Issue No.135, 23 Sep 2005
Issue No.135, 23 Sep 2005
| FROM THE HEADTEACHER
We have now officially begun our work as a Specialist Sports College. This is an exciting time in the school's development as the increased funding that specialism brings will help improve both sporting and non sporting opportunities available to all of our students and members of the local community. Representatives from every Faculty have already met to look at ways of permeating the ethos throughout the school. The new Sports Performance programme has just started for Football and Rugby and other sports will begin their programmes in a few weeks. These include Tennis, Badminton, Dance & Gymnastics, Triathlon and Judo. The Year 13s have also just begun their Higher Sports Leaders Award. This is the first time that we have been able to run this sought after award. In the near future we will set up the school Sports Council where students will be able to discuss issues relating to PE and Sport and will receive an allocation of funding to spend on improving sports provision. We have also just confirmed that Sleeping Storm will be running Personal Safety courses for students and separate sessions for local residents after Christmas. If you would like further information about the Sports College programme please contact Mr. Batchelor at school. MOLE VALLEY SCHOOLS WORK IN
PARTNERSHIP The Mole Valley and Guildford School Sports Partnership (SSP) is part of the National Strategy for Physical Education, School Sport and Club Links, otherwise known as the PESSCL strategy. The Mole Valley & Guildford SSP is the third of six partnerships planned for Surrey, and has now gone `live' in the Mole Valley area. The Partnership works by grouping each secondary school with a number of primary schools to form 'families' of schools. Each family contains between 7 and 9 schools in total. The secondary schools initially involved in the Mole Valley and Guildford SSP are The Ashcombe, Howard of Effingham, The Priory, St Andrews and Therfield. Each of the secondary schools hosts a PE specialist, called a Schools Sport Co-ordinator, who will work closely with their family of schools to help in delivering high quality curricular PE and developing new sports related extra-curricular activities. They will also be looking to form links between schools and sports clubs from the local community. Further developments in the programme will be covered in this news letter later in the year. High Ashurst The course, which is part of the Induction Programme for new students, is designed to promote friendships and build up their confidence. With students coming from as many as twenty different primary schools the four-day event enables the 240 students to get to know each other and their tutors. Once again everyone has enjoyed themselves whilst at the same time facing up to personal and team challenges. At the end of the four days everyone feels fully integrated into Therfield School and regard themselves as a valued and respected member of the school community. Lunch Cards Therfield Gets Enterprising! They will be judged on their ability to work as a team, problem solve, communicate and run a business according to realistic business rules. Bank accounts will be opened, objectives set, products and services will need to be produced and reports written. Supported by teachers in the Business Studies department and Business Advisors from the local community (who will be advisors and not participators), the students must finance their venture through the issue of shares - in which we hope, if approached, you will be able to take part (a payment of dividend will be paid on each share if profits are made)! At the end of the challenge the students will liquidate their company and hope to take part in the final judgements made locally, regionally, nationally and even on a European level. Their achievements will provide life-long learning, assist in their employability and can contribute points to their UCAS applications (depending on University) so GOOD LUCK Year 12 Enterprisers! [If you would like to purchase shares please contact Mrs Moore (Head of Business Studies) at Therfield School] On a Musical Note
Africa Calling Mrs Noble is collecting biros and good (long) pencils to send to RUSH primary school in Kakamega. Any donations can be given to her via the school office. Surrey Youth Games For each sport the coaches were asked to select a Most Improved Player and a Player of the Year. Therfield is delighted that three students were amongst those receiving these prizes. The students are James Bland, 10LEL, for Player of the Year, Badminton; Ana Jessett, 7JFY, Player of the Year, Girls Football; and Matthew Spencer-Skeen, l0JCL, for Most Improved player in Basketball. Well done to all who took part. Tesco Vouchers Free Bus Travel The buses affected are: 411, K3, 166, 293, 406, 418, 467, 470, 465, 405, 51, 166, 116, 117, 203, 216, 235, 290, H21, 403, 404, 407, 464 and the 466 For further details please contact the Main Office at school. Parenting Classes Book Fair Event Science Guides Parent's Prayer Group Job Vacancies The posts are part time, term time only. You will be required to work with students from 11-16 years both in class and in withdrawal situations. Experience of working with children who have learning, language or behavioural difficulties would be an advantage, but is not essential as full training will be provided. Therfield is a lively, successful, mixed 11-18 Community school. Our aim for learning is the best for all and to provide the best possible learning opportunities. Salary is SY4 point 1 which for 21 hours would equate to £6,677 per annum. Please e-mail or telephone the school office for an application form and further details. Closing date: 10th October 2005. Student Welfare Officer The hours are 8.00 - 3.30 Monday to
