114 - 25th November 2011
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The Park, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1DH
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No.114 25th November, 2011
REPORTS
At the end of this term we will be sending reports out for the first time via email, as mentioned in the newsletter last summer. We have the email addresses of most parents, but if you know that you have not yet supplied us with this information please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to give us your up to date email address by Friday 2nd December, so this can be added to the database. During next week we will do a test run to all parents by sending you a letter as an attachment to an email. We would like you to acknowledge this by replying to the email, so we know that we have made contact. We expect to email all reports out during the first week of the holiday, so if you do not receive your report by Friday
16th December, please let us know and we will remedy the situation. As you will appreciate, this is designed to be much more environmentally friendly and it will save us paper and postage.
J M Huntington
CHRISTMAS GIFT FAYRE
The Christmas Gift Fayre in being held tomorrow in the school hall between 10am and 3pm.
We have many wonderful stalls so please come along and support us.
Many thanks
The PTA
SCHOLARSHIPS
The scholarship exams are being held on Thursday 2nd February 2012. If you wish your son/daughter to enter the exam (8+, 11+, 13+ and Sixth Form) please contact
Miss Meller in the office for further information and an application form.
F.T. PRACTICAL LESSONS
28/11 11 GCSE practical
29/11 9S your own bread designs, bring added
ingredients
8C bolognaise sauce, mince, onion, tin tomatoes
optional, vegetables, apron and container
Contact Mrs Wiles if you have any queries. Thank you.
YEOVIL LIBRARY DISPLAY
Art work from all year groups is on display in Yeovil Library until the end of November. Please visit the library and view our mini exhibition.
LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL ART PEACE POSTER COMPETITION – 'CHILDREN KNOW PEACE'
Well done to all Year 8 artists who entered this year's International Peace Poster competition organised by the Lions Club. The standard was very high as usual this year but the following pupils work was particularly commended by the Lions Club committee: first prize was awarded to
Eleanor Brooks, second prize was awarded to
Rebecca Cartwright and third prize was awarded to
Emma Denham. Highly commended certificates were also awarded to James Bridge, Daniel White, Grace Busby,
Chloe Samuel, Georgia Mullis and Lucy Sainsbury. Congratulations to Ellie; her poster will go on to represent The Park School in the next stage of the competition. Mr Slade, the Somerset Lions Club representative will be coming to school shortly to present these awards in an assembly.
FOOTBALL
Several matches were played this week. On Wednesday, a team of players from years 5 and 6 played against Preston Primary School. Victory was not to be theirs on this occasion, but they played well and gained valuable experience of playing on grass pitch. Wednesday also saw years 3 and 4 play Thornlow at home, resulting in a 0-0 draw. Well done football players! Thursday saw years 4, 5 and 6 in action again at home to Chilton Cantelo. It was a nail-biting match, but our team gained a 2-1 victory, the goals being scored by
Daniel Blackburn and Aditya Roshan. Well done to all who took part – you must be exhausted!
SPORTS REPORT
Results for this week:
Year 10 Hockey 'v' Frome won 1-0.
Year 11 Football 'v' Sexey's won 5-0
Year 3&4 Football 'v' Thornlow Prep drew 0-0
Year 5&6 Football 'v' Chilton Cantelo won 2-1
Year 9 Football 'v' Sexey's won 5-4
Fixtures for the week commencing 28th November: Tuesday u15 Hockey, Wednesday u13 Cross-country, Thursday
u16 Hockey, Friday u7 Tag Rugby.
Team lists are on the sports notice board and are be available on the school website under Events: Please note: Fixtures details are changing constantly, even after letters have been sent out. To keep up to date please refer to the school website under Events.
All pupils selected for representative matches must travel in a school tracksuit and wear the correct match strip:
ALL PUPILS ARE REMINDED NOT TO LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE CHANGING ROOMS AFTER PE OR GAMES LESSONS. YOUR PERSONAL BELONGINGS ARE YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY. ALL PUPILS ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT SHIN PADS ARE COMPULSORY FOR FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY AND MOUTH GUARDS ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED FOR HOCKEY.
Any queries regarding fixtures should be directed to Mr Tulett – PE Office 01935 414613 or by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
YEAR 10 BTEC SPORT
Students have been issued with their Musculoskeletal Systems for Anatomy and Physiology for Sport Unit 4 assignment. Submission dates are;
Draft 1 8th November
Draft 2 18th November
Draft 3 22nd November
Assignment closes on 25th November - no further work will be accepted after this date.
JUNIOR/ SENIOR DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Tuesday 29th November – Year 7 Parents' Evening
1st December – 2-00pm Junior Nativity
Wednesday 7th December – The Selfish Giant
Thursday 8th December – Breakfast with Santa
Thursday 8th December - Junior School Christmas Party
Friday 9th December – Carol Service at 2pm in
St John's Church and term ends.
