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SchoolNEWSLETTER 343

Values – Care – Achievement

Thursday 16 May 2019

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Y13 Leavers’ Celebration EveningHalf TermStudents returnGermany trip Parents’ Information Evening, 6.00pm, Main HallFrance trip Parents’ Information Evening, 6.00pm, Main Hall

Upcoming EventsFood for ThoughtThis week during Collective Worship form groups have been considering what can be learnt from scripture, Corinthians 12: 4-11, ‘Discover your Gifts’. One of the quotes we have spent some time thinking about is:“Nobody achieves anything great because they are happy and lazy.” Alex Honnold, Free Solo Climber and conqueror of El Capitan.To receive the daily Thought for the Day straight to your phone or other electronic device sign up to @AHSChaplaincy on Twitter.

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We welcome all feedback and thank all parents for their valuable contributions. If you have a query or simply an observation about the school please complete the form online.

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The New AHS Curriculum Enrichment WeekDear Parents and Carers,

We are excited to introduce to you a new venture for Archbishop Holgate’s, our ‘Curriculum Enrichment Week’. This will run in the final week of the school year (Monday 15 to Friday 19 July) and allow students to experience an exciting array of activities including subject-based, sporting, personal development and rewards. Staff are very excited to be able to deliver subject-based activities in more depth than usual, spending a whole day on them rather than just the usual one hour.

Each year group will have a specifically tailored programme for the week to include: • a Reward Trip to a theme park to thank students for completing homework every week to the high quality we all expect • a Sports Enrichment Day where external sports organisations, including Olympic athletes will lead a day of exciting sports activities supported by our own PE department and other staff in school • two subject-based Enrichment Days led by different departments within school, expanding on the normal curriculum with fun activities and challengesOn the final day of term (Friday 19 July) students will be able to make their own choices from a huge list of activities on offer that will give them a range of ideas, skills and activities that they can take into the six weeks of the summer holiday. The majority of these activities will be open to mixed year groups allowing students to work with people in other year groups. Each year group will also be part of an assembly delivered by Mr Daly. Obviously, a number of our students will already be out of school on a variety of external trips including Germany, France, Naples and Taize, who unfortunately miss out this year, but we plan to run this at the end of every year so an opportunity will come again in a year’s time.After the half term holiday more information will be available for parents about the workings of this Enrichment Week. Letters will be sent to students eligible for the Reward Trip and a ‘Year Group Information Booklet’ will be sent home with details of your child’s week. It will give details of what is happening on what day and also include detail from staff running activities about what to bring and what to wear. It will also have a list of all the events available for the Friday activity day. Please read through this section with your son/daughter and talk about which choices they want to make.Enrichment Week offers our whole school community the opportunity to work in a new and exciting way together. It will be a fantastic adventure for all, where we as always expect full attendance and believe it will enrich your child’s experience at Archbishop Holgate’s even further affording them new experiences and an exciting, enriching end to the year. As always, when the information booklet comes out to you, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.


This Week’s Main School News

RamadanIf any student will be fasting for Ramadan, we ask that parents contact the school to inform us and that they also look at the school’s Ramadan policy on our website.

Form Group

Total quizzes taken

2Quizzes this

half termQuizzer of the half term

Top quizzing Form this half term

7Bl 155 2 Grace Pendlebury

7Bm 157 4 -

7CBr 80 3 Callum West

7Cm 59 - -

7Cy 71 - -

7Gr 183 5 Betsy Greenway

7Hf 144 5 Antonia Geldard

7Hv 130 3 Maya Bialczak

7Kx 132 7 Zoe Cardy

7Mr 150 2 Mazen Abdel Razek

7NTh 239 25 Ella Gebbie Well done!

Accelerated ReaderTop Quizzers of the WeekYear 7 Top Form: Amazing effort from Mr Thompson’s form this week. Keep it up!

ClassTotal

quizzes taken

Quizzes this

half termQuizzer of the half term

Top quizzing class this half term

8a1 170 4 Fenn Waddell-Brown Well done!

8a2 73 - -

8a3 96 2 Oliver Park

8b1 14 - -

8c1 119 1 Lucy Fullard

8c2 46 - -

8c3 49 - -

8d1 28 - -

8d2 46 2 Alanna Richardson

8d3 32 3 Lewis Blythe

8d4 36 1 Bianca-Maria Sirbu

Year 8 Top Class: Well done to Miss Kady’s class again this week.