Friday Term time only plus two weeks. Friends News The all new Christmas Ball (watch
this space) Saturday 10th December 2005 We always want to involve as many parents as possible in our activities, so why not get in touch with one of us to see how you can apply YOUR talents to furthering the ambitions of the school? Just send in your contact details for the attention of the Therfield School Trust, and one of us will contact you, or, just log on to the school website and all our details are listed for you. News From the Governors We will be combining with the Friends and Therfield School Trust and hope to make it a pleasant social evening as well as an informative one. There will be a presentation from students who took part in the World Challenge this year to Malaysia. We hope as many parents as possible will attend and we particularly welcome parents of new students. This year the chairmanship of the Governing body is being held jointly by Mrs Paula Scriven and Mr Tim Reeder. The Vice Chair is Mrs Barbara Walton. There are two vacancies for parent Governors on the Governing Body and parents will have received notification of how to apply if they are interested. If you want more information please contact Mr Tim Reeder via the school office. Dates for Your Diary October How to Contact Us
Therfield School, Dilston Road, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7NZ school website www.therfield.surrey.sch.uk MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES TRIPS AND
EXCHANGE VISITS Year 7 France and Germany
Taster long weekend. Also for Year 7 this year, is a new trip to France. The final destination is yet to be confirmed but will more than likely be a town in Normandy such as Dieppe and will be run by Mr Evans. The aim of these trips is to give the students a 'taste' of France and Germany and enable them to use some of the language they have learnt throughout the year. The group will stay in a local hotel and visit the sights of the town and area. They will have opportunities to get involved in various sporting activities and complete a treasure hunt in the town to help them understand the language around them. Though both the Year 7 trips are open to all, priority is given to students in sets 3 and 4. Year 10 and 11 Ski trip to
Les Menuires in
Les Trois Vallées France Year 9, 10 and 12 German
Exchange to Munich Year 8 European Experience Students in sets 3 and 4 are not invited on this trip as they do not study two Languages. It is for this reason that these students wil be given priority on the Year 7 trips. Year 9, 10 and 12 French
Exchange to Nantes The French students will visit us in March with the return trip going out in June. Throughout the week students take part in various activities as a group, both with the French students and with Therfield students and generally spend the weekend with their host families. It is important that parents are clear that when their guests are not with staff from Therfield, the duty of care for the students rests with families just as is the case for the French families who host our students in June. Anyone in Years 9, 10 and 12 is able to take part in the Exchange regardless of which set they are in. Students in Year 12 are strongly recommended to get involved in the programme, should they not they will be required to find themselves a private exchange or work experience in the country at some point during their course. Year 12s exchange with a local Lycée rather than the college as these students are of a similar age and follow a slightly different itinerary to the younger Year 9s and l0s. The trip is run by Ms Ensum. NEW! NEW! NEW! First XI
Sports Exchanges - A chance for parents to get involved! Applying for places on trips. Should staff view a student as being a potential risk to him/herself or others around him/her due to uncooperative behaviour, they reserve the right to decline them a place on the their trip, as the health and safety of the group must be first priority. There are frequently more applications than places for MFL trips so, when applying for a place on any of these trips you will be asked to state whether you have been declined a place on a trip in the past due to lack of places, every effort will then be made to make a place available. There will be a deadline for the return of application forms and deposits, any applications returned after this date will unfortunately not be considered WANTED Name: Childs Class: Contact Number: I am able to help with: Thank you |