WHOLE SCHOOL PHOTO
Anyone wishing to place an order for the whole school photo please can you return the completed form with your money in the envelope provided to the school office as soon as possible.
YEOVILTON FLEET AIR ARM MUSEUM ENGINEERING CHALLENGE DAY
Two Year 11 teams represented The Park School last Friday at the Engineering Challenge Day organised by the Fleet Air Arm Museum. After a brief introduction and a tour of the museum the teams were set the task of designing a cockpit system to operate the surface controls located on the tail and wings of an aeroplane. Pupils had to buy the components that they needed from a shop and were told that spending as little as possible would earn them extra points. Both teams worked very hard on this challenging task and presented their designs well, but team Sea Fury managed to complete a fully functioning model complete with an electronic lighting system linked with the surface controls of their aeroplane and were awarded with the first prize trophy! Congratulations in particular to the Sea Fury team whose members were
Ross Mangles, Natasha Dennington, Emily Francis,
Joseph Brown, Louis Patterson and Ewen Wu. To gain the overall first prize for The Park School, against such good competition was a real achievement – well done!
FOOD TECH APPEAL
We would be delighted to receive any ice cream tubs or other surplus plastic containers.
Thank you.
SLESSOR CAKE SALES THURSDAY
1ST DECEMBER
Slessor will be holding a cake and pancake sale next Thursday. This is to go towards James Eddey's gap year project teaching English to Aborigine children in Australia. Can I ask all Slessor members in Years 7 to 13 to bring in some cakes to sale on that day.
Many thanks
Mrs T Gordon
KEY STAGE 1 STAR CHARTS
Congratulations to Iris Dobrescu, Aleksandr Hosie, Roberta Simpson and Louis Marshall who have completed their star charts this week. Well done all of you. Keep up the good work.
PPRODUCT DESIGN A3 FOLDER REMINDER
Please can I remind parents and pupils to purchase an A3 folder kit as soon as possible, in order to transport design work to and from school in good condition. This equipment is now part of the compulsory kit list for Years 7 to 9 and Year 10 G.C.S.E students. A Product Design kit which includes an A4 folder, an A3 waterproof portfolio and a set square is available from the school shop at a cost of £12. Thank you.
Mrs Lear - Head of Product Design
PENSIONS DEBATE
Our members may not be drawing their pensions for almost 60 years but they had plenty to say on the topical motion that "Older people should retire earlier on reduced pensions so that younger people can inherit their jobs and not their debts". If you think such things interest only older students you would be quite wrong: most of our speakers this week were under 13. Strangers to the ways of the world they may be but by golly they can think, and argue! In her maiden speech Kate Tomsett, one of the youngest pupils in the Senior School, took on Thomas Sankey, one of the oldest, and in between we heard repeatedly from Zoe Braddick,
Grace Busby, Lucy Eaton-Ball, Lucy Sainsbury and
Elena Williamson. To the relief of the Chairman (who is no longer in the first flush of youth) our young speakers initially showed great sympathy towards their elders but as they explored the implications of the pensions' crisis they began to take a rather harder line. Balance was only restored through an unprecedented intervention by Mrs Hancock and
Mr Coles. They are among the youngest and oldest members of the school staff and their eloquence, born out of personal experience, illuminated the human realities which lie behind all the statistics. It was a cracking debate.
CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE
The annual school carol service will take place in Saint John's Church at 2-00pm on Friday 9th December. Kindergarten and Reception will finish school at 1-00pm on that day whilst the remainder of the school will all attend the church service. All parents are warmly invited to join us for the service and children can be collected from the church at 3-00pm. Please note that there will be no late room on that evening.
BREAKFAST WITH SANTA
There will be an opportunity for the junior children, their parents and friends to enjoy a continental style breakfast with Santa on Thursday 8th December from 8-30am. Tickets cost £2-50 per child and £2-00 per adult. Tickets should be bought in advance from the Junior Office and by 6th December at the latest.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CLUB
A reminder that the closing date to book pupils and their friends aged 5 – 11 years in to the Christmas Holiday Club is Wednesday30th November. Please hand forms into the Junior or Senior School Offices.
THE SELFISH GIANT
On 7th December the Image Theatre Company will be visiting the school to put on a performance of Oscar Wilde's story 'The Selfish Giant'. The children will have a drama workshop during the first half of the morning followed by the performance after which some children will be chosen to take part in the performance itself.
YEAR 11 BTEC SPORT
Students have been issued with their Fitness, Training and Lifestyle Factors Unit 1 assignment. Submission dates are;
Draft 1 16th November
Draft 2 23rd November
Assignment closes on 7th December - no further work will be accepted after this date.
YEAR 11 BTEC SPORT
Students have been issued with their Assessing Fitness Level - Unit 1 assignment. Submission dates are;
Draft 1 16th November
Draft 2 23rd November
Draft 3 30th November
Assignment closes on 7th January - no further work will be accepted after this date.
