July 2013 - Brune Park Community School

Putting Learning FirstCommunitySpace ChallengeFour Brune Park students, who haveattended the Motiv8 drop-in deliveryon a Wednesday evening at BrunePark, accompanied Motiv8 staff in theCommunity Space Challenge held atPortsmouth Water Sports Centre onFriday 31 May. The students involvedwere Leon Tricket Year 8, LewisTrickett Year 7, Tom Wilson Year 7 andTom Tabb Year 7.The boys worked for 2½ hours clearingsome of the external areas of thecentre, including litter picking andgardening.All of the boys responded fantasticallyto the task set, with positive attitudesand consistent effort made throughoutthe day.Carl Stanton, Support WorkerYear 9 HampshireTrack Knock OutChampionships 2013– Wednesday 1 MayA mixed Year 9 team travelled toThornden School in Chandlers Fordto compete in the first athleticscompetition of the season. Thecompetition involved a group of sixschools from around Hampshire. BrunePark’s aim was to make the next roundof the competition. However, despitetheir hard work, they missed advancingthrough by a single point!Congratulations to everyone on theirperformances and in particular OusmanSaidy who won his 800m race.The school would like to thankthe following students for theirinvolvement; Bradley Sullivan, CharlesFlatman, Oliver Hilton, Kori Moxham,Zak Edmonds, Jodie Collins, EleanorMansfield, Sophie Hill, Zara Rossener,Courtney Vickers and Charlotte Daniels.Dates for your Diary Term Dates 2013/2014AUTUMN TERMTue 3 September 2013 to Fri 20 December 2013Year 7 Students and Thu 5 September 2013Peer Mentors onlyAll students back to school Fri 6 September 2013Autumn Half Term Holiday from Mon 28 October 2013 to Fri 1 November 2013Christmas Holiday from Mon 23 December 2013 to Fri 3 January 2014SPRING TERMMon 6 January 2014 to Fri 4 April 2014Spring Half Term Holiday from Mon 17 February 2014 to Fri 21 February 2014Easter Holiday from Mon 7 April 2014 to Mon 21 April 2014SUMMER TERMTue 22 April 2014 to Wed 23 July 2014Summer Half Term Holiday from Mon 26 May 2014 to Fri 30 May 2014Summer Holiday from Thur 24 July 2014 to Mon 1 September 2014INSET DAYS Tuesday 3 September 2013Wednesday 4 September 2013Monday 6 January 2014Friday 14 February 2014Wednesday 23 July 2014MENTOR EVENINGSYear 10 and 11 Wednesday 16 October 2013Year 7 and 8 Wednesday 6 November 2013Year 9(Mentor and Option Evening) Wednesday 26 March 2014SUBJECT EVENINGSYear 11 Wednesday 29 January 2014Year 10 Wednesday 12 February 2014Year 9 Wednesday 26 February 2014Year 8 Wednesday 12 March 2014Year 7 Wednesday 7 May 2014PARENT PARTNERSHIP Wednesday 18 September 2013MEETINGS Wednesday 20 November 20136.00 - 7.00pm Wednesday 22 January 2014Wednesday 19 March 2014Wednesday 14 May 2014Wednesday 16 July 2014Over the weekend of 29and 30 June eleven Year 10students undertook theirBronze Assessed Expeditionin the New Forest.In two groups they walked and navigateda given route using Ordnance Surveymaps and compasses whilst carrying arucksack holding, tent, sleeping bag,food, stove and spare clothing.The Saturday night was spent at FernyCroft Scout Camp where the studentsrelaxed in front of a camp fire beforecontinuing the walk on the Sunday.The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award assessorsaid, “These two groups are the best I’veseen for a long time. They have almostfaultless navigation skills across verydifficult terrain. Their stamina, given theheat, is also a credit to them.”A very big well done to: Kayleigh Atlee,Kelsey Chrimes, Jessica Laws, AndySillince, Georgia Stanley, Ben Trott, RobertMackinnon, Ben Nicholls, Charlotte Owen,Jamie Warner and Chris Wilson.Congratulations also go to MartinBissaker, Sian Bonnick, Richard De LaHaye, James Dolton, Clo-anne Line, JadeParry and Tiegan Perry who too completedtheir D of E Bronze during June.Headteacher: Richard Kelly u Brune Park Community School, Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire PO12 3BUTel: (023) 9261 6000 u Fax: (023) 9261 6006 u Email: info@brunepark.co.uk u www.brunepark.co.ukNewsletter design by www.creativewisdom.co.ukThe official newsletter ofBrune Park Community SchoolAu RevoirAs we approach the end of the Summer Term and the end of my firstyear at Brune Park, I would like to thank everyone for the welcome andsupport I have been given. At this time we also wish