Onwards - July 2012 - South Wilts Grammar School for Girls

ONWARDS
July 2012
As we near the end of this academic year we say goodbye to some long-serving members of
staff. Judith Tallis is retiring this summer after 17 years at SWGS. Mrs Tallis has given greatly
to the school in terms of the work she has undertaken leading the German Department, leading
foreign visits, representing the staff as a Staff Governor and supporting the students with their
charity work.
Peter Scrivener is also retiring after teaching at the school for 14 years. He has been a member
of staff in the Technology Department and has undertaken work with some of our local primary
schools. Gordon Phillips also retires after 11 years of service. He has also taught in the
Technology Department.
John Weaver, Senior Science Technician retires this summer after 11 years of service. He has
worked hard to support the Physics Department and other member of the Science Department.
He has also been involved, in the background in supporting the Salisbury Open Award Centre
with the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
Matthew Brown is leaving to take up the position of Head of ICT at Towney Grammar School.
He has taught at the school for six years.
Lorraine Voce, Sixth Form Administration Manager, is leaving to take up a position at Sarum
Primary School. She has worked at the school since 2005.
Catherine McLannahan, teacher in Charge of Drama, is leaving the area and also us. She has
worked at SWGS since 2007. The recent performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was a
credit to her hard work and commitment.
David Brown, Geography, is taking up a position at King Edward VI School in Southampton.
Sarah Hau, Languages and Maths, is taking up a position at Ansford Academy in Somerset.
Christopher Rickman, who has been on a one year placement from Bournemouth University,
returns to continue with his studies.
Jacqueline Straw, Business Manager, left in June to take up a new position in Nottinghamshire.
Her replacement, Hilary Angel, began work on the 1 st July.
There are some other notable changes in staffing this year that I would like to draw your
attention to. Elizabeth Phelps is stepping down as Head of Sixth Form. She will still be working
at the school, teaching English on a part time basis. Helen Jouahri, Head of MFL, is also
stepping down and like Mrs Phelps, she will stay teaching languages but on a part time basis.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the above staff for the hard work and commitment
they have shown. South Wilts would not be the school it is without the dedication of all the staff.
I cannot believe I have already come to the end of my first year as head. There has been so
much achieved by the students both inside and outside the classroom. Can I wish everyone a
pleasant and safe summer and let’s hope that the weather improves! For those awaiting either
AS /A2 results on August 16th GCSE results on 23rd August the time will fly, but remember to
enjoy the holiday. (Michele Chilcott)
The first parent voice for 2012/13 will take place on Wednesday 3rd October from 4.30pm-
5.30pm. If you wish to attend please notify Mrs Bryan on head@swgs.wilts.sch.uk by Friday
28th September.
The venue will be confirmed once numbers are known. This is an opportunity to meet with me
and voice any concerns you may have or share the successes. The feedback from parents is an
important component of our school self evaluation.
July
2012
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Charity
News
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Speech Day
Maths News
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Physiology
Bus
Science
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Science
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Science
News
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Business
Studies
UNESCO
Queen’s
Thank you
Card
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DT News
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Yr 7 Mosaic
Tea Dance
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Bake-off
Trip to
Germany
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Lulworth
Cove
Longleat
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Trip to
France
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India Trip
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Challenge
Day
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Midsummer
Nights
Dream
Arts Festival
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Poetry
Competition
Music News
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Sports
News
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Sports
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Sports Day
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Sports
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Uniform
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ONWARDS
School Shoes
It is this time of year, or shortly that you begin to think of new school shoes. Can I please
remind everyone that the school uniform states that the shoes should be black sensible plain
leather low-heeled shoes. (Michele Chilcott)
Charity Events and News
We have seen a much slower pace for charity events towards the end of this school year. With
year 11 and year 13 leaving and many students taking exams it has been left to the lower
school to continue the excellent fundraising. 10A decided to shake up the usual end of term
cake sale by running a fantastic jelly sale instead!
They all carefully brought in their shaky, tasty jellies and sold them at a lunchtime raising a
wonderful £60.20.
In keeping with the many sporting events this year 9B organised a Wimbledon themed cake
sale in which we saw a huge variety of creative and very impressive looking cakes! The cake
sale raised over £93 which is fantastic!
8A organised a cake sale on Friday 13th This was a brave move from 8A and they had their
fingers crossed for good luck! Also this is 8A’s third charity event of the year making them the
form that have organised the most events and raising over £150! The cake sale was a huge
success.
7E also hastily organised an Olympic themed event for the end of term. There was an
alternative teacher Olympics with cream cracker eating, hula hooping and musical statue
events as well as many cakes to buy! The event raised £168.94 which was a wonderful boost
to the end total this year.
There have been so many wonderful events and some forms have raised a staggering amount
of money. Huge congratulations should go to these 5 forms with their incredibly money making
events.
11E - Teacher Nativity Play raised £224
7A - Christmas Cake Sale raised £207
9E - Valentine’s Fair raised just over £200
7E - Olympic Fair raised £168.94
9W - Olympic themed Fair raised £167
This is my first year in charge of charity and it has been a
pleasure to work with all the students this year who have
been so creative with their events, organised themselves so well and raised an
incredible amount of money. Well done to all forms and also all the charity prefects from each
year. Also thank you to all the staff who have helped organise or been brave enough to take
part in many of these events!
In addition I have had a wonderful team of 6 th form charity prefects who have been a pleasure
to work with. I would like to offer my thanks to Holly Young and Emily Davis who left this year
and also to Laura Tomlin, Lauren Pittman, Lizzie Shaw and Iona Jewitt who will continue on in
their charity roles next year.
I am pleased to announce that in total the money raised this year for our three school charities
is £5,500! This is a wonderful amount and means that Help for Heroes, The Honeypot Charity
and the Lawrence Homan School in India will all receive £1,834 each.
Thank you to everyone and we are looking forward to seeing what next year holds! (Miss
Taggart)
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Speech Day
Our annual Speech Day is a wonderful event held in Salisbury Cathedral every September. It
is an opportunity to congratulate students on their achievements of the previous year and
celebrate all our students’ hard work and commitment. You may be aware that we award
subject prizes for GCSE and A Level, as well as prizes for commitment, achievement and
community service for all year groups.
We are currently looking for sponsors who might be prepared to support a particular GCSE or
A Level subject prize. This might be an individual, company or group who wish to contribute
£15 each year and add their name to a prize. All prize-givers are invited to celebrate with us in
the Cathedral and at the drinks reception.
If you would be interested in sponsoring one of our prizes please contact Mr Jones at
smj@swgs.wilts.sch.uk.
