stowupland home ulletin h i g h s ch oo l 24th september 2021
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S t o w u p l a n d H i g h S c h o o l
‘Outstanding Progress for All’
Home Bulletin 24th September 2021
Executive Headteacher’s Blog
Dear parents and carers As ever, I hope this finds you and your loved ones safe and well. Year 6 Admissions Events Preparations for our Year 6 Admissions Events, which begin next week, are now well advanced. Our Open Evening is scheduled for Wednesday 29 September between 6.00-8.30. There will be talks by Mr Brewster, the Head of School, and by me, as well as a guided tour of the school by some of our Sixth Form students. Tea and Tours will be held from 27 September. We have also scheduled a virtual Open Evening on Thursday 14 October for those unable to attend other events. Tickets for the Open Evening and Tea and Tours have been snapped up like hot cakes and we only have a limited number of places still available. You can book tickets for all these events and find further information on our website. If you have friends, acquaintances or family whose children are moving to high school next year, please let them know about these events. Macmillan Coffee Morning at Cedars Park In my role as Executive Headteacher, I was delighted to be at Cedars Park Primary School this morning to attend a Macmillan Coffee Morning. You can find more information about this wonderful charity by following this link. The sun shone steadily more brightly and warmly as the morning progressed. The Year 6 pupils looked magnificent in their uniforms, and they served the refreshments with great enthusiasm and aplomb. Well done Year 6 and to all the staff at Cedars Park, particularly the Year 6 team, Mrs Rosson, Mrs Chapman and Miss Clarke, Mrs Strachan and Ms Lewis as well as Mrs Vince and Miss Macdonald.
Cedars Park is the biggest of the three primary schools in the John Milton Academy Trust and the vast majority of pupils join Stowupland High School in Year 7. It is always a pleasure for me to visit, and work with the wonderful staff there. And on this occasion, I enjoyed having the opportunity to speak to grandparents, parents and carers, and family friends and hearing how well their children are doing and how much they are enjoying their learning. I am looking forward to meeting them again at our upcoming Year 6 Admissions events. With my best wishes for the week ahead Peter Whear Executive Headteacher
Church Road Stowupland Stowmarket IP14 4BQ
Executive Headteacher: Mr Peter Whear; Head of School: Mr David Brewster
Chair of Local Board: Mrs Karen Hudson
Company Number: 10298832
Dear parents and carers The weather continues to stretch the summer into autumn, which helped make our delayed Sports Day a real success. Rather than my view of the afternoon, I thought I would share Betsy Taylor’s thoughts as one of our student representatives on the School newspaper: On Tuesday afternoon, on a very sunny day, Sports Day took place at Stowupland High School. There were a variety of events that took place, such as the 800m sprint, the 300m sprint, the 200m sprint, the 100m sprint and the relay race. Not forgetting, of course, the tug of war finals! Firstly, the 800m race took place, which was very challenging for many of the competitors. It was a nail-biting watch as the second lap generally changed everyone’s expectations! All of the sprints were great to watch throughout the various year groups. The 300m sprint was very tight; the 200m sprint brought tension to the crowd, and then the 100m sprint was fast and furious! Luckily I was able to interview some of the athletes right after their race. Here are a selection of their interviews: Jardine Hodgkins (Year 11) How did you feel coming 2nd? Congratulated, and proud. What did you think of the people who you were trying to beat? I thought the people against me were going to beat me I guess, so it was great knowing I came 2nd. Luke Simmons (Year 9) Was it difficult? Yes, harder than I thought. Where did you come? 2nd place. What was the best bit? It was really nice hearing the audience cheering and supporting us. As Betsy has so eloquently described, it was a wonderful afternoon, with the whole school participating and supporting each other. We have also been working hard this week calculating students’ academic targets for the year ahead. These are set according to prior attainment and compared with national data. We have high expectations and our targets are set accordingly. When targets are achieved students will be in the top 20% in terms of progress across the country. These targets are set as a minimum expected outcome and students are encouraged to aim and work above these levels. Students will be receiving either an end of year target (KS3) or an end of course target (KS4 and KS5) in their lessons next week. With best wishes
