Shavington High School

Rope Lane, Shavington CW2 5DH

Specialist College for Science and Mathematics
Newsletter: Issue 12 November 2010
Tel: 01270 685111 Website: www.shavington.cheshire.sch.uk

Dear Parent/Guardian and Pupils

I hope you had an enjoyable half term. This term seems to be passing very quickly,
with lots of activities in school.

The Year 11 have returned from Half Term ready to take external examinations and
Mock Exams. 155 took GCSE English this month and 133 took GCSE Maths. We await
the results on January 11th 2011.

We have had much sporting success this term and are very appreciative of the new
football kit that Mr Ogden has sponsored – the boys look fantastic and are ably
managed by Mrs Metcalfe.

There will be a December newsletter, however, here is advance warning that the term
will end at 2.00pm on Friday 17th December and will begin again for pupils on
Thursday 6th January 2011. We also have a published Staff Training Day on
Monday 29th November.

In the last newsletter, I made reference to the ‘Behaviour Audit’ that had just been
carried out by Cheshire East, at our school. The report is now in and we were
officially graded as ‘Good’, against OFSTED criteria. Very well done to all pupils
and staff. k
C White, Head Teacher

Parents dropping pupils off/picking pupils up Forthcoming Events for your Diary:

Please can ALL PARENTS ensure that you are only using
the Sports Hall car park as a drop off/pick up point. The
staff car park is for use by staff, buses and taxis only.
This is to ensure that your child is kept safe. Pupils
should not be coming through the staff car park at all,
but using the pedestrian entrances, again to ensure
their safety. Thank you.
FOR THOSE PARENTS/CARERS
WHO HAVE INTERNET ACCESS,
CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE THE SCHOOL
WITH UP TO DATE EMAIL ADDRESSES,
TO ENABLE ELECTRONIC CONTACT.
A PROFORMA IS AVAILABLE AT THE
END OF THIS NEWSLETTER, SHOULD YOU NEED
TO UPDATE YOUR DETAILS.
29th November INSET DAY
1stDecember – Year 9 Options Evening
7th December – Year 9 Careers Day
9th December Year 11 Parents Evening
14th December – Christmas Concert
16th December – Lower School Disco
16th December – Reward Non Uniform Day
17th December – Charity Non Uniform Day
17th December – school closes at 2.00pm
Emergency Contact Numbers
Please ensure that the school has up-to-
Date contact telephone numbers, in
case of emergency.

holiday dates
School closes at 2.00pm on Friday 17th December 2010
school reopens at 8.55am on Thursday 6th January 2011
 RESULTS OF THE UNIFORM CONSULTATION

Having consulted with pupils, parents, staff and parents of

current Year 6 pupils, the consensus of opinion is as follows:

Would you like the same uniform for Key Stage 3 and 4?
571 said ‘YES’ and 174 said ‘NO’
The school therefore will adapt the uniform for all years, in a small way, to
avoid a costly replacement of uniform between years 9 and 10.

Would you like a school blazer?

341 said ‘YES’ and 308 said ‘NO’
Staff and parents were very in favour, pupils were split 50:50

Would you like a standard black uniform (for ease of purchase)?

‘381 said ‘YES’ and 271 said ‘NO’

Would you like to wear a shirt and tie?

Staff were 51 ‘YES’ and 12 ‘NO’
Pupils were 159 ‘YES’ and 375 ‘NO’
Parents were 27 ‘YES’ and 20 ‘NO’

Would you like to keep the existing badge?

187 said ‘YES’ and 476 said ‘NO’

Of Year 6 parents, 84% were in favour of change of uniform, 10% were not
and 6% had no preference

Following on from the consultation, we will source affordable but

hardwearing blazers, trousers, shirts, tie and polo shirts, with the
option to adopt either a shirt and tie or polo shirt.

We will also begin work on commissioning a re-working of the old

logo, as a sew-on or iron-on badge. At the Talent Show on
Wednesday 15 December, we aim to have the options modelled, so
th

that pupils, parents and staff can see what it may look like.
School Bus Service
We are currently in the process of securing a contract for a
School Bus for our pupils who travel from Crewe.

We already have our own school bus from Weston and

Wybunbury, but pupils who travel from the Crewe area
currently catch the No 6 Bus.

