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Issue 26 May 2013HEADITORIAL

Dear Parents and Students,I read a really interesting article by Lucy Kinder in The Telegraph on Wednesday (http://

www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10058182/Women-in-sport-We-wont-save-Olympic-legacy-with-rounders-and-Zumba.html). She looks at the problem of female under-representation in sport, exploring some of the reasons why, in this country, just under two million more men than women take part in regular sport. Kinder argues: ‘If we want to increase our number of elite sportswomen, we really need to look at the root of the problem, and that begins at adolescence. We need to make major sports attractive for girls’. It was with great timing, then, that Mrs Thomas came to tell me about our Junior

Athletics Team’s victory on Tuesday afternoon in the East Sussex Schools Track and Field Cup. The twelve girls from Years 7 and 8 had to work together to achieve the highest points score across different track and field events. The points are all based on performance rather than on placing (although Almi’s win was truly exceptional and it gained lots of points for the team!) and, because the girls could only enter one track and one field event each, this meant that many of them had to take part in events that they were not in their ‘comfort zone’ and some of which many of them had not even tried before. And so what is special is not so much the girls winning the day and reaching the regional final, but rather that they were all willing to try to perform their best in a wide range of events for the good of the whole team: Mrs Thomas’s pride was in the fact that they had all ‘given it a go’.Team work. Giving it a go. Surely what girls’ sport should be about? Well done Charlotte, Sovanne, Yasmin, Maisy, Carmen, Eve, Almi, Josie, Chloe, Eleanor, Ester and Eden for showing us the way.Have a good weekend.

Jennifer Smith

On Tuesday the Junior and Intermediate Athletics teams competed in the East Sussex round of the English Schools Track and Field Cup at K2 in Crawley.This is very much a team competition where the rules only allow us to have 12 athletes to cover the events in their age group and athletes may be doing events which are not their strongest in order to score as many points as possible.In horrible wet conditions our girls ran, jumped and threw superbly! The Year 9/10 team competed really well to finish 5th . Top scorers in this age group were Ella Witt (27) and Abi Broome (25) The Junior team of year 7 and 8 athletes really scored well and emerged as the overall winners of the competition finishing with 274 points, 31 points ahead of the 2nd placed team. In this excellent team performance all girls scored highly. The team will now progress to our first ever Regional final in this competition in June. Well done to all the athletes.

Mrs Thomas

Intermediate Team- Ella Witt, Francesca D’Enno, Mina -Mae Alexander, Elena Cooke, India Byrne, Emma Griffiths, Molly Miller, Petra Soldar, Jutamas Huggins, Abi Broome, Farhanna Badruzaman, Bella Allahiary.Junior Team:- Ester Silver, Maisy Robin, Carmen Adjare, Josie Grumitt, Charlotte James, Yasmin Delea, Eve Hull, Chloe Whitelam, Almi Nerurkar, Eden May, Sovanne Lambrakis-Haddad, Eleanor Briddock.

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Design Technology Last week, a group of year 9 and 10 GCSE Design Technology students visited the Design Museum in London to take part in a workshop entitled ‘Mystery Products’. We arrived at the museum not knowing quite what to expect, but were soon involved in the session run by specialist staff at the museum, studying the selection of odd products before us! We didn’t immediately know what each one was for, so we made intelligent guesses! Amongst them was a toilet brush designed to look like a plant growing out of a plant pot! We found out that the designer was Giovannoni who works for Alessi. We did lots of observational drawing and talked about issues such as target market and USP (unique selling point). We also had chance to visit the Design Awards Exhibition which showcases all manner of new and innovative products. We returned to school brimming with ideas for our GCSE coursework, determined to become young designers of the future!

Mrs C. Guy

Final Invitation for English Revision Morning18th May 9am-12am The Saturday Session English Revision Workshop is tomorrow! The event is open to all our Year 11 students on Saturday 18th May at the Senior School. The event will run from 9am until 12am and will cover final revision strategies and most importantly how to deliver excellent essays and written pieces in the final examination.

Students who attended last year said the morning really helped them to fine tune exam skills and perfect essay technique at this vitally important stage.

If your daughter is interested in attending this session, she will need to arrive in school by 8.50am and should expect to leave between 12 and 12.10. She should bring a snack, a drink and copies of her examination texts, including the two novels and her poetry anthology. Entry will be via the chairstore door. See you there!

Mr P. Edmunds

FootballJust a week after winning the Sussex U15 Challenge Cup, Molly Miller’s football team, Lewes FC, also became Sussex League Champions after a thrilling match at Crawley’s Broadfield Stadium. Lewes battled hard to beat Crawley 3-2 to finish the season top of the league. A great achievement for the team in their first season.Molly was also awarded Player of the Match.

3 places available for young poets Nice one! You have been offered a place on the Poets’ Team.The teams will meet at two workshops to create and prepare your performances for the slam.

