The Angmering School Weekly News

This is our weekly newsletter for parents, students and friends of the school. We want to give you news about what is happening in school, exciting things, future events and things we would like to see happen.

Issue Date: Week 31 13 May 2016

HOW ABOUT TRYING VEGETARIANISM?

Becky Brooke, the ambassador for Animal Aid came in to give students a talk on why we all could be vegetarians and how swapping to a meat free diet can improve our environment, our health/lifestyle and animal welfare. This is part of the current Food Technology GCSE course. All students enjoyed the talk and could taste test meat alternatives!

Angmering in Bloom Visit Thank you to the Angmering in Bloom ladies, who kindly gave their time to help our year 12 'Moving On' group plant edible plants in a small plot and wild flowers in the boat at the front of the bungalow in school. We are looking forward to seeing them grow and will look beautiful when they flower.

CAN YOU DONATE TO SUPPORT THIS STUDENT?

Well done to year 11 student, Louise Brown who is donating over 8-9 inches of her hair to the Little Princess Trust, the day after prom. Louise said “I am doing this because it's a brilliant charity, and you can help someone by just giving the length of your hair to boost a little boy or girl’s self esteem. Also I always wanted to raise money for cancer in some way after my grandad passed away, but I didn't really know how to go about it. When I saw this charity and how I can help I immediately knew I wanted to raise the money in honour of my grandad.” If you would like to support Louise the link to her just giving page is https://www.justgiving.com/Louise-Witten?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=fundraisingpage&utm_content=Louise-Witten&utm_campaign=pfp-share-mobile

A reminder to students to sign in and out at their year team area and not at main reception. Thank you.

Track Success for Para Racer

Nathan Freeman was at the top of his game in all events at the weekend securing PB in both the 100m and 400m and has comfortably qualified for the Junior National Championships in all three of his events! A great achievement but a personal triumph was to build confidence racing in lane one - the toughest on the track especially against the legend that is David Weir, which he achieved with excellence. Well done to Nathan Freeman 8RT.

Nearly New Uniform Shop

Thank you to all the parents and carers who supported the shop on Saturday. We raised £22. A reminder to all parents and carers to donate any uniform which students have grown out of. Please hand it into reception. Year 11 parents please have a sort out and donate any uniform not needed for younger siblings. If your child’s blazer is too small or too big why not come along and swap your blazer for another on the rack? Please wash it before you come to save us some work. Remember we are all volunteers who run the shop. The uniform is not only sold to raise funds to support students but is also donated to students who need it. A huge thank you to Mrs Smith on reception for sorting through the racks in the shop and making sizes easier to find. If any parents or carers would like to volunteer some of their time to help in the shop please ring Mrs Moppett on 01903 778362. Finally a mention for our tie loaning service via reception. This is not a long term solution for a lost tie, but on a daily basis students can borrow a tie from Mrs Moppett provided you leave something with her to ensure you return the tie at the end of the school day, eg a train ticket, door key, mobile phone.

Dates and times the shop is open over the next year:

Saturdays 10am - 11am

2 July 2016

3 September 2016 5 November 2016 7 January 2017 4 March 2017 6 May 2017 1 July 2017

Wednesdays 3.30pm - 4.30pm

8 June 2016

5 October 2016 7 December 2016 1 February 2017

5 April 2017 7 June 2017

Y7 Karate Trophy

Daniel Pender (7TW) took part in a karate sparring and kata competition yesterday and won a gold medal and a gold trophy. He's a brown belt and won a gold medal for his age group and belt level in the sparring competition. He then came first in the weapons kata, using his nunchucks, and won a gold trophy. His younger brother, who is in year 4 and also a brown belt, came third in the same weapons kata.

HAVE YOU HANDED YOURS IN YET?

Tuesday 3rd May is the last day to collect the Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers. Please do hand in to us any you have by the end of May so we can send our order off to them. They do take a while to count! Thank you to all the staff and parents who have already supported us by handing these in.

Hugo Lloris – Meet and Greet

Patch Clout, 8JP, attends ProDirect’s Soccer Academy and is the goal keeper in their Under 13 Elite Squad. In October last year, he was selected to represent Sussex in a football tournament being held in Portugal. During the Easter holidays, he and 24 other players flew out to Lisbon to attend this prestigious event. Three days of intensive training, in somewhat less than sunny conditions, preceded the two day tournament. Overall the team placed 3

rd; their greatest

achievement was beating Benfica Club. Last Wednesday, Patrick was invited by ProDirect to again represent his team at an official “meet and greet” session with Tottenham Hotspurs and France International Goal Keeper, Hugo Lloris. He travelled to London to the ProDirect store near Soho for this VIP event; only 35 other people were invited to attend this intimate gathering. After a Q&A session all guests were able to chat with Hugo, ask questions and pose for photos with the Spurs captain. Patch was also fortunate enough to get his ProDirect shirt autographed. Hugo proved to be an inspiring and motivational speaker, proud of his team and country and a true ambassador for the sport. Hugo also advised Patch that in

addition to maintaining his skill and

passion for football, homework

should always be completed on

time. His own parents insisted on

this whilst he was growing up too.

