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MARDEN NEWS Summer End of Ter m Edition July 2019

Featuring This Term

Key Subjects:-

Ar t & Design

Drama & Music

English

Histor y

ICT

Maths

Summer Reading inc House Points Competi tion

PE Roundup inc

Tr ip to Liverpool to

watch England Netball !

Special Science Highlights:- Super Learning Day Polar Explorer

DT Update inc

EnergyQuest Day &

Tomor row 's Engineers

Message from the Headteacher

Super Lear n ing Day - Flight !

Marden High School Newsletter July 2019

Com m unit y, Individualit y, Possibil i t y

Fr iday, 19 July 2019

Dear All

On Tuesday this week we enjoyed some great weather for our Sports Day, perfect for spectators and competitors alike. Some great performances and closely fought battles on track and f ield saw the House competit ion reach a f itt ing conclusion. Having led the competit ion for a good deal of the year, Warkworth were pipped to the post by Alnwick who performed superbly on Sports Day. Congratulations then to Alnwick, who are our House Champions for the second year running.

We have had a group of Year 7 students enjoying the Lake District this week during their stay at High Borrans, and taking part in a variety of outdoor activit ies, overground, underground and on the water. During my visit there on Wednesday it was wonderful to see the children making good progress with their climbing skills as we made an ascent of Side Pike (the scrambling route), before experiencing the beauty of pitch dark in the caves of Litt le Langdale quarries. We have also had a trip to France this week, giving our young people an opportunity to experience dif ferent culture and practice their language skills. With both of these trips, it is good to know that the students have been challenging themselves, and it is always good to see their sense of satisfaction and achievement at succeeding in tasks that they init ially thought they might be unable to do. As ever, with all our educational trips, it is the dedication and commitment of our staff which make these experiences possible, and a huge thanks goes to them for that.

Overall it has been a great Activit ies Week, with one of the key outcomes of this very varied week being the development of teamwork, and it has been wonderful to see students and staff working together in small groups to create quite unique learning, sporting and personal development opportunities. A great way to f inish the year!

Thank you again to everyone who contributed to make the Summer Fayre a big success. There was a huge amount of organisation and preparation going on behind the scenes in the build up to the event which helped to make it such a success, and this was another example of that fabulous Marden teamwork. The total prof it made on the night was £972.64, with the two highest earning stalls being the Sponge the Teacher stall (unsurprisingly!), and the cake stall. Well done to all.



In our recent Awards Assemblies we were able to give out record numbers of bronze, silver and gold award certif icates, in addition to all the Form Tutor, Head of Year and Headteacher Awards. During these assemblies I asked all of our young people to ref lect on what each of them has achieved this year, and on what opportunities each of them has taken. I would like all our young people to think about the opportunities they would like to take next year, how they would like to develop themselves, and what they would like to achieve. We will be there to help them realise these goals.

I will introduce several new staff faces to you in September, but for now I would like to take this opportunity to give a huge thanks to those leaving us at the end of this term. Mrs Noble will be retiring this summer after many years of committed service to our students, and we wish her all the best in her new adventures. We also see Miss Gibson, Mr Thomas, Miss Brown, Miss Aslam and Mr Robertson move on to pastures new, and we hope that they all enjoy their new roles.

We are looking forward to the exam results in August and f inding out how our year 11 students have faired. They have certainly worked hard towards them and we are now hoping for great results. This has been a very successful year overall, with students and staff all continuing to work hard towards providing the best opportunities and achieving the best outcomes for our young people, some examples of which you can enjoy reading about in our half-termly newsletter.

I hope that everyone has a lovely summer, and we look forward to seeing all our students back on Tuesday 3rd September. Thank you for all your support this year.

Mr M. Snape

Head Teacher



Ar t and DesignThis term Yr 10 students in the depar tment have been producing a set of Poly Pr ints as par t of their GCSE por tfol io.

Whi lst i t was a time consuming under taking i t was well wor thwhi le as ever y student now has a good quali ty and some excellent quali ty pr ints; which w i l l form par t of their f inal Ar t GCSE assessment next spr ing.



Recently al l Yr 7 students completed their Ar t IS (Independent Study), this time they r esearched the work of Br i tish Instal lation ar tist Andy Goldswor thy.