We currently have sponsor vacancies for the following prizes: Prize for Deputy Head Girls;
Prize for Chair of 6th Form Committee; Prize for A Level German; Prize for A Level French;
Prize for A Level Physical Education; Prize for GCSE English; Prize for GCSE Geography;
Prize for GCSE History; Prize for GCSE Religious Studies; Prize for GCSE Art; Prize for
GCSE Music; Prize for GCSE Drama; Prize for GCSE German; Prize for GCSE French; Prize
for GCSE Information Communication Technologies. (Mr Jones)
Year 7 Mathematics and Languages Enrichment Activity
On 9th July 2012 (Montag oder Lundi), Year 7 spent the day taking part in a
mathematics and languages enrichment activity.
This was a fantastic opportunity for all the students, and involved translating
complicated maths problems from Deutsch or le Francais, to eventually solve. To
stand any chance of completing this difficult activity, each student learning German was
paired with another student learning French.
All pupils worked very well during the course of the day, although many had never met their
partner beforehand. After the event, a student from 7B commented, “We got on together very
well, and had become firm friends by the end of the day.” The challenges provided fantastic
opportunities for the year 7 students to expand their knowledge of vocabulary in the foreign
languages, and will be very useful to them in the future.
As well as testing the students’ linguistic skills, it also challenged their maths. The translated
puzzles were complex, and some even took the best mathematicians several attempts!
Luckily, the maths and modern languages teachers were always available to help, and agreed
that all the students had benefited greatly from the activity.
There was a wide variety of activities, some of which were more challenging than others. One
of the hardest involved making a solid cube from different sized blocks, which sounds much
easier than it is in practice! Other themes included tangrams, logic puzzles, shape games,
word problems and algebra.
A pupil from 7E commented, “I have really enjoyed the
day, and have gained some very useful vocabulary, as
well as some very valuable problem solving skills. This is
an event that I definitely think should be run again for
future Year 7’s, and I am sure that they would enjoy it
just as much as I have!”
Au revoir et Tschuss! (Connie Chamberlain and Amelia
French 7E)
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Bristol University Physiology Bus
Year 12
On Thursday 12th July, Bristol University brought their physiology bus to South Wilts
for Year 12 biologists to use, a prize won for the school by Sophie Sibley gaining a
bronze medal in the Science of Sport competition early this year. The presentation
we were given focused on the respiratory system and the cardiovascular system.
This entailed a variety of tasks involving new equipment such as a pulse oximeter which we
used to measure the oxygen saturation of our blood. As budding researchers, we conducted
an experiment to test the hypothesis : ‘Does height affect our vital lung capacity?’.
Using a vitalograph, we plotted our results and found that our hypothesis was correct. At the
end of the session, one lucky volunteer was wired up to an ECG machine and had to put their
face in a bowl of freezing water in order to show the diver effect! It was a very interesting
session and inspired many of us to consider physiology a potential career. (12AAD Lydia
Gentle)
Year 10
When the Bristol Mobile Teaching Unit came to
our school it gave us an insight into the world
of physiology and the careers available after
we leave school. Being a vet has always been
one of my options and the opportunity to use
the equipment that was on offer was
interesting. It has really opened my eyes to the
world of PE as well as a career as I never
really considered deeply the health aspect as a
career pathway. (Clover Cross 10N)
The Science of Sport: How to Win Gold
“When Mr Bazeley announced In Assembly about a Physiology practical, my first thought was
Chocolate Milk. Little did I know it would be winning me Bronze...”
It was back in 2011 when I heard about the Physiology Competition. Mr Bazeley announced in
assembly the chance to take part in a large scale competition, where you had to plan and carry
out a practical to do with sport. The competition was open to all colleges and sixth forms
across Britain and Ireland. My idea was to see if chocolate milk could increase blood glucose
after exercise.
I drank a litre of water each day and recorded what I ate for the first week. At the end of the
week I pricked my finger, using the same equipment that diabetics use. This was to find my
blood glucose immediately before the run, after the run,
and then at 20 minute intervals for an hour. Then the
next week I changed my drink to a litre of chocolate milk
everyday (not drinking anything else), keeping my diet
the same, then at the end of the week taking my blood
glucose before and after my run. I then had to make a
PowerPoint on my findings and email this to the judges.
At this point I had come to two possible conclusions: one
that chocolate increases your glycogen stores, so more
will be released, this being surmised because with the
chocolate milk there was a steep double rise, which did
not occur with the water; second, that calcium reduced
insulin efficiency.
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Continued…...The Science of Sport: How to Win Gold
“I was sceptical about hearing back because I knew the competition would be
tough, and there was me... with my milk. However I had been short listed to go
through to the next round, it now being down to the top 12 in Britain and Ireland.
Even as I write this I still can’t quite believe it. The Physiological Society wrote
back to me about my project with some suggestions for the next stage. One was
to use milk as well as chocolate milk and a general criticism to all candidates was
that their number of participants was low, in most cases just one. I knew that for my project to
even be considered I needed more people to take part. So began the busiest four weeks of
my school life. The first week back after half-term would be organising the practical, this
meant getting the booklets for the candidates ready, as well as permission forms, due to the
fact I’d be pricking each person’s finger, (over the duration of the practical I pricked peoples
fingers a total of 240 times). I managed to gather 27 candidates to take part. After collecting
all the results I had to put them together in an A0 poster ready to be taken to London.
Standing in front of a Year 13 class asking them to point out spelling and grammar mistakes,
it hit me how big this project this project truly was. After a sprint into Salisbury to get it printed,
I was ready.
The next day we (Miss Drysdale and I) were on the train to London. I was being quizzed on
my project, making sure I was ready for any question. The conference check-in was at 10am,
and we arrived 10 minutes early. So we had some time to kill and on our way out we bumped
into the Ringwood School, who were also early. We all decided to get coffee... However in the
spirit of my work I had a chocolate milkshake. One of the girls I was chatting to had been
working with a lab who had been injecting stem cells into people suffering with Tennis Elbow,
with 60 participants. When we got back to the conference centre all the other teams and
competitors had arrived. It was time to set up. We pinned my poster up and put all the
equipment I had used, out on the table in front, and with a folder to keep my hands busy, I
was ready for the judges. What I didn’t know was that the conference was open to people all
across the world, so more than just the judges were looking at our posters. Fortunately
university students were finding my poster very interesting and were asking me lots of
questions, which gave me a test run for when the judges came over. After about an hour and
a half of talking non-stop, having our photos taken and being filmed, our time was up. We
collected lunch and had to wait for the judges’ decision.
When the ‘results were in’ we all filed back into the conference hall, the competitors taking up
the front rows. Suddenly I regretted eating my lunch, nerves were kicking in... Big Time. There
must have been 200 seats in the hall with a good two thirds being taken up by people curious
about the results. Before they announced the winners all the competitors were called up to
collect their certificates, and posed for a photo. We all took our seats for the results.
