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Parental <strong>Bulletin</strong><br />
<strong>25th</strong> <strong>January</strong> <strong>2019</strong>
The Knights Templar School<br />
Headteacher:<br />
Mr T. Litchfield, G.G.S.M.<br />
Park Street<br />
Baldock<br />
Herts SG7 6DZ<br />
Email: admin@ktemplar.herts.sch.uk Tel: 01462 620700<br />
PARENTAL WEEKLY UPDATE – <strong>25th</strong> <strong>January</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
(available on our website)<br />
Dear Parents and Carers<br />
Thank you to all year 9 parents who attended the Options Evening presentations<br />
last night, I hope you found it informative. Please be reminded of the<br />
deadlines for handing back your child’s choices and also that all the information,<br />
including the slides from the presentation in the hall, can be found on<br />
the school website.<br />
Congratulations to all the year 11 students who successfully completed their<br />
mock exams recently. Teachers will be feeding back to the students over the<br />
next week or so. I would like to inform you that there are 59 school days until<br />
the year 11 students start their GCSE exams. It is vital that attendance is as<br />
good as it can be during that time.<br />
I do hope that you are able to support the school production of ‘The Government<br />
Inspector’ next week. The students have been working since September<br />
on the production and it promises to be excellent. The performances run<br />
from Tuesday – Friday in the school hall and it starts at 7.00pm, with the<br />
doors opening at 6.30pm. Tickets are available from reception or via the box<br />
office website (dramaboxoffice@ktemplar.herts.sch.uk).<br />
I was alarmed this week to see some of our students risking serious injury. I saw a number<br />
of them jumping out of cars on Weston Way and Letchworth Road as the traffic was<br />
queuing. They then stood in the middle of the road whilst cars moved either side of them<br />
and ran across the road when they saw a gap. This is incredibly dangerous! If you do drive<br />
your child to school please can I ask you to drop your child off in a suitable place. A few<br />
minutes walking from up the road is much safer than the risks I have witnessed this week.<br />
Kind regards,<br />
Tim Litchfield<br />
Headteacher
Dates for your Diary<br />
Saturday 26 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2019</strong> School Production Dress Rehearsal<br />
Monday 28 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2019</strong> School Production Final Rehearsal<br />
Sixth Form Open Morning for External Applicants<br />
Yr10 Indoor Hockey Tournament<br />
Tuesday 29 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2019</strong> Yr13 Art Mock Exam<br />
Primary Performance: School Production (Performance: 2pm-3pm)<br />
Yr7 & 8 Girls Rugby Match<br />
Wednesday 30 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2019</strong> Yr13 Art Mock Exam<br />
School Production<br />
Thursday 31 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2019</strong> Yr13 Art Mock Exam<br />
School Production<br />
Friday 01 February <strong>2019</strong> School Production<br />
Thank you to everyone who attended the Year 9 Options Advice Evening. The process now continues with<br />
discussions between students and their parents, tutors and the senior leadership team. Information about options,<br />
including the options subjects is available on our website: https://ktemplar.herts.sch.uk/Year-9-Options-<br />
Information/<br />
The options reply forms should be returned by Monday 25 th February.<br />
Mr Sills<br />
Year 9 Parents’ Evening – Tuesday 5 th February <strong>2019</strong><br />
The on-line booking system for this parents’ evening is now open and bookings can be made via the instructions on<br />
the letter sent home via email.<br />
Please be aware that these appointments get booked up very quickly!<br />
If you don’t have access to use the online booking system then please let me know so that your appointments can<br />
be booked through the school.<br />
Kind regards<br />
Mrs Lardeaux<br />
Year 9 Leader<br />
Music News<br />
A reminder that this term’s instrumental tuition fees are due for payment by next Friday, 1 st February please. If<br />
you have any queries regarding your invoice, please contact our Music Administrator, Sarah Fraser on ext. 279 or<br />
via email: sfraser@ktemplar.herts.sch.uk.
Drama News<br />
The Government Inspector<br />
It is not too late to get tickets for this year’s production – The Government Inspector. Originally written by Nikolai<br />
Gogol and adapted by David Harrower, the play is a satire set in Russia in the 1830’s.<br />
The narrative unfolds in a small provincial town called Svistunov. The town is poorly governed by the Mayor and his<br />
troop of bungling senior town officials. When the Mayor hears that a Government Inspector is rumoured to visit the<br />
town, he and his band of merry men descend into panic. Fearful that the extent of their dishonesty and incompetence<br />
be exposed, they clutch at all straws to save their reputations…… A simple case of mistaken identity exposes<br />
the hypocrisy and corruption at the heart of the town.<br />
The students involved in the production auditioned in July last year and have been rehearsing regularly since September.<br />
It has been wonderful to see them explore the fun of the text and develop comic characters. As always, the<br />
actors have been supported by an enthusiastic production and technical team who have been working to develop<br />
the look of the piece.<br />
Tickets are £8 and £5 concession.<br />
Tickets can be reserved by emailing dramaboxoffice@ktemplar.herts.sch.uk<br />
Tickets can also be purchased from the canteen at break and lunch times.<br />
We do hope you can join us at 7.00pm one evening next week for a trip to Svistunov……
Media News<br />
Year 10 & Year 12 Media and Film Students<br />
Letters inviting you to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry will be released soon!<br />
We have teamed up with Drama/Theatre studies to organise a trip to Warner Bros. Studios, The Making of Harry<br />
Potter in Leavesdon on Tuesday 8 th October. In order to secure one of their highly sought after lessons we have had<br />
to book now, ready for the next academic year with only 50 student places available. It really is a fantastic trip and<br />
we can’t wait to go!<br />
Year 10 Media Students<br />
To tie in with the current film poster analysis Year 10 are working on in<br />
lessons, Year 10 Media students were set a brief by Miss Spurling to produce<br />
promotional material for the school production of The Government Inspector.<br />
This was a brilliant opportunity for students to practise their ever<br />
developing photoshop skills, as well as getting some experience of working<br />
to a brief for a client as many media companies do. Both Miss Spurling and I<br />
were very impressed with some of the work produced which will be used<br />
around the school on the run up to the show. Well done all.