After looking at his sculptures/Instal lations which are al l based on location as landscape projects, the students were asked to complete their ow n Goldswor thy type sculpture/Instal lation.

Finlay Henderson 7R

These images above are examples of Goldswor thy?s pieces.

The following three students went above and beyond in their endeavours - stunning pieces!



Ell iot Dyer 7M



Ms Noble

James Reay 7N



Drama

Another amazing term in Creative Ar ts! We are ver y proud of the creative achievements of Marden High School students this term.

It?s been a busy term for the drama cur r iculum w ith key stage 3 students enjoying learning new ski l ls as they explore ?Our Day Out?, ?TWOC? and the topic of Diver si ty. There have been many examples of excellent work throughout the term ranging from imaginative character isations to challenging physical theatre pieces.

Now that our Year 11 students have left us, our focus is upon Year 10 as they prepare for their devised per formances 11 July. The per formances took place as par t of the summer fayre and al l were welcomed. I t was great to see what our talented young people had to offer !

Our Key Stage 3 drama club w i l l continue to r un each Monday after school next term, w ith our new year 10 Prefects leading the way. We?re looking for ward to welcoming new members and making new fr iendships along the way.

On Tuesday 2 July, we hosted Marden?s Got Talent and once again our students wowed the audience w ith an evening ful l of hula hoop tr icks, magic, comedy and music. I t?s safe to say that Marden tr uly does have talent!



More photos from

Mardens Got Talent



As par t of our journey towards achieving Ar tsmark

Gold we have recently launched Ar ts Award Bronze:

a new quali f ication which r ecognises student

achievements in the ar ts.

So far , students have faci l i tated tr ansi tion lessons in drama w ith year 6 pupi ls and par ticipated in

an acting workshop w ith professional actor , Luke Maddison.

It?s great to see so many of our students taking an interest in a

var iety of ar t forms.

Ar ts Award Bronze



Our Summer Concer t was held on 11 July, 6p where ever ybody, once again, enjoyed a var iety of musical del ights:

Super Singers, Choir and Orchestra. What a great way to end a fantastic year in creative ar ts!

Our Music Depar tment has been working hard this term w ith students choosing to become involved in a TICE project.

After weeks of preparation and col laboration w ith students from across Nor th Tyneside per formers were able to showcase their or iginal songs in celebration of their hard work

and commitment.

A huge thanks to al l staff , students and parents for suppor ting the ar ts this year at Marden. We are looking for ward to new oppor tuni ties in the next

academic year.

Enjoy a fabulous summer!

Ms Ber r iman

TICE Unplugged? per formances at this year?s #TICEFinalShow Str ipping back the technology, or iginal lyr ics and making a memorable impact...TICE Music students had i t al l !

https://twitter.com/hashtag/TICEFinalShow?src=hash



Who Got Gr i f f i ths?

English

As par t of their Sher lock Holmes uni t of work, Year 8 English students were given the task of becoming detectives themselves to solve this year?s ?Marden She Wrote? case...Who Got Griffiths?

The uni t star ted whereby students found out that a member of staff had brutal ly poisoned Ms Gr i f f i ths. Students were then given a selection of suspects from the English depar tment and motives and had to use their Sher lock style inference and deduction ski l ls to tr y to pick the culpr i t - but did they succeed?



Students had a number of interesting hypotheses: did Mrs Todd?s passion for makeup motivate her to enviously lace Ms Gr i f f i ths? signature r ed l ipstick w ith something? Does Ms Arnold?s w itness statement al luding to fr iction between Mr Horn and ?power hungr y? Ms Gr i f f i ths suggest that Mr Horn?s anger got the better of him? Was Mrs Cathcar t?s snack obsession and fr equent baking habit where the poisoned i tem hid? It was a myster y!

Year 8 student Katie Roll presented a statement of events to her classroom cour troom per fectly when putting Mrs Cathcar t on tr ial:

?First, let us all imagine: imagine going to work as normal, to work hard but never going back home again. Imagine doing your normal morning routine, but today your routine is not the same. Imagine receiving hand delivered cruel notes from students with disturbing messages on them. Imagine sitting at your wooden desk and your throat closing up and your heart visibly pounding, gasping for air.

