Merit Roll of Honour Tutor Group Merit Table Week

Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11

Wk 20 Wk 21 Wk 20 Wk 21 Wk 20 Wk 21 Wk 20 Wk 21 Wk 20 Wk 21

1st SMD SMD KPR PBI KHU RTH CON/SCA CON/SCA ECH MWA

2nd RHE EBR MBS MBS CDO ARE

LCA TBO/SRU JDD FWA

ECH ETU FWA VOS

3rd RBU DYU PBI

ZWO KPR

RTH THA

KHU RHO TBO/SRU MWA PLA

4th KHI

KHI RHE

LCE BSA LCA ARE CGA TWS

CGA ETU PLA

TGO

HEADTEACHER’S BLOG

Thursday 29th January 2.15pm The School Governors met on Monday to consider if we should go ahead with proposals to move the Options process into Year 8 from Year 9, shortening Key Stage 3 by a year, and creating a 3 year Key Stage 4. They were helped considerably in their deliberations by the 81 Year 7 and 8 parents who provided their views through our online survey, many of whom also attended our Parents’ Meeting on the subject. 76% of parents were in favour of the proposal, with 14% not sure, an 11% against, with a number of thoughtful comments that governors considered carefully. The result was a unanimous decision to go ahead with the proposal. Options process for both Year 9 and for Year 8 will begin this term, and parents with children in these two year groups will be contacted shortly. There will need to be some movement of Parents’ Evenings and adjustments to Options Evening to allow both processes to take place at one time. We will let parents know as soon as plans are finalised.

I met with our new student nominated and elected Student Council for the first time on Tuesday. Each time a Council group completes its term, I am sure that the next one cannot be as great to work with as the group we are losing…but then I find that it is. Different, but every bit as wonderful. It says a great deal about our school that every student elected group is thoughtful, sensible, positive and fun – at the same time as assertively representing their fellow students to the leadership of the school and to outside agencies. They do their parents and their teachers great credit. Mr Bacon

Week 20 Week 21

Yr 7 Heath Verney Francesca Mann

Yr 8 Isobel Kane Georgina Smith

Jo Beadle Harvey Bloomfield Charlotte Cater Stanley Jaques

Yr 9 Rory Grimshaw Lucie Kent

William Bewers

Yr 10 Emma Roast

Olivia Dixon Gemma Hughes

Jake Lodge Callum Tomlinson

Yr 11 Jaz Crabb

Charlotte Knights Jesse Revell

Jess Sydenham

Chloe Dustan Betty Houghton

Thurstable

SCHOOL

Newsletter

30th January 2015

Achieve More Belong More Be More

Our poppy

has arrived

and will form

part of our

m e m o r i a l

garden here

at Thurstable.

THURSTABLE CAREERS EVENING

I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all the students who attended the School Careers Evening with their parents and carers on Thurs 15th January. I hope that you found it useful and informative to assist you in making more informed careers choices. We felt that the evening was a huge success and it would not have been possible without the valuable input and attendance from all the Exhibitors who gave up their time to talk to our students about their p a r t i c u l a r o c cu p a t i o n a l area.

A huge thank you goes to the S ix th Form Leadership Team who volunteered to help me with the preparation, meeting and greeting everyone and ensuring that the needs of our exhibitors and students were met throughout the evening. Thank you to Jamie Peachey, Abi Morgan, Kirsty Bryant and Sophie Stocker.

We provided a light buffet for the Exhibitors before the event started which this year was made by the Year 10 Catering students and organised by Miss Doe. It was so delicious that I kept getting asked to confirm that our students did definitely make it as they couldn’t believe how fantastic it was. Well done and thank you to: Jamie Capon, Adam Collins, Edward Cook, George Cook, Harry Dalton, Howie Elms, Amelia Everett, Jack Garnett, Daniel Gibbons, Jodie Gosling, Janay Green, Shannon Hewitt, Rhys James, Aaron Kelly, Harry Murphy, Louise Pelling, Che Preston, Emma Steel and Scarlett Watkins.

Mrs Swan

REMINDER - YEAR 7 CAMP

A payment of £30 is due on the following dates:

Friday 6th February 2015

Friday 6th March 2015

The final payment of £50 must be paid by:

Friday 1st May 2015

Any queries please contact the Finance department in school.

Subject Stars

Business Studies Stars Callum Tomlinson Gemma Hughes

10JDD 10JDD

Both for effort in and out of class.

