What’s new: Walt Disney's classic, Mary Poppins, is 54 years old this year and the sequel

is eagerly anticipated this Christmas. This week – we have our own

interpretation of the P.L. Travers novel which is delighting audiences on

three nights this week. In honour of its debut on our Anglo stage, I thought

we should remember the key life lessons which, arguably, remain just as

relevant five decades on:

"In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the

fun, and - SNAP - the job's a game!"

A positive attitude to learning and work works wonders! Teachers work

tirelessly to find engaging hooks to capture a love of learning in lessons and

students who come to lessons with a “can do” attitude, will always take

away more from the lesson than those who approach learning negatively.

"First of all, I would like to make one thing quite clear… I never

explain anything." Be proud of who you are and what you stand for. Mary Poppins was a

formidable character and in many ways Disney's first feminist icon. She was

a woman with a clear mission and didn’t let those who criticised her

methods prevent her from achieving her aims. Be self-aware!

"Practically perfect people never permit sentiment to muddle their

thinking."

Think with your head! Mary Poppins thought with reason, not emotion,

which was also unusual, given the portrayal of women of her time; For

every problem, there was a logical solution. Don’t bring problems without

having thought of possible solutions. Be resilient.

"People who get their feet wet must learn to take their medicine." Every action has a consequence. Mary Poppins was clear when it came to

accepting responsibility; she had a clear moral compass and made principled

decisions. When you make errors of judgement, face up to the

responsibilities and the consequences. The word “sorry” goes a long way to

putting things right. Communicate.

"That's a piecrust promise. Easily made, easily broken." Mary Poppins knew that not everyone was reliable; Being reliable,

trustworthy and honouring your word is a value we all appreciate. Team

work!

RESPECT

Jody Gee, Headteacher

Bulletin 5/12/18

All

years

Maths clinic will be cancelled on

Monday 17th December but will

be running again from Monday 7th

January.

Year

11

The deadline for on-line

applications to our International

Sixth form is Sunday 9th

December.

Our website provides information

on what makes our International

Sixth Form different, including

overseas work experience and the

wide range of extra-curricular

opportunities that we offer our

students.

Please do not hesitate to contact

our Admissions Manager, Mrs

Smith, if you have any queries or

need any assistance with the on-

line application form.

L6/U6 Resit forms for examinations

Summer 2019 have now been

emailed. Please complete the

form with all the subject

information including the module/

unit number. The form needs to

be signed by the subject teacher or

head of department. Payment

must be made before the form is

returned to the Exams Office for

processing (the preferred method

of payment is Parent pay).

Deadline is Friday 18th January

2019. Exams Department

Thank you to Bonnetts

Garden Village in Mascalls

Lane, Brentwood for donating this lovely tree which stands proudly in our foyer.

We are pleased to be able to share with you that we have added

Twitter to our social media presence. Our Twitter name is

@angloeuropean73. Please feel free to follow us on Twitter as

well as Facebook www.facebook.com/angloeuropeanschool .

Thank you for all your donations

to the Royal British Legion Poppy

Appeal which we have been

informed have amounted to a

record-breaking £443.88.

Meet some of our new Year 10 Student Councillors:

Emma Mlunjwana said that she wanted to join the

Anglo Council so that she could be the voice of the

students who are not heard. Amber Smurthwaite

wanted “to bring back ethics and learn different ways

to signify internationalism within school”. Bridget

Phillips said that she was enjoying being part of the

Anglo Council and was keen to look further into

students’ issues, in particular, with whether the uniform

could be improved during the cold weather. Marlene

Tamtik said that she enjoyed talking on behalf of the

school community. She said that she has already

received suggestions from other students.

Show My Homework:

If you have a question or comment about your homework, please remember

that it is always best to email your teacher using the school’s email account

enquiries@aesessex.co.uk and put in the subject line FAO your

teacher. There is a facility on Show My Homework for students to leave

comments or questions for their teacher; however, your teacher has to log-in to Show My

Homework to see if there is a comment and, therefore, they may not see this in good

time. Leaving a comment here does not generate a notification for your teacher and so it is

best to email.

Some teachers do use the comments facility on Show My Homework to send messages to

you and, in this case, it is sensible to reply to them on Show My Homework.

