Katie Hunwick, Leader of Drama, departed on maternity leave recently, slightly earlier than planned, and we have been fortunate to appoint Eileen McCarthy to cover Katie’s maternity leave. I am also delighted to report that Katie has given birth to Ella and they are both extremely well.John Rhodie leaves us this term to join the Behaviour team at Varndean School, Brighton. John has had the most incredible success with some very difficult students over the years and will be greatly missed by both students and staff. We also say goodbye to Gary Smith who has been an excellent Cover Supervisor over the last year and in addition given tirelessly of his time to help build the basketball teams in the school. Gary leaves us to take up a Basketball Leader post at Sir Robert Woodard Academy.Finally, we are delighted to welcome back Inari Karonen, Annie Brown and Lorna Sinsbury, all of whom return from maternity leave.September will be both an exciting and busy time as we continue our drive for improvement. In order to keep channels of communication as open as possible with yourselves I shall be introducing a monthly ‘talk with the Head’ opportunity, this will operate on a drop-in basis and run from 4.30pm to 8.30pm; I shall publish the dates at the beginning of term. I do wish you all a lovely summer and very much look forward to welcoming students back to school in September.

Kind regardsCarolyn Dickinson

MESSAGE FROM THE HEADWe also say goodbye to two members of staff who have given unstinting service to the school over a very long period of time. Paul Kaczmarek retires

this summer after an incredible 35 years. I know many parents will remember their time at Worthing High as students under the care of Paul and many will have taken part in

his legendary school trips. We wish Paul all the very best in his retirement. Matt Garrad also leaves this summer having been with us for 19 years, latterly as Community Leader for Salvington, Leader of Business and Teacher of ICT. Matt very excitingly leaves us to fulfil a lifelong ambition to go travelling; we look forward to following Matt on his travels around the world.We also say goodbye to Torie Norton, Leader of Broadwater, and Teacher of Design Technology who leaves us to get married and move to the West Country with her husband. Also in the DT department we say goodbye to Jules Smith who leaves us to take up a part time post at The Angmering School. I am delighted to welcome Jacqui Blendell on to our permanent staff; Jacqui has been working in the DT department for the past two terms. We also welcome Jo Tyrell-Baldwin who joins us on a one term contract.In Geography Dave Newman leaves to take up the role of Leader of Geography at Steyning Grammar School and will be replaced by Lee Hardwick who joins us from The Forest School, Horsham.As we say goodbye to Rosie O’Leary and Laura Perrott in English, we welcome Alice Griffiths, Stacey Cullen, Cait Gilman and Holly O’Sullivan into the English Department. Alice will take up the role of Second in Department and Holly will cover the maternity leave of Abi Whitehead.In Maths we say goodbye to Michael Hedley who leaves to take up a post at Sackville School, East Grinstead, and in ICT we say goodbye to Rory Matthews who leaves us to take up a post at Woodland Meads School.We also say goodbye to Douglas Baird who moves to Bucklers Mead School in Yeovil and welcome back Melanie Aylward into the MFL Department. Melanie was an outstanding trainee with us and returns having successfully completed her NQT year at The Weald School.

Worthing High SchoolJuly 2013

Dear Parents and Carers,As we enjoy a warm and sunny end of term it is worth reflecting just how far we have come over the last six months. There has been a tremendous sense of purpose and positivity from staff, students and parents towards the work that we needed to, and continue to, undertake in order to move the school to a position of success. I give my very heartfelt thanks to you all for the support and commitment you give to the school on a daily basis.We now await the next HMI monitoring visit which is due in early September, the visit could be as early as September 5th, however I think it will be more likely to take place in the week of September 9th. As soon as we hear from Ofsted that the monitoring visit is imminent we shall inform parents and carers and of course communicate the outcome of this visit as soon as possible. This term has been extremely busy with both public and internal exams, trips and visits for all year groups, a very successful Active8 Day (sports day) and extremely well attended PE Achievement Evening. I again thank you all for the support you have given your children in their preparation for exams, as you know we have had a strong focus on literacy and ensuring that all students are appropriately equipped for school. This has paid dividends in the quality of written work produced by all students, reading and book loans have risen enormously and we await now the results of the Yr. 11 GCSE’s.I am very pleased to say that we are fully staffed for September. We have three new Leadership Team members Matthew Hillier who joins us from The Weald School, Billingshurst as Deputy Headteacher; Sam Ayres from Farringdon Community College, Oxford and Tom Flower from St. Wilfrid’s Catholic School, Crawley, both join as Core Assistant Heads.We do say goodbye to Steve Lyons who has worked tirelessly this year as Acting Deputy Headteacher. Steve has always put the students and staff of Worthing High first and over his time with us has taught ICT, Business Studies, Leisure and Hospitality, Health and Social Care and Food Technology, Steve leaves us to enjoy a well earned retirement.