MFL Stars of the WeekStudents were nominated by Language staff to receive an

Effort merit, a postcard home and appear on the ‘Stars Wall’ for all their hard work:

KS3 French - Caitlin Wright, 7BlKS3 German - Freya Brumby, 8RGiKS4 French - Rowan Fearnley, 9Ja

KS4 German - Lily Ewen, 10AyKS4 Spanish - Beth Mason, 11Gs

The Brilliant Club Scholars Programme Year 9/10Well done to our ‘brilliant’ Year 9 and 10 students for completing the Scholars Programme. They successfully produced a 2000 word assignment on Marco Polo and the famous silk trade route connecting Europe to Asia. The work was of university standard and students even received a degree-based grade. Very big congratulations to Hannah Townson and Oliver Pugh who secured a 1st. This means they gained more than 70%! I cannot put into words just how phenomenal this achievement is. All the students who took part did exceptionally well. I am overwhelmed with these outcomes and the way they rose to the challenge. Each student is now on a certain path towards living out high aspirations and making their dreams a reality.

Well done and congratulations to:Qais Kurd Jack Stephenson Ben ReadingHannah O’Connor Jessica Turton Oliver PughFinlay Tait Devnara Wijeratne Lucy Weld Hannah Townson

Year 8 Germany Koblenz trip - There will be a Parents’ Information Evening on Monday 10 June, 6.00-7.00pm, in the Main Hall. Letters will be given to students this week, it is important that parents attend this meeting to receive key information about the trip. Mrs McHugh

Catering Food SafetyThe catering staff at AHS recently sat their Level 2 Food safety in Catering and everyone passed with flying colours. This is just one of the many ways we insure that the meals at AHS are produced in a hygienic and the safest way possible.. Mr Richardson, Catering Manager

Ski Trip, 2020The school ski trip to Masella, Spain, during the spring half term now has one additional place. The cost is £920 all inclusive, please contact Mr Gladstone for further details..

Year 8 Paris Trip - There will be a Parents’ Information Evening held on Tuesday 11 June, 6.00-7.00pm, in the Main Hall. Letters will be given to students this week, it is important that parents attend the meeting to receive key information about the trip. Mr Gibson


This Week’s Sixth Form News

Year 13 Key DatesBTEC Summer ExamsFri 17 May - A Level Stand downw/c 20 May - A Level Summer ExamsFri 28 Jun - PromThu 15 Aug - Results Day

PLEASE SHARE: If you would like to share students’ achievements in the community with us, then please email [email protected]. It’s always nice to celebrate what students are accomplishing outside of school

Year 12 Key datesBTEC Summer Examsw/c 1 Jul (two weeks) - Summer Mock Examsw/c 15 Jul - WEXThu 15 Aug - Results Day (internal and external assessments)

Year 13 UCAS Key Dates8 Jun - If you receive all your university/college decisions by 2 May you must reply to any offers by this date or they will be declined.21 Jun - If you receive all your university/college decisions by 8 Jun you must reply to any offers by this date or they will be declined.

The Gold Award - At Archbishop Holgate’s, we truly value hard work and effort. Each week, Heads of Year select two members of their year group to appear on the “Wall of Excellence” reflecting exceptional work and effort where students have done something extra special in lessons or in the wider life of the school. Winners of the Gold Award will receive a weekly prize. The following students have been awarded the Gold Award.

Franchesca Lawson, 7Bl - For her fantastic hard working attitude in all areas of her school studies. Well done! Mrs EdmondsonMaya Deckers, 7CBr - For her amazing support of other students in PE lessons: a true example of compassion! Well done. Mrs EdmondsonLaura Barber, 8SRo - For excellent contributions to the Green Dragons with Mrs Clarke. Well done! Mr ArthurKatie Haigh, 8Pl - For excellent contributions to the Green Dragons with Mrs Clarke. Well done! Mr ArthurChloe Firth, 9Ob - Chloe has an excellent record: she has perfect attendance; is polite, hardworking; conscientious and reliable. Well done Chloe. Mrs AveyMia Haendlmayer, 9Kd - Mia is a fantastic student: she participates in extracurricular activities; is hardworking; conscientious and demonstrates initiative. Well done Mia. Mrs Avey