National Golf Finals

Angmering School and Ham Manor’s Taylor

Macintyre put in a superb performance in the

British Schools and Colleges Golf Finals at

Trevose Golf Club, Cornwall on the 5th and 6th of

May. Taylor reached the finals by finishing 6th in

the Regional Order of Merit with a good

performance in all 5 tournaments in the South

East. The competition is for players up to 21, so

Taylor at just 14 is the youngest Angmering player

to qualify and one of the youngest in the finals. He

was supported by his friend Zack who had agreed

to caddy for him at the tournament. Despite his

inexperience at this level Taylor played with real

maturity scoring 77 on the first day and 76 on the

second day giving him a finishing position of 57th

in a field of 115. Thank you to Mr Yates and Mr

Smith who took the boys to ensure they got to

experience this level of competition. Thank you to

the Graham Holton Bursary, via Ham Manor who

helped fund the trip.

Golf After Angmering Former Angmering School Golf

Academy player and Ham Manor

member Elodie-Jane Yates has

reached the National Finals at NJCAA

level in the USA. Elodie-Jane played in

three finals in the UK with a best finish

of 9th place before gaining a

scholarship at Murray State College in

Oklahoma. Elodie-Jane plays her finals

at the LPGA International course in

Daytona Beach Florida on the 16th -

19th May.

Gold Stars Of The

Week

Gold Stars of the week is a reward system w h e r e t e a c h e r s nominate students for working consistently at Gold standard which is above and beyond expectations. Students then have the opportunity to meet with the Headship team to discuss their achievements and work.

The students are rewarded with 25 credits and a well done certificate to take home to share their success with parents/guardians. We feel this is an excellent reward system for the students to share their success with the Headship team.

Congratulations

to the Gold

Stars of the

Week students

for Week 31:

Freya Mckenna

7JN and

Rhianna

Clavering 9AT.

Liam Taylor 8SK Silver Certificate

Sydney-Dawn Moore 8PA Gold Certificate

Lewie Turner 8RT Platinum Certificate

Annamay Rainey 8RT Diamond Certificate

Daniel Wells 9AT Gold Certificate

Daisy Lilleystone _ 9MM Platinum Certificate

Yazmin Moore 7MN Gold Certificate

Cameron Stevenson 7TW Platinum Certificate

Maisy Woods 7AM Platinum Certificate

Charlotte Tudor 7JN Platinum Certificate

Kerry Adcock 7JN Diamond Certificate

Alivia-Lily Burford 7MB Diamond Certificate

Maria Gavrilova 7MB Diamond Certificate

Can you solve this week’s problem ?

A notice on Morcambe Promenade reads: "It would take 20 million years to fill Morecambe Bay from a bath tap." Assuming that the flow from a bath tap is 6 litres per minute, what does this imply is the approximate capacity of Morecambe Bay, in litres?

Filling Morecambe Bay

Last week’s problem

Last week’s solution

Divisible by Its Digit Sum

2011 has digit sum 2+0+1+1=4. But 2011 is odd, so is not divisible by 4.

2012 has digit sum 2+0+1+2=5. But 2012 does not end in 0 or 5, so is not divisible

by 5.

2013 has digit sum 2+0+1+3=6. But 2013 is odd, so is not divisible by 6.

2014 has digit sum 2+0+1+4=7. But 2014÷7=28757, so 2014 is not divisible by 7.

2015 has digit sum 2+0+1+5=8. But 2015 is odd, so is not divisible by 8.

2016 has digit sum 2+0+1+6=9. Since the digits sum to a multiple of 9, 2016 is

divisible by 9.

Thus 2016 is the next year which is divisible by the sum of its digits.

Divisible by its Digit Sum

The year 2010 is one in which the sum of the digits is a factor of the year itself. What is the next year that has the same property?

DIARY DATES 2015/2016 30-3 June Half term Week June 7 Y12 Going to University Information

Evening (including UCAS) 7– 8.30pm

8 3.30pm - 4.30pm Nearly New Uniform Shop Open

9 Y6 Activity Evening 6-8pm 15 Y6 Activity Evening 6-8pm 16 Speaking and Listening Activity Day

3 21 Y7 Exhibition of work 5pm - 7pm 23 Music Mania 7pm – 8.30pm 24 Sports Day 28 Art, DT Exhibition Open Evening 6-

8pm 29 Art, DT Exhibition Open Day 9-5pm 29 LNC Y6 Induction Day 29 & 30 Sixth Form Induction

July 1 Y11 Prom 7-11pm 2 10am -11.00am Nearly New

Uniform Shop Open 5 Staff Day 5 6 Year 6 Induction Day at

Angmering and parents evening 6pm – 7.30pm

7 Sports Presentation Evening 6pm – 8pm

18 6-7.30pm Evening of Celebration

11-15 Y12 Work Experience Week 12 Science fair Y7 & Y8 5.30-

7.30pm 22 Term Ends

Tranche noun

1. A portion of something, especially money. "They released the first tranche of the loan"

Etymology

In French, tranche means "slice." Cutting deeper into the word's etymology, we find the Old French word trancer, meaning "to cut”. Tranche emerged in the English language in the late 19th century to describe financial appropriations. Today, it is often used specifically of an issue of bonds that is differentiated from other issues by such factors as maturity or rate of return. Another use of the French word tranche is in the French phrase une tranche de vie, meaning "a cross section of life." That phrase was coined by the dramatist Jean Jullien (1854-1919), who advocated naturalism in the theatre.

Foreign translations: French: tranche

German: tranche

Spanish: tramo

Norwegian: transje