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SchoolNEWSLETTER 350

Values – Care – Achievement

Thursday 11 July 2019

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SeptemberMon 2 SeptTue 3 Sept

Sports DayWhole School Enrichment WeekSchool finishes at 1.10pmNew school uniform for Year 9Training Day (School closed to students)Students return

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Food for ThoughtThis week during Collective Worship form groups have been focussing on 5 ways to wellbeing, ‘Building a Healthy Me’. One of the quotes we have spent some time thinking about is:“Kind words are like honey. Sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.” Proverbs 16:24. The BibleTo receive the daily Thought for the Day straight to your phone or other electronic device sign up to @AHSChaplaincy on Twitter.

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Head’s IntroductionDear Parents and Carers,

It was a pleasure to join Year 8 students and their families last night to receive their Young Leaders Award from the Bishop of Selby. A wonderful achievement of which they should be very proud.We are looking forward to our annual Sports Day

tomorrow, which as always, will involve the whole school community.Also a reminder that next week is our new ‘Enrichment Week’ when students will be taking part in a range of exciting activities. Please check the enrichment booklet for information about each day

Next Year’s School Show....We would like to take this opportunity to announce next year’s school show! It is with huge delight that we inform everyone that We are going to be staging a production of ‘We Will Rock You’!Auditions will be held next term, so get your Freddie ready! (Mrs Newton and Mrs Morrison)

Archbishop of York’s Young Leaders AwardPresentation Evening

Yesterday evening the school celebrated the successes of those Year 9 students who have achieved the Archbishop of York’s Young Leaders Award. We were delighted to welcome Bishop John Thomson, Bishop of Selby, and Dan Finn, Chief Executive Officer of the Archbishop of York’s Youth Trust, to join us a special guests. The Bishop of Selby presented the awards to those students in

attendance and spoke about which leaders had been an example to him in his life, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Dan Finn unpacked what it means to LEAD. He explained that you need to Love, to set an Example, to take Action and to Dream. We were also treated to a musical performance by the same Year 9 band that had performed at the recent Community Coffee Morning and a specially made video featuring some of our students speaking about the volunteering they had engaged in. All who attended had a very enjoyable evening.

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The Gold Award - At Archbishop Holgate’s, we truly value hard work and effort. Each week, Heads of Year select two members of their year group to appear on the “Wall of Excellence” reflecting exceptional work and effort where students have done something extra special in lessons or in the wider life of the school. Winners of the Gold Award will receive a weekly prize. The following students have been awarded the Gold Award.

Ender Ali, 7CBr - For his polite and mature attitude and general hardworking approach to all his studies. Well done! Mrs EdmondsonMia Attwood, 7Hv - For her excellent compassion and teamwork shown during Textiles. Well done! Mrs EdmondsonTiana Green, 8LBr - For showing excellent compassion and genuinely being an absolute delight. Well done! Mr Arthur Gideon Dean, 8MPe - For baking an excellent cake of the Globe Theatre! Well done! Mr Arthur Alex Hall, 9JLi - Alex has been a fabulous captain of the girls’ football team and also makes a superb effort in English. Well done Alex. Mrs Avey

Libby Ellerby, 9Cr - Libby demonstrates a growing confidence and contributes a great deal to class reading in English. Well done Libby. Mrs AveyMyrddin Wardman, 10Al - For the amazing generosity providing supplies for the foodbank. Much appreciated. Mrs AppleyardJasmine Hunton, 10Al - For the amazing generosity providing supplies for the foodbank. Much appreciated. Mrs AppleyardHolly Cairns, 12Bm - For supporting Miss Kincell with charitable deeds and running the cake sale. Miss KincellAbi Robinson, 12Yg - For supporting Miss Kincell with charitable deeds and running the cake sale. Miss Kincell

Rewards and Recognition

Adventures of a Vatican AstronomerNo scientist is a Spock-like android; a scientist’s work is as intuitive, and just as full of human foibles, as a painting, a symphony,

or a prayer. Brother Guy will discuss being a plantary scientist at the Vatican, how he collects meteorites in Rome and his work in Arizona using the Vatican telescope. Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ, is a Jesuit brother, Director of the Vatican Observatory and the President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation whose research studies meteorites and asteroids. Along with more than 200 scientific publications, he is the author of six popular astronomy books. In 2014 he received the Carl Sagan Medal from the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences for excellence in public communication in planetary sciences. To find out more and book please visit: https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/events-calendar/ - 2.30pm, Wednesday 21 August at Temple Hall, York St John University.

Open evening at 110 City of York Squadron Air CadetsThe Squadron open evening will be held on Wednesday 11 September, starting at 7.30pm at Duncombe Barracks, Burton Stone Lane, York, YO30 6BY. The evening will include a short talk from the Commanding Officer as well as a tour of the Squadron with opportunities to ask cadets and staff any questions that you may have.If you would like to go along, please contact oc.110@aircadets beforehand to let them know and be accompanied by a parent/carer.

