Issue No.136, Fri 21 Oct 2005
Issue No.136, Fri 21 Oct 2005
| FROM THE HEADTEACHER
On Wednesday 12th October the school had over 1000 visitors. The reason? Our Open Evening for Prospective Parents. As always, there was a terrific buzz, with Departments and clubs displaying just some of the work that they have been engaged in over the last year. Visitors were treated to such delights as the roving Samba band, pizza tastings, dance displays, basketball sessions and 'hands-on' activities in the Maths, DT, ICT and Art Departments. Prospective parents and their children also had the opportunity to see the school at work during our daytime tours. Following a brief presentation, Sixth Form students accompanied groups around the school while answering any questions that parents or children had about the aspects of daily life at Therfield. This was then followed by refreshments where members of the Leadership Team were on hand if parents wished to talk on a one-to-one basis. The feedback from parents taking this tour has been extremely positive and a big thank-you must go to all the Sixth Formers who helped. Wednesday 12th October was also a landmark day for Therfield when we heard that planning permission has been granted for our new building project. This is terrific news as we will be able to start work in the very near future. At last we can say goodbye to our twelve year old, temporary huts! Thank you to all parents who attended our Governors' and Friends' Annual meetings. Copies of the Governors' Annual Report are available from the Main Office or on-line from the school website or by clicking Governors' Annual Report 2005. Congratulations The Suzy Lamplugh Trust ran a competition for students throughout the country to come up with safety tips and slogans for a new campaign. The aim was to get safety advice over to boys and young men about how to avoid violence and aggression on the streets. Matt Davison (8NLE) entered with the slogan The Streets Deserve Respect. This was liked so much that it has been chosen as the name for the whole campaign. The other winning entry was from Sam Alexander (8NLE) whose slogan Drugs and Knives both cut lives has now been illustrated and appears on posters in secondary schools. To find out more about the campaign you can log onto www.personalsafetyday.org School Trips On Tuesday they visited an SSSI wet heathland at Tilford Heath, an internationally important environment. Here they looked at conservation management and various ecological techniques that could be employed the following day. The students prepared and planned their own ecological investigations overnight and on Wednesday morning the minibus returned them to Pagham. Armed with wellingtons, quadrats, tapes, poles and rulers the students attacked their projects with total commitment. Students were seen leaping over muddy creeks like gazelles; they were observed face down in the creeks being held by their belts retrieving equipment from the mud. They counted and measured endless glasswort and sea asters, took mud samples, pH, salinity readings etc all in an attempt to explain the distribution of the flora. "It was hilarious when Danny H got stuck in the mud and emerged minus one welly" said one student, "The weather was great - the only time it rained most of us were in the bus, shame" another explained! As part of the Year 12 AS Geography course students were taken to Brighton. In Brighton itself they carried out various exercises which form part of the Human Geography aspect of the course. The rest of the time was spent looking at the Physical element which entailed a day on the beach measuring pebbles! Fortunately they had excellent weather. Prizes The Science department is running a competition in conjunction with Exxon Mobil. Up for grabs are a Mini ipod, digital camera and WH Smith vouchers. To have a chance of winning one of these exciting prizes students must see Miss Clement in A7 for further details. Important Dates to Note
Monday 21st November is Academic Tutoring day when students attend, in uniform please, for their individual appointments with their tutors. Appointment times will be given out in the new term. Friday 18th November is an INSET day when students are not in school. The next Parents Prayer Group will take place on Monday 14th November at 8pm. A warm welcome is extended to all. For further details please call J Poole on 01932 865476. Cycling to School RUSH
We have received the latest edition
of the RUSH newsletter which is full of the wonderful things
that are going on with the help of volunteers in Kenya.
Unfortunately it is too long for inclusion in the Therfield
News - if you would like it to be emailed to you please
contact Tricia Barker at: officemanagerATtherfield.surrey.sch.uk
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