We are able to modify the route, to some degree. Currently, the route suggested by
our bus contractor is as follows:

AM JOURNEY
Warmingham Lane White Lion Pub 7.50am
Parkers Road Opposite Eight Farmers Pub 7.52am
Mablins Lane Bus Stop just opposite Falcon Drive 7.53am
Minshull New Road Leighton Park School 7.57am
Minshull New Road Bus Stop just before the roundabout 7.58am
Sunnybank Road Bus Stop just before West St junction 8.02am
Moreton Road Bus Stop just before School 8.06am
Park Drive Bus Stop halfway down 8.08am
Rope Lane Shavington High School 8.15am
Hough Cobbs Lane 8.20am

PM JOURNEY
Hough Cobbs Lane 3.35pm
Rope Lane Shavington High School 3.45pm
Park Drive Bus Stop halfway down 3.47pm
Moreton Road Bus Stop just before school 3.52pm
Sunnybank Road Bus Stop just before West St junction 3.57pm
Minshull New Road Bus Stop just before roundabout 4.00pm
Mablins Lane Bus Stop just opposite Falcon Drive 4.05pm
Warmingham Lane White Lion Pub 4.08pm

Please contact Mrs Davies at School if you would be interested in using this service.

It seems that other schools locally, charge between £1.00 and £1.40 each way, as a
standard rate, with a discounted rate of 75p each way for Year 7 pupils. We would be
looking to match these rates.
SURPRISE VISITOR FOR BETH CARR

Crewe Alexandra striker Clayton Donaldson popped down to

Shavington High School during the last week of term, to surprise
student Beth Carr and promote the message for the ‘Kick Racism
Out of Football’ Campaign.

Beth, who is a member of the Crewe Alexandra’s girls team at

the Soccer Centre, entered a competition to receive a
visit from her favourite player and Crewe Alex
promptly turned up with Clayton Donaldson to
surprise her during her IT lesson.

Whilst here, Clayton headed to the Year 10 assembly

to promote the message of the ‘Kick Racism Out of Football’ campaign, which was supported at
the game between Crewe Alexandra and visitors, Aldershot Town.

Girls PE Results
Netball
The netball season has only really just begun. The girls have played two matches
this year firstly against Holmes Chapel and then against Congleton. The results don’t
show the level of play shown by the girls and the improvements that have been
made over the past few years. All the girls have performed well and there is potential for all 4 netball teams
to achieve success this year. Future matches are against Sandbach and Middlewich.

Against Holmes Chapel Against Congleton

Year 7: Lost Year 7- Won
Year 8: Lost Year 8- Lost: 14-2
Year 9: Won 13-7 Year 9- Lost: 13-5
Year 10: Lost Year 10- Lost: 14-1

Cross Country
There have been some fantastic performances in the cross country competitions this year. The girls have
really enjoyed the challenge and have responded well to the competitions. There were some exceptional
performances by Sophie Preece in year 7 who consistently finished in the top 10, Amy Keithley in year 8
who came in the top 20 and this was running against pupils who were in year 9 and Lauren Whittaker in
year 10 who also competed against pupils older than her and she had a top finish of 5th which was
excellent.

All the girls should be very proud of their achievements and all of them improved their finishing positions
with each competition which shows the level of commitment being shown by our pupils at Shavington High
School.
 'Lauren Platt and Mr Balabil welcoming Jayne Fox,
the professional photographer, at Shavington High School.'
We are delighted that the judging of the SSAT National Photography
Competition has now taken place and our student entry by Lauren Platt has
been judged the winner of the North West Region of the first stage of the
competition.

Lauren has won a regional prize valued at £800 which incorporates two
elements. First of all she will receive an Olympus MJU 1010 digital compact
camera, with memory card and camera case, for her personal use, and in
addition, our school will complete a Ward-Hendry "Story Board“ project
which incorporates a photography shoot in school, from which the imagery
captured will be used to design and produce two x (AO scale) Foamex "Story
Boards" for installation in our school premises following the end of the
competition.