Eleanor Bulmer, 10Ay - For working hard in lessons and for being a friendly and polite pupil every day! Well done! Mr WilesAnnie Toye, 10Wa - For being hard working and well behaved in every lesson every week. Well done. Mr Wiles Harrison Pincombe, 12Nc - For being an excellent representative of the form group, always going above and beyond and living the school values. Miss KincellKennedy Elmer, 12Gl - For an excellent improvement in attitude, especially outstanding work and effort in Health and Social Care. Miss KincellManeeha Naveed, 13Lv - For being an outstanding student from start to finish. Goes above and beyond to better herself and does this with grace. Mrs De LashleyDominic Dawson, 13Da - For a calm and mature approach to Sixth Form. An excellent role model. Mrs De Lashley

Rewards and Recognition

Year 13 Stand DownThis week, our Year 13 students leave Sixth Form to start their exciting, aspirational and inspirational futures! We have thoroughly enjoyed observing and supporting them discover their future aspirations, to challenge themselves through their subjects, discover and conquer their weaknesses and enhance their strengths. They have been great company, full of laughter and a great positive welcome in the corridors. We wish them luck, but they will definitely not require it. They are determined, driven and informed. I look forward to handing over the baton and following their lead!


Prefects The Year 10 prefects have formed small working groups to focus on a series of projects to enhance life in school. The following proposals have been put forward:

Community Mural - A group of prefects wish to design and paint a large mural on an outside space in school to promote community cohesion and tolerance. They would like this to be eye-catching and include lots of different people across the school. We look forward to the potential designs!

KS3 Lunchtime Interhouse - Another group of prefects have got together to plan a series of Interhouse tournaments which could take place at lunchtimes to further engage KS3 students in extra-curricular activities.

Year 7 Self Esteem Workshop - A group want to run some self esteem workshops for boys and girls in Year 7, focussing on establishing self esteem and confidence through games and interactive activities.

Cultural Awareness - Finally, a group of students will be working on a Cultural Awareness project, aiming to raise awareness about a different aspect of culture each week in form time.

KS3 Council Environmental Impact and Charity Work :

Bottles - The Student Council are continuing to collect plastic bottles and the competition has been extended beyond half term. Some forms have managed to collect over 170 bottles in two weeks! Other forms are now getting more involved in the competition. All bottles will either be recycled (rather than thrown away) or used as Ecobricks within school.

Crisp Packets - The KS3 Council have also identified, after talking to their forms, two local charities to donate money raised through the collection of crisp packets. The school is doing incredibly well so far. Lead magnificently by Mrs Wheatley, we have collected over 47kg of crisp packets! For each kg collected, we receive £1. The money is rapidly stacking up! We will donate all money collected by December to local charities. The Student Council have decided any money raised should go to SASH, a local charity which aims to prevent homelessness in young people aged between 16-25 in North and East Yorkshire and Jessie’s Fund, a charity which aims to help children with additional and complex needs or serious illness to communicate by using music.

Student VoiceAs part of our regular meetings, as well as trying to improve the school together, students have the opportunity to raise any concerns or issues they might have.

Year 7 Assessments - The Year 7s talked confidently about the assessments they were doing this week and about how they were important as they would help them, gradually, get used to exams in Year 11. Mr Williams asked if they felt they had been fully prepared for them and everyone on the council agreed they had been. Mr Williams also checked that they weren’t feeling any unnecessary stress or anxiety around the assessments. Students commented that they felt they could talk to somebody if they were worried.

NB: If you are concerned about your child or have any queries about the end of year assessments, please do get in touch.

One suggestion offered by the Council was the importance of testing the definition of key words, not just the spelling. This is really important and has been fed back to teachers.

Homework - Students talked about how they liked the supporting documents, such as glossaries and guides given to them to help with their homework. They said it was important that every teacher remembered to give them this to help them with their homework to ensure they didn’t get a detention. Mr Williams also reminded them that teachers are available during specific lunchtimes to help with homework if they need it. It was also a good time to remind students about the end of year rewards coming up for those who have completed all their homework.

Toilets - Students raised concerns and about how the toilets could be improved, highlighting the need for sinks to be working all the time and how busy these areas can be. Mr Williams has forwarded their comments and reminded students about the importance of using the toilets designated to their area to avoid congestion. All these points have been passed to the site team and necessary changes are underway.

