Issue Date: Week 1 8 September 2017

Welcome back to SchoolDear Parents, Carers and Students A very warm welcome back for the start of a new school year, I hope that you have had a relaxing and productive summer break. I know many staff and parents were in school over the break as students received their hard earned exam results in August. I am delighted to say that both GCSE/BTEC and A Level results once again showed an improvement across the school. Details will soon appear on the school web-site but the summary highlights include a 3% rise in the percentage of students achieving 5 or more A*- C grades (including English and maths), a great

demonstration of the school’s continued progress in a year which saw the National percentage fall; A Level results were also improved with a 100% pass rate and 44% of all results being A*, A or B. We are delighted that one student gained the 'holy grail' of 4 A* grades at A Level and that most others will also be able to start the courses of their choice after all of their hard work.We have welcomed a number of new staff this term so students will meet a few new faces in their lessons over the next few days. We also bade farewell to a number of staff in July, including some long standing colleagues. Special mention goes to Mr Lury, Miss Joshi. Mrs Smith and Mr

Hildreth, all of whom worked in the school for over 10 years (and over 20 years in the first two cases). They will be missed.It was fantastic to welcome our new Year 7 cohort into school for their first ‘proper’ day on Monday. They look extremely smart, particularly the girls in their new skirts, and their behaviour was excellent. They certainly made an excellent first impression on staff and we are all looking forward to the next seven years working with them.A warm welcome back to all of our students, it is great to see you all back after the break. Many thanks for your continued support and here’s to a great year ahead.

Simon Liley, Headteacher

GCSE EXAM SUCCESSGCSE results have improved for the fourth year running at The Angmering School. In 2017 58% of students gained at least 5 Good grades including both English and Maths. We are ex-tremely proud of the achieve-ments of our students and staff, particularly as they were tack-ling the new, more challenging, GCSE courses for the first time.Students who achieved some of the very top grades included Max Holloway (10A* and 1A), Isaac Woods (8 A* and 3 A), Lola Watkins (8A* and 2A), Jacob Da-vidge (7A* and 4A), Emily Keogh (5A*, 4A and 1B), Dilaxiha Rajen-dran (2A*, 7A and 1B) and Lau-ren Wayman (2A*, 8A and 1B). Students who made exceptional progress between Year 6 and Year 11 included Alexis Luscombe (3A*, 3A and 2B), Luke Hess (2B and 5C), Ben Stevens (5C and 4D), Megan Savage (3A, 5B and 1C), Ben Silverson (2A, 3B and 5C) and Kieron Fallon (2A, 2B and 5C).Of course, our congratulations go to all of our students who have

worked so hard and achieved so much over the past 5 years.Mr Liley said “We are all really proud of the achievement of our students, they have once again shown that dedication and hard work will reap rewards. Whilst we are careful not to draw di-rect comparisons between the ‘old’ and ‘new’ GCSE systems it is very pleasing that the per-centage of students gaining 5

or more good grades including both English and Maths has in-creased for the fourth year run-ning at Angmering. I would like to personally thank staff and students for their excellent work and wish all students the best for their future studies and careers.”

A LEVEL EXAM SUCCESSStudents at Angmering Sixth Form are celebrating an excellent set of A level results this year with a 100% pass rate. The proportion of entries that have gained A* to B was 41% and A* to C was 73% - both college records.

Students celebrating include Natalie Cleverly who gained 4 A* grades and will go on to study Geography at the University of Exeter, Soham Shah who gained 2A* and 2 A grades and Ben Simpson who gained 1A* and 3 A grades. Soham will study Economics at the University of Bath and Ben will study History at the University of York. Other students celebrating outstanding results include Cameron Misson (A*ABB), Hannah Stanaway (AAB) and Georgia Spight (ABBC).

Particular mention to students taking the vocational ‘Creative Media’ qualification with Holly Parisi, Hannah Whittington and Dom Sidonio all gaining a Distinction* (the top grade).

Btec science students also excelled with Sadia Uddin, Chloe Wadey and Sarah Smith also gaining a Distinction*.

We are particularly proud of our maths department where 50% of our A2 entries gained A*/A grades. As Maths is not yet a reformed A level, Year 12 students celebrating include Iona Collis, Ben Galbally, Dylan Marodeen, Rebecca Merridue, Jack Pankhurst and Tom

Penny all gaining a grade A in their AS exams. Mr Kerrison commented “We are delighted for our students who have worked so hard to achieve these results. This is the first year of reformed A levels and I want to congratulate our staff for their professionalism in rising to the challenge and our students for excelling in unknown circumstances.”

Peggy’s WalkThe Peggy’s walk mural was an art project in which I, along with some other arty students, created a large mural for Angmering village. We made the mural by painting it using layers of paint to develop the tone, texture and form. I enjoyed working on this project as it was nice to work on a piece of art that will be enjoyed by the public for a long period of time. Also, I learnt to develop lots of different brush strokes and painting techniques and I liked creating texture in the mural, particularly in the sky and clouds.