Lauren then went on to storyboard a life of the school for the next stage of
the competition to then be entered into stage two of the competition. This
involves all nine regional "Story Board" projects being judged against each other in advance of the SSAT
National Conference, taking place on 25th/26th November 2010 at the ICC, Birmingham, where three of the
nine will be announced as National Winners. The winner will receive an additional prize package worth
£5,000 for the winning school incorporating £3,000 worth of photographic studio equipment and an
additional £2,000 of Ward-Hendry Visual Marketing project. Mrs White is attending this event.

We have OUR fingers crossed that Lauren will be successful as a National

Winner. Congratulations to her on her success thus far!

MFL Department
Drama Department
Shavington Pupils Out and About with
the MFL Department!
Over the half term holidays, 15 pupils from Shavington were
There are lots of trips on offer for very busy performing in ‘Must See’ Musicals production of ‘I
pupils - see Mrs Batho-Hughes for Have A Dream’.
letters!
The pupils involved were Katie Everall, Jonny Hill, Beth
Year 7 TUESDAY
Carter, Ben Carter, Nathanael Brett, Hannah Mills, Eleanor
Overnight trip to Boulogne Cinnamon
Morris, Beth Jones, Louise &Green,
Raisin
LucyBagel &
Edwards, Louisa
20th & 21st July 2011 330ml Aqua Juice
Shaw, Natalie Collins, Michaela Jones, Sophie Billington and
Shannon Brookes.
Current Yr 10 German Options Group
4 day trip to Cologne
(numbers permitting) The five performances (Wednesday through to Saturday
including a matinee) were fantastic and I had a thoroughly
Year 10 2011 (current Yr9) enjoyable time. The pupils should be very proud of their hard
French Options Group work and dedication as learning and remembering lines and
6 day intensive language and stage directions is not an easy task! I look forward to their
activity trip to Château de la next production!
Baudonnière September 2011
Mrs Raisbeck, Teacher of Drama
Come along and join in the fun!
 MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Shavington Primary Christingle Service

Shavington High School’s Brass Ensemble & Woodwind Quartet will be performing as
part of Shavington Primary Christingle Service. The event will be taking place at
Shavington Primary School on Thursday 25th November from 6.00pm till 7.00pm
(approx). Mr Clark would like to thank Mr S Mitchell & Mrs R Rivers for inviting our
musicians to perform at this wonderful event.

Citizenship Ceremony

It is with great pleasure to announce that our Woodwind Quartet have been invited to
perform at a Citizenship Ceremony on Monday 6th December at Crewe Hall. The
Quartet will be playing music from various genres at the Ceremony which will be
appreciated by citizens from various cultures.

Leighton Hospital Event

I am pleased to announce that our Woodwind Quartet will be performing Christmas

Carols and various other pieces at Leighton Hospital on Monday 6th December from
7.00pm till 8.00pm. I am sure the music will give heart to a number of visitors &
patients at the hospital at this festive time of year.

Music In The Community

Music pupils from Shavington High School will be ‘bag-packing’ at Morrisons

Superstore (Nantwich) on Wednesday 15th December from 4.00m till 6.00pm.
Mr Clark is currently awaiting replies from various supermarkets who would like our
musicians to perform Christmas Carols over the Christmas period. Watch this space for
future dates!

Shavington High School Christmas Concert & Christmas CD ‘Christmas Crackers’

As the festive period approaches Mr Clark would like to remind our parents and carers
that this years concert will be taking place on Tuesday 14th December from 7.30pm to
9.30pm(approx’) in the school hall. Tickets will be priced at £3.50 for Adults/senior
citizens and children with refreshments included in the price of the ticket. Family
tickets are available priced at £12.50 ( 2x adults & 2x children).
Our latest Christmas themed CD will be available at the concert priced at £5.00 (ideal
Christmas present for family and friends).

A BIG Thank You!

Mr Clark would like to give special thanks to Joanne Sharples, Manager of the Spar
Supermarket at Wells Green for kindly donating mince pies for our Christmas Concert.
I am sure our audience will appreciate these at the interval!