Autumn Term Tuesday 3 September to Friday 20 December 2013

Tuesday 3 September - INSET

Wednesday 4 September – Year 8 only

Thursday 5 September – All Year Groups

Half term break Monday 28 October to Friday 1 November 2013

Term Dates

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After a rigorous application and selection process involving interviews with Headteacher and Community Leaders the following students have been elected as Senior Students for the forthcoming academic year – although their duties and commitments have already started!

Head Girl: Neath Champion-Weeks HDBHead Boy: Tom Branch HJHDeputy Head Girl: Xene Aucock TCRDeputy Head Boy: Michael Shields BCO

Broadwater Community Student Leaders: Jessica Jackman BLP; Jenny Brown BGSSenior Prefects: Jurgen Forster BLE; Shaki Sikder BHN

Heene CommunityStudent Leaders: Luke Scattergood HDB; Holly Hopkins HDCSenior Prefects: Jack Boswell HDB; Emily D’Agostino HDC

Salvington CommunityStudent Leaders: Rachel Thomas SSO; Molly Vigor SRTSenior Prefects: Nola Wakeham SRR; Kim Logan SJT

Tarring CommunityStudent Leaders: Jacob Mansfield TFI; Matthew Leitch TRMSenior Prefects: Jacob Mattocks TDS; Natasha Poland TAT

However, it hasn’t been all hard work – after the recent Activ8 Day (Sports Day) the student leaders and prefects had some training led by Mr Lyons and this was followed by an informal get together and barbecue. Thanks to Mr Garrad, Mr Jeffery and Miss Norton for their support and help –particularly the cooking!

STUDENT LEADERS 2013/14

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH

July – Students of the Month Rewards

Each month one of ourBusiness Partners donates prizes to students who have gone over and above in a particular area of school. This month’s rewards have gone to four students who excelled on their Work Ex-perience placements. The feedback from their placement employers has ranged from “I’ll don’t know what we will do without him – he arrived early every day and in quiet periods

tidied and organised the office. He has applied to be a volunteer on Saturdays.” – Worthing Shopmobility; “We want her to come back again – she has entertained the pupils with magic tricks and helped with sports.” – English Martyrs Primary School; “Extremely hard working.” – Halfords Autocars.

We would like to thank Sally Stewart from Leaders, who came into school to present the students with their prizes.

Head Boy Tom BranchHead Girl Neath Champion-Weeks

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The biggest social event in the schools calendar took place on Friday 12th July, and what a perfect evening it was as the sun shone on the beautifully turned out students of Worthing High.

This year was the year of the classic car, we did have the usual limos, bus, camper vans, sports cars, but it was the huge number of classic cars that

stole the show that is until, the HELICOPTER arrived! Amber Blaney, Josie Rhodes and Izzy Roozbehan were whisked in and certainly added even more glamour to the fantastic location of the Avisford Park Hotel. The students were greeted by The Milestone Collective, a local Jazz band, on the lawns before going inside for drinks and their three course meal. Chris Nicholson, a young

Magician from Worthing, circled the tables with his close up magic which included an amazing trick where he makes a £5 note disappear and then cuts a lemon in half to find it again!Mr Lyons presented his much sought after prestigious OSWALD’S Awards, much to the amusement of both students and teachers!Finally the DJ cranked up the music and the students partied on the dance floor for the rest of the night.A great night was had by all the students who looked fantastic and behaved with such dignity and maturity. The staff all felt very proud but also very sad to say goodbye. We wish them all the very best in the future.

A CD with around 300 photos from the evening is available

for only £5, please pop in to the school to pay and order.

Jamie Peacock

LEAVERS PROM 2013

Pete Waterfield visited the school for a third time on Tuesday 30th April 2013. He worked throughout the day with 15 year 8 students on their “Sky Sports - Living for Sport Project” - ‘Transition’. Students were inspired when listening to Pete’s story and were wowed by his trampolining prowess. Worthing High welcomed Pete back in July when he presented the Sports Awards at the Presentation Evening, which you can read about in the PE Newsletter.Miss Field Leader of Physical Education

SKY SPORTS-LIVING FOR SPORT PROJECT

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You have recently achieved a position on the Worthing Youth Council. Can you tell us why you applied for a role in the council?

I applied for this role because I have always enjoyed debating issues and following politics. In my previous school, I did work on the school council there and I thought it would be good to develop this experience further and apply what I have learned but on a whole-town level.