Imaging taking your last breath and never breathing again. Ms Griffiths did not imagine any of this; it really happened to her. This is the painful fate met by the innocent victim Ms Griffiths. Her murderer over in the dock is the sinister, calculating but guilty Mrs Cathcart. She was driven by her lust and desire for more power and control in the English department and Ms Griffiths was an obstacle to those dreams? ?

Katie presented a power ful argument presenting Mrs Cathcar t as the key suspect: but is Mrs Cathcar t the obvious choice?

Overal l this was an incredibly enjoyable and successful uni t and produced some spectacular pieces of cr ime w r i ting and drama.

Marden English now have the task of creating 2019/2020?s instal lment; who w i l l be our next victim?

But the question on ever yone?s mind - who did i t? Well, i t?s di f f icult to question the dead...

Ms Cathcar t



Recommended Summer Reads 2019

For Adults

For Students

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Reading House Point Com pet i t i on - 25 points per ent r yWhat do I have to do?

1. Snap a photo of you reading over the summer holidays2. Send i t to Miss Laing [email protected]. Take a look at the r eading displays around the school and for r eading

r ecommentations (also r efer to pages 41 and 42)

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HISTORY

Year 9s have been explor ing the impact of The Bli tz in the Nor th of England.

Some chose to focus on the exper iences of evacuees, especial ly to Alnw ick, some discovered their ow n family's exper iences, and others investigated the economic benefi ts to companies such as for the Armstrong Factor y.

Many chose to focus on the bomb that destroyed Wilkinson's Lemonade Factor y in Nor th Shields.

On May 3rd 1941 a single German Bomb dir ectly hi t the factor y, ki l l ing 107 of the 192 people who were using the factor y as an air r aid shelter.

This was the highest death tol l from a single bomb in WW2! 5 Nor th Shields famil ies were completely w iped out, and many were chi ldren.

You can see the impact of this bomb on the land use in this par t of Nor th Shields today, as the bui ldings are al l newer than the Victor ian ter r aced housing that sur rounds i t.

I f you'd l ike to know more about this devastating night, you can f ind out more at nor thshields173.org Emma Guy inter viewed her grandpa who was 9 at the time of the bombing - a thought provoking and l i fe aff i rming inter view about the power of communities to pul l together , and a r eal ly useful piece of pr imar y r esearch.

http://northshields173.org/



Ms Arnold



Fantastic work from across al l of KS3

Below you can see the work of Maisie Whitehouse

ICT

This term students across al l of KS3 have been working ver y hard and producing some fantastic work. Year 7 have been developing their desktop publishing ski l ls by creating

a double sided f lyer for a takeaway of their choice.



Year 8 have been bui lding upon their programming ski l ls

by learning how to create websites in HTML. Students

have demonstrated their talents in using a r ange of

techniques, such as inser ting images, hyper l inks, tables, l ists

and using formatting to enhance the style, including

the advanced ski l l of CSS.

Students were logging their development and understanding in a journal. An excellent example can be seen here on the left produced by Cady Leigh-Herdman.

Year 9 have been combining their python programming, websi te

design, spreadsheet and graphics ski l ls by working on a Summer

Music Festival project. They are working in teams to plan a festival

and create a website, ticket booking system and a r ange of

promotional mater ials.

They al l took on a role which played to their str engths.



The projects culminated in a presentation of their work. Some of the presentations can be seen below. All work was documented in a journal.

Examples of some fantastic r esearch can be seen, produced by Florence Springle and Elle Grayson. An impor tant par t of the project was to gain feedback, al low ing the students to

make ref inements to their work.

Ms Parker

The students had to go through a process of r esearching, designing and then implementing, gaining feedback and making improvements throughout.



The year 9 maths ambassadors got to f lex their mathematical muscle when deliver ing the lessons they had planned to our new intake for next year. The students working on this project have gained confidence and their lessons went dow n a storm w ith the year 6 students.

This term several teams of Year 7 and Year 8 students have had the exci ting oppor tuni ty to par take in workshops organised by Procter and Gamble.

These have centred around their global ?50L home? project which focuses on the creation of appliances and environments which help l imit water usage to help sustainabi l i ty by aiming to make each person use only 50L of water per day (a lot less than i t sounds!).

