competition is open to all KS3 students. Entries must be on paper and drawn using dry art materials such as pencils and pastels (no painting this time). Entries will be judged by the teachers in the Art Department and an overall winner will be selected by our kind sponsor the ‘Market Street Gallery’ in Alton. The winner will receive a professional frame chosen by themselves for their art work. They will also have their artwork exhibited in the Gallery for a number of weeks along with professional artists work. All entries must be handed in to the Art Department by Monday 1st December. Entries received after this date will not be accepted. We are really looking forward to seeing the entries and wish all of you budding artists the best of luck!

Mr P Colburn Jackson Art Curriculum Leader

Alton Arts Society Congratulations to all the s tudents who had artwork selected for the Alton Society of artists’ show 2008. The exhibition was held at the Alton Assembly along with adult’s artwork and work from other local schools. We were extremely pleased that 23 artworks were chosen from Eggar’s and that our former Year 8’s swept the board in one category with Becky Lascelles taking first place and Tom Rudman and Josh Jones, all of tutor 9MF, finishing as runners-up. Hopefully we will be able to build upon this success in next year’s exhibition.

Friday 26th September 2008 was the European Day of Languages. This is a day focusing on different languages and cultures that is celebrated all over Europe and Eggar’s was no exception. Students from Year 9 visited the weekly Assemblies to advertise the event and share knowledge about languages in the world. During French and Spanish lessons on the day, students took part in activities testing their knowledge of other countries, cultures and languages. Staff got involved too, competing to be the Department who could make the most effort at integrating other languages into their lessons throughout the day. The PE Department were the overall winners although there are special mentions for Science, English and Maths too! At lunchtime students had the opportunity to attend workshops in Cornish, French, Japanese, Spanish, Salsa and Celtic music. Highlights were Miss Hocking and Miss Curtis giving ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ a run for its money with a group of over 50 students doing Salsa dance in the gym and Mrs Rushmere giving students the chance to make their own ‘croque monsieur’.

Thank you to all those who got involved and watch out for more language fun later in the year.

Miss J McKernan

MFL Curriculum Leader

The Planet

I am a place of mysteries I am a place of shining waters I am a place of ancient ruins

I am a place of soldiers quarters I feel a love, of many meanings I feel the warmth of many seas I feel an anger, of my thoughts

I feel a dream of many memories I have a life of guiding people

I have a life of exploring the wild I have a life of hills and valleys I have a life of women and child I am a world of life and death

I am a world of whisper and voice I am a world of peace and joy

Let me live or die, that’s your choice

By Amy Lucas 8KG

Yet again another great half term! We cannot believe how quickly it is going. We have been busy organising the Leaver’s Year Book and hope it will be a great success. If Year 11 have any friendship photographs that you would like to include then please let us know. We are grateful to the many prefects that helped at the recent Year 6 Intake Evening — thank you for your support. Have a great half-term holiday and we look forward to the run-up to Christmas on our return!

Eleanor Boardman, Head Girl Taliesin Burkitt-Jones, Head Boy

Year 10 and 11 Art Students had a very successful day at Marwell this half term. Students were able to record, through drawing and photography, a wide variety of animals from first hand observation. These photographs were taken in preparation for their Art coursework back in the classroom. They will now be experimenting with materials and using the photography as a starting point for making images.

We look forward to sharing with you some of these artworks in future newsletter issues.

Ms S Kinteh Art Teacher

I cannot believe that we have already completed a half term in Year 11. It is scary how quickly the year seems to be going. The Senior Prefect Team and I recently visited prospective prom venues and there was an overall-winner, although the other venues were very good, and this is the Old Thorns near Liphook. It would be a wonderful venue for a wedding let alone a prom, so I feel we are very fortunate indeed. The surroundings are beautiful and importantly there is plenty of space for parents and family to watch you all arrive. The Prom date has been changed to Wednesday 24th June due to the original date clashing with the Big Band Tour, so make sure this date is in your diary!. As you may be aware from Eleanor and Taliesin, we are also working on a year book for the end of Year 11, with the content of the book decided by the pupils. This will provide a lasting memory for everyone of their time at Eggar’s, even if the pictures taken in Year 7 are a little embarrassing! Next term is very important as at the end of November the mock exams are taking place. College applications also have to be started this term and mock exam results will be an important addition on applications. It is therefore extremely important that the mock exams are given respect and that pupils are working hard at their revision, which I would suggest is started over the half term break! Don’t forget many Departments have available valuable revision guides and I would strongly recommend you investing in these. I hope that everyone has a good break.

