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Inside this edition::
Yr 11 Prom and Leavers
Assembly
Sports Day
Trips
MFL Pop Video Success
Plus loads more..
Summer Term 2016
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Year 11 Leavers Assembly and Prom It has quickly got to that time of year again where
we sadly have to say goodbye to our eldest
students. The leavers assembly and prom are both
fantastic events, allowing students time to reflect
and celebrate their achievements together.
The first event that students participated in was the
leavers assembly. On the afternoon of Thursday
9th June many proud family members packed into
the school hall to reminisce with the students about
their journey through Howden School. Special
mentions go to Sophie, Sophie Fiona and Holly for
providing the music for this.
As always, leavers assembly would not be complete
without the awards. These included “Most Likely to
run the country” – Sam D, “Spirit of Team Howden”
– Natalie V and Matthew L, “Best Beard” – Jonjay R
It was a wonderful send off.
Following this, the prom was held at a new venue,
Carlton Towers. On Wednesday 6th July many of
the Year 11s arrived in style wearing fabulous outfits
and looking very smart and grown up. Some
students even managed to wear a tie, which was
quite an achievement for some!
As with Howden prom tradition, a number of awards
were awarded on the night.. The big winners were: Kira and Ollie who were voted as prom queen and
king by fellow students, and Fiona and Wes who
were voted best dressed by the members of staff
who attended.
Year 6 Transition Week
As part of their first week of Year 11, our old
Year 10s went on visits to Selby College and
Goole College. As part of our careers programme, all of Year
11 attended a taster day at Selby College on
Monday 27th June and 25 students attended an additional taster day at Goole College on the
Wednesday. It gave students valuable
experience of life in Post 16 education. Students could take part in a wide range of
sessions, including sport and public services,
hair and beauty, engineering, catering,
construction and A Level subjects.
From Monday 4th July until Friday 8th July, all our
new starters for September enjoyed a week at
Howden School. While at first many would admit to
feeling a bit scared and nervous, by the end of the
week they were feeling the complete opposite. The students got to sample a wide range of subjects
to get them used to having different subjects in
different classrooms with different teachers. They
also got to find out who the other students in the
tutor group will be, as well as meeting their lovely
new tutor teachers. Special thanks to all our
student helpers, who did a great job in keeping an
eye on the students. We look forward to seeing you
all again in September!
College Taster Days
Mrs Roberts Visits Japan
On 25th July, Mrs Roberts is going to Koriyama
in Fukushima Prefecture to help raise the
aspirations of young people who were affected by the tsunami and nuclear plant disaster in
2011.
She will be teaching English to 26 9-11 year olds
who have had to stay at home for the last 5
years for fear of radiation contamination. This will be a fabulous experience for Mrs Roberts,
who will be sure to tell all about her visit to the
members of Japanese club.
Kizzy Gets Bizzy—Follow Up
Howden Show Success and GYS
By Harriet Recently, Kizzy has been doing a range of things to
raise money for skiing equipment. She has finally
met her target, with some extra money as well! Kizzy has been learning to ski for a while but she
needed her own equipment and it isn’t cheap, so
she decided to do numerous things to help raise
enough funds to buy it. One of the main things she
has done is independently travel across three bridges. She collected sponsorship and completed
her Three Bridge Challenge! Other things Kizzy
has done to raise money include bun sales,
donation buckets and raffles. She says she is “really grateful for all the sponsorship and
donations”. Also recently, Kizzy attended the Yorkshire Disability Sport Awards. She was nominated for
the Girls Young Achiever award, and also the
Baroness Masham Wheelchair Performer Award.
Unfortunately, Kizzy did not win the Young
achiever award, but she did however win the
Baroness Masham Wheelchair Performer Award, beating Paralympic athlete and MBE Hannah
Cockcroft! Well done Kizzy!
Many s tudents enjoyed visiting the
annual Howden
S h o w w h i c h
happened on the 3rd
July. H u g e
congratulations to
Year 8 student
Maddy who won Supreme champion
for her sheep at Howden Show at the beginning of
July. Here she is, looking proud with the winning
entry.
Leading on from this, on Wednesday 13th July, over 100 students (plus several members of staff)
got to visit the Great Yorkshire Show for the day,
sampling the different stalls and activities that
were on offer. A fun day was had by all.
Taste of Uni Day
Last Tuesday, Mrs Milner, Mr Harris, Mrs Palmer and some of our more able Year 10 and 11 students
went to Hull Uni to sample a ‘Taste of Uni’ day. The
aim of the day to encourage students to think
about their future and whether going to university
would be an option for them. The day included a tour of the campus, a Q&A sessions with Uni
students and information about all aspects of Uni
life.
Year 8 Residential
By Emma On the 27th of June the Year 8s went to Kibblestone
adventure camp and stayed until the 1st July. On the first day students started setting up their
tents and getting ready for the orientation walk with
the instructors, which was a tour of the whole camp.
They then had some dinner and set off back to their
tents and started to unpack and get ready for the
morning activities. In the morning they met up with the instructors and
were told which activity they had in the morning. The
activities included: caving, tree tops, climbing, sat nav
challenge, archery, low ropes, high ropes, raft
building and bushcraft. We also had evening activities
which meant we were having fun all through the day
and tuck shop was available.
