monday 7th january 2019 happy new year! …...happy new year! annual survey each year we ask...
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Monday 7th January 2019
Headteacher Mr T Carroll
Tel: 01525 636700 Fax: 01525 636701
Email: [email protected]
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Annual Survey Each year we ask students, parents/carers, support staff and teachers what they think about our school: what we are doing well, what we could improve, and any ideas for the future of the school. The survey is important, because these views help us develop our future strategy. All responses are anonymous and those responding cannot be identified from the information provided. Results of the survey will be published on our website and in Vandyke Voice. We are asking all parents and carers to take part in the survey by completing and returning the
online questionnaire by Friday 25th January 2019. The survey is easy to access and takes only a few minutes to complete. To do
this, please log on to the survey by typing the link below into your internet task bar: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/79PKFLC
Should you have any queries, please contact Barbara Britton on [email protected] or 01525-636700. A hard copy of the survey is available from the school if you do not have internet access. Ofsted places great importance on parents’ and carers’ opinions of the school and I would also encourage all parents/carers to go to the Ofsted website “Parent View” and complete their survey. The link for this is: https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk Thank you for your help.
Tim Carroll Headteacher
Grease the Musical Over 70 students were involved in our whole school production, "Grease the Musical". Students from Years 9 -13 brought the story to life with huge enthusiasm and energy. On 6th and 7th December they performed two superb shows to packed out audiences in the Vandyke Theatre. Danny, played by Dylan Blower, had fallen in love over the Summer with Sandy, played by Phoebe Hanley. The story follows them and their friends as they sing and dance their way through favourites including "Greased Lightning" the "Hand Jive" and "We Go together".
The atmosphere created was electrifying! The band led by Miss Doe were terrific keeping the tunes firmly in the audiences minds. Very well done to everyone involved.
Mrs Allsopp Team Leader
of Drama
Smile Week 2018 The 2018 Vandyke Upper School ‘Smile Malawi Charity Week’ was, once again, a huge success with over £3000 being raised in an action packed week. The Senior Student Team, a huge number of Sixth Form students and staff helped to organise and run an eclectic mix of fundraising activities. As well as being fun, they served to raise the awareness of the whole school community to the plight of ‘street kids’ in Malawi. Members of the World Challenge Team who visited the orphanage in Malawi during the summer to complete a community action project, spoke movingly about their experience is assemblies presented to the whole school. There was a fancy dress theme for each day starting with ‘Movie star Monday’ and finishing with ‘Freedom Friday’! Lunchtime activities included a memorable ‘Lip Synch Battle’ where the History department’s superbly entertaining perfor-mance of Taylor Swift’s “Shake it off” won the day, against strong competition from the English Department’s heroic
attempt to rejuvenate a ‘mash up’ of Abba’s greatest hits. The now legendary Vandyke Staff Dance Troupe produced a “show stopping” version of “The Shark” which on the ‘clapometer’ at least, had the edge on the Sixth Form Dance Troupe, even if Craig Revel Horwood might have had some-thing to say about its chaotic presentation! Other big money raisers were the Krispy Kreme donut day and the Staff Celebrity Football Match that, according to Mr Carroll, “show-cased some of the best football seen in Smile history!” He is, however, a Manchester United supporter so not always the best judge of such things! Director of Sixth Form, Mr Downey, was delighted with the achievements of the Sixth Form students. “They worked so hard, planned so well and delivered some excellent fundraising events. To raise such a large amount of money in such a short period of time is a fantastic achievement. We are really proud of all of them.” He also paid tribute to the large number of staff who joined in
throughout the week. “It was a really great to see so many staff who were willing to contribute in all sorts of ways. It was a special atmosphere, staff and students having fun together, raising money for a very important cause and reflecting on important world issues. Just a truly great week and one which epitomised the huge strengths of our school community.”
Thursday 17th January Year 11 Evening
Friday 18th January Deadline for Sixth Form Applications
Monday 21st January Vandyke Voice published Year 12 Mock week
Thursday 24th January Year 11 Subject Consultation Evening 4.00 - 7.30pm
Thursday 31st January Year 9 Options Evening
Monday 4th February Vandyke Voice published
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Dan Wright’s Design on our School
Christmas Card At Vandyke we are always pleased to showcase our students’ work and Christmas always proves a great opportunity to highlight their artistic talents. This year the Vandyke Christmas card was designed by Year 10 student, Dan Wright, and everyone is very pleased with the end result. Dan's photography teacher, Mr Bennett, said, "Dan created this striking image after lots of hard work and experimentation. A lot of effort went into getting a specific part of the feather in focus and he's lit the
photograph really well to show off the colours in those out of focus areas. The com-position conveys a lovely sense of movement. Dan made some minor tweaks in Photoshop before calling the image finished." Dan said, “Photography is a favourite subject of mine. The creativity involved is complex and interesting. It’s a lesson where you can work on what you enjoy and mix your own ideas into it.”