Tuesday, 14th May, 17:30-19:15, Hove Library 182-186 Church Road, Hove BN3 2EG Tuesday, 21st May, 17:30-19:15, Hove LibraryThen comes the day of the BIG Event:

BITE! The Brighton and Hove Youth Poets v MCs Slam. Wednesday, 29th May at Brighton Youth Centre. 64 Edward St BN2 0JRIt will start at 14:30 with a Performance Masterclass for both teams from Dizraeli, Performance Poet, MC and Musician.At 16:00 there will be a Performers’ Dinner and some time for practicing.At 18:30 the doors open, the audience enters the arena, and the battle commences.If you have any questions about the rest of the project, please contact Michael Parker - adventurepoetry@live.co.uk

Next week at the Senior School

Mon 20: Y10 exams begin 4pm Town Sports Trials (Y8 – 11)Tues 21: Y9 exams beginWed 22: Y7, 8, 9 and 10 examsThurs 23: Y7, 8, 9 and 10 exams 5:30 – 7:30pm GCSE Art ExhibitionFri 24: last day of Y7, Y8 and Y9 exams

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The Brighton Youth OrchestraOn Sunday 19th May, as part of Brighton Festival, the Brighton Youth Orchestra will perform an exciting programme at Brighton Dome Concert Hall with BBC Young Musician of the Year, Laura van der Hidden. The programme will include the well-known Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C major and perhaps one of Bernstein’s best loved works, West Side Story.A number of our BHHS Girls will be playing; Hanna Ward-Penny, Eliette Harris, Susannah Harrison, Mellissa Hutchings, Lucie Betts, Bethany Fieldhouse and Helen Such. Ticket prices start from £5 (all Under 16s pay £5). Just click on the flyer below for more info.

‘A’ level Exhibition EveningThe Art & Photography Department’s annual ‘A’ level exhibition evening was held this week on Thursday 16th May. Each year the ‘A’ level Art & Photography students look forward to this point in the course as it is a chance to showcase all the work that has been produced during the AS and A2 year. It is such a great opportunity to see all the candidates work and a proud moment for girls and parents alike. Friends and family gathered to celebrate their achievements and artistic brilliance with a glass of wine and twiglets! The Art work was exhibited in the gallery and library while the Photography AS/A2 was displayed over in 604 in the sixth form. Every single student has worked incredibly hard throughout the year and everyone was very impressed by the exciting, ambitious and creative work. Well done and thank you for being such an outstanding group of girls to teach! The Art Department

If you have missed the A’Level exhibition on Thursday, you can have a look at some of the students work by clicking on the image above.

Don’t forget our Open House on Saturday and Sunday from 11 till

4pm and the GCSE Exhibition next Thursday from 5.30pm.

Year 6 Normandy BlogAs you are all aware, Mrs Cattaneo is away this week with the Year 6 girls and 4 teaching staff. There will be no editorial this week, however parents are encouraged to visit the Normandy blog on the portal to see what the girls have been getting up to – with daily updates and pictures to show you what they have been doing on their trip. Parents are welcome to add their own comments too! We look forward to receiving your comments.

Year 1 AssemblyYear 1 have been busy preparing and practising for their assembly and their hard work really paid off! As part of our topic we have been comparing the seaside today with the seaside in the past. The girls performed songs and short sketches to showcase their learning.

JUNIOR SCHOOL CALENDAR Sat 18th Artists’ Open House –Senior School Sun 19th Artists’ Open House – Senior School Wed 22nd Early Years and KS1 Handprint Theatre a.m 2.30 – U8b T-Ball/Rounders, Handcross Park, Home 5.00 Handprint Theatre performance KS2/ParentsThurs 23rd Reception trip to Washbrook FarmFri 24th Last Year 4 Swimming

CLUB CANCELLATIONS:Tennis Club Monday 3rd JuneAthletics Club Thursday 6th June

‘Phil’ the bag updateCongratulations we managed to collet 465kg of textiles and raised £232.50!Thank you for your support!Miss Lyons, Eco coordinator

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Science and Dance Sessions with Alanna Orpen

On Thursday and Friday of last week Years Three to Six were lucky enough to take part in some special dance sessions led by one of our ex pupils, Alanna Orpen. Alanna studied in both the Junior and Senior Schools and went on to study Zoology at Durham. She was always a keen dancer when she was at the school and has maintained her interest ever since. Her research for her masters at Imperial College is partly on the beneficial effects of teaching Science through the medium of dance and the girls were delighted to be part of her wonderfully informative and enjoyable lessons, which included the topics magnetism, states of matter, the phases of the moon and the circulation of the blood. We can all vouch for the fact that Alanna’s method works well and we wish her all the best in her research.

RoundersCongratulations to the U9A and B Rounders Teams who played Farlington on Wednesday. The A Team drew 101/2. The B Team won 10 to 91/2. Special mention to the 6 Yr3’s who stepped up to play in a Yr4 game!

Mrs N. Mostran

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Children’s Parade 2013CLICK on the Picture

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