Amazing Attendance Prize up for Grabs! At Archbishop Holgate’s School we are always striving to raise our already high standards in order for each and every child to receive the best possible education. Our aim is for your child to reach their full potential and therefore increase their life chances and open up a whole new world of opportunities for their future. Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways to prepare your child for success both in school and in life. When you make school attendance a priority, you help your child get better grades, develop healthy life habits, avoid dangerous behaviour and have a better chance of succeeding in school and in the future.When we return to school in September we intend to offer a prize draw for good attendance every term. Any child in school can win the prize by maintaining great attendance. Each student with 100% attendance at the end of the term will be rewarded with a golden ticket which will go into the draw to win the prize on offer. For our first term we are offering this Giant Toblerone. As you can see it is nearly as big as James! We look forward to seeing our students in school every day next term to be in with a chance of winning.

Visit to Askham Bryan College Opportunities FareLast Wednesday we took a group of Year 10 and 12 students to the Opportunities Fare at Askham Bryan College. The aim of the day was for students thinking about their transition from Year 11 and Year 13 and to look at a variety of opportunities available to them. The students were also able to attend various workshops ranging from Horticulture, Animal Care to Graphic Design. The event was well represented by other schools in and around York. Our students were exemplary throughout the day and we are proud that they represented our school in such a positive way. They also thoroughly enjoyed the workshops and have been asking if they can go again next year.

Year 11 NewsHuge congratulations to Erin Smith, 11MHo, who has beaten hundreds of young talented dancers and been successful at achieving a place in the Phoenix Youth Dance Academy; Erin is an incredibly gifted performer who I am confident we will see in the spotlight in the West End at some stage in her future. Well done Erin, we are extremely proud of you.

MFL Stars of the WeekStudents were nominated by Language staff to receive an

Effort merit, a postcard home and appear on the ‘Stars Wall’ for all their hard work:

KS3 French - Grace Rhodes-Smith, 7CyKS3 German - Abigail Bower, 7NTh

KS4 French - Holly Allison, 10McKS4 German - Oliver Pugh, 10Kl

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This Week’s Main School News

Allotment and Ecobrick UpdateThe growing of both the produce and the club has continued over the summer. We have been busy maintaining and harvesting the beds. Thanks go to all the regular club members who have been every week since September - brilliant work. Thanks also to the newcomers that have joined in this term, it’s been nice to see you - look out for notices in the autumn term. Continuing the thanks - to all those around school who have helped by thinking of us whenever there are ‘leftover’ crops, we have filled all our beds this year. Even more thanks go to the families who have helped us with manual work over the year and the recent addition of our new bench and picnic table. We enjoyed sitting around them to share the amazing strawberries! Here’s to next year and our plans to build a flowerbed with ecobricks. Thank you also to those who have been supplying their bricks since our news item in the spring. Look out for updates on these in the autumn. Enjoy the summer. (Mrs Clarke)

Musical SuccessCongratulations to Lauren Taylor (8Pl) on passing her Grade 3 Piano exam with a Merit and to Sabrina Pugh (8RGi) who passed her Grade 3 Piano.

Compassion CornerROHHADOn Monday lunchtime, five girls from 7Gr took part in a sponsored swim to raise money for ROHHAD; Rapid-onset Obesity, with Hypothalamic dysfunction, Hypoventilation and Autonomic Dysregulation (basically the organs inside the body don’t function properly). It is a rare condition and, as with many such conditions, the funding to find a cure or treatment depends on charitable donations. A huge well done to Sophie, Betsy, Emily-Sue, Imogen and Ruby (with great vocal support from Anna at the poolside and Mrs Smith as lifeguard) who raised over £120 between them. If you’d like to know more about the condition, or how to help raise funds, please go to www.rohhadassociation.com where you can see Iron Man (or Robert Downey Jnr) take part in the “Go Mad, Jump for ROHHAD” challenge.

Save your copper and silver coinsNext academic year we will again be doing our ‘Pennies for Pudsey’ and ‘Silver for Poppies’ ~ so start saving your pennies, tuppences, and five and ten pence coins. Thank you.

Old Sweatshirts and T-shirtsThe Cape Town Expedition 2020 are looking to take to South Africa any old school uniform from AHS, so if you have any sweatshirts or t-shirts that you will no longer need please bring them to Reception. Your donations will be gratefully received.

Summer Reading Challenge Years 7-9 “Adolescents entering the adult world in the 21st century will read and write more than at any other time in human history . . . They will need literacy to cope with the flood of information they will find everywhere they turn. They will need literacy to feed their imaginations so they can create the world of the future . . .”This week the English department are launching their summer reading challenge with students in Years 7, 8 and 9. All students will be bringing a letter home with more information about the challenge and what it entails. Any support or encouragement you can offer this summer to keep them on top of their reading would be much appreciated. All resources can also be found on our school website at: https://archbishopholgates.academy/curriculum/subjects/english/resourcesFor a little inspiration, check out BBC Newsround’s 11 Books that Changed the World.