Five teams from Marden have created their ow n submissions for the project, w i th examples including a grey water home system, handheld micro-droplet hair -brush to wash your hair w i th and comprehensive plans including looking at the pipes needed to tr anspor t water vast distances. They r ecently presented to parents and each other and have al l been invi ted to present to senior staff at P&G before the end of term w ith the presentations accompanying a guided tour of the innovation centre.

This is the thir d year we have been invi ted to par ticipate in the program w ith Procter and Gamble and we look for ward to continued success for our students w ith these STEM oppor tuni ties and encourage any interested students to keep their eyes on the Maths depar tment for information about future events.

MATHS



Huge congratulations go to our year 10 students who were entered for the UKMT maths challenge. The students gained some excellent r esults.

Gold:

Ben Murphy

Silver:

Jack Petty, Belle Hutchins, Oliver Robson, Blake Wilson, Har r ison Caie, Jacob German, Jack Jones, Adam Jones

Bronze:

Alana Falconer , Bi l ly Banks, Matthew Hogan, Ni Is, Steven Calow , Raine Denney, Ar chie Donoghue, Isobel Clark,

Alex Courage

A special mention for Ben who has also quali f ied from the fol low -on Kangaroo round which is an international competi tion and received a mer i t in this.

Have a wonderful Summer!

https://www.ukmt.org.uk/individual-competitions/intermediate-kangaroo/

https://www.ukmt.org.uk/individual-competitions/intermediate-kangaroo/



Mr Hiscock



Super Learning Day

All year 7 students were involved in a Super Learning Day on the subject of "Fl ight", organised by

the Science, Technology and Maths depar tments.

In the morning the students enjoyed a presentation by staff

from "Kielder Bir ds of Prey Centre w ith l ive specimens aimed at

teaching the students about sur vival adaptations.

Ms Williams

In the afternoon students cir culated around four practical activi ties.

These activi ties were designed to help develop the 5R's and promote enquir y and testing hypotheses.

The students bui l t and tested helicopter s, rockets and paper planes and calculated bear ings when studying tr aff ic control and air por ts.

Science



Ex[er iment on next page



Photos on next page



Ms Vickers

Exper iment Photos (from previous page)



PE

Yr9 football team played GSHS on Fr iday 5th July in the cup f inal at Wallsend BC. They lost 1-0 in an enter taining game. All the boys can be proud of their per formance, r epresenting themselves and the school w ith distinction.

Summer Term Updates

Year 7&8 Boys tennis team, played two matches, lost 1 and 1 won.

Year 9& 10 Boys team played 1 match and won, two others were cancelled due to r ain.



Team photo of students r epresenting Marden and Tynemouth at the Nor th Tyneside Junior Athletics

Year 7 & 8 Cr icket Team at the Nor th Tyneside Crcicket Festival, they won 3 games and lost in the semi-f inal.



Students competing at the Nor th Tyneside Senior Athletics competi tion at Monkton Stadium.

Standout i ndiv idual r esu l t s for ath let i cs:-

Northumberland Junior Athletics Championship

Levi Anderson 1st in Javelin and Shot Put

Poppy Arnold 2nd in High Jump

Katie Joslyn 2nd in 1500m

Jessica Har t 3rd in 800m

Northumberland Senior Athletics Championships

Holly Waugh 1st in 800m

Josh Blevins 1st in 1500m

Mar tha Topping 2nd in Discus

Hannah Sear le 3rd in Discus Mr Richards



Ms Brow n

Miss Brow n, Miss Har r ison and Mrs Jones took 15 students to Liverpool to watch the

Netball Wor ld Cup. The gir ls were extr emely exci ted and ver y well behaved whi le watching

the action on cour t. We got to watch England v Tr inidad and Tabago and Jamaica v Scotland

which were ver y enjoyable games.

We also had the oppor tuni ty to meet up w ith an ex PE Teacher

from Marden High, Miss Davis in the fan zone who is par t of the coaching team of their National squad. She enjoyed seeing some

old pupi ls of her s and sends ever yone her love here at

Marden High.

Miss Brown would like to thank the girls for a very enjoyable day, all those who have

competed in Netball teams over the year, Mr Snape for the opportunity for sharing my great interest with our students and also Miss Davis,

Miss Harrison and Mrs Jones.



