Thursday 29th September 2016

Headteacher Update

We were honoured this week to be visited by Olympic Silver Medallist,

Phil Burgess, son of Mrs Burgess, my PA. Phil spent time speaking with

sixth form students and much of what he said on attitude demonstrat-

ed a perfect link to our new school focus area of Growth Mindset and

resilience. Here is Miss Maisey’s recollection of what he said:

‘Resilience’, this was a word that cropped up a number of times in Phil Burgess’s talk to the Sixth Form yesterday.

He spoke of rugby players, not only having to have physical resilience in their game, but also mentally as well. Phil

commented that a few years ago, after an injury he had a weak mind, he was failing to be strong enough mental-

ly to focus on what the end result was. Then, came the big one, a chance to represent his country at the Olympic

Games in Rio - that is when it changed. He spoke of how he worked through injury, tough sessions with coaches,

gruelling games on the pitch, but because he had resilience within his mindset, he succeeded.

Phil also told us a story of his Sevens teammate Alex Davies. Alex lost his father last year and battled injury but had

the strength and determination to deserve a place within the Sevens Olympic team. In the few days leading up to

their first match in Rio, Alex and Phil were training together in the gym, sadly Alex misplaced his foot on a box and

dislocated his ankle. Phil said he, himself, was distraught, he went back to the hotel and cried, he could not be-

lieve that Alex had overcome so much and worked so hard to get here and wouldn’t get to complete his journey.

When Alex returned to the hotel, he was smiling, Phil was struck by his nature and asked him why he was smiling

when he wouldn’t be able to play, Alex then told him, but I have made it, I worked hard to get here, I am at my

best, although I won’t play, I know I have achieved this. Phil shared this with the Sixth Formers as he felt that it was

important for them to realise that you have to work hard throughout the whole journey to succeed, it is not just

about the end result, in their case the exams, it is about your mindset, your determination to succeed.

After school Phil joined a rugby training session

for Year 7 Sandhurst School students. Mr Martin

has written a contribution in this week’s New

Review.

Phil was stopped by many admiring students

as he moved around the school. He stopped

and gave each and every one his full time and

attention. He answered any questions and let

them try on and hold the medal.

I was there when he was politely stopped and addressed as Mr Burgess by the Hey brothers, Josh and Nicolas

and their friend Robert Gray. They asked several very rugby specific questions including questions about

Japan’s tactics and the inclusion of Sonny Bill Williams in the New Zealand squad. Josh chatted about rugby in

schools in South Africa as he and his brother arrived here in the UK only a few months ago. All three boys play

for Camberley Rugby Club and were thrilled to learn that this was where Phil had begun his rugby career at the

age of 5!

Of course years of dedication to training and diet help make a champion. Resilience, determination and ambi-

tion too are all crucial.

We admired Phil Burgess for all those qualities and for me the fact that he was genuinely interested in everyone

he met and gave generously of his time and had no airs or graces and spoke with humility and pride, recognis-

ing the role his family and team mates had played in his success – makes him not only an Olympic medallist but

a champion amongst men. It was truly an honour to welcome him to our school.

The following students have been nominated for the Headteacher’s Award this week:

The winner of the Headteacher’s Award this week is Max Fontaine-Anderson who received two nominations this

week for her positive attitude and enthusiasm towards classwork and homework and for being such a good role

model.

Debbie Smith

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Max Fontaine-Anderson G5

Louise Ankerson B3

Abi Sygrove B3 Connor Bryant-Goddard Y7

Year 7 Rugby

The Year 7 Boys Rugby team have been training well in recent weeks, developing this skills and teamwork before

their season kicks off next week. The boys had a great opportunity on Wednesday evening when Philip Burgess

helped with the coaching at their weekly training session. Philip has just returned from the Rio Olympics where he

won a Silver medal with the Team GB Rugby 7s team. All of the players appreciated the opportunity to receive

expert advice from a professional player and will hopefully take this knowledge into their tournament next week

at Edgbarrow.

Staff Bake Off – week three!

Today I headed to the staff room ready to be Mary Berry again for the assembled staff. The thought occurred to

me that for every star baker I award, 5 other bakers miss out.

So far every single cake/tart/churro etc. that I have tasted has been made and presented with great care and

love. Last week we had blue jelly icing and chocolate swallows, this week two perfect Bakewell tarts, none of

whom won star baker.

I make sure I do not know who has made each item before I judge, and Lewis (Year 8) and I taste before the

staff arrive so we cannot be influenced.