Remembrance Day

Mr Clark performed the ‘last post’ at the Shavington Cum-Gresty

Remembrance Ceremony on Sunday 14th November. Several of our students
were also Standard Bearers at the Remembrance Ceremony in the centre
of Crewe. Many thanks to them for their upstanding contributions.
 CD RECORDING TIMETABLE
Please Note:
The dates below are set for the recording for our
Christmas CD. It is very important that you are free
after school from 3.30pm to 5.30pm (approx) on
your groups’ designated day. Please ensure you
inform your parents regarding pick-ups from school.
Room MU1
Wednesday 10th Nov – Orchestra
Tuesday 16th Nov – Brass Group and Wind Quartet
Wednesday 17th Nov – Rock Band and Guitar Group
Thursday 18th Nov – Vocal Group and Soloists
Monday 22nd Nov– Jazz Band
Tuesday 23rd Nov – Keyboard Group
These recording times are instead of an all-day
Sunday recording.
Mr J Clark
Curriculum Leader of Music
DRAMA DEPARTMENT
On November 3rd , Year 10 and 11 Btec
drama pupils visited The Players Theatre
in Nantwich to watch a performance of
John Godber’s Bouncers.
The trip was a huge success and all
pupils and staff thoroughly enjoyed the
performance. Pupil behaviour was
absolutely fantastic and the staff
received very complimentary comments
about the pupil’s conduct from the
general public.
The next trip will be towards the end of
January and this will be to go and see
Footloose (which Sarah Stoneley Year 11
is performing in).
The drama department is looking
forward to another very successful trip
and urges all Btec pupils to take part!
Mrs Raisbeck
A Huge Thank you!!!
MacMillan Coffee
Morning
Many thanks to
All involved.
You were all so
fantastic that
.......... in December
we will be doing it all again for the
Salvation Army!
We raised a total of £263.32. Well
done everyone!
DRAMA DEPARTMENT
Once again it was time for ‘Must See Musicals’ to
put on our annual performance! In case you don’t
know, ‘Must See Musicals’ is an Amateur
Dramatics Group full of people who enjoy singing,
dancing, acting, the lot! We were set up 18
months ago, and since our first performance
(Peter Pan) we have gained more and more
members, young and old, to take part in this year’s
performance (I Have a Dream – inspired by the
music of Abba). As well as our annual
performance, many of our members have taken
part in various fundraisers such as Cabaret nights,
fairs, discos etc – all to raise money for our big
performance!
During our rehearsals you get to know a lot of our
members very well and we always have plenty of
laughs! I suppose you could said that we’re one big
family! I would definitely recommend joining our
group to people who love singing, dancing, acting
and performing. I think this year’s performance
went very well. We had plenty of positive
comments from the audiences and a good review
from a newspaper critic. We had lots of support
from our friends and family – all willing to help in
any way possible! I hope we have more members
in the future to enjoy the joys of performance!
Written by Natalie Collins, Year 8
“Calling All Past Music Pupils....”

Mr Clark is requesting past Music pupils of Shavington High School to make contact
and let us know what are you doing now in terms of music/musical career. This could be, for
instance, studying at College/University/Music College/ Teaching or employed within the music industry.

Mr Clark is hoping to set up a ‘Where are they now’ display which we believe would be a fantastic
motivational tool for our young learners and also a good way of keeping track of our past talented
musicians.

Please contact the school or e mail Mr Clark; jclark@shavington.cheshire.sch.uk

Maths Department Sports Autumn Timetable

On the home page of the Maths Mon Lunch Year 7 & 8 Netball
Department section of the school’s web Mon Afterschool Cross Country Matches,
site there is a weekly puzzle. These are Trampolining, Hockey Practice and Dance
aimed at pupils in ALL year groups.
Tue Lunch Boys Basketball
Parents are welcome to have a go at Tue Afterschool Football Practice
these puzzles as well, Please email me Girls Netball
with your answers. US3 Badminton Night

See below example of a puzzle: Wed Lunch Table Tennis

Wed Afterschool GCSE & US4 Night
"On a digital clock there are times
which have the special property that Thu Lunch Table Tennis
the minutes digits add up to the hours Thu Afterschool Football Matches
digit, like 7:25 or 13:49. Which hour Hockey Practise
has the most of these times?“
Fri Lunch Dodgeball
ENJOY!! Fri Afterschool Girls Basketball
Mr Butterfield

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

PARENTS DO NOT BUY A NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THIS NOTICE!!

As Christmas is approaching, parents may be thinking of buying their

son/daughter a NEW musical instrument as a Christmas present.