What would you like to change about our town of Worthing?

I would like to see more activities provided for children. Currently, I think there needs to be greater opportunities for children in Worthing – more things to see and do that make our town more attractive. I believe that Worthing could be the kind of place that people travel to visit. Currently, this may not be so. I did think that the new swimming pool may have been a fabulous attraction, but after seeing the pool, it seems to be set up for adults and I will continue to visit the Triangle in Burgess Hill as this is set up for people of all ages.

You obviously have a certain level of confidence which has enabled you to apply for the Youth Council position and successfully achieve a post. Where does that confidence come from?

When I was attending West Park Middle School, I auditioned for a part in the school production.

I was really nervous, but encouraged myself to really go for it. Playing “Grandpa Joe” in the production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” was a wonderful experience and my confidence really grew through this experience.

What have been your biggest achievements since joining Worthing School in 2012?

I have to mention the recent visit to the Ferring Country Centre where we met with HRH Princess Anne. It really hit me that I was meeting the daughter of our queen. I have seen members of the Royal Family on television and many people see members of royalty from behind a barrier. I was very privileged to have the opportunity meet her face-to-face and to speak with her. This opportunity came about because of the charity work that older students at Worthing High School had carried out before I even got to this school. This legacy is still so positive and I want to be part of continuing this good work and being a positive ambassador of my school.I have recently been awarded the “Enterprising Student of the Month” prize for my work in setting up a student “E-Magazine”. My ideas are currently being explored and developed and the “E-Magazine” is in its embryonic stage. I am currently coordinating a team of interested students in developing articles and columns that we hope our fellow students will find engaging and interesting.

What are your hopes and dreams for your future?

I have always wanted to work in medicine. My current dream is to work as a paediatric surgeon. If this does not work out, I would quite like to own a sweet shop with amazing products like those I remember from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I would love this so much. I am going to work very hard at school to reach the grades I need for a career in medicine, so the sweet shop idea is “Plan B”!

James, what do you like most about being a student at Worthing High?

I am so pleased with the friends I have made. I have managed to make more friends here than I did in my previous school. The teachers can be strict, but at the same time, they are very nice and I know they are working hard for me and I want to thank them by working as hard as I can myself.

S JefferyAssistant Headteacher

James Hart 8HAB

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The Year 10 students have just returned from a brilliant work experience week which took place this year between Monday 8 and Friday 12 July.Virtually all of the students were placed in local and national businesses, and on Monday 15 July, students reflected on their experiences and the valuable lessons that they learnt in the world of workThe students went to a wide variety of placements from Lab technicians at Glaxosmithkline, game designing in Hove, accountants, garage mechanics, poodle parlours, schools and nurseries, sporting venues and

working at Sealife in Brighton, to name but a few.

We are extremely grateful to all of our employers who give up their time, for free, to supervise and look after the students while they are with them.

Staff that visited the students in their work placements reported on the maturity and commitment that the students were showing and a large number of employers said what a great credit they had been to themselves and the school.

A few students have even been

offered either Saturday or summer jobs, with also the offer of full-time work when they are old enough. So well done to all Year 10 students!

WORK EXPERIENCE 2013

On Friday 7th June, a group of 40 students visited Marwell Zoo for the day.The students took part in either a conservation or an art-based workshop in the morning. During the conservation workshop, the students had a talk for part of this hour based on the okapi and the threats it faces. They worked in groups putting themselves in the places of different people / organisations who use the okapi’s habitat for their own uses such as hunting and growing crops and debated what damage each group was doing and why the okapi is a threatened species.During the art workshop students drew from artefacts that were confiscated from poachers. Not only could they observe the amazing qualities of these creatures, but they also could see, first-hand, the damage illegal trading in animal products can cause. We also got to meet some of the zoos live residents close up.

After the workshops, due to torrential June rain, we visited the Tropical World where the students observed a dwarf crocodile, lizards, piranha and a bird-eating spider.Fortunately after this brief interlude, the skies began to clear so we walked around the Park watching the animals

emerge into lovely sunshine.All students had a thoroughly enjoyable day, allowing them to observe animals in re-created natural habitats and make detailed observations of skin patterns, animal anatomy and take photographs as reference for further drawings.