Mr R Eost Year Leader, Year 11

Welcome to Year 10 and I am delighted with how the year group have settled into their GCSE subjects. The group as a whole are working hard and this needs to continue for them to succeed and obtain excellent final results in their GCSEs. The next decision for Year 10 will be their Work Experience choices for May 2009. As you will know from the Work Experience and Curriculum evening we are now using WEX Online and the deadline for applications is 5th December, however the sooner Students apply for a placement, the better chance of obtaining a placement of choice. It is important that we share and celebrate success at Eggar’s and with this in mind I would like to congratulate those students that achieved maximum KS3 results and therefore became members of the 21 Club. These students were invited for a celebratory tea at the Grange Hotel and their names will feature in a roll of honour in the school foyer - well done!

Keep up the good work Year 10 and have a good half term.

Mr J Foley Year Leader, Year 10

SCHOOL CALENDAR 2008/2009 – Dates for your diary AUTUMN TERM October 27 – 31 HALF TERM November 12 Y11 Drama Exams 13 Auction of Promises Fundraising Event for Music Department 19:00 17-21 Y11 Language mock orals all week 20 Presentation Evening for GCSE Certificates 21 Y8 PSHE Day – change of date from 14.10.08 26 Y11 Drama exams 27 Y11 Mock Exams begin 28 Y10 MFL students Day Trip to Lille - this trip has been cancelled

December 2 Rehearsal for Advent Carol Service at Holybourne Church all day

Advent Carol Service at Holybourne Church from 19:00-20:00 4 Y10 - Ms Kinteh’s Art Group visit to Victoria and Albert Museum 08:45-17:00 8 Y7 Art Trip to National Gallery 9 Y7 Art Trip to National Gallery

10 13:30 – 16:30 Senior Citizens Christmas Party

Y10 + Y11 D&T Trip to Clothes Show Live from 07:30-20:00 12 Academic Review Day 1:1 reviews with pupils, tutors and parents 18 19:00 Yuletide Concert in School Hall

19 Last Day of Term

Y11 pupils with overdue coursework to stay until 15:10 SPRING TERM January 2009 5 INSET DAY – School closed 6 Whole school returns - this is a change of date 15 Y9 GCSE & KS4 Information Evening 18:30 in the Hall 19 Y8 Art visit to National Portrait Gallery 21 Y8 Art visit to National Portrait Gallery 22 Y9 Parents Evening 16:00-19:00 in the hall 24 30 x Y11 GCSE Geography/MFL students visit to Paris 27 30 x Y11 GCSE Geography/MF: students return from Paris

February

2 Year 8 Exam Week GCSE Music final performances in the Hall Y11 Art Exam Week Y9 x 50 Art visit to Tate Gallery

3 GCSE Music final performances in the Hall

BCOT information evening 18:00-20:00

4 Y9 Enterprise Challenge 09:00-11:50

Y11 Reports to Parents

5 Intermediate Maths Challenge in the Hall

Y7+Y8 Valentines disco in the Hall 19:00-21:00 9 Y11 pupils with incomplete coursework to stay afterschool all week

12 Y11 Parents Evening 16:00

Religious Studies trip to Krakov — this trip has been cancelled 13 Ski trip students depart 16-20 HALF-TERM 21 Ski trip students return 23 Y10 Art Exams all week 28 Sweet Charity musical rehearsals from 10:00 March 1 Sweet Charity musical Technical rehearsals 10:00-16:00 2 Sweet Charity musical performance to primary schools 10:00-12:00 3 Sweet Charity musical evening performance