those who areleaving the daily life at Brune Park well and good luck in their futuredirection. Year 11 have done their best to set themselves up for theirfutures by completing the exams and the wait is on for 22nd Augustwhen the results arrive. We hope they have done themselves justiceand extend our good wishes to them throughout their lives as theyR Kelly - Headteacher continue to belong to the Brune Park family.The following staff move on after dedicating their time at Brune Park to supporting thestudents in their care and ensuring they make the maximum progress. Thanks go to Mr Gunn,Mrs Kaplon, Mrs Higgins and Mr Pease (Mathematics), Mr Kettle (Science), Miss Ragettli (PE,Sport & Health), Miss Dare, Mrs Wilde and Mr Dunstan (English). Particular thanks go to MrsWebling, Head of PDL for 11 years, in which time she has driven the understanding of manycomplex issues and shaped students’ opinions. Thanks also to Mr Gilchrist who has, overthe past 25 years, taught in many areas of the curriculum and has for much of that time beenof support pastorally to significant numbers of students as Head of Year and Head of LennonHouse. More recently he has helped students working outside and participating in the OceanYouth Sailing Trust. Huge thanks finally to Mrs Thorpe for 33 years of service within Science,much of that time spent in a senior position as Director, successfully leading staff and studentsas evidenced in the department’s results. Many students over the years will look back on theirtime here and appreciate all that passion for Science which has helped them through theirlives. We wish everyone success as they pursue the next chapter of their lives. Thank you.WelcomeWe extend a warm welcome to the Brune Park family to the current Year 6 students ontransition here at Brune Park. We preceded this work with a Transition Evening where parentswere invited to meet their child’s mentor. This was an extremely successful event and we lookforward to many years of working successfully with you and your child.And FinallyAs well as welcoming new students and their families, I want to finish where I started bysaying thank you to all of you – current students and parents. Do have a really good summerbreak and we look forward to continuing the improvements with you in September.SummerFest 2013At 7.00am on Saturday 6 July Brune Park field was empty and silent. At 1.00pm whenSummerFest was formally opened by Deputy Mayor Wayne Ronayne and Deputy MayoressPaula Carter the huge field had been transformed with three different performance areas,lots of inflatables, stalls, refreshments and a Harrier Jump Jet cockpit. Most importantlyit was full of people helping raise money for the four House charities, Help for Heroes,Hampshire Autistic Society, GADSAD and Rowans Hospice.It was a wonderful afternoon with glorious weather. The crowds were entertained bystunning performances from local bands on the main stage and various displays andshows in the Arena and on the Satellite stage.So far the amount raised is a staggering £3829.30, which is amazing!Thank you to everyone whose help and support made SummerFest happen and toeveryone who came along and supported the event making it such a fantastic experience.BRUNEParkLifeNewsletter Issue 8 | July 2013Year 9 EnterpriseDays – Brune ParkApp ChallengeIn June all Year 9 students had a dayoff timetable to face an EnterpriseChallenge from the Education BusinessPartnership (EBP). The day was styled‘Dragons Den v The Apprentice’ andstudents were challenged to work inteams of 4-5 and design an App whichcould be useful to anyone coming to theBrune Park site – visitor, sports team,student or teacher.Students worked in House teams withthe help of Business Mentors (whocame from a range of organisationsincluding IBM, Enterprise, Rent-a-Car and the Enterprise Academy atHighbury College). They looked into thedifferent uses, finances and marketingof their App and, towards the end of theday, had to make a presentation abouttheir App. Each House had a winningteam which went into the final to pitchtheir idea to the Dragons.The Business Advisors were impressedby the range of ideas produced, thecreativity and focus of Brune Parkstudents. Over the three days, FonteynHouse came out narrowly on top. Theirwinning team from Thursday are shownabove with the Dragons.