J Hlynianski

MARWELL TRIP

Amber Logan feeding ‘Lulu’ a Logger-head Turtle at Sealife Brighton

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Sue Knott & Fran Fisher ( LSA’s)

Back in May the WHSA organised an ‘Appreciation Tea’ for all staff at Worthing High. Staff were invited to have a slice of cake and a cup of tea prior to their community meetings that same afternoon. Lots of parents and carers made some fantastic cakes and the afternoon was a great success. Staff and WHSA members dis-cussed ways they could work together and also started to plan the proposed Summer Music Festival event being held later in July. A staff member attending said “ I just wanted to express my sincere thanks to everyone involved in this afternoon’s tea party; it was a little overwhelming to see and hear the appreciation for the

WHS team. It was clear that a huge amount of time, thought, energy, and personal cost was gifted by a large number of people. How lucky we are to have such support.”

If you would like to find out more about the WHSA or get involved please email the team at whsa@worthinghigh.net

APPRECIATION TEA

Worthing High are looking for ex students!Our new Year 11 Student Leaders are looking to develop a program whereby ex-students are invited back to the school to support careers provision and help students with their choices for further education.Ex students will be given the opportunity to talk to our current students about their Higher/ Further/ or Vocational experiences. This would provide our current students with more first-hand information when looking to make important decisions during their education, for example when making their year 9 option choices or choosing their pathways for higher education. We would be very grateful if students who left over 2/3 years ago could consider giving up a

small amount of their time to aid our students as we believe that it would be hugely beneficial to them. It would also be a good opportunity for you to catch up with some of your old teachers and have a nose around your old school!If you would like some more information about the project then please contact Karen Hayler at khayler@worthinghigh.net.Also the school will be celebrating its100th anniversary in 2014 and is looking to set up a small project team to oversee the co-ordination of a programme of events. If you would like to get involved or would merely like to register your interest to participate in whatever events the school organises please email your contact details to Karen Hayler – khayler@worthinghigh.net

Karen Hayler said: “We would love to hear from any ex-students of Worthing High, West Tarring Secondary School for Boys and Gaisford High School for Girls as we are very keen to speak to a wide variety of ex-students as part of the preparations.”

EX STUDENTS REQUIRED

Head Boy Tom Branch and Head Girl Neath Champion-Weeks

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WARHORSE WORKSHOP WITH JAMES KENNA

West End actor Jamie Kenna delivered a fantastic drama work-shop for students at Worthing High School. Jamie who has just joined the cast of ‘War Horse’ in the West End is currently playing the role of Ted . Our students went to see the show at the end of April in preparation for the exams. Jamie kindly agreed to come into school and deliver a face to face experience for them to help them prepare as fully as possible.

The students asked Jamie why he thought Ted Naracott’s back story changed from the book of the play to the stage version they saw. In Nick Stafford’s adaptation of the novel, Rose explains that Ted is the way he is because he was in the Boer War, however, in the version that we saw she says that Ted had to look after the family farm and couldn’t go to war!

The students felt they therefore had less sympathy for Ted as his drunkeness and quick temper couldn’t be blamed on his experiences in the war.

They also found out how long actors have to rehearse for. They heard all about the audition process for Warhorse and about Jamie’s previous acting

experiences. Jamie discussed how the cast formed relationships with the puppets and how the puppets carried the weight of the actors when they rode the horses.

It was a great experience for our students and we are very grateful to Jamie for taking the time to visit our school.ke

The Year 11 netball team challenged the unbeaten

elite staff team last Friday. Students played with grace, enthusiasm

and impeccable politeness but still could not match the strength and talents of the staff team. Final result 7 v 0 to

WHS Staff.

A LESSON IN NETBALL!

WORTHING HIGH STAFF (38) Vs SUSSEX BEARS BASKETBALL CLUB (32)

The first of an annual basketball game played at the end of term in the sports hall between the staff and players from WHS who play for the Bears Basketball Club. It was played in good spirit between the WHS staff and the students. The players were split into 4 teams which were mixed in ages from year 8/9/10 and 11’s. The highlights of the game were Miss Guirey not being too sure about this basketball game (She had never played it before) and then NOT wanting to come off the court as a sub. Another highlight was Mr Rhodie actually turning out to be a really good basketball player! Coach Smith

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Congratulations to Amelia Smith, Connor Wilson and Zoe Carter. Their designs will be on the new LRC bookmarks in September

LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE

21 Schools, 350 students all across West Sussex, more than 200 books read, the second Annual Amazing Book Awards Ceremony celebrated in style on 5th July…

And what a fantastic evening it was! Students along with their family and friends met the authors and congratulated the winners. Authors were a wonderful inspiration to the students who enjoyed chatting to them about their books.

Well done to all the students who have already received Accelerated Reader badges since we started AR in January. Some students are well on their way to Gold, which is an amazing achievement of 5,000,000 words read!Keep up the good work everyone. We will be continuing with the monthly prizes for points scored in Reading Practice Quizzes.