Joe Baxendale (Yr 8 Art Ambassador)

Well done to Louis Saunders on his recent success in being identified as a talented Boccia player and being invited onto the Boccia UK Transition programme.Louis will be taking part in the World Open in Kansas which will be an opportunity to learn from and be part of a world class team with the UK BC4.A fantastic achievement, well done!

PGL South of France 2017A fantastic week of Watersports activities... the weather was hot and windless giving us new and exciting activities to try which included rock jumps and body boarding. The descent of the Ardeche was fast and beautiful with all students completing the 3 days in high spirits.

The group were an absolute credit to their families and the school impressing all staff and our lovely coach drivers.

Finally a massive thank you to Miss White, Mr Ritchie, Mr Lumbard, Mr Greenfield and my two very well behaved children Aston and Bluebelle.

Looking forward to the next trip.....

Miss Barns

Summer Holiday Work ExperienceDuring the summer holidays Chris Chambers 10JPR completed a week’s work experience at Eurotherm. Working alongside hardware and software engineers Chris was asked to design a component which was displayed and presented to managers and directors of the company. Alex Roberts 10JMX who was also interviewed for the work experience attended at the end of the week and sat in on Chris’ presentation. Chris experienced a meaningful work placement and management at Eurotherm were very impressed with both students who received good advice on their future pathways.

Hairdressing Success for Jasmine

Jasmine Rendell left us in July and has recently been accepted at Richard John Academy and has been working for a month now at Centre Stage in Worthing. She was one of 12 applicants who were handed this wonderful opportunity in West Sussex. Well done Jasmine!

Student AmbassadorsWe are introducing a work experience opportunity for our Year 8 students this year. They will be given the opportunity to be a ‘student ambassador’ for

half a day a year. This will involve assisting with tasks such as directing visitors to the school as well as assisting various members of staff with a variety of tasks such as

basic administration work. If, for any reason, your child does not want to participate in the scheme please let us know.

If your child has any issues re the canteen regarding paying for their meal or their balance not being what they thought it should be, please do ask them to come to reception and we will help them.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW STAFF

Kam Atwal (Science), Lindsey Cox (Science), Casey Cunningham (Geography), Bea Leeds (Maths), Joe McAleese (Science), Nikki McLellan (Science), Tom Murray (History), Lucas Pattenden (Tech in Sport and PE), Raul Ramirez (MFL) and Alex Wilkinson (English).

Contacting us!We welcome contact from parents so please do not hesitate to contact us whenever you like. There are a range of people you can contact, depending on the topic. For example, anything subject related, it is best to contact the subject teacher in the first instance. If you have any concerns regarding the welfare of your child the tutor is usually the best person to initially contact. If you have any attendance issues or wish to report your child unwell then please call our Year Team Assistants:

Any other issues please call our Student Support Assistants:

Please do leave voicemails and the teams will come back to you as soon as they are free. Please do not ring reception.

What A Great Week Y7Year 7s have had a brilliant week. They all looked incredibly smart in their new uniform, I understand that most of them have got lost on their way to lessons several times, tried new lessons which I have been told are ‘brilliant’ and ‘fun’. They have also had their finger prints taken and completed some tests (CATs).

They are all now part of the school and ready to go with Google and Show My Home-work logins. Could I just remind you to name all PE kits and coats, so that these can be easily returned when found in various parts of the school and ensure that planners are brought into school daily.

I am sure we are going to have a very successful year.

Jayne FilleryYear 7 Team Leader

Do you want to take part in Rock Challenge this year?

The auditions are taking place next Tuesday (12th September) after school, 3.30pm-5.00pm in P40 and all students can audition. Students that are successful will need to be able to rehearse on a Wednesday afterschool. Anybody that would like to audition must sign their name on the appropriate sign-up sheet on the Dance notice board, prior to the audition.

Sign up sheets are already looking great!!!

Miss Martin

Reminders from AdminA reminder if you drop a lunch box or an item into reception we cannot guarantee being able to deliver this to your child. If they have a mobile phone

please text to let them know you have dropped it off and they can check for messages at break or lunch. If they do not carry a mobile please ensure

they know to come to reception should they ever forget anything to check if you have been in. Thank you.

AEROSOLS ARE BANNED AT SCHOOL

Aerosol deodorants, hairsprays etc are not allowed in school, including water based aerosols. We do insist that these are not brought onto the school site.

Individual school photographs: Years 7, 9, 11 and Sixth Form are on Tuesday 19 September in school.

Important Message from the School Nurse

Could all parents/carers ensure that students with medication such as Epipens and spare inhalers bring their medication to the medical room ASAP. Many thanks

Donna Street - School Nurse

Can you solve this week’s problem?

Equal Means

What value of x makes the mean of the first three numbers in this list equal to the mean of the last four?15 5 x 7 9 17

How did you get on with last term’s final problem?

Cube Pile Rick has five cubes. Each one is 2cm taller than the previous one. The largest cube is the same height as a tower built of the two smallest cubes.How high would a tower of all five cubes be?

“Superficial”Definition--Superficial - adj. at, on, or near the surface; lacking sincerity, shallow.