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This Week’s Sixth Form News

Form Group

Total quizzes taken

Quizzes this

weekQuizzer of the week Top quizzing

Form this week

7Bl 190 1 Martha Shakeshaft

7Bm 220 9 AJ Mcdowell

7CBr 109 5 Scarlett Pateman

7Cm 98 12 Penelope Perring

7Cy 85 2 Rosie Davies

7Gr 126 8 Katie Gregson

7Hf 197 2 Elliot McNulty

7Hv 190 3 Mia Attwood

7Kx 191 14 Soren Tait Well done!

7Mr 178 1 Logan Winstone

7NTh 335 4 Rory Ekers

Accelerated ReaderTop Quizzers of the WeekYear 7 Top Form: Very well done to Mr Knox’s form this week. Top quizzing all

Year 8 Top Class: Joint winners this week are Mr Clements, Ms Metcalf and Miss Kady. Well done all.

ClassTotal

quizzes taken

Quizzes this

weekQuizzer of the week Top quizzing

class this week

8a1 197 2 Henry Lucas

8a2 120 4 Emine Babucheua Well done!

8a3 120 2 Joe Taylor

8b1 27 2 Chloe Ward

8c1 205 1 Lilli Curran

8c2 68 1 Laura Wilkie

8c3 71 - -

8d1 60 4 Lucie Daniel Well done!

8d2 56 4 Kaitlyn Archer Well done!

8d3 54 1 Amy Hields

8d4 41 - -

GCSE and Post-16 Results DaysIf you are unable to attend on Results Day to collect your results please provide a stamped addressed envelope to Mrs Tipping, our Exams Officer, as soon as possible.

• Year 13 Post-16 Results: Thursday 15 August, 9.00-10.30

• Year 12 Post-16 Results: Thursday 15 August ,11.00-1.00

• GCSE Results and Sixth Form Enrolment: Thursday 22 August, 9.00-11.00

Year 10 Introduction to Sixth FormThank you to Year 10 and their families for joining the Sixth Form Team on Tuesday evening. It was wonderful to see so many aspirational, motivated and focused young people. The questions were impressive and it has sparked a lot of excitement for the three year journey ahead. If you were unable to attend and would like some information please contact Mrs Walton (swalton@archbishopholgates.org). More subject specific information will be shared during the Information, Advice and Guidance Day on Tuesday 1 October and at our Open Evening on Monday 1 November.

Sports DayYear 12 are hoping to be enthusiastic, competitive (even in the non-competitive events) and active on Sports Day tomorrow. Thank you for your support in attendance.

Year 12 Work ExperienceThe best of luck to all those on Work Experience next week and all those in Summer Schools or on internships over the coming weeks. We look forward to welcoming you back in September.

PLEASE SHARE: If you would like to share students’ achievements in the community with us, then please email jsissons@archbishopholgates.org. It’s always nice to celebrate what students are accomplishing outside of school

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MONDAY LUNCHTIME (1.15-1.45pm) - Open Tennis (Tennis Courts) - Y7 Beginners Swimming (Pool) AFTER SCHOOL (3.15-4.00pm) - Open Rounders (Fields) FIXTURES (3.15pm) tbc

TUESDAY LUNCHTIME (1.15-1.45pm) - Y7/8 Cricket (Tennis Courts/Gym) FIXTURES (3.15pm) tbc

WEDNESDAY LUNCHTIME (1.15-1.45pm) - Open Tennis (Tennis Courts) - Open Boccia (Gym) AFTER SCHOOL (3.15-4.00pm) - Y7/8/9 Volleyball (Gym) FIXTURES (3.15pm) tbc

THURSDAY LUNCHTIME (1.15-1.45pm) - Y9/10 Cricket (Tennis Courts/Gym) FIXTURES (3.15pm) tbc

FRIDAY LUNCHTIME (1.15-1.45pm) - Girls’ Active (invite only) (Gym) - Y9/10 PE Homework & Catch up Session (Ma6)

FIXTURESNetball:Y10 Competition v various Home 11 Jul

CricketY9/10 v Fulford Home 11 Jul

PE EnrichmentAs part of the School’s very first Enrichment Week the PE department will be running sporting activities for each year group. Activities will range from team games such as Football and Rugby to recreational activities including Danish Longball and Table Tennis. These activities will be delivered by a mixture of external coaches and Archbishop Holgate’s staff. Students have been informed of the plan for the week. Students must wear the correct AHS PE kit for their activities.

OF THE WEEK

Segue: a transition from one role, state, or condition to another (in music and film) move without interruption from one piece of music or scene to another.

@AHSSci: Mr Stone enjoys teaching!

Football SuccessFormer GCSE PE students Jack Clarke, Ben Godfrey and Harry Sheppeard will all be at Premier League clubs for the new season. Jack has only just signed for Tottenham Hotspur, Ben was promoted with Norwich City and Harry promoted with Sheffield United. Jack has since been loaned back to Leeds United for a season, but I am sure it won’t be long before we see them all feature on Match of the Day. Congratulations to all three on their success.