Shavington High School, working in connection with music retailers,

have in place a scheme where the VAT (20% from January 2011),
which is added to the price of the musical instrument, is removed from
the overall cost. This could save parents money which is good news in
this difficult economic period.

Please discuss the above with the retailer before paying for the instrument.
 School Educational Visits

37 Year 10 GCSE History Pupils

Venue: Ypres and Somme Battlefields Tour July 18th - 21st 2011

Purpose: To help with controlled assessment for GCSE: How and why did nature of
warfare change on the Western Front.

Contact details: Mrs V Rhodes up to Jan 2011, then Mrs V Skelding

Involving All Year 7 Pupils

Venue: Nantwich Tour in association with Nantwich Museum Summer term 2011
(exact dates to be confirmed)

Purpose: To fulfill national curriculum requirement of local history project. Pupils

are given an historic tour of the town and then use this to write their own
guidebooks to Nantwich.

Contact details: Mrs V Rhodes up to Jan 2011, then Mrs V Skelding

RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY

Fiction Non-Fiction

Return to the Lost World, Steve Barlow Technology and Hobbies

Adventure, dinosaurs and espionage Electronics for Dummies
The Complete Photographer
Maze Runner, James Dashner
Locked in a bizarre maze Thomas has no memory of his past Gardening
but, like all the other inmates, he wants to escape Grow It, Eat It
Dig, Plant and Grow
The 10pm Question, Kate De Goldi
Frankie worries about everything. Animal Welfare
RSPCA
Bitter Chocolate, Sally Grindley No Nonsense Guide to Animal Rights
Child slaves on a cocoa plantation run away.
History
Gifts, Ursula Le Guin Causes of World War II
Gifts are inherited powers which can be used to protect World War I: How did it happen?
or to destroy. Ancient Rome: Life, Myth and Art

Leopard’s Paw, David Miller Nature

Adventure in the jungle of Borneo Rainforests

Wishful Thinking, Ali Sparkes

LIBRARY NEWS

Booked Up
All year 7 pupils have received a free book as part of the Booked Up programme
which is run by the Booktrust charity and supported by publishers and the
Department of Education. Pupils watched a DVD of authors and children talking
about the 13 books on offer before making their selection. The books are also now
available in the Library. We hope pupils will enjoy their chosen book and perhaps
swap their book with friends or borrow the Library copies of other titles.

Rick Riordan Virtually Live

One lucky year 7 group were able to watch a live webcast by the author of the Percy
Jackson books. Rick talked about his most recent book (The Lost Hero) and
answered questions from the audience and from those watching via the internet. A
recording is now available to watch at www.rickriordanvirtuallylive.co.uk.

Virtual Reference Library and Homework Websites

Did you know that there is a link to the Cheshire Libraries’ Virtual Reference Library
on the school website along with a list of helpful websites for homework? These can
be found in the Parent section of the website by looking under Facilities and then
Library.

The Librarian would be interested to know if any students or parents are using these
links. Please e-mail her at downardk@shavington.cheshire.sch.uk

Reading Club
We are taking part in the Cheshire Schools’ Book Award. Librarians in Cheshire
Schools have picked a shortlist of six recent books for teenagers. Reading groups in
schools will pick the winner. We have until 20th May 2011 to read the books and vote
for our favourite title. This is not only open to members of the Reading Club but to
all students, teachers and parents. Copies of the books are available in the Library.

They are:

The Spook’s Nightmare by Joseph Delaney

The Dead by Charlie Higson
Mortal Coil by Derek Landy
Mortlock by Jon Mayhew
Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo
Withering Tights by Louise Rennison
Set
Up
Science
Year 8 pupils from Shavington were invited to a Science demonstration led by Dr Steve Rossington of
Salford University which was held at the Lyceum in Crewe. The visit was arranged by Set-Up Science and
thanks go to Mrs Farr for her hard work in making this possible. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed the
demonstrations:

‘We saw many experiments involving gases. This trip was very helpful because he explained many things
such as information about gases such as helium, hydrogen and nitrogen. My highlight of the trip was the
part when Dr Rossington inhaled hydrogen and then a very heavy gas which made his voice go extremely
high then very low’ Joel McCallum 8JC