With the prize for Highly Commended, it was a team looking into ‘mustard effecting muscle
mass’. Now for Bronze: I looked on at the stage... it was me... I stood up, sat back down,
before rising once more. I couldn’t believe it. Out of the whole of Britain and Ireland I was
collecting the Bronze medal.
The judge placed the medal over my neck and shook my hand; I stood looking on to the
crowd in disbelief. All the blood, sweat and tears (quite literally) had been worth it. And as if
that wasn’t enough, one of the girls who I had got to know from Ringwood picked up Silver.
We all posed for a photo, before getting our bits together to leave. All the medallists
congratulated each other before heading back to the train station. Miss Drysdale and I said
our goodbyes to Ringwood before running across Waterloo to catch our train... Then home for
a hot bath and early night’s sleep. But a thank you goes to everyone who helped, because
even though I was up there collecting a medal, it definitely was a team victory, a very large
team victory. (Sophie Sibley 12AAD)
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The Biology Field Trip Kimmeridge
On 2nd and 3rd July Biology students visited the beach at Kimmeridge. Standing in the rain,
we were briefed on the following procedure. We were going to be using an interrupted transect
method using a quadrat to look for periwinkles, a type of mollusc.
We grabbed our buckets full of equipment and ventured down to the rocky shore. Each group
chose a different section of the beach and pulled out the tape measure. Placing down our
quadrat (a large empty square), we started looking for periwinkles. We all came across more
than just periwinkles: sea anemones, a brittle star and many crabs were also found.
After a good few hours, we packed up our buckets: made sure we had everything and headed
back to the coach. Along the way we had one person slip, though very gracefully. We took out
our clip boards with results, put them in a dry place to keep safe and disembarked from our
wellies. Sitting on the coach we started on a very welcome lunch.
After lunch we headed off to the river Piddle. At the river we were again briefed on the
procedure to follow. Our buckets now had been upgraded to equipment worth over £400. Also
next to each bucket was a pair or rather large, rather fetching, green waders. This time we
were going to be sampling freshwater life to see how polluted the river was. Each creature had
a ranking, 10 would mean the river was very clean, 8 would mean slight pollution and so on.
Depending on the number of each creature you found, this would tell you how polluted the
river was. We were going to use the ‘kick’ sampling method: you would stand in the river, and
run on the spot, disturbing the floor. This caused your sample to flow downstream and into
your net, which would be placed in front of your feet.
My group didn’t particularly want to go in the fetching green waders, leaving the job to me. I’d
like to take a moment to set the scene. I’m only 5’2 and the water was at an all time high due
to the rain and our group chose the river to start and not the pond, the river being faster
flowing .I got into my waders - it did not look good. None-the-less I entered the fast flowing
water. We all had a good laugh at all the people jogging in the water in their waders. We
brought our samples back to shore and turned them out into the tray. We identified each
species and counted the quantity. We took a second sample and counted once more. We then
changed to the millpond and took another two samples, comparing the difference between
species and whether one area was more polluted than the other. Each group also had an
abiotic factor to measure. These were non-living factors such as temperature, pH, flow rate,
light intensity and oxygen concentration. Our group was measuring pH and interestingly the
orange, murky pond was more neutral than the clear, fast flowing river. With our results written
down we packed up our kit, quickly departed from the waders and headed back to the coach.
After saying thank you and giving a round of
applause to our guide we walked back to the coach.
As we all filed on, we discussed our favourite parts,
and of course complained to each member of staff
individually how bad the British “summer” was. As we
took off our wellies we all laughed at each other’s
curly hair (which had taken much time to straighten)
and rosy cheeks, and got ready for our journey
home.
Now considering we fell over pebbles and in the
mud, were soaked through to the bone, had to wear
large green pants, and we almost got swept away,
and everyone was looking very wind swept. It was an
excellent day outside the classroom. (Sophie Sibley
12AAD)
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BASE Final Birmingham for Business Studies
Six year 13 Business Studies students qualified forthe regional heats of the BASE business
studies competition and won the chance to represent the school at the BASE national finals.
They had to use their business and finance knowledge to act as consultants for a company
involved in making soaps for hotels. After analysing the facts, they had to present to the judges
and suggest the correct strategy for the company to adopt over the coming years.
This year the competition was held at the Hilton Metropole in
Birmingham. The students were treated to fine dining and a
swanky hotel room as reward for reaching the finals and they had
an excellent time. Unfortunately, the students lost out in a gruelling
heat against some excellent teams, but the experience will be
superb as they move into the world of work and interviews.
Very well done to Emma Ward, Ellie Coles, Ellie Selby, Laura
O’Donovan, Bethen Copp and Hayley Stevens-Shaw for
progressing into the final. They did an excellent job throughout and
their mentor for the day was incredibly positive about their work
and overall attitude. (Mr Smith)
UNESCO 2012
This June, South Wilts were invited to participate in the UNESCO 2012 Youth Heritage Summit
in Greenwich. In order to attend we had to make a digital scrapbook explaining who we were,
and what our World Heritage Site meant to us. After a visit to our site, Stonehenge, we made a
website using interviews and pictures we had taken there. Once our entry had been accepted,
the seven of us travelled to the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage site for the summit. On the
first day we took part in team building exercises with the other schools and had a dinner in
Greenwich University.
The next day we travelled down the Thames to the fantastic Ravensbourne University and
gave interviews about our Heritage Site which will be screened in the various Olympic
stadiums during the games. We also took part in a digital treasure hunt around Greenwich
using the scavenger app our youth hosts had made for
us. On the last day there was a careers fair at the
university, which gave us helpful information about
possible careers involving heritage and history. We
feel that our time at Greenwich was immensely
valuable, as we now have a better understanding of
our own past and more commitment to achieving our
goals in the future. (Libby Langhorn 10W)
The Queens’ Big Thank you Card
School pupils across Wiltshire and Dorset were given the chance to submit a design for a
thank you card to HM the Queen to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee and say thank you for
visiting Salisbury. From the 150 entries, 9 from SWGS were shortlisted to the Final. These
girls were Katie Ereira 7A, Lucy Hamer 7A, Izzie Walker 7A, Sabrina Blighe 7E, Amelia French
7E, Sophie Lewis-Evans 8A, Hannah Quirk 8E, Elle Vince 8N and Anna Mitchell 8N. Their
card designs will be printed on the inside of the card for the Queen. A huge well done. Amelia
French 7E was also awarded the overall winner’s prize with her design being printed on the
front of the card. She will also get the chance to meet the Bishop and open the new Diocesan
Education Centre in Wilton. Well done to everyone who entered the competition from the Art
Department. (Mrs Evans)
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New Designers Exhibition
There is nothing more rewarding than meeting one of the girls you have taught who has gone
on to achieve real success in your subject. This was exactly the case on Thursday 5th July
when we took a coach full of Design and Technology students from Years 9, 10 and 12 to the
New Designer’s Exhibition in London.