This month we took a group of students to the British Library. It was a fantastic day out and we took part in two workshops, Politics and Propaganda and Mapping the World. We then had time to explore some of the Treasures of the Library.

Every year we have a special guest speaker and a special awards presenter. This year we had Jane McLoughlin (Author of At Yellow Lake) and last year’s Gold Award winner, Mike Lancaster (author of 0.4 and 1.4).

Matthew Votta and Gold Award winner Teri Terry

For more information: http://amazingbookawards.co.uk/

The British Library Trip

Designed by: Amelia Smith

Designed by: Connor Wilson

Have a wonderful summer everyone, I can’t wait to hear what you have been reading over the holidays. We will commence reading the Southern Schools Book Award titles in book club when we return in September.

Mrs A PhelanLearning Resources Manager

Designed by: Zoe Carter

Design a Bookmark Competition

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2013 to 2014

At the beginning of this term we surveyed parents and students asking opinions on a range of issues concerning standards in and around the school. Thank you for your responses, one common theme that arose was the need for consistency of applying and maintaining our standards and sanctions. Next term we will be having a focus on some key areas to help address these issues and would ask for your help supporting us.

Attendance and Punctuality The National average for attendance in a secondary school is 94%. We are therefore aiming to achieve if not exceed this target. Please try to send your child in to school at all times and contact our absence line if necessary.We are duty bound to tackle and challenge if a child’s attendance drops below 90%, in some cases this may lead to a Fixed Penalty Notice of £60 or even prosecution in extreme circumstances. If there is a problem with attendance please contact your child’s Community or Pastoral Leader who will be happy to discuss strategies with you.

Students should aim to be in school at 8:30 am and in family tutor rooms at 8:40 am for their register to be taken. If students arrive late we issue a 15 minute detention that day, for persistent offenders we will be contacting home for support and further sanctions.

Mobile PhonesThe school accepts that students bring mobile phones into school but they do so at their own risk and phones should be out of sight. Mobile phones are confiscated if seen in lessons or corridors.

The student may collect thephone at 3:15 from the main school office. If there is an emergency and you need a message to be sent to your child please contact the school on 01903 237864 and we will pass it on.

Food and DrinkWe have a zero tolerance on energy and non-healthy fizzy drinks. This is part of our drive to promote healthy living. Unfortunately some of

our students bring to school energy and other unhealthy drinks. The impact of these drinks results in a fluctuation their energy levels and often has an adverse effect on their attention and behaviour later in the day. If a teacher sees a student with banned drinks the items will be confiscated.

WORTHING HIGH SCHOOL STANDARDS

Term DatesAutumn Term Tuesday 3 September to Friday 20 December 2013 Tuesday 3 September - INSET Wednesday 4 September – Year 8 only Thursday 5 September – All Year GroupsHalf term break Monday 28 October to Friday 1 November 2013Christmas break Monday 23 December 2013 to Friday 3 January 2014Spring Term Monday 6 January to Friday 4 April 2014Half term break Monday 17 February to Friday 21 February 2014Easter break Monday 7 April to Monday 21 April 2014Summer Term Tuesday 22 April to Wednesday 23 July 2014

Half term break Monday 26 May to Friday 30 May 2014

Summer break Thursday 24 July to Tuesday 2 September 2014

INSET DAYS

Tuesday 3 September 2013Friday 4 October 2013Monday 4 November 2013Monday 24 February 2014Tuesday 6 May 2014

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CANTEEN ACCOUNTS

We are now able to email parents when the balance of your child’s canteen account falls below a certain level. From September we will be issuing an email once a week. Every account with a live email address will be sent the message if their child’s account is below £1 in credit.

If you don’t wish to receive the weekly messages please can you log into “My Account Details” in Wisepay and tick the box to say NO to emails.

TWITTER AND SCHOOL WEBSITEBe the first to read all the news about Worthing High by following us on Twitter @worthinghigh and also by visiting our school website regularly at www.worthinghigh.net

WHSA 200 ClubThe results of the July and August draws are on the school website HERE.

Activ8 Day – Friday 5th July Worthing High School held its annual Activ8 Day on Friday 5th July. 40 tutor groups, representing each of the four communities took part in a carousel of activities including bench ball, softball, lacrosse, volleyball, hockey, handball, table tennis, rowing, basketball, dodge ball, 5-a-side football, ultimate Frisbee, Football, Tchoukball and tennis. Tutor groups were looking to earn as many points as they could for their community through team work, participation, effort and competition.Students also had the opportunity to work for separate certificates based on the legacy of London 2012. These included Passion, Belief, Respect, Honesty, Teamwork and Determination.There was a real sense of community ethos throughout the school which created a great atmosphere for students and staff alike and kept spirits high despite the wet weather!All four communities were fantastic and it was hard to announce a winner. The honours this year for the first time went to TARRING.