The night before we were meant to leave the
teachers surprised us with takeaway pizza and it was
a BIG surprise. Everyone was screaming before
tucking in. Also prizes were available to a person in
each group who stood out during the trip. The
instructors also chose two students they thought
were best behaved. On the last day the winning group of the satnav
challenge chose 3 teachers and 3 instructors to be
tower showered! All together it was an amazing and unforgettable trip
which all the students fully enjoyed and I think I can
say on behalf of everyone that went we would all like
to come again one day .
By Joshua Team Howden came second place in the Routes into
Languages pop video online viewers award, with the
second most online views in the country. Eight
students from Year 7 and 8 took part in the national
competition to produce a multi-lingual (French,
German and Spanish) “pop” video. Our entry was
called Tango du Cola and had a food and drink
theme. Between 50 and 60 schools from across the
country took part in this competition. Three students went to a presentation day at Bristol
university to collect the award, it was a fantastic
day and Routes into Languages provided a great day
for everyone. Team Howden's song was very good
and entertaining and if you had a look at our video
we thank you because all of the views has made us
get to the point we have.
MFL Pop Video Competition
On Friday 24th June 133 Year 7 students took part in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record
(GWR) for the world’s largest reading lesson,
organised by National Book day to promote the
importance of reading.
Students read the first chapter of Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows along with J.K. Rowling on
the big screen. We have now had confirmation
that we have broken the record with over 4000
participants taking part nationally.
The final numbers have still to be confirmed but
this is great news.
Team Howden’s Guinness World Record Success
Head’s Address
Once again, I find it hard to believe that we are at the end of another academic year. This year has
been as busy as ever and this note reflects just
some of the wonderful things our students have
been involved with, both in lessons and on trips
and visits. Amongst other things, this has included, charity events, sporting success such as
reaching the Small Schools National Cup final in
Reading and visits by a multitude of individuals
and organisations as well as school trips. Next year promises to be another exciting one,
with students and staff striving to improve in
everything that we do. Achieving the Good Grading in the OfSTED inspection gave the students and
staff the confidence they needed to raise
standards even higher. Since the inspection in February we have been
busy putting together the things we need to move
the school to Outstanding. Finally can I thank you for your continued support and on behalf of all the staff and governors of
Howden School I would like to wish everyone an
enjoyable Summer break.
Water Sports Trip
The annual water sports trip to the south of
France took place from 4th June to 11th June.
This year 21 students went on the trip from across different year groups. The students got
to take part in a wide range of activities. Here
is the timetable / diary detailing the main
events that the students (and staff!)
participated in:
Monday saw the students enjoying a day sail in the Pico’s. They sailed across the lake and
enjoyed a Pico and games. The students sailed
really well in the morning in light wind, the afternoon was slightly more interesting with
the wind increasing a great deal so sails where
quickly luffed! All students enjoyed the challenge with many enjoying a surprise dip in
the lake at times! In the evening all students and staff enjoyed a swim in the pool and then after tea all
competed in the challenge in teams of 5, with
Mr Hopkin and Miss Scott entering as a team
themselves and coming out victorious! No
cheating was involved! On Tuesday the students enjoyed trail biking
and windsurfing. It was been a glorious sunny
warm day. On the trail biking the students enjoyed a bike ride around part of the lake with
stop off to play some different games along the
way. In the afternoon we all went windsurfing, there was just the right amount of wind for the
students to learn to sail. Wednesday was a day out. A quick visit to
decathlon followed by a visit to Dune du la Pyla
which is a sand dune which is 110m tall! Students enjoyed the challenge of crawling up
the dune and running down!
Thursday was a day sail on the darts. Darts are
catamarans. It was a glorious day. They sailed
all day stopping for a packed lunch and ice cream. The students displayed their newly
learnt sailing skills to a great standard in the
afternoon. Friday saw students enjoying a trail ride and a kayak before they had to start the
long journey home.
Sports Day
After sports day was originally
postponed due to the fabulous
English weather, Howden sports
day f inal ly happened on
Wednesday 22nd June. Once
again, another fabulous day of
sport was organised by the
amazing PE department.
The morning saw all tutor groups
take part in two activities (if
students were not participating in
specific sporting events) - the
fun run/walk (depending on how
fit you are!) and designing
motivational banners for the
different tutor groups.
As usual, many previous records
were broken across both field
and track events. The overall
winners were as follows:
7O (Miss Brownlee)
8O (Mr Mason)
9D (Miss Taylor)
10O (Mrs Doyle)
East Riding School Sports
Awards
Howden School students were
selected to attend the East Riding
School Sports Awards, held at
Cottingham High School.
Ellie came first in the award for
designing a logo/medal for the
school games and her design was
shown to the attendees before
she was given her trophy.
Josh & Alex were representing
the football team which came 2nd
overall in the outstanding team
performance category, and
James came 2nd overall in the
school sports personality of the
year award. Well done to all the
winners and those selected to
attend.
Sports News
Key Dates:
School closes for summer Friday 22nd July
GCSE results Thursday 25th August
Training day Monday 5th September
Students return to school Tuesday 6th September
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