‘Today I went to the Lyceum Theatre and saw Steve the

Scientist do many experiments on solids, liquids and gases.
The best bit was all of it especially when he exploded the
biscuits to show what aerobic respiration is. I found it
fascinating as chemistry is my favourite of the three
sciences.’ Sarah Wiggins 8SB

‘Overall, we had a lot of fun (mainly when he switched all

the lights off and when he changed the pitch of his voice).
I really enjoyed the trip (also I like the free pencils we
have been given).’ Jessica Potts 8MH

Mr Balabil

PUPILS AT LUNCHTIME

The vast majority of our pupils enjoy lunchtime at school and make use of Cafe Options, the Library, sports
facilities and social areas. We have a few pupils who choose to go home at lunchtime, and have had parental
permission to do so.

There are, however, a small number of pupils leaving the site and using the community at lunchtime, which is
leading to complaints!

Please support us in reminding our young people that they must either remain in school, or have permission
to go home, for the lunch time. Pupils causing a nuisance in the community will have to spend lunchtimes
with a senior member of staff in school. Thank you.
Donations Required!!!

‘Boots for Africa’ charity was formed by Sheffield FC and has

been collecting and distributing Football boots in several African
countries for just over three years; Nigeria, Cameroon, Zambia,
Uganda and, most recently, South Africa.

In many of the African communities you will see children playing football in their
bare feet on rubble-strewn ground. Boots For Africa collect your old football
boots and deliver them to the children and adults of Africa.

The ‘Boots For Africa’ appeal aims to help develop the skills and fitness of
disadvantaged children, and provide more children with the opportunity to enjoy
the beautiful game. Recently, Umbro has also agreed to donate their second hand
boots. So far, over 30,000 pairs of boots have been sent, courtesy of Virgin
Airlines.

What YOU do
Drop your used boots in at your local Collection Point: Pupil Reception at School,
HSS Tool Hire (Mill Street, Crewe) or Crewe Alexandra Football Ground) and
‘Boots For Africa’ will collect and ship them to Africa.

What WE do
We have a distribution network throughout Africa and have already arranged to
send boots to communities in South Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Zambia, Tanzania,
Nigeria and Kenya.

If you would like more information, please visit the website:

www.bootsforafrica.org

Congratulations 11JM are organising a ”Coffee and

Velda, one of our
Teaching Assistants
has recently become a
grandma for the second time - a
bouncing baby boy, named Noah!!
Mince Pie Morning” for all pupils and
staff in aid of the Salvation Army
Christmas Appeal in December 2010.
Donations of mince pies gratefully
received. Thanks

Religious Education

The RE department is organising a Crime and Punishment study day for KS4 pupils as part of
their GCSE RS studies. It will take place in the Spring term.

The RE department is organising a Hindu experience Day in the summer term for feeder
primary pupils.

Year 11 Full Course GCSE RS pupils have been invited to attend a study day on Religion and
Controversial Issues at Chester cathedral in March 2011.
 Now a regular date in the Congleton calendar, The BIG KISS
(Knowledge, Information Sharing and Support) returned to the
Congleton Town Hall once again this year.

The BIG KISS is a local Careers, Jobs and Training Open Day and
aims to connect employment skills and education at a local level.

The BIG KISS was held on Thursday 21st October at Congleton Town
Hall.

Visitors had access to over 30 stands providing the opportunity to talk one to one with local
employers such as Siemens, Britannia Building Society (representing the Co-op Group), TMC
Creative, Diamond Electronics and Howarth HR. Visitors also benefited from employment and
education advice from exhibitors such as Connexions, Total People, Congleton Learning Partnership,
The British Army, Cheshire Constabulary and various local schools, colleges and universities.

The event also incorporated a number of interactive

workshops including CV Writing, Mock Interviews,
Motivational Training and Guidance on Apprenticeships.

Mrs Scholes-Lawrence and I took fifteen Year 11 pupils to

the event. We had a fantastic day! All of the pupils
were able to discuss their future training and career
ideas with the experts as well as picking up carrier bags
full of prospectuses, leaflets, pens and other free goodies!