Mr Seager, Deputy Headteacher

The Refugee CAS Group

have been visiting the

students during their

assembly to raise

awareness of the plight of

the refugees currently

living in squalid conditions in and around Calais in the north

of France. She is working with a small organisation in the

Pas De Calais called ‘E C NOUS’, which her grandparents

also belong to. She is once again asking for donations of

clothes, coats (waterproof if possible)

hats, gloves, toiletries such as sanitary

towels, toothpaste and aftershave.

and also monetary. Scarlett will take

all donations to France when she visits

over Christmas. If she could have all

donations by the end of term she

would be extremely grateful.

SILVER SURFERS

Upper Sixth Silver Surfers CAS Group would

like to invite any parents or grandparents to join

the Silver Surfers.

You will be able to learn, or improve, any

technology skills you wish with the help of

students. Whether it is online shopping, learning

how to use a smartphone, how to email or use

Facebook to keep in touch with family or friends ,

it is a free service open to all!

Held every Monday to 1st April 4-5pm

Please contact the school if you would like to come

along 01277 354018 or email:

enquiries@aesessex.co.uk

Mr Knights (Subject Leader: Business Studies and

Economics) is looking to organise a new series of seminars in

the new year aimed at bringing current business and

economics topics to life. The seminars will be attended by

students from across the department (Year 10 – Upper Sixth)

and will enhance the theory taught in the classroom.

Mr Knights is looking for guest speakers to debate / present

their viewpoints at the events. The first seminar will be

considering the topic of “Brexit: Impacts and Opportunities”

and a second will address “Crypto currencies: A banking revolution?”

Such events are extremely valuable to students and work best when a diverse panel of speakers attend. Therefore,

Mr Knights is interested to hear from parents who work in relevant industries and would be able to give up their

afternoon to speak at the seminars.

Please could anyone interested send a message addressed to Mr Knights via enquiries@aesessex.co.uk

Christmas Day in the Dining Hall

Wednesday 12th December

Hot meal deal for £2.50

(including Vegan options)

Winter Fair Thank you for all your donations so far. Please

keep them coming in - we still need chocolate,

sweets, small tombola items (no alcohol) and/or

cakes. If you can help, please drop your items off

at Main Reception (for parents) or Student

Services (for students). The Winter Fair will be

on Friday, 7th December from 3pm.

Diamond Raffle Draw - Years 7 to 10 Your son/daughter will have received a booklet

with 10 Diamond Draw raffle tickets to sell. We

have some great prizes this year - including Dr

Dre Beats Headphones. The student who sells the

most tickets will receive a £50 Westfield

voucher. The Draw will take place on Friday,

14th December. Please encourage your child to

shift as many of these as possible!

Committee Meeting The next committee meeting will be on Tuesday,

15th January in the Eurolounge at 6.30pm. All

are welcome.

Fosters Schoolwear – Amended Selling Dates in

School

Fosters Schoolwear are re-scheduling their visits to the

school to coincide with the first day of school after each

half-term break. The amended selling dates in school

will therefore be as follows: New dates for 2019 Thursday 3rd January 2019 Monday 25th February 2019 Tuesday 23rd April 2019

The visit after the May half-term break will take place

on Wednesday 26th June 2019 from 15:00 to 18:30 to

tie in with the Year 7 Induction Day.

Miss Gooding, Citizenship is working with the Rotary International to

assist with their “shoebox appeal” and has launched a competition

between forms to see which form manages to fill the most shoeboxes.

The shoeboxes will be distributed across many Eastern European

countries. The shoeboxes can be one of three types:

(1) A “toys” box including matchbox size cars, small bouncy

balls, yo-yos, dolls, colouring books, crayons, felt tip pens,

pencils, notebooks, jigsaws or lego. (No battery-operated toys)

(2) A “teenage” box including make up, toiletries, sportswear,

hats, gloves, scarves, comb and mirror, writing materials etc.

(3) A “household” box including washing powder, fairy liquid,

hand soap, shampoo, toothbrush and toothpaste, disinfectant,

letter paper and envelopes, pens, hats, scarves and gloves etc.

Please support the students in this competition to become the winning

form whilst supporting this wonderful charity. Donations of £2 per

box are also required if you would like to support with this also.