This showcase exhibition brings together the selected best Product Design, Graphic Design
and Architecture from all the universities across the country. As we entered the exhibition hall
of the Business Design Centre we were greeted by a jubilant Rebecca Partridge. Rebecca had
just received news she had attained a First Class Honours Degree in Product Design at
Sheffield Hallum University. She is pictured standing next to her final design of a miniaturised
medicine infusion pump. The idea is to remove the need for patients to be connected to a
hospital based infusion pump for many hours a day, thus giving back
some normality to the patient’s life.
Additionally, Rebecca (left) has been accepted as a PhD student in
Product Design to further research and develop the miniaturisation of
medical equipment. Good luck to Rebecca and we thank her for being so
inspirational to a number of our current girls during our visit. We are very
pleased to report that Rebecca is the latest of a number of past South
Wilts A Level Design and Technology students who have made it to this
prestigious annual exhibition. (Mr Crouch)
We thoroughly enjoyed this trip to London to meet all the new Product
Design graduates from universities across the country. We got to see an amazing variety of
projects and it was very beneficial to see all the aspects of further technology being applied to
making new products, alongside some great designs made using more traditional skills. All the
different aspects were really interesting and we loved getting the chance to talk to all the
designers themselves about their ideas, and to ask them questions about how they designed
and implemented them. We thought that it was a great opportunity to be able to visit such an
inspiring place, because it gave us lots of new ideas on future careers in the areas of design
and technology. (Flo Proctor, Kate DeBrett, Yentl Love and Sophie Worthington. Year 9)
DT Coursework
Once again this year’s D&T students have used that ‘South Wilts’ creativity in a wide variety of
ways. The coursework demonstrates the ability of our girls to really identify interesting design
situations and manufacture high quality products as
a result. A few of
these products are illustrated below and show the
diversity of ideas
that have been worked on over the year.
Kat Burleigh: A Level.
A Sailabilty Hoist to aid disabled sailors into and out
of dinghies.
Alix Bird. AS Level
Stonehenge Visitors’ Centre
Alix looked at an interactive, themed internal space
for the visitors’ centre. This concept model was complete with a light
chasing system that showed the sun position on mid-summer morning.
The room used fallen stones as seating and contained a range of visual
displays.
The Olympic theme was also considered by Julia Hardcastle, who made a
souvenir washbag. Her final product is shown here as part of the
promotional poster. A special bag to carry your purchase is shown in the
insert. (Mr Crouch)
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GCSE Computing
We will be piloting GCSE Computing from September with 2 of the 6 ICT sets.
The remaining four groups in Year 9 will commence ICT GCCSE. We will review the success
of the pilot with a view to extending this opportunity for more students in the following year
Year 7 Mosaic
7N have been very busy designing and making the large outdoor mosaic which is going to
brighten up one of the quads next year. This has been paid for through the very generous
prize money given by Innocent Smoothies as a prize to Emily Avant for winning a competition
earlier in the year.
The girls have worked with local artist, Joanna Dewfall and created a design based on the tree
of life and incorporating a vast array of different animals and the roots cleverly coming out of
the Onwards symbol. I have seen the individual animals
developing over the course of the 2 day workshop and cannot
wait until the final piece is in place and the mosaic can be
installed in the school.
The message has got
to be, please enter as
many competitions as
possible because the
prizes can open up
some fantastic
experiences both for
individuals and their
fellow classmates. (Mrs
Stammers)
Tea Dance
South Wilts hosted its first ever Tea Dance and Sing-a-long in conjunction with Age UK on
18th July in the Main Hall.
Volunteers brought the elderly residents of Salisbury who attend one of the local day centres
and they were treated to singing, dancing, tea and cakes. Many students from all years
volunteered to help, making welcome cards, greeting the visitors, providing and serving
refreshments as well as adding their youth and enthusiasm to the singing and dancing. A
good time was certainly had by all.
Ginny Cooper from Age UK also came in to speak to an assembly about the research she has
been doing regarding the physical and mental benefits of fun and laughter for the elderly
population and this put the afternoon into a proper
context. The girls also had the chance to listen to the
student who led the singing explain that her
university dissertation had been based on research
into the benefits of singing for patients with
Alzheimer’s, particularly those who were struggling
to communicate.
This made the afternoon into an educational
experience as well as one which left the visitors with
a fantastic impression of the South Wilts students as
welcoming, helpful and interested in their guests.
(Mrs Stammers)
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Olympic themed bake-off
On 21st May, we set off to Wiltshire College for an Olympic themed bake-off. We were one of
three teams there. We started at around 11.10am, and finished at 2.20pm.
Each team had to create a choux pastry dish, a large cake, and a fancy item. Our team made
profiteroles with Eton Mess inside, a three tier cake and mini lemon meringue pies. It was a lot
of fun, but slightly scary when
the judges came round during
the cooking. When we had all
finished, we had lunch, and the
results were announced at
3pm. Our team didn't win the
team prize, but I won the Best
Dish prize for my lemon
meringue pies.
We all received a Mary Berry
Cakes and Bakes book, a £5
Reeves voucher and a
certificate. The day was really
fun, and I loved doing it. (Lucy
Cunningham 10E)
Year 7 trip to Germany
After learning German for a year, two year 7 classes headed off for five days in Traben
Trarbach, Germany. The first day was spent on the coach, playing games, chatting and
snoozing. When we finally arrived, bed was a welcome sight! The hotel was idyllic, situated in
true German countryside with vineyards, fields and orchards.
The local town, Traben Trarbach, seemed to have stepped out of a stage set with all its rural
architecture and character. During the following three days we visited a gem museum, a
vineyard, an animal park, a theme park and several picturesque villages and enjoyed a boat
ride.
Being able to go and explore the villages independently with friends was great fun whilst
competing to speak as much German as possible! A real giggle and my favourite aspect of the
trip! Let me tell you though, the German people are very keen to speak English too! Rosie T.
said that her favourite bit was “All the different ice creams!”. The Germans are famous for their
Spaghetti Ice and flavoured
ice creams so this was
heaven for most of us! Just
how much ice cream can a
year 7 eat?!
Through all of this we made
new friends from the other
class, improved our
German and had fun, all at
the same time! It was a
truly amazing experience
and to be able to go with all
your friends was brilliant.
So thank you so much to all
the teachers who made this
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Lulworth Cove
On Tuesday 19th June 7N and 7E took a trip to Lulworth Cove in Dorset to learn about
its geographical history. We travelled by coach and witnessed the many picturesque
landscapes situated around the area. We then broke up into different groups and
started to explore the site and all it had to offer.