Josh Blevins is now Junior Boys 1500m National Champion. He beat his PB by 4 secs to w in. Ver y impressive per formance.

As a member of the Nor thumber land Team, Holly Waugh f inished second in the countr y at the National Finals last weekend. Superb achievement.

Round Up

Spor ting Achievements

Our students have continued to engage in a programme of extr a cur r icular activi ties across the half term.

Athletics

Our Yr7 and Yr8 athletes who quali f ied for the NT Minor Inter Zone Athletics Competi tion tr avelled to Monkton Stadium to compete. Congratulations to al l the students l isted for their per sonal achievements.

Holly Str inger

Jessica Har t

Mi l l ie Jamieson

Lizzie Dyke

Katie Joslyn

Ruby Graham

Poppy Arnold

Madeline Gardner

Rachel El l iot

Lydia Cur r ie



Lizzie Dyke

Rachel El l iott

Katie Joslyn

Poppy Arnold

Madeline Gardner

Jessica Har t

Adam Smith

Levi Anderson

Callum Marsh

Mackenzie Br idges

Athletics (junior s)

Well done to our junior athletes who competed in the Inter Zone Competi tion at Monkton Stadium. The students l isted quali f ied to r epresent Nor th Tyneside at the Minor Championships at Gateshead Stadium on 22nd June.

Luke Hagger ty

Adam Smith

Matthew Aitken

Levi Anderson

Mackenzie Br idges

Ben Murphy



Athletics (senior s)

Congratulations to al l the athletes l isted who successful ly quali f ied to r epresent Nor th Tyneside at the County Championships in June.

Katie Joslyn

Andrew Hutchins

Josh Oates

Zara Rolland

Matthew Forster

Rachel Heslop

Dan Watt

Mar tha Topping

Joseph Spencer

Holly Waugh

Callum Penn

Rhys Dur rant

Jack New ton

Peter Whitehouse

Seb Fi tz-Alleyne

Josh Blevins

Hannah Sear le

Lew is Cruz



Spor tivate

Our Spor ts Prefects have been taking par t in spor ts leadership sessions after school in order to gain a spor tivate quali f ication. This is funded by the LTA and involves our close par tner ship w ith Bever ley Park Tennis Club.

Rounders (Yr7 and Yr8)

Our teams have continued to play r eal ly well over the half term and have secured w ins against var ious schools. The Yr8 team have recently beaten Churchi l l , Marden Br idge Middle and John Spence recently. The Yr7 team recently lost one game against St Thomas More.

Playground Challenge (Soccer Aid for Unicef )

Soccer Aid for Unicef Playground Challenge was delivered dur ing Yr7 PE lessons on Wednesday 10th July. This was a fundraising event and the money the school r aised w i l l help chi ldren in danger al l over the wor ld. Four obstacle courses were set up and each chi ld was timed to complete the course, moving w ith a ball at their feet or in their hands. The students achieving the fastest times coming ei ther f i r st (gold), second (si lver ) or thir d (bronze) w i l l al l r eceive a gi f t voucher.

Dance Workshop

A workshop was delivered to a mixed group by the Dance City CAT Tutor Geoff Hopson. Fur ther sessions w i l l be planned for next term.

Tennis

Jessica Har t has per formed exceptionally well in tennis achieving a r ange of impressive r esults. In Spor t Newcastle Open she became Champion of the U14 Gir ls? Singles Competi tion. As a member of the Nor thumber land team she recently won the Nor th Regional quali f ier s and now goes to the National Finals as a member of the successful team. Congratulations!

Two results to r epor t for the boys. Yr7/8 players were unfor tunately beaten by St Mar y's 12-0. Yr9/10 players were successful in their match against Churchi l l w inning 12-0.



Ms Stamp

Monkhouse School

Our Spor ts Prefects helped to organise and run an afternoon of spor t at Monkhouse Pr imar y School. They proved to be excellent ambassadors for Marden High School.

Athletics

Our junior athletes in Yr7/8 contr ibuted towards the success of Nor th Tyneside in the Nor thumber land Schools' AA Minors Championships at Gateshead Stadium. The Nor th Tyneside Team came f i r st overal l beating Newcastle, Tynedale, Nor th Nor thumber land and East Nor thumber land. Congratulations!