One thing is for sure, Sandhurst School is full of staff who could easily be on The Bake Off, on BBC or Channel 4

next year!

I am looking forward to next week’s treats to taste.

Congratulations to Miss Jackson for being awarded Star Baker for her beautifully uniform and delicious maple

and pecan pinwheels

Mrs Tudor

Science club visit to the Wildmoor Heathland project

The students who are members of the KS3 science club had the opportunity to go on a visit to the local heathland

last week and take part in activities run by the Wildlife Trust. This was a great opportunity for the students to get

outside to explore a habitat they are not familiar with. They tested a variety of fieldwork activities including tran-

sect sampling and kick sampling in the stream, and they used a variety of equipment to search for insect and bug

species living in the heathland. It was a fantastic day with lovely weather, and they could not believe the variety

of life they found in a place that is so close to the school. They also had the opportunity to learn about the im-

portance of protecting a habitat like this one, and the simple things that we can do to help conserve such a pre-

cious local resource.

Miss Webb and Mrs Harrison would like to thank the students for representing the school so well and for a really

enjoyable day!

Year 8 Visit to Boulogne

On Friday 23rd September, about 180 students left Sandhurst very early in the

morning (or rather right in the middle of the night!) and headed to France.

Despite a few delays caused at Dover and Calais by ferries being delayed, the

day was a huge success!

All coaches got to visit the Old Town of Boulogne. There, the students shopped like

real little French men and women, buying French sticks, French beret hats, tradi-

tional French sweets or even lovely ice-creams.

Two of the coaches got to visit a very traditional bakery, la Boulangerie Le Fournil,

and the students got to see how French bread is made from scratch, how long it takes and even got to try to

make perfect croissants! The students also got the chance to take away a croissant and a pain au chocolat

each to have on the way back. Two other coaches went to a sweet factory, Becasuc, where they learnt how to

make traditional French hard sweets and how it all starts with sugar and ends with lovely sweets. The students

were lucky enough to leave with a bag of sweets each, all made in this sweet factory.

Finally, everyone visited the famous sea life centre, Nausicaa. Sharks, sea turtles, clownfish and many more were

all on their best form and ready to amuse the students!

We then headed back to England and left sunny Boulogne, full of memories, shop-bought souvenirs, French

food and plenty of photographs.

I would like to thank one more time the 20 teachers who agreed to go on the visit, the admin staff for all their

help and support, as well as the students for their perfect behaviour throughout the visit.

Miss Dris

About CC4G

Computer Clubs for Girls (CC4G) is an extra-curricular club that has been specifically designed to encourage

girls to stay engaged in IT. It is managed by e-skills UK, which is the Government licensed Sector Skills Council for

Business and Information Technology, working on behalf of employers to develop the technology expertise nec-

essary to thrive in today’s global digital economy.

The objective of CC4G is to help girls make informed choices about future careers in a rapidly developing

technological world while developing their skills in IT through a series of carefully-graded challenges, themed

around their interests – like music, fashion, sport and celebrity. It supports girls’ learning in IT and across the

curriculum and benefits their confidence and self-esteem.

Tried, trusted, successful

The Club is delivered through a dedicated password protected website, which only the club facilitator and club

members have access to. No personal information is stored on the website and there is no facility for girls to

communicate with anyone on the site.

CC4G is a fun learning experience for girls and has been met by members with great enthusiasm. Below are

some of the comments we have received from girls who have taken part in CC4G:

"You can learn different skills on the computer, while having lots of fun such as playing amazing games!"

"[The best thing about CC4G is] Learning new things and making new friends"

Since 2005, more than 135,000 girls in over 3,800 schools have experienced CC4G. 84% of girls involved in CC4G

state they are more likely to consider further education or a career in technology as a result 98% of teachers

who run the clubs say that members’ IT confidence levels have improved

We are sure your daughter will enjoy being a part of CC4G at our school. If you would like to find out more

about the club, please do contact me or for general information about CC4G and e-skills UK, please go to:

www.CC4G.net.

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Dates for the Diary

Open Evening - Thursday 29th September

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Inset Day - Friday 30th September

GCSE Catering Practicals - Monday 3rd —Thursday 6th October

Year 6 Tours - Tuesday 4th—Thursday 6th October

FOSS Meeting - Tuesday 11th October

Year 11 BFC Careers Event - Thursday 13th October

Krakow Visit Departs - Thursday 20th October

Battlefield Visit Departs - Thursday 20th October

6th Form Big Sleep - Thursday 20th October