Overall Results: Tarring – 1st, Heene 2nd, Broadwater – 3rd and Salvington – 4th Individual community tutor group resultsPosition Broadwater Heene Salvington Tarring1st BDH HAB SRR TRM2nd BKL & BLE HAL & HNI SKE & SJT TMR3rd BLP HJH & HJM SJS TIK

A fantastic day enjoyed by all. Well done.Miss M Field Leader of PE

TIME TO TAKE UP AN INSTRUMENT

A new school year is a great time to think of meeting a new challenge. If you would like your child to learn to play an instrument or have singing lessons from September, please email Mr. Martin dmartin@worthinghigh.net

and he will arrange for one of our tutors to contact you with further details.

Mr D MartinLeader of Music

The Music Department at Worthing High School has just started a new initiative called “The Acoustic Café”.

Steve Jeffery writes, “I am aware that so many of our students are working hard to develop their performance skills and I thought that it would be really nice to have regular sessions where we could perform to each other and our families in the relaxed environment of a town-centre café”.

The Acoustic Cafe sessions are open to all musicians at Worthing High and all styles of music, as long as it fits into the notion of acoustic music. Parents, siblings and members of the extended family are also invited to perform!

Green Cuisine Café is a very popular place in Worthing. Owner, Clare McIvor, has a heart for the community and her food,

coffee and cakes are often said to be amongst the finest in Worthing! Clare has thrown open her place to be available for the Acoustic Café sessions whenever we want to use it.

After the huge success of the first event, performers and parents have asked for a regular opportunity. We have now

agreed that the Acoustic Café will be open one Sunday each month and we are thrilled that Green Cuisine is helping us in this way.

On Sunday 9th June, I had the pleasure of listening to confident and professional musical performances from so many of our young musicians.

We had a full-house (standing room in fact!) which far exceeded our expectations. Well over 50 parents and friends came to support the event and these students:

• TobySivyer• FinleyBailey• LukeBrown• StarMcFarlane• IsobelHansell• KimLogan• NancyO’Melia• MiloLiau• JackBoswell• ZaraGoldsmith

Mr Steve JefferyAssistant Head

THE ACOUSTIC CAFE

The GCSE year 10 History students recently visited the Science Museum as part of their studies of “Medicine through Time”. The journey was an adventure in itself as we went by train and then tackled the underground along with tourists and commuters. The students were fantastic and a credit to Worthing High.The tasks allowed the students to investigate many objects used in the practise of medicine. They could then compare these objects from different periods of History and make judgements on the changes and continuity of methods and ideas.The chance to actually see the

real objects and to see the bigger picture brought the subject alive for the students and so many fed back that it was a very useful and enjoyable day out.

It was also a great opportunity for staff and students to get to know each other outside of the classroom environment. My thanks to Steve Cooper in the History Dept for

organising such a successful trip.

Jules Grindel Leader of History

YEAR 10 HISTORIANS VISIT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM IN LONDON

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The WHSA committee have been very busy this term with two very successful “firsts” for the school.

In May we organised an ‘Appreciation Tea’ for staff at the school. We were delighted with the response from parents and carers who made some fantastic cakes and the afternoon was a great success. Our second new event was the Summer Fayre and Music Festival attended by over 400 students, staff and families last Friday evening. Entertainment was provided by local band High Tyde (below), as well as other bands consisting of current and former Worthing High pupils and a highly talented staff band! We were of course blessed with wonderful weather which added to the success of the evening.

We are grateful to Leaders, 5Rings and Steve Gladman Guitar School for their sponsorship of the event.

Students from each of the Communities were involved in planning and promoting the event and setting up and running their own stalls. We were very impressed with their enthusiasm and look forward to working with students on other events in the future. We hope that the Summer Music Festival will become annual event as a fantastic way of celebrating the end of the school year. If you would like get involved with the WHSA, either as a committee member or occasional helper please email the team at whsa@worthinghigh.net.

Alternatively come along to our next meeting on Tuesday 10th September at 6.30pm. All welcome!

HEENE SUMMER REWARDMr Williams, braved the heat to cook a Barbie served to Heene Students who were celebrating academic

success or 100% at-tendance.Students were joined by Heene Staff to make the most of the sunshine in the tranquil

surroundings of the peace garden during lunchtime on Monday and Tuesday.Jayne Fillery, Pastoral Leader for Heene said ‘it was a lovely time to celebrate the success of the students in Heene, who deserved the recognition for all their hard work during the past year’.

