Issue 132 25th May 2005
Issue 132 25th May 2005
| FROM THE HEADTEACHER
Fire and Iron Gallery Eight of our Year 9 students are currently involved in a project to make six new benches for Kingston Road Recreation Ground. The Recreation Ground is being refurbished over the next few weeks and Therfield were approached by the Fire and Iron Gallery to participate. This project will run over ten weeks, week one saw the students getting to grips with hot iron and producing some elegant and unique twisted stakes for their gardens, benches may prove more challenging and we look forward to seeing the finished results. Therfield School win Leatherhead Drama Festival - The Richard Houghton Award Year 10 GCSE Drama Students from Therfield School performed Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter on Tuesday 26th April at Leatherhead Theatre during Junior Week. The students were presented with the trophy by Sir Michael Caine. The adjudicator praised the "high octane energy of the cast, their commitment and quality of acting and the accuracy of their West Country accent". Timothy Law was also short-listed for the Best Actor Award Maths Challenge 73 Students took part in the Intermediate Maths Challenge. Well done to: Jessica Stuart (Best in School) who also qualified for the International Mathematical Olympiad. 13 Gold, 21 Silver, 17 Bronze awards were gained and 7 qualified for the Kangaroo Challenge. Year 10 Exam Module 3 Year 10 exam is on Wednesday the 29th June 2005. Africa Evening There are major GCSE examinations in school and so the date has had to be changed from Wednesday 22nd June to Thursday 23rd June 2005. We trust this will not cause parents too much inconvenience. Tickets will be on sale 6th-20th June from the Food Technology department. Food Technology A group of Food Technology students and one of their parents will be attending a major one day conference at Leatherhead Food International in June 2005. They will be working as food tasters on exciting new food products (the type of which must be kept secret, but they will love it!). The manufacturer is interested in opinions from 2 age groups who have a common food background. Street Sports Fancy mountain boarding, climbing, dry slope skiing, building your own raft, open canoeing and taking part in skateboarding workshops? Mole Valley Leisure are launching their new summer activities for young people between the ages of 11 and 18, giving them the opportunity to do a different activity every day! For more information and booking forms, telephone Helen Woodland Youth Development Officer on: 01306 879178 or email: Helen.Woodland@molevalley.gov.uk Sailing Club Spring Cruise - 2005 Nine keen young Therfield Sailors enjoyed a long weekend's Yachting Cruise in the Solent over the May Bank Holiday. Sailing on two yachts out of Portsmouth, they visited Lymington, Newtown, Poole and Southampton Ocean Village, before returning to their home port. In spite of poor visibility at the start, the sun did finally manage to break through and there were some good winds and very pleasant sailing conditions. All reported they had very much enjoyed the experience and had learnt a great deal about sailing bigger boats and navigation. Sailing Club Well done to John Bull who was awarded the Surrey Schools Young Sailor of the Year Award at the regatta on Saturday. John gained this trophy as a result of his positions in all the races held since last September. Donald O' Donovan was 2nd and Fred Hunter was 3rd for this award. There will be a TYM visit on Thursday and the signing up list is outside N9. Sailing Club will be taking place on Wednesday lunch time as usual. Sponsored Sail We would like to hear from any past members of Therfield Sailing Club and their parents who might like come to this special event. Present members and their families are most welcome. Japan Days On Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th May, a little bit of Japan came to Therfield School. All Year 9 students experienced different aspects of Japan. They listened to Japanese 'pop' music and created their own, designed and built earthquake proof buildings out of straws, only to be destroyed by the mighty earthquake simulator and practised martial arts moves. Masks, dragons and manga cartoons were created in art and the national game of soft ball was played out on the school field. On Thursday we were lucky enough to have four Japanese visitors in for the day. They showed students how to make origami hats, rabbits and swans and dressed volunteers in kimonos. Whilst all these activities were running, there was also a dedicated press pack taking photographs and interviewing students and teachers about their experiences. The Sumo and The Nippon News were created to record the events. Lots of fun was had by all. Trips Prayer Group The next meeting will be on Monday 27th June at 8pm in the school. A warm welcome is extended to all parents. More information can be obtained on 01932 865476. The School Meals Service at our School The Jamie Oliver television programmes have heightened awareness of school meals. The meals served at this school meet the current government guidelines. All the money paid for the meals goes towards the cost of providing the meal and covers the food, the staff costs and other overheads such as cleaning materials, uniforms and training of staff. Commercial Services a department of Surrey County Council, provides the catering service. Commercial Services has an award winning food safety system and has recently achieved Hospitality Assured accreditation, a national quality assurance scheme which supports the Investors in People Award held since 1995. All the staff employed in the service receive training and are professional in their field. The school meals served in this
school include: Pasta Challenge Year 8 students have been busy creating and preparing their own pasta dishes as part of their Key Stage 3 Food Studies. Working on a budget and ensuring they use healthy ingredients, their challenge is to produce a pasta dish to serve in the school canteen. The first round was judged by Mrs
Steadman, manager of the school canteen and Mrs Mary Shipley,
secondary school District Manager for the South East. The 3
winners of round 1 are: These students will have their "creations" trialled within the next couple of weeks, and surveyed by the rest of the school. WELL DONE! General Notices School Absences Please can you make sure that if you have to take your child out of school for any reason, a Leave of Absence form must be completed at least 2 weeks prior to the absence. Any leave of absence must be approved by the Headteacher. Lunch Cards A reminder that cheques should be make payable to Surrey County Council and students must put them into the "cheque box" before 9.30am. The canteen will no longer make manual adjustments to damaged cards. If a card is damaged, a new one will have to be ordered. Please note: the replacement charge for a new card will be £5. Lower School Prize Giving Lower School Prize Giving will take place on 29th June. Letters will be going out to the prize winners after half term. Therfield News Current Newsletter and back issues of the Therfield News are available to view on our website Dates for Your Diary How to Contact Us
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