Year 12 Easter and Summer Schools are now open for applications. Students aiming for highly-selective courses<br />
and degrees will find these fantastic opportunities to try out one or more subjects at undergraduate level. They<br />
also provide a taster of university life, with the chance to stay in student accommodation and socialise with prospective<br />
and current students. They will also receive advice on how to apply to university.<br />
UNIQ Easter and Summer Schools at the University of Oxford are completely free and open to those with 7s,<br />
8s, and 9s at GCSE taking relevant subjects at A Level. Choose from 35 courses. Apply by 11 pm on Monday<br />
28 <strong>January</strong>:<br />
http://www.uniq.ox.ac.uk<br />
Sutton Trust Summer Schools at eleven top universities across the country are completely free and open to<br />
those with a minimum 5 7s / As at GCSE taking relevant subjects at A Level. Choose from 40 courses. Apply<br />
by 5pm on Thursday 28 February:<br />
http://summerschools.suttontrust.com<br />
Headstart Summer Schools in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects at top universities<br />
across the country are open to those expecting to achieve A* to C in STEM subjects at A Level.<br />
Unlike UNIQ and Sutton Trust, these courses cost up to £435, but they are subsidised and some bursaries<br />
are available. Apply by 1 February <strong>2019</strong>:<br />
http://www.etrust.org.uk/node/258<br />
Any questions? Please email ethompson@ktemplar.herts.sch.uk for help.<br />
Follow @KTSAimHigher for other opportunities and resources.<br />
Check out the latest Post-18 <strong>Bulletin</strong> here: https://www.sixthform.ktemplar.herts.sch.uk/post-18-bulletin
Geography News<br />
Yr12 Italy Trip<br />
On Friday 11 th <strong>January</strong>, we departed from school early to catch our flight to Naples. During our first day in Naples,<br />
we met our tour guide and had a brief visit of the touristy area of the city, which included a visit to the catacombs<br />
under the old part of the city. This was then followed by a slightly chaotic journey out of town with our ‘acrobatic’<br />
bus driver as we headed for Sorrento and our hotel.<br />
The second day started early as we were going on a panoramic drive along the Amalfi Coastline. We stopped at<br />
view points along the way for pictures and to take in the breath-taking coastal views. After arriving in Amalfi, we<br />
boarded a boat for a tour of the coast, but this time from the perspective of the water. This involved seeing parts<br />
of the coast to the north and south of Amalfi before we returned to land. After this, we were allowed free time to<br />
explore the town of Amalfi for ourselves. This was then followed by driving back along the coast road back to<br />
Sorrento. During the afternoon, we visit the Agrifarm Galatea where we tasted some of the farms produce such as<br />
mozzarella and salami. After this, we were shown how to make pizza by the chef and then proceeded to make our<br />
own. They were then cooked in minutes in a traditional pizza oven. After eating our pizza, we went on a tour of<br />
the farm and then returned to our hotel. The pizza was some of the best we’d ever tasted!<br />
On the Sunday morning, we had a guided tour of Sorrento with our guide, Vanessa, during which we saw some of<br />
the historic sites of the city. This was also a great opportunity for pictures out over the bay towards Naples and<br />
Vesuvius. Following this tour, we departed for the Roman settlement of Pompeii. Once there, we were able to see<br />
some of the plaster casts of some of the people who lost their lives as a result of the eruption that buried the<br />
city. It was amazing to see how well the ancient settlement had been preserved since the 79 AD eruption of Mount<br />
Vesuvius! This was then followed by a tour of the ruins during which we visited some of the most famous and important<br />
areas of the city.<br />
On the final day of the trip, we left the hotel and headed back to Naples. After we arrived, we walked back to the<br />
old part of the city and had some free time to visit the historic streets in the area. This was then followed by a visit<br />
to the Naples Archaeological Museum for a guided tour. During this tour, we were able to see some of the artefacts<br />
that had been recovered from Pompeii and Herculaneum which were buried after the eruption of Vesuvius in<br />
79 AD. This included statues, mosaics and paintings.<br />
The trip was jam-packed and it was great to see ‘Geography in action’ out in the field.<br />
By Matt C and Matt H, Year 12 Geography students
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