After about 15 minutes of walking up rocky paths and steps, we sat on a ledge that overlooked
Lulworth Cove and were asked to draw a field sketch of the beach, being careful to annotate
all its geographical features and varied types of rock correctly. Our view of the cove was
spectacular, and we were lucky that our visit was enhanced by the sunny weather. We thought
about the tourist benefits of Lulworth Cove, and decided that it caters mainly for that area. We
also thought about the negative aspects of tourism, like noise and litter, and came up with
ways in which these things could be improved upon.
Next, we headed to Stair Hole. We examined the different types of rock and their patterns, and
we had to draw a field sketch for this as well. We particularly liked the little rock pools we could
see below, as they seemed very blue and magical. Then we learnt about arches and how they
are formed, which is a mix of many different processes. We looked at the Purbeck limestone
and how it had a wavy upright pattern, too. From our viewpoint, it was as if we could see for
miles. After we had taken in the incredible view, we walked over to the Heritage Centre to
learn more about the history of Lulworth Cove. We answered more questions in our booklets,
and discovered some really interesting facts, such as that in five thousand years’ time, the
Heritage Centre would be underwater! Then it was time for lunch, so before settling down on a
little field to enjoy our picnics, we ran off to buy ice creams!!! They were really tasty!
When we had finished our lunch we split off into our groups again. Now it was our turn to
attempt to climb up the very steep and tiring hill. As we struggled to the top Durdle Door came
into view. We sat on the bank, drank lots of water and re-applied sun cream as advised by
Miss Taggart. We observed the beautiful scenery and learnt that Durdle means hole/opening.
Before we left, we took a
big group photo to commemorate the trip.
Overall, we felt that the trip
was fun and educational at
the same time. We all had a
really good time and felt we
learnt a great deal of new
information. (Leona
Beeson, Tia Webber, Chloe
Wright, Sasha Picton and
Azzahra Lewin 7N)
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Longleat Trip
We were all really excited about this trip as we had only been a few times before (which was
when we were really little) and we were really interested about what might have changed.
Despite the treacherous weather we still managed to have a fantastic time at the Safari Park.
It did pour and pour with rain but we were all equipped with our raincoats and the rain didn’t
stop us from having a great time!
As soon as we got there we went through the Savannah Drive where we saw zebras, deer,
giraffes and many more. That was really fun because the animals came close to our coach and
I have got some very cool pictures of the animals. I also love how you can feed the animals as
this helps the visitors get a more interactive experience. We then went through the lion
enclosure, where we saw two separate tribes with their cubs. They were so close and it was
quite frightening and then the last part saw us go into ‘Wolf Wood’. (continued over page)
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After the Safari drive we had a long break to have our lunch and
we were able to have a bit of time to search the Park.
Our group went through the maze and got completely lost and
we also had a quick look at the enclosure next to the Animal
Kingdom. We then went with everyone to the Animal Kingdom. It
was really interesting and I especially enjoyed the Meercats
because they were posing for all our cameras! I also enjoyed
looking at all the other creatures including some I have never
heard of before!
The Animal Kingdom was really cool and I think the layout was
great! The animals had lots of room in their enclosures and I
think it is lovely how the animals show that they are looked after
well and you can clearly see it, and you know they are happy.
I think Longleat is a great trip to go on as you wouldn’t normally
see these animals in your day-to-day life (Lara Mayhew 8A)
Year 7 Trip to France
The coach park at 05.30 on a damp June morning was the start of our trip to Normandy.
Cleverly, Mrs Jouahri really had forgotten her passport so we drove to Portsmouth via her
house – only a small diversion – and all was well. A calm crossing and a pleasant coach
journey saw us arriving at our destination in time for supper. The evening was lovely so we all
went off to the beach where some people proceeded to get extremely wet!
On Tuesday we spent the morning at Villedieu –les –Poeles where they have a fantastic
market selling all manner of things. Engraved glasses and a wide range of hats seemed very
popular as well as chips and crepes. In the afternoon we got very soggy as we went to the
Mont St Michel. Fortunately the building is very solid so we were able to dry off a bit once we
got inside. Another beautiful evening allowed those who wished to go to the beach where
activity leaders Mr Thorne and Mr Lawrence organised games.
Wednesday was history day. We went first to the 360 Cinema in Arromanches where we saw
a film showing some of the events of the D-day landings. We saw some large German guns at
lunch time although some people did manage to get very muddy indeed as the rain poured
down. We finished the day at the Bayeux tapestry with little audio guides recounting the events
of the Norman invasion.
On Thursday we were able to have a more leisurely start. The five line poem competition was
held in the theatre at our centre and everyone was able to answer most of the questions in the
little red books. Then it was off to the zoo! In spite of some spits and spots of rain (again) we
were able to look round the zoo and see a wide range of animals. In the evening the tiebreaking
winning question in the quiz was ‘What is
the average age of the teachers on this trip?’
Friday was a special day as we all trooped 2
kilometres down the road to our friendly school.
Everyone was introduced to their penfriend and after
some initial awkwardness, settled down to answer
questions and play games. We had an excellent
school lunch and a game of ‘British bulldog’ to round
off the day. Then it was a soggy walk back to our
centre for a quick tea, the coach, the hypermarket ,the
ferry and home! (Mrs Jouahri)
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India
On Thursday 14th June we were very excited to welcome four exchange students from our
link school in India to South Wilts. They arrived in Salisbury after a week spent in London,
having seen all the sights, and we prepared to fully immerse them into typically British culture.
This began with a tour of the school on Thursday afternoon, which clearly had to be followed
by –what else would be appropriate? – a cream tea with scones and jam in the seminar room.
I think all of us, Indians and English alike, very much enjoyed sitting back and being served by
a newly appointed butler - Mr Jones!
The rest of the week followed with a range of different activities, often with food being very
much at the forefront. After all the amazing vegetarian curries that we had tried in India, we
felt we had to reciprocate by providing a similar standard of British fare. I remember a lot of
chocolate and biscuits being consumed throughout the week. However, we did try to be
healthy one day when I took Pooja and Saumya (the two girls staying at my house) strawberry
picking at Bake Farm. We picked about four punnets full, in wind and drizzle, and then went
home to consume quite an extraordinary number of berries between us with ice cream and
brownies. It seems it isn’t only the British that go crazy for strawberries!
Other highlights were the trip to Mottisfont Abbey and the minibus tour of Dorset – both aimed
to exhibit a slice of English landscape. Mottisfont, with its walled rose garden and river walk,
provided a flavour of quintessential cottage garden, and we had great fun climbing the trees
(although I’m not quite sure that tree-climbing was on the risk assessment!). Dorset proved a
hit as well, with a visit to the historic Corfe Castle, tours of Kimmeridge Bay and Durdle Door,
and then the delights of ice creams on the beach followed by fish and chips. Again, what else
would be appropriate?