Josh Blevins and Holly Waugh

As previously mentioned, Josh Blevins and Holly Waugh represented the r egion in the Br i tish Athletics Championships in July. Both athletes are to be congratulated for achieving such a high standard of per formance. Josh achieved a fantastic PB and is now off icial ly the fastest boy in the countr y for 1500m.

10k Run

Rhys Dur rant in Yr10 competed in the Rothbur y 10k in July. He achieved a personal best.

Football

Max Cuggy in Yr7 went to Liverpool last weekend as a member of the Newcastle United Academy to play in an 11 a side tournament. The team were successful in w inning the tournament.



Design and Technology

Mr Mushen

Chr is Calver Head of Education at Rapid Electronics has praised al l competi tor s saying "I?d l ike to thank you and your students for attending the introductor y Airgineers competi tion at Nissan last week and for making i t such an enjoyable day. I was ver y conscious that we had not been able to del iver the same level of tr aining that we have done in other areas and so for the bui ld and pi loting standards to be so high was really good to see."

Mr Mushen has praised the commitment, dedication and team spir i t of the students from Marden High. "Al l those who wanted to f ly the drone on the day were given the oppor tuni ty to do so, unl ike some of the other teams, where only their best pi lot competed in the 'capture the f lag' events." He also added that almost al l the preparation, bui lding and problem solving was done by the students, and said "I decided from the outset that this project was to be dr iven by the students themselves and that they should take ow nership of al l aspects of the design, bui ld, commissioning and f lying of the micro drone."

A group of dedicated year 9 and 10 students attended the Airgineers Drone Challenge at Nissan on the 3rd July to compete against 20 nor th east schools in the inaugural event sponsored by Nissan Ski l ls Academy and Rapid Electronics. The major i ty of the r esources w ith the exception of the drone body and camera mount were supplied by Rapid.

Despite joining the competi tion late w ith no advanced drone know ledge or ski l ls, and w ith design and prep time l imited to a weekly after school club session the team did ver y well coming a r espectable 7th out of 20.



The event was delivered through the By Design-Group on behalf of "Tomor rows Engineers" and was sponsored by Shell .

The Energy Quest Workshop which involved 100 year 8 students on Monday 8th July, was deemed a big success!

The workshop informed students about the diver se wor ld of engineer ing, progression routes into engineer ing and the r eal wor ld global problems facing us in the future.

Students were involved in team work and problem solving dur ing the electr ic car challenge where they set up and investigate and exper iment tr ansforming electr ical energy into kinetic energy, which uti l ised super capaci tor s and electr ic motor s. They tested i ts per formance against the voltage they chose to charge i t w i th.

Tomor row 's Engineers Energy Quest Day

Marden High School Newsletter May 2019


A Mushen

Student of Marden were also invited to participate in the national "Bright Ideas Challenge" competition which has a first prize of £5000 to boost STEM resources for the school.

Students also explored categor ies of energy generation (solar , geothermal etc) and looked at r enewable and non-renewable forms of energy, they also began matching the stores of energy to energy r esources and related these to local needs.



Reading List

Here are some suggestions of books you might want to r ead over year 7.

(You should be tr ying to r ead at least one of these per half-term)

Reading List



- The Adventures of Sher lock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

- The Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

- The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins- After the Fir st Death - Robert Cormier - The Univer se Versus Alex Woods - Gavin

Extance- The Enemy - Charlie Higson- Cosmic - Frank Cottrell Boyce- Car r ie?s War - Nina Bawden- The Foreshadow ing - Marcus Sedgewick- The Nor thern Lights ser ies - Philip

Pullman- Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman- Treasure Island - R.L Stevenson- Mar tyn Pig - Kevin Brooks- The Ruby in the Smoke - Philip Pullman- Small Steps - Louis Sachar- A Chi ld Called ?It? - Dave Pelzer- The Woman in Black - Susan Hill

Want a challenge?