The official newsletter of Brune Park Community SchoolHouse PrizeGiving CeremoniesCongratulations to all the 242 studentswho were rewarded at last month’sHouse Prize Giving ceremonies.Each of the four House eveningswere well attended and saw eachHouse celebrate the successes of thestudents. There were awards for hardwork and effort in all subjects, specialawards for noteworthy achievementsin special areas of the school as wellas House Leader and HeadteacherAwards for students displayingoutstanding personal values in eachHouse. The evening started withvarious music recitals and also saw awonderful dance piece performed live.The evenings were a huge success andallowed parents, staff and studentsto collectively praise those who havetried their best over the last year.Mr Gamble, Assistant HeadteacherWinners of the Headteacher Awards:Hepburn – Antonio Ferrer-HardingYear 10, Gielgud – Bethany ClementsYear 10, Lennon – Megan Bourne Year9 and Fonteyn – Megan Baker Year 8Winners of the House Leader Awards:Hepburn – Tiffany Clayton Year 7,Gielgud – Drew Arkley Year 7, Lennon– Owen Colbern Year 8 and Fonteyn –Elliot Beeby Year 10JAM THE JARCampaignThe idea to run the JAM THE JARcampaign, raising money for childrenaffected by radiation from Chernobyl,was initiated by Year 7 TiffanyClayton. This is something her familydo annually. The campaign centreson filling jam jars with spare change.As a tutor group we set our targetat £200, the cost of bringing a childfrom Chernobyl to England for oneweek. We have been fortunate enoughto have received such a visitor to ourtutor group.The idea was rolled out during HouseAssemblies, bravely led by Tiffany,Ashlyn Collins (Year 7) and Jack Roberts(Year 8), featuring pictures created bythe whole tutor group.These 3 students have beenoutstanding and really challengedthemselves to do more for others.We have currently raised about £80.We are now continuing our fundraisingand considering other ideas in order tomeet our target.Anyone wishing to make a donationcan do so by contacting Mr Butt in G1.Ex Brune Park Student OwenBallantyne Graduates with aFirst Class Honours DegreeSports Day 2013In June a week of beautiful summerweather enabled Brune Park to hostthree excellent days of athletics.The first two days consisted of fieldevents and sprint heats as well as funinflatable games, cross bar challengeand assault course.The third day was our official wholeschool Sports Day which consistedof an afternoon of track sprint finalsalong with some staff races and tugof-war.There was a fantastic carnivalatmosphere as the Houses battled it outon the track for the honour of becomingthe Sports Day Champions.After some fantastic races by bothstudents and staff, Lennon won theoverall competition. Congratulationsto Mr Searley, House Leader, and theentire Lennon team on their victory!More importantly the event wasenjoyed by the entire school.Behaviour on the day was excellent andthe positive attitudes of the studentsboth competing and supportingtheir ‘Houses’ contributed to a verysuccessful afternoon.Please could I thank all staff whocontributed to the successful organisingand running of the three days and inparticular the Sports Leaders whoassisted staff with setting up equipmentand placing and timing athletes - theywere all fantastic!Mr Thurgood, Acting Director of PE,Sport and HealthAfter getting my GCSEs from Brune Park I headed outto St Vincent College where I studied Art, AdvancedActing and Media Techniques. When finished I gota placement through the college at PortsmouthUniversity studying a Foundation Degree in Art andDesign. This was great as it allowed me to explorelots of fields and then hone it into one specialisation.Throughout the year I got a little taste of Animationand I decided to study this further through a BAHonours Degree. As a subject it was great as it combined the things I am passionateabout, Design, Performance and Motion. University was great, sometimes verytough but definitely worth it. The experience of meeting new people and workingalongside really inspirational Tutors was incredible and I am insanely pleased to begraduating with a First Class Honours Degree this month.Governors - WelcomeThe Governing