4 Sweet Charity musical evening performance

Alton College Open Evening 18:30-21:00 5 Sweet Charity musical evening performance 6 Sweet Charity musical evening performance 9 BTec Art Exams 12 BTec Art Exams 13 INSET DAY – School closed 16 Y11 x 50 students Art visit to Portsmouth University 18 Y10 x 50 students Art visit to Portsmouth University 20 Academic Review Day – 1:1 reviews with pupils, tutors and parents 23 Y7 Exam week 25 Y8 Reports to parents 30 Y11 Drama exams this week

April 1 Spring Concert in the Hall 19:00

2 Junior School Concert 09:30-10:30

Y8 Parents Evening 16:00-19:00 6-17 EASTER HOLIDAYS

20 INSET DAY – School Closed

Y10 Group A – Geography Calshot Field visit departs 22 Y10 Group A – Geography Calshot Field visit returns & Y10 Group B Calshot departs 24 Y10 Group B – Geography Calshot Field visit returns

27 Y10 Exam week

Y7 Art experience event at school 28 Y7 Art experience event at school

29 Y8 x 50 students visit to University

Y11 Music Showcase in the Hall 19:00 30 Junior Maths Challenge in the Hall May 4 MAY DAY BANK HOLIDAY – School Closed 11 Y10 Work Experience begins - week 1 12 GCSE’s begin 13 Y8 x 100 students depart on visit to Osmington Bay, Weymouth 14 BCOT Information Evening 18:00-20:00

15 Y9 Economic Awareness Day

Y8 x 100 students return from Osmington Bay, Weymouth 18 Y10 Work Experience – Week 2 and Y7 x-half visit to Kew Gardens 19 Y7 y-half visit to Kew Gardens 20 Y7 reports to Parents 25-29 HALF -TERM June 4 Y7 Parents Evening in the hall 16:00-19:00 and Y10 H&SC visit to Treloar College this week 9 Y7 Art experience 10 Y7 Art experience 12 BCOT Careers Information Day 15 Y9 non core exam week 17 Y10 Reports to parents 18 Y6 Induction Evening 19 Y10 Drama exams 20 Eggar’s School Fete 22 Y10 Modular Science exams 23 Y3-5 Open Mornings 09:15-12:00

24 Y3-5 Open Mornings 09:15-12:00

Y11 Leavers Dinner — change of date from 02.07.08 25 Y10 Parents evening in the hall 16:00-19:00

26 Y10 x 50 students visit to Imperial War Museum

Evening with the Big Band in the hall 19:30 28 Big Band Tour departs

30 Y11 repeat Module Science Exam

Founders Day – Y7 attend service at Holyrood Church, Holybourne July 2 Y10 ‘Hamlet’ Drama visit – evening performance 4 Big Band Tour returns 6 Y7 x-half visit to Winchester 7 Y7 y-half visit to Winchester 8 Sports Day 9 Awards Evening in the Hall 18:30 10 Y6 Induction Day 14 Reserve Sports Day 15 Music Challenge in the Hall 19:00 17 Y9 x 63 students visit to Belgium 21 Y9 Reports to Parents 22 END OF TERM

Some dates are subject to change, please check by visiting our website at www.eggars.net/calendar or by contacting the school office on 01420 541194

25 Y10 Parents evening in the hall 16:00-19:00

26 Y10 x 50 students visit to Imperial War Museum

Evening with the Big Band in the hall 19:30

28 Big Band Tour departs

30 Y11 repeat Module Science Exam

Founders Day – Y7 attend service at Holyrood Church, Holybourne

July 2 Y10 ‘Hamlet’ Drama visit – evening performance 4 Big Band Tour returns 6 Y7 x-half visit to Winchester 7 Y7 y-half visit to Winchester 8 Sports Day 9 Awards Evening in the Hall 18:30 10 Y6 Induction Day 14 Reserve Sports Day 15 Music Challenge in the Hall 19:00 17 Y9 x 63 students visit to Belgium 21 Y9 Reports to Parents 22 END OF TERM

Some dates are subject to change, please check by visiting our website at www.eggars.net/calendar or by contacting the school office on 01420 541194