OF THE WEEK

Describe: Give details of processes, properties and events. Give an account in words of a thing which may be an event, a feature, a pattern, a distribution or a process. For example, if describing a landform say what it looks like, give some indication of size/scale, what it is made of and where it is in relation to something else.

@AHSChaplaincy: Delighted to welcome the Abaana New Life choir to @AHSYork. Here are the children and chaperones about to head home with their hosts. Have fun everyone!


MONDAY LUNCHTIME (1.15-1.45pm) - Open Tennis (Tennis Courts) - Y7 Beginners Swimming (Pool) AFTER SCHOOL (3.15-4.00pm) - Open Rounders (Fields) FIXTURES (3.15pm) tbc

TUESDAY LUNCHTIME (1.15-1.45pm) - Y7/8 Cricket (Tennis Courts/Gym) - Y11 GCSE revision (Bs2) AFTER SCHOOL (3.15-4.00pm) - Y11 P6 (Ma6) FIXTURES (3.15pm) tbc

WEDNESDAY LUNCHTIME (1.15-1.45pm) - Open Tennis (Tennis Courts) - Open Boccia (Gym) AFTER SCHOOL (3.15-4.00pm) - Y7/8/9 Volleyball (Gym) FIXTURES (3.15pm) tbc

THURSDAY LUNCHTIME (1.15-1.45pm) - Y9/10 Cricket (Tennis Courts/Gym) - Y11 GCSE revision (Bs2) AFTER SCHOOL (3.15-4.00) - Open Athletics FIXTURES (3.15pm) tbc

FRIDAY LUNCHTIME (1.15-1.45pm) - Girls’ Active (invite only) (Gym) - Y9/10/11 Exam PE Homework & Catch up Session (Ma6)

RESULTSCricket:Y9 v Pocklington (Cricket Cup 2nd round) W by 3 wicketsY7 v Bootham W by 16 runs

FIXTURESFootball:Y11 v Huntington (County Cup Final) tbcY9 Girls v St John Fisher (County Cup Final) tbcCricket:Y8 v All Saints Away Thu 16 MayRounders:Y7 v Bootham Home Thu 16 MayTennis:AHS v Manor Away Wed 22 May

CricketThe Y7 cricket team made the short journey to Bootham School on Tuesday evening. Bootham decided to field first and despite some quality bowling, in 12 overs AHS managed to score a very respectable 78/2. Jo Hall scored a number of impressive boundaries before retiring. All of our bowlers played well and made it difficult for the opposition to score. Bootham ran us close, but only managed to make 63/1. It was fantastic to see Lottie play her first game for the school. Dylan Tasker deserves a special mention for his sportsmanship and impeccable attitude. The weather was perfect and there was some top quality cricket on display!

The Year 9 cricket team suffered a narrow defeat against Pocklington School in the second round of the Cricket Cup. Will Leonard opened and produced a steady knock, staying in for just over 9 overs, but others werent able to increase the run rate. AHS finished on 47-5 after 16 overs. The team knew they were going to have to bowl and field well to stand a chance of victory. They started brightly with early wickets from Fenton, George and James. We managed to keep the socre really close, but eventually Pock’s batting quality showed and despite taking 7 wickets Pocklington were deserrved winners and go into the next round. All the team played really well and should be proud of their efforts. Player of the match goes to Fenton for his wickets.

Mixed Football Cup Final FortunesCongratulations to the Y9 football team who won the York & District Cup last week.They played some outstanding passing

football to overcome Joseph Rowntree School 6-3 in the final at Hamilton Panthers FC. Charlie Petch scored four times and Matty Barber and Dimitri Georgiou chipped in with

one each.It was a fitting end to a brilliant season in which they have also lifted the County Cup.

It was, however, a case of glorious defeat for the Y7’s in their York & District Cup final.In a very closely fought and high quality

encounter, they lost 5-4 on penalties to Selby.A fine Harry Pool goal gave the boys the lead, but a Selby equaliser ensured the game itself finished with a 1-1 draw.

The whole squad deserve much praise for their excellent attitude and performance both in the final and throughout the season.

TrampoliningMia Mae Deighton (Year 11) has been shortlisted for the York Active Sports Person of the Year award for her continued efforts in trampolining. We are all agreed that Mia would be a worthy winner!

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