Clifton High School Bulletin 009. 4th March 2013

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009. 4th March 2013

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Year 6 performed their musical ‘Dazzle’ with great enthusiasm and even a bit of improvisation! The singing and dancing was beautiful and each child had their own chance to shine. Thank you Year 6 you made us all very proud.

The Year 12 Spanish class was invited to Oxford University to find out more about studying Spanish there. The students also had the opportunity to look around the beautiful Queen’s College.

Year 1 is as busy as ever. In between learning about gardening and farming, the children have still found time to design a lunch menu for the whole school. Look out for this glorious menu later this week!

News - more pictures and full stories on the news pages at www.cliftonhigh.bristol.sch.uk

The audience at the recent music soirée were treated to a delightful array of performances given by some of our talented musicians. It was lovely to hear pupils at all stages of their musical journey.

2013-14 Head Boy, Head Girl

and Deputies are elected

Following exciting nominations, hustings and voting by the whole of the

Senior School, Dr Neill proudly announced the new Head Boy and Girl

for 2013-14 in assembly.

Jacob Cole and Julia Summers received resounding applause from the

audience as they received their badges from the current Head’s Team.

Other nominees, Henrietta Feeny, Tom Freire Camacho and Brett

McCarthy Harrop were all made Deputies and also received their

badges. Congratulations to all the nominees for making excellent

speeches to the School at the hustings before half term – a terrifying

experience for even the most confident speaker – and a particular well

done to Jacob and Julia.

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Reception

children

learnt all

about the

Northern

Indian

celebration of Lohri during a visit

from Amberly’s mum. The

children were fascinated to see

Amberly’s special clothes and

taste the delicious Barfi!

The German

Department

recently

treated pupils

to a fun-filled

film and pizza

evening. Our critic’s verdict? “The

film was very, very, very good. I

would definitely recommend that you

watch ‘Kokowääh’!”

Year 6 kick-

started their

river topic

with some

intensive field

work

measuring the flow of rivers and even

testing for chemicals. Many thanks to

Miss Poustie and Mrs Barker for

organising such an informative and

action packed trip.

Junior School Reminders

Over recent weeks it has become

apparent that many children do not

have the correct stationery in School.

Please make sure that your child has

the following (named) items:

A full pencil case (including

pencils, erasers, sharpener, glue stick, fountain pen, spare cartridges, scissors)

a set of colouring pencils

a set of felt tip pens

basic calculator

a 30cm. ruler

a highlighter pen We would also like to remind you

that I-pods, MP3 players and mobile

phones are brought into School at

the owner’s risk and should be

handed to the child’s class teacher at

registration time, to be collected at

the end of the day. Your help with

this is much appreciated.

There are a handful of children who

arrive late to school quite frequently.

Please try to get your child to school

on time as it can be unsettling for

them to miss the start of the day.

Many thanks.

Forthcoming Events Red Nose Day

Silly hats are the order of the day for

15th March! Children in Nursery to

Year 6 are invited to

wear wild and wacky

hats, for a hat parade

on the lawn, and to

make a £1 donation

to the Comic Relief Appeal.

The Big Pedal Bike Race

The 2013 Big Pedal virtual bike race

is running from 28th Feb to 20th

March! This is the UK's biggest cycle

to school event. The more pupils,

parents and staff who cycle or scoot

to and from school, the

faster CHS completes

the race.

Book Week

This week is the

annual Early Years and Junior Book

Week extravaganza! The Library is

hosting a variety of fun events and

activities to encourage

reading. This year we

have invited pupils to

go green and catch the

reading bug!

5 stars for the Kitchen! Following a Public Health and Hygiene

spot inspection on the 2nd February,

we are pleased to announce that our

catering department was awarded 5

stars and a full clean bill of health!

Congratulations to Miss Wiltshire and

all the kitchen staff.

Hi Vis Jackets

A big thank you to Mrs Gregory from

KS1 for liaising with Barratt Homes

and securing the provision of hi- vis

jackets. The children have donned the

jackets for a number of offsite trips

and they have proven invaluable!