BROADWATER SUMMER REWARD

Broadwater considered students who over the academic year had achieved above and beyond. To celebrate their achievement we decided to provide them with a lunch, so we ordered a variety of Domino’s pizza and had a very enjoyable lunch together.

COMMUNITY AWARDS

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PHIL’ THE BAG!Phil’ the bag comes to Worthing High School.Over the last week of term students and staff have been clearing out their wardrobes and cupboards searching for any old and unwanted clothes and shoes. Phil’ the bag is a free clothing and textile recycling, initiative which the India team has joined to help raise funds for their forthcoming work in India with the CRED foundation. At the time of writing, the team are eagerly waiting to hear the combined weight of the two hundred plus bags bought into the school and what that will convert to in terms of monies raised. On behalf of the team, I would like to say a BIG thank you to the students, parents, carers and staff who have supported this scheme as well as our many other fundraising events throughout the year.

S WilliamsIndia Trip Team

Year 10 GCSE students visit French and Spanish restaurants during their Options Week.

Food is a big and important part of any culture so we decided to plan the options days around this theme for our new year 10 GCSE groups. Each day started with some language work, related to the topic ‘Food’ at school. It is a topic that annually appears in the exam papers as well as one that you are very likely to need when you travel. Students did some research about typical French and

Spanish foods and learned how within one country you still have a wide range of regional specialities depending on location and local traditions. In the afternoon each group did a lunch visit to one of the local restaurant; Indigo, La Difference or Picasso where they tasted and enjoyed a variety of dishes as well as socialising with each other in a very polite manner. Other customers commented on how nice and well behaved our students were and myself, as well as the rest

of the department also really enjoyed their company.

Miss Karonen –Subject Leader for Modern Foreign Languages

MFL RESTAURANT VISITS

Well done to ALL teams and players for a fantastic season, participating in both the District Leagues and Tournaments – despite the often unpredictable British weather causing some fixtures to be cancelled and/or re-arranged.Each Year Group Team had their individual successes and ‘ups and downs’; however, I am extremely proud of their achievements, commitment and enthusiasm for every game – team spirit remained high and fair play was displayed throughout.Thank you!

Year 8 Squad Year 9 Squad Year 10 Squad Year 11 Squad

Ms Stevenson

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NICK OXLEYYear 9/10 cricketer Nick Oxley has been selected in the 13-man squad to represent the South East of England at the prestigious Bunbury Cricket Festival up in Durham at the end of July. He follows in the footsteps of over 300 players who have gone on to play first class cricket, including 60 who have represented England, including current England Test captain Alastair Cook amongst other England internationals such as Ian Bell, Andrew Flintoff, Graeme Swann and Matt Prior, to name a few.

The tournament takes place between the 21st and 26th July at Durham University and the best eleven players will compete for the Bunbury XI against an MCC Schools XI. The Bunbury XI is widely regarded as an unofficial England under 15 side and a huge stepping stone to a future career in the game as is participation in the festival itself.

The Bunbury Cricket Club has raised over £15 million for charity during its 27 years existence and has been championed by current England coach

Andy Flower. It is a huge honour for Nick to be selected and vindi-cates all the hard work he has put in as part of Sussex Emerging Player Pro-gramme and during his rise through the senior teams at Worthing Cricket Club, culminating in his debut for the first XI this season in the Sussex Premier League, one of the youngest players at the club ever to do so. Everyone at Worthing High School wishes him the best of luck in a competition where spinners have regularly done extremely well!

A LutwycheSports Journalist

JAMES COLBURN

James Colburn, 20 year old ex-Worthing High student, came back to the school with his Brands Hatch winning Renault Clio.James races in the British Touring Car Champions (BTCC). He races in the UK Renault Clio Cup and recently won at Brands Hatch. James is currently fourth in the championship with two more meetings to go.Year 10 students were treated to a 30 minute talk from James who spoke with great confidence and clarity about his whole journey, from when he started racing Karts and his desire to get to his goal of becoming BTCC champion. He spoke about the importance of working hard at school, telling students of how he revised for his GCSE’s whilst being driven to the race meetings and even between races. James was an excellent student at Worthing High and left with very good exam results to his credit, which when you consider he was racing every weekend is an astonishing achievement. When he went on to college he took his foot of the gas (sorry) and slipped into bad ways by having a little too much fun initially. He soon realised his mistake and got himself back on track to get the grades he wanted.Students were allowed to sit in the car and a few allowed to rev the engine as well as ask questions.James’s car cost £33,000 but he is getting a new one next year, a 1.6 turbo that will cost him £40,000. James drives for Westbourne Motors, a vehicle recovery service. His parents have been running the company for over 20 years, starting off with just two recovery vans to now working with Green Flag and have over 200 vehicles!Westbourne Motors now have three cars in the BTCC and have a whole team of mechanic and body workers on board. It costs £70,000 per driver per season so the team are constantly looking for sponsorship, but his dream is to move away from the Clio Cup and become British Touring Car Champion for which he will need £500,000 a season. We would like to thank James and his Mum for taking time out and coming in, we wish him all the very best for the rest of the season and for getting the sponsorship in the future to move up to the next level. James has a younger brother Ben who will start racing when he turns 14, so watch this space, Worthing could have another champion on its hands.