The Upper Sixth Community CAS Group will be

hosting the annual Senior Citizens' Christmas Party on

Tuesday 11th December 12-2pm.

We would be extremely grateful for any donations to

help with this special event Christmas crackers, buffet

food/snacks, cakes, items suitable as raffle prizes etc.

This would help us give our guests a great time and we

can make them feel special and welcome this

Christmas. All can be taken to the main School

Office.

We believe this is a real opportunity to get into the

Christmas spirit and show that we are a caring,

generous and friendly community, please feel free to

pass on the date of the Christmas Party to anyone who

may be interested. Interest in attending can be

registered by calling the school office on 01277

354018.

Donations needed

for our

Senior Citizens’

Christmas Party

Year 10 Work Experience

Note from Santa

As you know, I am very busy at this time of year and

unfortunately I am not going to be able to drop any work experience

placements down your chimneys so…

Please try to sort out a placement over the Christmas holidays and bring your

2 completed forms (Medical & Consent and Placement) PLUS payment on

Parent Pay back to Mrs Tribley Green in C32 by 3.30pm Friday 4th January,

as after this the administration fee increases.

Merry Christmas to you all and happy placement hunting!

Santa

PWC Insight Weeks Paid Work Experience for

L6th students – Applications Open! PWC's Business and Digital Insight Weeks are

structured programmes enabling students to

shadow graduates & apprentices for the week as

well as take part in activities to develop their

business and employability skills.

Application deadline – 31st January 2019

Apply

IBM Futures Gap Year Scheme - Business One-year business placement at top IT company

IBM

You might be uncertain about whether to start

work, complete an apprenticeship or go to

university, if that's you and you are unsure about

what to do next, the IBM's Futures Scheme is for

you. The Futures Scheme is a Gap Year program

offering a years internship - a try before you

commit scheme. IBM offer you an invaluable

opportunity to work with a world-leading

company, broadening your horizons and giving

you a head start in your career.

Application deadline – 13th January 2019

Apply

U6th Law Apprenticeship Opportunity

Dentons are offering a six-year structured training

apprenticeship in London which combines work

and part-time study and gives you a law degree

with a £20,000 salary and no university fees to

pay. Dentons is the world's largest law firm,

delivering quality and value to clients around the

globe.

Dentons are looking for people with a wide range

of skills, aptitudes and personalities, with the

potential to contribute to their growing success.

They need to see a strong record of academic and

extra-curricular achievement. Ideally, they would

like candidates to have seven GCSEs at grade 6 or

above (including Maths and English) and ABB at

A-level. You will need to be resilient, hard-

working and have the drive and ambition to

succeed in a highly demanding work

environment.

Application deadline - 4th January 2019

Apply

SIXTH FORM FOCUS

A word from the Sixth Form: I'd like to wish the Upper Sixth a happy holiday season

and all the best with their preparation for their Prelims

in January. Please make sure that you have a relaxing

break but also prepare sufficiently to allow you to test

how effective your knowledge retention and

examination technique are. Make sure that you recap

the lessons you have learnt from your Lower Sixth

prelims and heed the advice given by your teachers

throughout the year in their feedback. Good luck!

For the Lower Sixth students, firstly, I also wish you a

relaxing holiday period, but would also urge you

to take the time to consolidate your knowledge so far

in each of your subjects, prepare for your next topics

and start to think about some self-reflection on your

first Term in time for Parents’ Evening on the 10th

January.

Mr Newton, Director of Sixth Form

Why I chose to study the International

Baccalaureate…

I chose to study the IB because I felt like I

had more freedom with the subjects that I

could study, as the IB requires six subjects.

I liked the idea of being able to carry on

the study of English, Maths, Science and a

language at different levels of difficulty

along with my personal choices. The IB

would set me up to be a more well-rounded

student which would hugely benefit me

during university, especially with all of my

subjects requiring internal assessments. I

also understood that by doing the IB, and since a minority of

people do the IB, it would set me apart in the future when it

comes to applying for a competitive law degree and then a

competitive career in the law industry and give me a certain

‘edge’ over others. Overall, I believed that the IB would better

equip me for the university and career life that I have chosen.