There were educational visits as well, to Salisbury Cathedral and Stonehenge, which are
always a key part of visiting Salisbury, and the students got involved with observing the
Industry Days presentations as well. They also sat in on a lot of lessons at the end of the
week – I was embarrassed to have Pooja and Saumya watch one of my maths lessons in
which, as an introduction to a new topic, we revisited basic fractions. They sat at the back,
looking confused, and clearly wondering why we were still at such an elementary stage
compared to all the complex differentiation that we had come across in India. Still, they said
they very much enjoyed the DT and Food Tech lessons that they also saw, so they may have
learned something new from us after all.
All in all, we loved having them to visit, and we can only hope that they enjoyed it as much as
we did! (Sophie Landon
Year 12)
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Year 8 Challenge Day
On the last Thursday of term, the girls from Year 8 were involved in The Challenge Day. This
involved them working in teams from their new tutor groups to undertake a variety of crosscurricular
challenges. The girls were able to pick from a selection of activities that allowed
them to play to their strengths, be they creative, physical or mathematical.
In the Engineering challenge teams worked innovatively to build vehicles from cds, cotton reels
and elastic bands. The winning team managing to create a machine that covered a distance
of 6 metres! In Maths, the girls worked with 6th form students to crack a challenging crossnumber
and produced some impressively high scores. Imagination and focus were needed for
the Archaeology challenge in which the girls had to decide where to dig and how to budget
their investigation as well as interpret their finds. Potions and Bunsens galore were in use in
the Sherlock Holmes Chemistry sessions as the girls deduced the identity of elements from
various chemical tests. They also produced an iodine clock that could time to the nearest
second! In the Classics challenge, presentation skills were key as they battled it out in a
bidding war to save their site of classical importance. The Languages task was a monster
jigsaw puzzle built up using translations of French and German. The competition really
heated up in the Computing session as teams solved binary puzzles to reveal QR codes and
raced across the room to scan them in and score their points. The competition really bubbled
over in the Physical Endurance session as every team member fought for form glory!
All of the points scored throughout the day by the teams were added together and displayed
on the screen in reception. Mrs King was entertained all day by the continuous stream of Year
8 who were eager to see where they ranked. The team scores were combined to produce an
overall score for the form group. These points were turned into precious seconds for the final
challenges.
The enthusiasm with which all of the girls took on the tasks was commendable and we were
proud of how hard they worked so late on in such a busy term. The champion form to be
announced…(Mrs Brown)
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Midsummer Night’s Dream
Final performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream now done and we were all wiping away the
remnants of the stage make-up. Everyone was crying and laughing at the same time, but it
was an especially special performance as it will be the last one with our wonderful director,
Mrs McLannahan. We will miss her so much it is unbelievable, but we wish her all the best!
The whole cast and crew had a great time and we couldn't have done it without every single
person who took part! Thank you everyone who watched, acted or worked back stage. Thanks
to our light and sound techies and our amazing orchestra and composer. Also, thanks to
everyone else who did anything to support the production and make it a success.
Glitter is still glimmering on the stage, reminding us that even though the show is over, we will
remember it for years to come. (Natasha White 9W)
Year 8 Arts Festival - The Legend of Callipateira
After the auditions for this musical, set at the
ancient Olympics, the pupils started to learn their
words and rehearse their parts. All the pupils
taking part gathered together and practised to
produce a fantastic performance.
The actors, the dancers, the singers and the
narrators all put 100% effort into creating this
show, making it a complete success. As the
performance drew closer, pupils who weren’t
performing on the stage took up the roles which
would add the finishing and important touches to
the show. There was set painting, mask masking,
programme writing and the very important
backstage crew who controlled the lighting and set
the performers up with their microphones. Along
with the performance, every pupil was given the
chance to go to a Classics workshop and to enter
the Olympic Poetry competition and the results
were given out at the end of the performance. We
would love to thank Mrs Timperley for her hard
work for making this Arts Festival happen. (Alex
Collyer and Rachel Lang Year 8)
This year’s school production was A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, which took
place on the 3rd, 4th and 5th July. It
saw girls from right across the school
take part as well as Bishop Wordsworth
boys.
The three evenings were a great
success and fantastic fun! I would like to
thank all the staff and students who
helped to make the show a success.
Their hard work and commitment really
paid off and it was even commented
how professional the show was. I am
very proud of you all and thank you for
making this a magical last production for
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The Arts Festival Poetry Competition 2012 – The Olympic Dream
Year 8 students were invited to enter a poetry competition as part of the Arts Festival.
It was designed to give students the opportunity to think and write about the Olympics and to
use their creative skills. Prizes and certificates were awarded and the short-listed poems were
published in an anthology given out during the festival. Well done to all the students who
entered, and special congratulations to Lucy Street, Laura Coakley and Bethany Puzio, for
their truly outstanding poems. Themed around “The Olympic Dream”, these poems explore
the determination, aspiration, pride and pressure involved in participating in the Olympic
Games.
All the poems entered are available for everyone to read on the English area of the school
VLE in the ‘Best of the Best’ section and in book form in the Learning Resource Centre. (Mrs
Coundley)
Congratulations!
Rachel Abbott has recently graduated from Bristol
University with a 2:1 Honours Degree in Music and
Victoria Clarke with a First Class Honours degree
from Leeds University. (Mrs Poppleton)
Chamber Orchestra
On 12th July we very much enjoyed an informal
concert of beautiful music given by the Chamber
Orchestra and held in the Music Department.
The orchestra, under the direction of Mr Parsons,
played exquisitely with great style and verve. The
members have had a very happy and hugely
successful year, and wished to play together for a
final short concert before several of their number left
to begin their university courses in the Autumn. (Mrs
Poppleton)
Year 7 Concerts
Each form in Year 7 is ending the term with a lunchtime
concert, which they will have organised and
advertised themselves. They have risen to the
challenge and prepared very enjoyable and varied
programmes. We are very impressed by both their
bubbling enthusiasm and their great musical talent.
Pro Corda National Chamber Music
Festival Prizewinners’ Concert
On Sunday 15th July 2012, I performed
at Wigmore Hall. Getting to this stage
was a combination of teamwork, a lot of
practice and determination. I am playing
as part of a violin trio, and we have
been playing together for almost a year
now. Our trio won the U16 section of
the Pro Corda National Chamber
Festival for Schools. The first round was
at Guildhall School of Music and
Drama, the music school I attend every
Saturday in London.
