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The Hemel Hempstead School Issue 1123
31st January 2020
Email: [email protected] Website: www.hhs.herts.sch.uk
In 1770, in a philosophical letter, the Irish and British politician Edmund Burke wrote:
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”.
Except that he probably didn’t and the exact source of this quote is as widely debated as to whether it was used 175 years later in the Nuremberg Trials. I know I was taught both at school and have had both corrected at me ever since.
What I did learn at school about those words and the trials of the Nazis at the end of the Second World War - the important lesson I took away - was of humankinds’ capacity for committing acts of pure horror upon each other.
Burke, or whoever, was absolutely right. When people have the integrity, the strength of character, the courage to speak up, to stand up, to challenge and to debate, the world is a better place. The moment we turn our back, drop our eyes, or pretend that it does not apply to us, is the day that the evil can start to creep in again.
First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me And there was no one left
To speak out for me
Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)
Niemöller’s poem is intentionally apologetic and remorseful. He was a staunch conservative and a supporter of Adolf Hitler in the 1930’s, until they started to ‘Nazize’ the protestant churches in which he was a pastor. His objections cost him his freedom and he was very lucky to survive being sent to the Sachsenhasuen and Dachau concentration camps as a ‘political’ prisoner. Over six million people did not survive: Jews, homosexuals, Poles, Soviets, Gypsies, politicals, the disabled and opposers of the Nazi regime.
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Careers Information Amazing Apprenticeships has published its latest Parent Pack. This is full of up to date information on where to find apprenticeships, employers who offer them and how to apply. There are key facts, a ten step plan on how to secure an apprenticeship, current vacancies, employability skills that companies are looking for in employees and much more. Please use the following link to access the pack. https://amazingapprenticeships.com/app/uploads/2010/01/Parent-Pack-January-2020.pdf Miss S Bond
Careers Coordinator
Holocaust Memorial Day, this week, reminds us. This is why we study history, so that we might learn from the past and try not to make the same mistakes again. That is why I always implore young people to speak up, to stand up, to defend those in need, to argue for what is right. If the next generation is silent, then elements of my generation - greedy, jaded, self-interested and blinkered as all adults are capable of being - will allow the evils of the world to manifest themselves again. It is the role of the young, just as it always has been, to be society’s moral guardians. This generation has proved its metal in their activism around the environment and may now face the same challenge with global politics and the rise of the narrative of difference, the politics of hate, and the agenda of the ‘us’ and ‘them’.
We must take time this week to remember the six million who were murdered in the Holocaust, but also to reflect on what we can do to prevent anything like it happening again. My generation went some way yes, but arguably Bosnia, Rwanda, Syria, Darfur, Kurdish Iraq, East Timor and Myanmar to would suggest there is much work still to do.
“People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.”
Linda Ellerbee, American journalist Born August 1944, in the same week that they came for Anne Frank
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Whilst we welcome face to face meetings with parents/carers we must kindly ask that appointments are made with members of staff prior to arrival on school site. Appointments are vital as they would be with your GP to ensure that a member of staff is available to see you. Please email [email protected] to make an appointment with staff, or you can contact your child’s teacher or form tutor by email. All staff emails are in the same format [email protected]. Please recognise that a teacher may have a full teaching day plus lunchtime clubs or commitments and meetings after school, so you should give them time to have read and be able to reply to your message. We ask staff to ensure that they get back to you within 48 hours. Neil Hassell
Headteacher
SPORT
FIXTURES
3rd Feb – Year 7B Netball v JFK (A) 3rd Feb – Year 10 Basketball v Kings Langley School (A)
3rd Feb – Year 11 Netball v Laureate Academy (H) Sports Hall 3rd Feb – Year 11 Football County Cup Semi Final v Ashlyns (H)
4th Feb – Year 7 & 10 Netball v Kings Langley School (H) 4th Feb – Year 8 Football v Kings Langley School
5th Feb – U13 Girls Football v Tring (H) 6th Feb – U18 Football v JFK (A) 2.30pm
RESULTS
Football Congratulations to the Year 8 football team who beat Longdean 7-0 in the District League. Goals from Petrou(2), Foulkes(2), Dearman, Owusu and Lewinson. MOTM went to Foulkes and Dearman. Well done to the girls under 15 football team as they beat Tring 7-1 in the District League. Goals from Scarlett (5), Codie and Issy. MOTM went to Scarlett. Netball Our Year 8 team won against Ashlyns 24-3. MVP Chloe Steward. Basketball Well done to the Year 8 team who won against Ashlyns 22-8 advancing into the semi finals of the District Cup. MVP went to Orlando Omoniyi and Sam Hughes. Jack Gibbings
Year 12
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Gold Letters Issued Recently:
Letter 95 A Level History Trip to Krakow Letter 96 Employer Information Evening Letter 97 Hertfordshire Health & Social Care Careers Expo Letter 98 Year 9 Holocaust Memorial day Visit
Year 9 Immunisations Immunisations will be offered to Year 9 on Monday 24th February. These immunisations will contain Diphtheria, Tetanus, Polio (DTP) and Meningococcal ACWY. The letter from the school’s immunisation team is attached, containing further details. Here is the link to the online consent form where you can also decline consent if that is your wish. If you do have any queries or questions please do contact the Hertfordshire Schools Immunisation Team on Tel – 01727 732062 who will be able to help.
https://forms.hct.nhs.uk/ImmsConsentData/Form1/#!/Page1
***Blue Week***
2nd Feb – Gold DofE Expedition planning day 10.00am – 1.00pm IT1
***Gold Week***
3rd Feb – Post-16 Option Meetings 8.50am – 3.15pm M9 4th Feb – Non Uniform Day, raising money for Year 11 prom
5th Feb – Year 12 Apprenticeships Talk M9 5th Feb – Year 9 Careers Day
6th Feb – Triple science practical day (selected students) CH1 & BI1 6th Feb – Intermediate Maths Challenge (Years 10 & 11) 11.30am – 12.35pm Hall
6th Feb – Year 9 Parents Evening 4.30pm – 7.00pm
***Blue Week***
11th Feb – Year 12 pre field trip meeting 6.00pm – 6.30pm Library
12th Feb – Year 12 Bedfordshire University Open Days Talk 8.40am – 10.00am M9 12th Feb – Year 9 Visit to Brunel University (selected students) 9.00am – 3.30pm
12th Feb – Year 11 Drama trip to Blood Brothers, Richmond Theatre, 5.00pm – 11.30pm 13th Feb – Spurs Football Club Visit (selected Yr 7 & 8) 11.30am – 3.30pm
13th Feb – Deadline for submission of option choices online 13th Feb – Year 7 & 8 Movie Night, 5.30pm – 7.30pm, M9
14th Feb – Cake and Hot Chocolate Sale (prom committee), 1.30pm – 2.30pm
Important Dates
24th Feb – Year 9 Immunisations
27th Feb – Year 11 Parents Evening 3rd Mar – Twilight INSET, School Finishes @ 2.15pm for students
5th Mar – Year 12 Parents Evening 12th Mar – Year 8 Parents Evening 23rd Apr – Year 7 Parents Evening
6th Apr – 17th Apr – Easter Holidays
Term dates 2020
Half Term – Monday 17th February – Friday 21st February Last Day of Spring Term – Friday 3rd April
Summer Term – 20th April – 16th July Half Term – 25th May – 29th May
Last Day of Summer Term – Thursday 16th July The Newsletter is blue or gold to correspond with the blue or gold timetable of the following week.
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