Highcliffe School Student Bulletin
Monday 15th – Friday 19th January 2007: Week B
Thought For The Week:
Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.
(J. Billings)
Y10 GCSE Science examination: Tuesday 16th January 2007 1 hour.
Students need to be lined up ready to enter exam room by 1.20pm (3:2 day) You will need to bring pens, pencils, rubbers, rulers, calculators and statements of entry. Check seating plans to see where you will be sat. Good Luck!
Details of science revision classes are attached to this bulletin.
Year 11 Religious Education/Religious Studies revision sessions begin on Thursdays in H7 at 3.30pm. These will run until Easter. Everyone welcome!
YEAR 8/9 ONLY There will be a Mock Trial Competition meeting on Friday 19th at 1.40pm in HU5. If you can not attend please see Mrs Read as soon as possible.
'SKI TRIP – KIRCHBERG, AUSTRIA – 2007:
All students on the ski trip must collect an important letter from Miss Hayman in Room Ma3 at break time on Monday'
The ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP now meets every Thursday lunchtime in Sc6 at 1.45pm.
S-Factor Greenies the first Thursday of every month after school too. Come and join in and make the school a greener place!
S-Factor Thursday 3.20pm in SC10 - This week Make your own fire extinguisher & bath bombs! Don't forget S-Factor Extra at 2.40 in SC10 on Friday lunchtime - OSMOSIS JONES!
CHESS CLUB
Chess Club will be starting this week on Wednesday Lunchtime in Room ICT4 from 1.30pm for any students that put their names down. Even if you didn’t, it is still not too late to get involved so if interested just comealong this Wednesday.Club is opento all years 7 - 13 and also to any staff thatare interested inplaying.
New Online Medical Ethics Resource: This new resource has information on Abortion, Euthanasia, Genetic Engineering, IVF and is suitable for Key Stages 4/5.
To access it go to - all programs - general multimedia - Medical Ethics.
Proquest News and Reference Online Resource
An online resource linked to newspaper articles, websites, reference books and encyclopaedias. It covers many curriculum subjects and can be accessed through the student My Highcliffe area, using the magnifying glass icon on the right.
Also at http://library.proquestlearning.co.uk/passwordor http://history.proquestlearning.co.uk/passwordfor the history website.
Username: highcliffe
Password: learning
The user name and password can be used for both sites.
Message for 10.1: Let’s make this week the wee you start your Key Stage 4 Highcliffe Challenge!
MUSIC NOTICES:
CAN'T STOP THE BEAT - Please keep an eye on the notice board.
THIS WEEK:
Tuesday after school: Musical rehearsal for Female Chorus, Male Chorus 3.20 - 5.00pm
Wednesday after school: Musical rehearsal for Full Chorus 3.20 - 5.00pm
Thursday after school: Musical rehearsal for chorus Rent Group, Group A 3.20 - 5.00pm
PE NOTICES:
Results
Year 10/11 Basketball v Arnewood - A Team Lost 17-32 B Team Won 26-18
Year 8 Basketball v Arnewood - A Team won 24- 13 B Team won 28- 8
Year 7 Basketball v Arnewood - Won - 48 - 6
Year 7 Football v Arnewood - Won 4-1
Lunchtime movies: Watch out for the movies being shown in the Dance Studio most lunchtimes! Currently showing: ‘Ice Age 2 – The Meltdown’! All welcome!
BRAIN TEASER:
The answer to last weeks Brainteaser was: If there are 48 dancing legs at the ball then there must be 4 insects (4 ´ 6 = 24 legs) and 3 spiders (3 ´ 8 = 24 legs). If this was the answer you gave then look on the plasma screens next week to see if you are our winner!
This weeks Brainteaser is: The numbers in the middle column are related in some way to the numbers in the left and right columns. How are they related?
3 / 42 / 85 / 51 / 3
7 / 53 / 5
Answers to be submitted with your name and tutor group in the Brain Teaser box in Ma6 Before Friday 26th January. Good luck.
ENLIGHTENING ECO FACT –
DID YOU KNOW THAT????
A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, “I will be there in a jiffy”
Eco Facts back with a BANG soon!