Discussion-- Superficial is a versatile adjective. It can be used to describe a person, a wound, a position, an idea, etc... We probably hear the word most commonly used to refer to a person who is only concerned with petty and material things. We also call these people shallow, referring to their inability to handle deep thoughts.I took an Anatomy course a few years back and the word superficial was used quite often. In anatomical terms, superficial means closer to the surface, and is often used to describe a wound. If someone has a light scratch or abrasion, we call that a superficial wound. If they have a severe cut, we call that a deep wound. Deep and superficial are opposite terms used in anatomy to help make position references, i.e., the vein is superficial to the organ, the organ is deep to the vein.We also use superficial to describe something or someone that is insincere. For instance, we all know that cheesy salesman who flashes the biggest smile every time he/she talks. They are not happy, or laughing, they are just trying to make you feel that they can be trusted by flashing a superficial smile. Their only hope is that you are equally superficial.

Etymology--from Latin superficialis, meaning of the surface, from superficies, meaning surface.

Foreign TranslationsDutch: oppervlakkigFrench: superficiel(le)German: oberflächlichItalian: superficialeSpanish: superficial

Cedar Garage in Tarring is running a fundraising scheme offering 10% rebate to the school on any labour charges for servicing or repairs they carry out. All we need to do

to get the money is state that we are a friend of Angmering School when taking the car into the garage. When paying the bill, they will give back a ‘cheque’ payable to The

Angmering School, which will need to be passed onto the school.

This scheme is open to all - parents, staff and friends

10% Donation to the School with this Scheme

We hope you’ve enjoyed reading this weekly newsletter aimed at parents, staff, students and friends of the school. You would be very welcome to send in articles and photos you

would like to see included. Please email fmoppett@theangmeringschool.co.uk

DIARY DATES 2017/2018September14 Y12 Information Evening 7-8pm 19 School photographs Years 7, 9 and 1121 Open Evening 5.30pm – 8pm22 & 27 Open Morning tours at 9.15am and noon28 Sixth Form Information Evening 6.30pm – 8.30pm October4 3.30pm – 4.30pm Nearly New Uniform Shop Open After School5 Y10 Information Evening 6 - 7.30pm12 Y11 Information Evening (1) 6 - 7.30pm13 Danceathon 6.30pm19 Y7 Parents’ Meeting “Seven Weeks In”20 Staff Day 123– 27 Half Term Week31 Big DrawNovember2 Speaking and Listening Activity Day 13 Y12 Safe Drive Stay Alive10 Remembrance Service in the Remem-brance Garden for staff and students 11 - 1.15am17 Children in Need Non Uniform Day29 Y10 Subject Consultation Evening 4.30pm – 7pm30 KS4 Presentation Evening 7.00pm (ex Y11)December1 Y7 Futures Christmas Fayre 1.15pm – 4.15pm6 3.30pm – 4.30pm Nearly New Uniform Shop Open After School14 & 15Christmas Concert 6.30pm – 8pm4-15 Y11 Mock Exams20 Term ends January4 Term Starts16 Speaking and Listening Activity Day 217 Dance Work in Progress Show23 Year 11 Subject Consultation Evening 4.30pm – 7pm 24 Staff Day 2 26 Y7 and 11 tutor Group Photos and Y11 Friendship Photos30 Year 12/13 Subject Consultation Evening

February1 Music Mania’s New Year Bash 7pm – 8.30pm 7 3.30pm – 4.30pm Nearly New Uniform Shop Open After School8 Y11 Information Evening (2) 6 - 7.30pm12-18 Half term week22 Curriculum Information Evening (Year 9) 6pm – 8pm28 Y12 Going to University Information Evening (including UCAS) 7pm - 8.30pmMarch1 Speaking and Listening Activity Day 34 10am -11.00am Nearly New Uniform Shop Open8 Year 9 Subject Consultation Evening 4.30pm – 7pm16 Fun Run 1-3.30pm28 Y8 Subject Consultation Evening 4.30pm – 7pm30/3 – 13/4 Spring BreakApril16 Staff Day 317 Term Starts25 Pure Dance Show26 Year 7 Consultation Evening 4.30pm – 7pmMay16,17 & 18 KS3 Drama Production 7pm28-1 June Half term WeekJune6 3.30pm, - 4.30pm Nearly New Uniform Shop Open13 & 14 G&T Drama Production 6-8pm15 Speaking and Listening Activity Day 421 Music Mania 7pm – 8pm25 Art, DT Exhibition Open Evening 3.30-8.30pm26 Art, DT Exhibition Open Day 9-3.30pm26 Y11 Prom (Avisford Park) 7-11pm27 LNC Y6 Induction Day28 Sports Day July3 Science fair Y7 5-7pm4 Year 6 Induction Day at Angmering and parents evening 6pm – 7.30pm12 Sports Presentation Evening 6pm – 8pm12 & 13 Y10 Sixth Form Taster Days18 School Concert16 6-7.30pm Evening of Celebration20 Term Ends for students