Although many people are hesitant about doing the IB, if you are

driven from the start, it comes naturally and also hugely benefits

you in the future.

by Morgan Treacy

Key:

H=Home

A=Away

W=Won

L=Lost

D=Draw

Co=Conceded

C=Cancelled

P=Postponed

Ab=Abandoned

N/A = Not Attended

Sports Results Sports Fixtures

20/11—Yr10/11 Badminton Tournament @St Martins

21/11—Yr7-U6 Girls Swimming Gala @ Brentwood Sch

21/11—Yr 8 Football v Plume W2-0

26/11—Yr10 Essex Cup v Robert Clack L35-0

27/11—U14 Netball v BarkingAbbey W21-10

28/11—Yr10 Netball v St John Payne L23-19

29/11—Yr8 Football v St Martins L3-0

29/11—Yr9 Essex Cup v William Edwards

3/12—Yr10 Football v Eastlea A

4/12—Yr7 boys 5-a-side Football @Shenfield

5/12—Yr7 girls 5-a-side Football @Shenfield

5/12—Yr7 B Team Netball Rally @WDF

6/12—Yr8B Team Netball Rally @WDF

7/12—Yr11 Football v Beauchamps Essex Cup

10/12—Yr7/8 Netball v WDF H

12/12—Yr8 Football v Shenfield A

13/12—Yr9 Football v Plume A

17/12—L6/U6 Messa Football v Plume A

17/12—Under 14s Netball v Woodlands A

EXAMINATION DATES –2015/2016 TYPE DATES VENUES

Year 9 Exams Monday 14 March STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

Year 10 Exams Thursday 17 - Thursday 24th March STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

Year 8 Exams Monday 25 –Friday 29 April MRC HALL

Year 7 Exams Monday 9 – Friday 13 May MRC HALL

SUMMER EXAMS Monday 16 May - Tuesday 28 June

GCSE Biology Core/Triple Tuesday 17 May PM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

GCSE Chemistry Core/Triple Thursday 19 May AM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

AQA FSK English Friday 20 May AM & PM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

GCSE Physics Core/Triple Wednesday 25 May PM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

GCSE Maths Linear Paper 1 Thursday 26 May AM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

GCSE English/English Language Tuesday 7 June AM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

GCSE Maths Linear Paper 2 Thursday 9 June AM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

GCSE Biology Additional/Triple Friday 10 June AM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

GCSE Chemistry Additional/

Triple

Wednesday 15 June PM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

GCSE Physics Additional/Triple Friday 17 June AM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

GCSE Biology Triple Monday 20 June AM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

GCSE Chemistry Triple Wednesday 22 June AM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

GCSE Physics Triple Friday 24 June AM STAGE HALL / SPORTS HALL

Calendar Nov/Dec

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

3

Sixth Form

application

deadline

School

Production all day

rehearsal

4

School

Production—

Mary Poppins

5

4.15pm—Full

Governing Body

Meeting

School

Production—Mary

Poppins

6

School

Production—Mary

Poppins

7

Winter Fair

8 9

Ingatestone

Christmas

Market

10

Year 11 exams

11

Year 11 exams

Senior Citizens

Christmas Party

12

Year 11 exams

Christmas Dinner

Day in Dining Hall

3.30pm—DofE

First Aid Training

13

Year 11 exams

Christmas Concert

at St Edmund & St

Mary’s Church

14

Christmas Jumper

Day (£1)

15 16

17

Year 11 exams

18

Year 11 exams

19

12.00pm—HALF

DAY CLOSURE

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Christmas

Holidays

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Christmas

Holidays

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Christmas

Holidays

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Christmas

Holidays

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Christmas

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Christmas

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U6 Prelim Exams

12.30pm Foster in

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U6 Prelim Exams

TERM DATES 2018-2019

Autumn Term

Tuesday 4th September 2018 -

Wednesday 19th December 2018

Spring Term Thursday 3rd January 2019 -

Friday 5th April 2019

Half Term: 18th-22nd February 2019

Staff Training Day:

Friday 15th February 2019

Summer Term Tuesday 23rd April 2019 -

Wednesday 24th July 2019

Half Term: 27th-31st May 2019

Staff Training Day:

Tuesday 7th May 2019