We played to two of the most senior
people at Pro Corda, and it was almost
like a workshop so that they could see
how we responded as a group to
coaching. In the second round we
played to the head of Pro Corda,
Andrew Quartermain. All went
according to plan and we learned a
couple of days afterwards that we had
got through to the finals. Suddenly, we
found ourselves heading up to Kent to
Sevenoaks School for the finals. We
performed to a panel of judges on a
huge stage at Sevenoaks.
This was the most important
performance so far. Later that day, I got
a call from one of my trio members
screaming down the phone that we
were playing at Wigmore Hall! The
Prize-winners concert was on Sunday
15th July 2012 at 6:00pm we all
enjoyed the experience. (Anita
Monserrat 9A)
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Netball
6 girls attended U14 and U16 satellite netball
trials for talented performers this term. Well
done to Sophie Waddington, Emma Vaughan,
Izzy Dickson, Imogen Kunzer, Phoebe Wing
and Hannah Pickup for being nominated based
upon their excellent play for the school this
year. Congratulations to Hannah Pickup on
being successful - she will be attending the
academy from September and good luck to
Sophie who will be going back for further
assessment. (Miss Weir)
Year 8 Helen Forrest
Congratulations to Helen Forrest who won the
U15 girls Long Jump for the Air Cadets and
also came 3 rd in the Dorset and Wiltshire wing.
School District Athletics
The following girls successfully qualified for the
Schools District Athletics Cup, representing the
Salisbury Area. On a very cold and blustery
Saturday the girls performed brilliantly: (results
below)
Athletics
Lizzie Clifford (Year 11) throughout February
participated in two major Indoor Athletics
events. At the Birmingham Indoor National
Arena she competed in the 300m and was
placed 4 th in the final. In the 60m Hurdles,
Lizzie was placed 1 st resulting in her
becoming the Midland and South West
Champion. Later in the month, again at the
BINA, she was placed 5 th in the semi-final of
the National Indoor Championships resulting
in a UK ranking of 16. Lizzie was also
selected to participate in the school games
held at the new Olympic Stadium where she
gained a Silver Medal in the 300m Hurdles
and therefore placed 2 nd in the UK! An
outstanding achievement.
In the Outdoor season, Lizzie qualified for
the Finals of the Aviva ESSA Track and Field
Championships: one of the highest
competitions in the country, in which she
was 2 nd in her heat qualifying for the final
and being placed an overall 4 th . Well done
Lizzie and good luck in the English
Championships in Bedford in August. (Miss
Marsh)
Year 12 Ellie Ingram 1 st in Javelin & qualified for South West representing
Wiltshire
Year 11 Lizzie Clifford 1 st in the 300m Hurdles & qualified for South West
representing Wiltshire
Year 11 Harriet Dawson 5 th in the 200m
Year 10 Anna Barnes 4 th in the High Jump
Year 10 Sophie Kalik 3 rd in the 1500m
Year 10 Imogen Kunzer 3 rd in the 300m
Year 10 Clover Crosse 6 th in the Javelin
Year 9 Alice Smith 4 th in the 100m
Year 9
Year 9
Becky
4 th in the 200m
Perriment
Georgie Holman 5 th in the Hurdles
Year 9 Hannah 2 nd in the Javelin & qualified for South West representing
Richards Wiltshire
Year 7 Rachel Herring 2 nd in the 200m
Year 7 Anna Tuck 6 th in the 800m
Year 7 Harriet Legg 3 rd in the High Jump
Year 7 Tara King 4 th in the Long Jump
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Athletics: Round 2 Basingstoke
Well done to both our Inter Girls and Junior Girls teams who qualified from Swindon for the 2 nd
round of the English Schools Cup Athletics. We had a wonderful day of competition in the
sunshine! The athletes were:
Junior Girls: Kitty Bradley, Tara King, Celeste Conn, Rachel Herring, Sarah Brown, Becky
Perriment, Rachel Lang, Katie Biddllecombe, Tilly Roylance, Hannah Williams
Inter Girls: Holly Scott, Alice Smith, Imogen Kunzer, Anna Barnes, Emily Herod, Izzy Dickson,
Sophie Kalik, Gabby Morse, Catherine Lethbridge, Emily Leary. (Miss Marsh)
Tennis
Congratulations to all the girls who have represented South Wilts in Aegon tennis this season -
you have done us proud with lots of wins through great match play! Thank you for your
commitment to training sessions with Trevor, Mr Brown and myself. Wins against Godolphin,
Dauntseys and Matravers were particularly convincing.
Well done to Year 10 division 1 who will go through to play Royal High School Bath, for a
place in the knock out rounds (Anna Rolfe, Izzy Dickson, Hannah Richards, Caitlin Hogan
Lloyd and Hope Mayhew). Well done also to the year 8 girls who represented South Wilts at
the Salisbury Schools Tennis festival held at Victoria Park on Friday, 15 th June. Our 3 teams
came 1 st , 3 rd and 5 th overall. The winning team: Hannah Pickup, Emily Sutherland, Honor
Jackson and Lily Jackson. (Miss Weir)
School Games
The first ever School Games took part in Chippenham where all the top qualifying schools in
Wiltshire over many sports met for a County Competition in the style of the Olympics.
We qualified for all the sports we entered. Unfortunately due to poor weather and a saturated
track the athletics were cancelled, however the rest of the tournament was able to continue.
The girls were amazing all day and we came home County Winners for Tag Rugby,
Badminton and Trampolining, the girls being awarded Gold Medals:
Tag Rugby: Yr 8 Team: Hannah Pickup (C ), Celeste Conn, Lily Jackson, Lara Mayhew, Tilly
Roylance, Grace Macready, Hannah Scott, Charlie Cook, Kiera Reavill, Emma Pike. The team
won all their games!
Badminton Team: Bea Young, Lexi Lay, Jing Liang, Juliette Glennan-Alty, Harri Cross who
also supported the Tennis team
Trampolining: Grace Bairstow, Georgie Cox, Lizzie Boulter, Olivia Falconer, Jess Bonner,
Helen Forrest, Sarah Croager, Tash White, Emma Sandford-Hart, Catherine Dodd, Alice &
Sophie Nield.
A big thank you to Maggie Curtis who coaches our Trampolinists and accompanied them on
the day and to David Brown who supported the department and the Tennis Team of Emily
Sutherland and Honor Jackson. (Miss Marsh)
Sport Celebration Assembly
Before Year 11’s left we held our annual sport assembly, celebrating the many sporting
achievements over many activities throughout the Summer term 2011 and to Easter 2012.