Body would like to welcome Donna Dayand Emma Fisher as new Parent Governors to Brune Parkand look forward to working with them over the next fouryears, and beyond.Donna is a volunteer with Girlguiding UK and doesvoluntary work at Newtown Primary School; she alsoworks in the local community as a Pharmacy Technician.Donna has a keen interest in the success of Brune Parkand welcomes the opportunity to contribute in any wayshe can towards this goal.Emma is currently Chair of Governors at a local InfantSchool and has 8 years’ experience as a governor. She isalso the Secretary of Friends of Grange Infant School PTA.She is employed as Staff Nurse at NICI, Queen AlexandraHospital working with families intensively. Emma wouldlike to extend her experience and skills to a secondaryschool and is keen to be part of the education of herchildren. She supports the values of Brune Park and feelsit is a great school to be involved in.Accelerated ReaderUpdateThe school has now reached50,000,000 words read! In total wehave read 3,723 books and 50,257,712words. Our favourite book remains as‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins.We have two new one million wordreaders, both from Year 7, JamesHensman and Storm Milton. Well done.One million word readers: Fonteyn - 4,Lennon - 2, Gielgud - 1, Hepburn - 1.Big Share -Art WorkshopThe Big Share event proved to be abig success as students from clusterschools attended Brune Park to takepart in Expressive Arts activities.Thirty students from St John’s Schooland Brockhurst School workedhard in teams to build 3D willowfish sculptures. They were expertlyassisted by a group of Year 9 Artstudents to form the skeleton shape towork on further in their own schools.The workshop was thoroughly enjoyedby all and we were very impressedwith the team work and the quality ofthe models produced.Mrs C Harrington, Subject Leader ArtMrs E FisherMrs D DayLaugh with LiteracyFeedbackThe Laugh with Literacy evening wasa huge success, thank you to thosewho attended.The feedback was very positive, withspecial mention and thanks to theRead and Grow students and RichardLittleproud who gave a presentationon the night. Ideas and suggestionsfrom parents have been taken onboard and will be discussed by theSenior Leadership Team. We will beholding more events like this in thefuture as it is an effective way to giveupdates and gain feedback. Thank youonce again for your support.Mikaela Milne - Literacy ASTTennis Court HireAvailable during the summer£5 per hour or £20 for multiplesessions over summer.Daytime and evening until sunset,Saturday and Sunday 9.00am –1.00pmFor booking please contact theCommunity Team.Tel: 023 9261 6000 extension 250Email: community@brunepark.co.ukRome andSorrento Trip- May Half TermAt 1.00am on Friday 24 May thirtyfour bleary eyed, excited students leftBrune Park for an exhilarating week inItaly. The week was filled with manyinteresting and fun activities.The first few days were spent in Romevisiting the Trevi Fountain, the AncientForum, the Coliseum, the splendidVatican City and the Spanish Steps.Students also took a ride on the TimeElevator, an interactive experiencetaking them back in time to thefoundation of Rome.Day four we travelled on to Sorrento,stopping along the way at the sereneMonte Cassino for lunch. Thatevening the accompanying teacherswere entertained by the studentsin the Trash Fashion Show with itsRoman theme. The next few dayssaw the students climb a very foggyVesuvuis, visit the Roman wonders ofHerculaneum, explore the ancient cityof Pompeii and take in the aroma of thevery smelly sulphur fields of Solfatara.The last day was rainy but this didn’tdampen our mood and we continuedwith our planned visit to explore thecoastal towns of Amalfi and Ravello,stopping at a delicious mozzarellafarm on the way. That evening wecelebrated our trip by holding anawards ceremony.The students were all fantastic and weall had a wonderful trip.Mrs Read, Assistant Subject LeaderHistoryGeorge Elsom - CongratulationsOn 3 July 2013 George Elsom completed his first GCSE pastpaper in French listening. He scored 34 out of 35.This is a brilliant achievement, especially as he is stillin Year 9! Congratulations George.