David Brewster
Head of School
Attendance up to 24 September 2021:
Head of School’s Blog
Y7 Y8 Y9 Y10 Y11 Overall
94.9% 93.8% 91.6% 89.9% 92.3% 92.5%
Contact Details:
Main School: 01449 674827 (8.30am—4.00pm) Miss K Elmer and Ms E McNaught
Pastoral Emails:
[email protected] Mrs Rolfe
[email protected] Miss Riches
[email protected] Mr Canfer
[email protected] Mrs Cranfield
[email protected] Mrs S Lewis
General : [email protected] Mrs S Lewis
Cashless catering: [email protected] Mrs N Wooldridge
Library: [email protected] Mrs N Burns
Attendance: [email protected]
Absence Line: 01449 742428
Website: www.stowuplandhighschool.co.uk
Diary Dates for this month
Wednesday 29th Open Evening (Year 7 2022 cohort) Year 6 parents, carers and
students
Diary Dates for October
Wednesday 6th Matilda, Cambridge Theatre, London
Selected students from all year groups
Thursday 14th Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Theatre Royal,
Bury St Edmunds Selected students from Yrs 10 and 11
Friday 15th Individual student photographs Years 7 - 11
Monday 24th -
Friday 29th Half-term
Information and Updates
FSM Vouchers
Please note: any unspent Edenred vouchers awarded to cover the Summer holidays will expire on 23
October 2021. Please contact Mrs Wooldridge on 01449 742435 if you need your voucher re-sent or
if you have any other queries.
School Nursing Team
The School Nursing team has requested that the following videos, explaining the service they offer
and how to contact them, are shared with parents and carers:
School Nurse Service | Physical, Mental & Sexual Health
School Nurse Service | Physical & Mental Health
COVID-19 Vaccinations We understand that the technical issues on the NHS consent portal have now been rectified and apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. Further guidance for parents and carers on the vaccination programme for young people aged 12 to 15 can be found here.
CREST Award Club Are you interested in Science; designing your own experiment; carrying out investigations? If so, the CREST Award Club is for you! To find out more, please come along to the initial meeting on Friday 1 October: Year 8: Early lunch in E04; Year 7: Late lunch in E02.
If you are in Year 9, 10, 11 or 6th form and would be interested in becoming a Science Ambassador, helping younger students with their Science, please join us on 1 October to find out for more information.
Congratulations!
Many congratulations to Amy Cobbold (10NP) who
has been accepted on to the Intensive Autumn
Dance Course at the Rambert School of Ballet and
Contemporary Dance in London.
Well done, Amy.
Information and Updates
Suffolk Youth Choir 2021-22 Suffolk County Music is re-launching Suffolk Youth Choir with a National Youth Choir of Great Britain ‘Youth Choir Kickstarter’ day on Saturday 30 October at Northgate Arts Centre, Ipswich IP4 3DF. Singers aged 13-18 years are invited to explore a variety of repertoire styles with the Choir. All voices are welcome and no music reading ability is necessary. The event is provided at a non-refundable charge of £20 per student and runs from 10.30am until
4.30pm.
Booking is now live. Please complete your Personal Information form and pay to sign up by visiting
the Suffolk Music Hub website.
PE Stars of the Week:
Jack Boston (9AS): great passing technique in rugby Aaliyah Herman (9MDH): netball interceptions Barney Hetherington (9AL): good handling skills in passing practice Bobby Sherriff (12CC): strong start to BTEC Sport Science Charlie Smy (9AS): good footwork in rugby Sydney Webb (9KL): outstanding performance in the Y9 football match
Year 10 Boys’ Football vs Mildenhall The Year 10 boys’ football team competed in their first league match of the season. Despite losing 3-0, Mr Bartholomew and Mr Clarke felt the score line was not a fair reflection of the game. We are confident that the boys will turn things around in their next match.
Year 9 Boys’ Football vs Mildenhall The Year 9 boys’ football team comfortably won their first league match of the season 4-0. The boys controlled the majority of the match, playing some really nice football and scoring some excellent goals. There were some outstanding individual performances but Sydney Webb was awarded Man of the Match.
Fusion Dance Cub After such a long break, it has been wonderful to welcome dancers back into the lunchtime Dance Club. Over 50 students have been attending across the staggered mid-day breaks. Students have been working on a contemporary piece called ‘control’ and a fun commercial dance to a pop mashup!
Information and Updates