English Stars Catlin Cottier Eliza Bezant Zander Fleming Sophie Wastell Sarah Pascall Beth York

8ZWO 8LCE

8ZWO 11MWA 11KMC 11ETU

For making good progress in lessons. For making good progress in lessons. For making good progress in lessons. For hard work this half term. For hard work this half term. For hard work this half term.

Food Technology Stars All Year 10 Catering Class

For their excellent buffet prepared for exhibitors at Careers Fair.

Geography Stars Jake Norman Will Stock Abbie Johnson Cheyenne Coleman

10HBO 10TBO/SRU

11VOS 11VOS

All for making great progress in recent assessments.

Humanities Stars Lauren Tiernan Jamie Bellamy Booth Jason Wade

7SMD 7DYU 7RHE

All for improved effort and working well.

ICT Stars Kurt North Tyler Hollands Tyler Byrne Morgan Larkin

11ECH 11KMC 11FWA 11FWA

For working exceptionally hard in Computing. For successfully passing his ECDL qualification. For successfully passing his ECDL qualification. For successfully passing his ECDL qualification.

Calendar Dates 2015-2016 term dates and proposed non pupil days can be found on our website

Mon 16th March - Fri 20th March - 6th Form Charities Week

Thurs 19th March - Year 8 Parents Evening

Fri 27th March - Last day of term

Mon 30th March - Fri 10th April - Easter holidays

Mon 13th April - 1st day of term

Fri 10th July 2015 - Year 11 Prom

Wed 29th July 2015 - Anglia Sports & Schoolwear Sale 11am - 3pm

Thurs 22nd Oct 2015 - Battlefields Parents Information Evening 6pm

Mon 2nd February - Year 8 HPV First Vaccinations

Thurs 12th February - Year 10 Parents Evening

Mon 16th - Fri 20th February - Half Term

Thurs 5th March - Year 9 Options Evening

Tues 10th March - Wales Trip Parents Information Evening - 6pm

Thurs 12th March - Year 9 Parents Evening

Fri 13th March - Comic Relief - Non Uniform Day

Fri 13th March - PTFA Quiz night

Trips and visits now booking and about to depart Tues 10th Feb 2015 - School Rock Prom - All Yrs

Fri 13th Feb 2015 - Move It Dance Trip - Years 12/13

Fri 6th March 2015 - Colchester Music Prom - All Yrs

Tues 7th - Fri 10th April 2015 - Geography Wales Trip - Yrs 10/11

Sun 19th - Wed 22nd July 2015 - Germany Trip - Yr 8

Mon 20th - Wed 22nd July 2015 - Sherwood Forest/Alton Towers - Yr 9

Mon 20th - Wed 22nd July 2015 - French Trip - Yr 9

Mon 20th - Wed 22nd July 2015 - Bushcraft Centre Camp - Yr 7

21st & 22nd November 2015 - Battlefields Trip (current Yr 8)

Sporting Fixtures Sporting Results

13th Jan Year 7 Boys Basketball 3v3 Tournament (A)

Year 8 Boys Basketball vs. St Benedicts (A)

Came 6th

Lost 34-22

14th Jan Year 7 Girls Basketball 3v3 Tournament (A)

Year 11 Boys Basketball vs. PMS (H)

Came 8th

Lost 36-34

19th Jan Year 9 Girls Basketball vs. Gilberd (H) Lost

20th Jan Year 8 Boys Basketball vs. CRGS (H) Lost 36-24

21st Jan Year 11 Boys Basketball vs. Stanway (A) Lost 37-35

22nd Jan Year 9 Boys Basketball vs. Phillip Morant (H) Won 55-28

3rd March Year 11 Boys Football vs. St Benedicts (H)

4th March Male Academy vs. Chelmsford College (A)

5th March Year 9 Boys Basketball vs. St Benedicts (H)

CAKE SALE

We held a cake sale recently to raise funds for The St Aubyn Centre in Col-chester. It was a great success and we raised £65.

Thank you to all those students and staff who supported the sale. Mrs Jacobs

CHEERLEADING

On Saturday 31st January the Thur-Star-Belles cheerleaders will be performing on Sky TV's Soccer AM programme between 10am to 12 (Sky 1).

The girls will be performing 2 routines along side Professional dancers and joining Boxer Ricky Hatton on the popular national TV programme.

MUSIC SUCCESS Congratulations to the following student who has passed a music examination recently.

Adam Jones - Grade 2 Piano

If you have passed a music exam please make sure you tell your music teacher so that we can celebrate your progress. Mrs S Thomson