Sponsored Walk in aid of Chestnut Tree House.It’s hard to believe that we only do this walk every other year. It seems to come around so soon. With all the planning and preparation we’re really quite glad it’s a biennial event!Did you know that we have to ask permission from landowners to walk across their paths? Did you know that we ask supermarkets to donate 125 litres of bottled drinking water or that approximately 20 voluntary personnel from Sussex Search and Rescue take time off from their jobs to help us on the day? 1000 people, walking twelve miles in September, starts being organised by 3 people in April. But it’s worth it!

Worth it, because our students have managed to raise a staggering £30,000 from our recent walks, and when you think that it takes £6,850.00 just to provide hospice care for ONE DAY, our contribution is vital. Our students have always been mindful of those less fortunate than themselves and this year we expect that characteristic to come shining through again. 12 miles is a long way to walk

for some of us who enjoy being taxied around in cars or who live locally to the school, but the blisters will be a small price to pay as we help Chestnut Tree House care for life-limited young people and their families.Please be generous and help our cause. If each student collected £15, we would reach our £12,000 target. Oh, and if you could supply some sunshine too...!

GCSE geography students were taken to West Wittering for a rewarding day looking at how a sand dune changes and the threats a coastal habitat faces. Students spent the day climbing across sand

dunes, using a variety of equipment to test the hypothesis ‘the further you travel from the open sea, the greater the bio-diversity’; this provides students with a real case study they can refer to in their GCSE exam.

The weather was glorious throughout the trips, helping to make it a real success. “It was great working independently out in the sunshine” Jess Nicholas, Year 10. “It was fun. A day to study Geography on a nice day.” Josh Teear

In groups, students climbed across the sand dunes documenting the changes in the natural environment along with problems due to human interference. The trip

allows students to evaluate whether real examples always match the ‘textbook’ examples, helping to prepare students for the controlled assessment, worth 25% of their final GCSE grade.

Students really made the school proud with their outstanding behaviour and lasting enthusiasm through-out the day.

Mark LeswellGeography Department

SPONSORED WALK 2013

WEST WITTERING GEOGRAPHY TRIP

Tel: 01903 237864achieve@worthinghigh.w-sussex.sch.uk

On Friday 12th July as part of Enrichment week, 13 Product Design students visited the Festival of Speed at Goodwood Park. After some excellent traffic negotiating by Mrs Bayford,

students had the opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the world’s most stunning and

expensive cars as well as the familiar Formula 1 and racing cars; Sterling Moss gave us a wave! After lunch we were privileged to be part of a seminar addressed by Richard Powell, one of the world’s lead designers of modern day poducts.

Students were inspired by the range of tasks undertaken to produce cutting edge thinking. We arrived back happy and thinking we had a suntan on our legs – it was sadly just dirt!

GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED

At Worthing High School our aim is to prepare our students for the choices they will make at 16 and beyond. On Thursday 4th July all year 9 students travelled to Chichester College for an experience of further education. The aim was to show them what a college is like and how it is different to a school. All students had chosen a course area that they

were interested in ranging from A levels to Hair and Beauty. We witnessed students removing car wheels, mak-ing profiteroles

from scratch and giving manicures to each other. The students had thoroughly enjoyable day and the feedback from the college was how maturely Wor-thing High School students had performed.

On the 3rd July, Worthing Schools had their transi-tion day when all students move up to the next level in their schooling. Our year11 students attended Northbrook College. They were able to visit all the subject areas to see which one they may be inter-ested in. In the afternoon they experienced a course of their choosing, to see if this is type of course they would like to apply to next year.

This visit is in preparation for all year 11 students applying to College. The school will be supporting students in their choices and this will start with the Post 16 and Careers Fair in October.

This visit is in preparation for all year 11 students applying to College. The school will be supporting students in their choices and this will start with the Post 16 and Careers Fair in October.

CHICHESTER COLLEGE EXPERIENCE