No.  37

18^th September, 2009

SCHOOL UNIFORM SHOP

Please note the School Uniform Shop opening times for this term will be:-

Tuesdays       3 – 4.30pm

And

Thursdays      3 – 4.30pm

Many Thanks

Mrs Donna Williamson, PTA

P T A

This years Parent Teacher Association Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday, 28^th September at 4pm in the Junior Staff Room.

All are welcome to attend.

Mrs Donna Williamson, PTA

SPORTS REPORT

Fixtures for next week are:-

Monday – u16 Hockey

Tuesday – u16 Squash

Wednesday – u13 Hockey

Thursday – 13 Football

Thursday – u16 Sailing

Friday –u14 Football

Saturday – u16 Hockey

Team lists can be found on the school website under "Events".

All pupils selected for representative matches must travel in a school tracksuit and wear the correct match strip; shin pads are compulsory for football and hockey; mouth guards are also strongly recommended for hockey.  Black shorts for boys continue to be available from the uniform shop, as do black skirts for girls and the latter item has the sports logo on it.

ALL PUPILS ARE REMINDED THAT SHIN PADS ARE COMPULSORY FOR GAMES LESSONS.

Any queries regarding fixtures should be directed to Mr Tulett – PE Office on 01935 414613 or by e-mail to larry.tulett@parkschool.com

THE TIMES BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS

We are currently part of a great collection scheme that could provide us with hundreds of new books for the school library, and by collecting the special tokens printed in The Times and The Sunday Times, you can help claim dozens of free books.  Autumn term tokens will be available from 13^th September to 6^th December with four tokens in The Sunday Times News Review, three tokens in The Times on Saturday and one taken each day in Times from Monday to Friday.

Please collect as many tokens as you can and give them to your child to bring to school, marked for the attention of Miss Williams.

Many thanks, in advance, for your support.

Miss Willams (Year 4)

MINIBUS

Parents of children living in the Sherborne/Henstridge area and who are currently not using our minibus service may be interested to know that there are vacancies on the minibus which picks up at a number of stops including Milborne Port.  For further information please contact the Bursar,

Mrs Gentis.

PARKING

Can parents please be careful when and where they are parking outside the Junior School so that the staff parking area is accessible and that other parents and neighbours are not inconvenienced.

WINNING FOOTBALL TEAM

Congratulations to the u16's Football Team for winning last nights match against Sexeys

4 goals to 3.

TRIP TO PARLIAMENT

The school has been invited by our M.P. to make a visit to Parliament on Wednesday, 18^th November.  We will be shown around the Palace of Westminster.  Then hopefully David Laws will be able to get two or three tickets for Question Time which will be raffled.  After Prime Minister's Question Time, David Laws will meet us in one of the committee rooms to talk about parliament and answer questions.  This should finish around 2.30pm.  In the afternoon, there should be an opportunity for some shopping and sightseeing.  If you child in interested in attending, please register your interest with the Bursar and give her a cheque for £12 to cover transport.

Mr S Baker

RETURN OF CUPS

Would all those pupils who were awarded cups in last year's speech day, please return them to the office as soon as possible.

Thank you.

FUTURE DATES

Wednesday, 23^rd September – Year 11 Parents Evening

Wednesday, 30^th September – School Photo

Friday, 9^th October – Speech Day 6.45pm at Westlands Sport and Social Club

SCOUT AND CUB AWARDS

Congratulations go to Christopher and Jonathan Burrows.

Christopher has been awarded Chief Scouts Gold Award for scouting.  This is the highest award a scout can be given.  It has involved international contact with American Scouts, Hiking, Camping and community involvement (helping with a large group of severely disabled children over many weeks and in his own time), and Christian camp.

Jonathan has been awarded the Chief Scouts Silver Award for Cub Scouting.  This award is also the highest award that a cub can be awarded which has involved hiking, camping, orienteering, first aid, animal care and Christian camp

DEBATING CLUB

On Thursday, 17^th September the newly formed Debating Club joined Sherborne Boys School and Leweston School at Chilton Cantelo School, for the first in a series of inter-school debates.  Our aim is to build on the Park's strong tradition of public speaking by encouraging debating skills.  These are highly regarded by universities and employers, and are recognised as particularly valuable to students considering a career in law, the civil service, politics, academia, the media and management.    This year we will be entering at least one team in the ESU Mace, Europe's oldest and largest debating competition (past winners include Charles Kennedy MP, Professor Anthony Clare, Lord Hunt of Wirral and the late John Smith MP and Donald Dewar MP).

Our Head Girl Hannah Edwards was the first speaker of the evening, chairing the first debate (on assisted suicide) between Leweston and Sherborne Boys.  She quickly impressed her authority on the debate, tempering firmness with sensitivity and discretion.  In the second debate Emily Mangles  and Filip Bakardzhiev opposed Chilton Cantelo's proposition that 'Manners Maketh Man' with both wit and passion.  Aaron Newbury summed up in his unique style, combining humour with sharp observation.  There were some excellent speeches, in a wide variety of styles, from pupils of all four schools.  Hannah, Emily, Filip and Aaron all spoke from the floor in the first debate, and Adam Coppard, Hannah Law and Tom Sankey also made fine floor speeches.  It all made for an entertaining and productive evening.

The next inter-school debate will be just before half-term.  Details of the time, date and venue, and of the motions to be debated, will be published in due course.