Well done to all the girls who were awarded half and full colours and to the following who
achieved the Sports Player of the Year Award: Athletics Lizzie Clifford, Tennis Anna Rolfe,
Indoor Cricket Lily Jackson, Cross Country Emma Clarke, Dance Charlotte Lloyd & Harriet
Dawson, Football Clover Crosse, Hockey Holly Scott, Netball Hannah Vaughan, Tag Rugby
Hannah Pickup, Trampolining Lucy Ramsdale, Volleyball Imogen Kunzer, Team of the Year
Year 8 Indoor Cricket & Year 7 Athletics Team, Sports person of the Year Imogen Kunzer,
Rachel Herring. (Miss Marsh)
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Sports Day 2012
Yet another rainy day, however the girls did us proud and there were many excellent results.
A special mention for Alice Smith 9B who broke the 200m record of 27.9 (1977) and ran
27.3 for a new school record. The overall winners were:
Event Yr 7 Yr8 Yr9 Yr10
Shot Put Mathilda Julien Phoebe Wing Hannah
Richards
Charlotte
Bateman
Discus x Kiera Reavill Ana O’Connor Ksenia
Solovieva
Javelin x x Ana O’Connor Clover Crosse
Long Jump Tara King Helen Forrest Georgie Holman Catherine
Lethbridge
High Jump Ellie Byerley Hannah Pickup Sophie
Anna Barnes
Waddington
1500m
Katie Biddlecombe
Rachel Lang Becky
Sophie Kalik
Perriment
800m Anna Tuck Sarah Brown Hannah Holzer Sophie Kalik
Hurdles Alice Uloth Jess Bonner Georgie Holman Catherine
Lethbridge
300m X X X Imogen Kunzer
200m Jodie Ball Alice Field Alice Smith Emily Green
100m Rachel Herring Sadie Potter Alice Smith Imogen Kunzer
Relay 7A 7E 9B 10N
Athletes of Sports Day: Banner Competition: Tutor Group Results
Yr 7: Rachel Herring 7E 7N
Yr 8: Phoebe Wing 8E 8A
Yr 9: Alice Smith 9A 9B
Yr 10: Imogen Kunzer 10E 10N
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NSEA Jumping with Style Qualifier
hosted by Godolphin at Sparsholt College
On Saturday 16th June, South Wilts set out to compete in the National Schools’ Equestrian
Association Jumping with Style competition, hosted by Godolphin School and held at Sparsholt
College. The competition was a qualifier for the NSEA Jumping with Style National round, to
be held in October at Addington Manor.
Jumping with Style is a unique competition which consists of a non-timed show jumping round,
immediately followed by a timed cross-country round, all in one
arena. Competitors can incur penalties for show jump knock-downs,
refusals and cross-country time. Judges also analyse the distinct
change in style made by the rider when moving on to the crosscountry
round after show jumping. The competitor with the least
number of penalties wins.
The SWGS team competing in class one comprised of Bethany
Puzio, Alice Uloth and Matilda Roylance (right). All three achieved
clear rounds with few style and time penalties, and so the team was
placed 1 st and qualified for the national round in September. Bethany
also did extremely well and won individually too.
The fences in the second class were around 15cm bigger, and the
SWGS team was Bethany Puzio, Alice Uloth, Matilda Roylance and
Georgina Church. All four again achieved clear rounds and the team
came 3 rd , but unfortunately didn’t place high enough to qualify. However, Frances Elgar rode
an inspiring round and came individual 3 rd .
It was a great day and the team looks forward to competing again in October.
Many thanks to Miss Holland and Mrs Penwarden for being brilliant team managers! (Matilda
Roylance 8E)
SWGS Uniform shop
E-mail: uniform@swgs.wilts.sch.uk
Website: www.swgs.wilts.sch.uk
The term time opening hours are:
Thursday 12.00pm to 1.00pm
1 st Saturday of each month 9.30am
to 10.30am
Summer 2012 opening hours
ONWARDS
There are some changes to the school PE kit for Year
7 from this September. The new designs are optional
for Years 8-11. The school council met with myself,
Mrs Stammers and the PE Department to discuss
options. The girls opted for a skort to replace the
green gym slip and a more fitted top.
The shop will be closed from Friday 20th July to Friday 31st August
(It will be open on Saturday 1 September 9.30am to 1.30pm and then normal term time hours)
Tesco Schools and Clubs
Vouchers
A huge thank you to everyone
who donated their vouchers to
us. We collected a massive
6305 vouchers which enabled
us to purchase a camcorder
and memory card which the
school really needed. So once
again THANK YOU, it was
fantastic achievement.
7N Book Log
Competition.
Winners of best logs
were Ciara Bennett
and Leona Beeson.
Commended were
Alice Uloth and
Phoebe Cleary. Well
done girls! (Mrs
Smallwood)
September Start Dates
Monday 3rd September
am Year 12
pm Year 13 in school
Tuesday 4th September
Year 7 only in school
Wednesday 5th September
Years 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 in
school
Thursday 6th September
All years in school
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School Calendar 2012 / 2013
August/September October November
Monday 3 10 17 24 1 8 15
2 2
2 9 5 12 19 26
Tuesday 4 11 18 25 2 9 16
2 3
3 0 6 13 20 27
Wednesday
5 12 19 26 3 10 17 4 1 2 3
7 14 21 28
3
2
Thursday 0 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 5 1 8 15 22 29
Friday 3 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 2
2 9 16 23 30
1
6
Saturday 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24
Sunday 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25
December January February
1 2 3
1 1
Monday 3 10 7 4 1 7 14 21 28 4 1 8 25
1 2
5 1 1 26
Tuesday 4 11 8 5 1 8 15 22 29
2 9
Wednesday
5 12 9 6 2 9 16 23 30 6 3 0 27
1 2
1 2
2 2
1
1 2
Thursday 6 13 0 7 3 0 17 24 31 7 4 1 28
Friday 7 14 2 2
1
1 2
1 8 4 1 18 25 1 8 5 2
Saturday 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23
Sunday 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24
March April May
Monday 4 11
1 2
2
1 2
8 5 1 8 15 22 9 6 3 0 27
Tuesday 5 12
1 2
3
2
9 6 2 9 16 23 0 7 14 1 28
Wednesday
6 13 0 7 3 0 17 24 1 8 15 2 2 2
1
2
29
2 2
1
2
Thursday 7 14 1 8 4 1 18 25 2 9 16 3 30
Friday 1 8 15 2 2
1
3 10 17 2 31
2 9 5 2 19 26
4
Saturday 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25
Sunday 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26
June July August/September
2 2
Monday 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 2 9 5 12 19 26 2
2 3
6 13 20 27 3
Tuesday 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 3 0
Wednesday
5 12 19 26 3 10 17 4 1 2 3
7 14 21 28
Thursday 6 13 20 27 4 11 18
2
5 1 8 15 22 29
Friday
2
7 14 21 28 5 12 19 6 2 9 16 23 30
Saturday 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31
Sunday 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1
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