- The Cur ious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon

- Li fe of Pi - Yann Martel- The Help - Kathryn Stockett- Animal Farm - George Orwell - Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte- Lord of the Fl ies - William Golding

- The Enemy - Charlie Higson- Cosmic - Frank Cottrell Boyce- Wonder - R.J Palacio- Treasure Island - R.L Stevenson- The Adventure Ser ies Lee Tony- The Adventure of Huckleber r y Finn

- Mark Twain- Bl i tzcat - Robert Westall- Holes - Louis Sachar- Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz- The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien- Madame Doubtf i r e - Anne Fine- The Edge - Alan Gibbons- Mi l l ions - Frank Cottrell Boyce- The Secret Diar y of Adr ian Mole -

Sue Townsend

Want a challenge?

- War Horse - Michael Morpurgo- Great Expectations - Charles

Dickens- The Lord of the Rings Tr i logy - JRR

Tolkien- The Book Thief - Marcus Zusak- The Adventures of Sher lock Holmes

- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle



Reading List



Reading List

Here are some suggestions of books you might want to r ead over year 10 & 11.


Animal Farm - George Orwell

The Cur ious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

The Absolutely True Diar y of a Par t-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie

Looking for Alaska - John Green

Lord of the Fl ies - William Golding

The Help - Kathryn Stockett

Life of Pi - Yann Martel

Angel Blood John Singleton

Tip! Try to get into the habit of reading newspapers too! This will help for your English exam.

Want a challenge?

Wuther ing Heights - Emily Bronte

Junk - Melvin Burgess

1984 - George Orwell

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger

The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald

The War of the Wor lds - H.G. Wells

1984 - George Orwell

Animal Farm - George Orwell

A Room w ith a View - E.M. Forster

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

Br ighton Rock - Graham Greene

Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger

The Color Purple - Alice Walker

The Cur ious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon

David Copper f ield - Charles Dickens

East of Eden -John Steinbeck

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

The Great Gatsby - F.Scott Fitzgerald

The Help - Kathryn Stockett

I Know Why the Caged Bir d Sings - Maya Angelou

Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

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The LRC is open to students between 8.30am and 4.00pm, although the space is l imited.

This is a quiet area for students to r ead, r evise and complete homework before school, break, lunchtimes and after school.

There are desks and computer s avai lable to use and many new ly r eleased books and comfor table seating areas in which to r ead

May 2019

Marden's LRC

At Marden high School we suppor t students w ith a w ide r ange of medical conditions.

We?d l ike to r emind parents that students should not be car r ying any medication in school unless by pr ior agreement for those w ith asthma, diabetes and al lergies.

Where medication is absolutely necessar y for other conditions, e.g. antibiotics, pain r el ief, we have tr ained staff who w i l l make ar rangements for safe storage and administr ation of medication. Parents are r esponsible for br inging medicines into school and we requir e w r i tten consent (form avai lable from Reception); al l medicines should be in their or iginal packaging and clear ly labelled.

Any quer ies please contact Mrs Sonia Thompson, Medications Off icer.

Medication in School

Impor tant Notice

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REMINDER : MOBILE PHONES IN SCHOOL

Mobi le phones are not to be used by students dur ing school times, unless express permission has been given by a teacher for i t to be used for learning purposes. (8.45am - 15.15pm)

Students w i l l have their phones confiscated unti l the end of the day i f caught using them in school.

At Marden High School, we have invested in a Parent Por tal so that you can get accurate, up-to-date information about your chi ld. We provide access to Attendance, Achievement, Behaviour , Exam Dates / Results and Repor ts in r eal-time, and we also use the Parent Por tal to make Parents Evening bookings.

To access the parent por tal, you need to visi t mardenhigh.net, then cl ick on ei ther the Parent Por tal l ink on the r ight, or cl ick on Parents | Parent Por tal. Your username w i l l be your emai l address. I f you haven't given us your emai l address, you can contact off [email protected] to get your emai l address updated. I f you don't want to use

your emai l address, we can generate a username for you and provide you w ith those log on detai ls. I f you have forgotten your password, then you can use the "Don't know your password?" l ink on the Parent Por tal log on page. Passwords can also be r eset by emai l ing off [email protected]

There are some quick guides on how to use the por tal under Parents | Parent Por tal Guides.

Parent Por tal Information

May 2019

Please ensure that al l i tems of clothing are clear ly marked w ith your chi ld?s name.

We have a lost proper ty box in the main off ice where students may search for ?lost? i tems.

The box is emptied at the end of each half term and al l i tems remaining w i l l be r ecycled.

Lost Proper ty

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