Notices and reminders

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Year 8 pupils and

their tutors

headed out to

Cribbs Causeway

for an exciting

evening of

bowling. The huge variety of styles

and techniques created a great deal of

fun and laughter and for some lucky

pupils, prizes and trophies!

Year 2 took part

in an exciting

games session at

Coombe Dingle

as part of their

‘Get Set for Y3’

transition programme. This gave all

the children an insight into some of

the sports activities enjoyed by the

Junior children at CHS.

Look out for

Lily Hanks on

the stage in

Weston-super

-Mare as she

dances in the

English Youth Ballet’s production of

The Sleeping Beauty. This magical

adaptation will be performed on the

8th and 9th of March.

Sport Opponent Age Group Result

Netball Colston Collegiate Badminton Bruton

U14A U14B U15A U15B 1

st VII

2ndVII U13A U13B U12A U12B U13A U13B U14A U14B U15 1

st VII

Won 21-8 Lost 7-9 Won 23-7 Won 22-15 Lost 10-23 Lost 6-21 Won 11-9 Won 15-9 Lost 5-18 Won 3-1 Won 14-8 Won 9-2 Won 28-17 Won 14-11 Won 19-3 Lost 17-38

Junior School Sports Results February 2013

Sport Opponent Age Group Result

Hockey Sidcot U11B U11C

Won 2-0 Lost 1-4

Netball Colstons Clifton College Badminton Fairfield

U9A U9B U9C U9A U9B U8A U8B U8A U8B U11 U9

Won 10-0 Won 6-0 Lost 2-4 Won 11-3 Lost 2-4 Won 2-1 Won 5-0 Lost 1-5 Drew 1-1 Won 6-5 Won 6-4

Football Clifton College QEH BGS Clifton College Bishop Road Fairfield Rosehill Colstons

U9 U9 U8 U11 U9 U11 U11 U8/U9A U10 U11

Lost 0-4 Lost 0-1 Won 2-0 Lost 1-6 Won Lost Lost2-3 Won 1-0 Won4-2 Lost 1-2

Individual Sporting Successes Harry Miles in Year 9 won both his singles and doubles

badminton matches against Berkshire.

Nick Birch in Y10 has been selected for the BCDS Academy

Program. The Academy supports talented young cyclists

who have the potential to make it to the top of the sport.

Lucy Bryan in Year 13 won a magnificent victory at the

England Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham in

the Under 20 women’s pole vault. Her incredible clearance

of 4.15m set a championship record and put her easily at

the top of the UK rankings although Lucy still has a personal

best in excess of this, on which she has her sights firmly set.

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Senior School Sports Results February 2013

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Don’t forget

4th - 8th March

Book Week

12th March

Cabaret Live!

14th March

PA Pizza and Film night for Y7

15th March

Comic Relief (various activities)

PA Quiz Night

20th March

PA Prep and Junior Discos

21st March

Year 11 Prom

22nd March (3.35pm)

End of Term

(no late room or tea club)

25th-28th March

Easter Courses

(more details from School Office)

15th April

Term Begins

Save the date: 22nd June

James Bond Ball

Remember to check the

school calendars and

website regularly for more

details plus news, events and

dates.

Copies of all letters home are

on the website. The School

Office can give you details to

access the parents’ area.

Contact us:

Tel: 0117 973 0201

Email: enquiries@cliftonhigh.bristol.sch.uk

To report an absence: absence@cliftonhigh.bristol.sch.uk

www.cliftonhigh.bristol.sch.uk

Bulletin Board

Water Polo Taster Sessions

11th - 15th March

CHS is pleased to welcome back Great

Britain Water Polo Captain Craig Figes

who will be coming in to School from

the 11th March to offer water polo

taster sessions for Years 3-6 in our

Pool. Pupils in the Senior School will

be offered this exclusive opportunity

in the summer term.

Please ask in the School Office for a full size version of any of these flyers!