Mrs Serventi We went to Congleton Town Hall to a careers day. We went around various stands
offering training, further education, higher education and apprenticeships. This gave all
of us a bigger insight into what other opportunities are available for us. I found it really
interesting and we all came away with plenty of freebies!! Graham Witter

Careersbox is a free online library of careers related film, news and information.

Careersbox aim is to deliver the right information at the right time to job seekers.

Their case study films show real people doing real jobs, giving viewers insight into
careers across all sectors and helping them to find the right career.
PE Department

Congratulations to the U14 and U16 Boys Badminton Teams.

Both teams beat Eaton Bank in their first fixture.

The U14s won 4-1

Well done to Jack Raiswell, Chris Williams, Jonathan Proudlove and Jonathan
Hill!

The U16s won 3-2

Well done to Chris Brain, Jack Taylor , Jordan Wain and James Ward.

Well done to the U16s girls Badminton team in their victories over Eaton Bank
4-1 and Sandbach Girls 3-2 in the School Sport Partnership tournament.

The U16s boys Badminton team narrowly missed out on reaching the final of
the tournament with victory over Eaton Bank 3-2 and a loss to Middlewich 1-4.

CHESHIRE CUP FOOTBALL

After wins against Middlewich, our Year 10 team have been knocked out of the
tournament with a hard fought loss of 3-5 in difficult conditions at Tytherington.

Year 11 had a fantastic win against Brine Leas 1-0 and are now in the quarter
finals .

Well done to all who took part. You have done the school proud .

FILM CLUB
Film Club takes place on Tuesdays from 3.30pm to 5.30pm. It has been a great success and well
received across all year groups. Film Club is a great opportunity for pupils to relax and watch a
film and to then discuss and share their ideas in a review forum. Star pupils Damien Breathen
(9ES) and Olivia Pointon (7TA) are two committed members who have written a series of
reviews based on the films we have watched. Films so far have included „UP‟, „Meet the Parents‟
and „Marley and Me‟. Pupils‟ reviewed the latest film „Marley and Me‟ saying “it was hugely
entertaining but hard to fight back the tears due to its emotional ending”. Miss Taylor and Mr
Mackin are currently looking to appoint film club ambassadors who can become involved in the
running of Film Club.

LIVING THEATRE
The Living Theatre Group began on Thursday 9th November. This is a great opportunity for
pupils of all ages to experience bringing popular texts to life through performance. Pupils are
already getting excited at the prospect of creating a „Mad Hatter‟s Tea Party‟ adapted from the
all time classic „Alice and Wonderland‟.
Half-term Mathematics Revision Day for Year 11

Well done to all the Year 11 pupils who came in over half-term to spend a
morning revising for their Mathematics GCSE which they took in November.
The importance of getting at least a C in English and Maths has never been
greater. With many colleges only giving level 3 places to pupils with at least 5
GCSEs at C or above including English and Maths it is great to see so many
pupils taking responsibility for their own future. Although in January some
may not have achieved the goal, the fact that they are trying so hard now bodes
well for their results in the summer. Pupils who do achieve a C at this stage will
have a great opportunity to improve further and aim for a higher grade in the
summer with the knowledge that they have already ‘banked’ a C which cannot
be taken away. We look forward to sharing their success in January.
The Mathematics Department

CONGRATULATIONS TO
Ashley Brookfield Jonathan Hancock
Matthew Whittaker Jacob Wilkes
Chris Williams Jonathan Proudlove
Richard Owen Josh Edge
Chris Cornes Ryan Vaughan
Sophie Preece Lauren Whittaker
Faith Whittaker

WHO HAVE ALL BEEN SELECTED TO REPRESENT SOUTH CHESHIRE

IN THE CHESHIRE CHAMPIONSHPS FOR CROSS COUNTRY AT
ELLESMERE PORT IN JANUARY!!

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL AND GET TRAINING!!!!

PE Performance of the Week

We have introduced ‘Performance of the Week’ and by the end of last half term a draw was
made from all the pupils that performed well in extra-curricular sport.

The first winner for the girls was Sophie Preece in Year 7, who week on week showed
fantastic performances in the Schools Cross Country Matches.

The winner for the boys was Elliott Brereton in Year 8, who consistently performed well in
football.

Both pupils received a £10 gift voucher.

Well done to all pupils who gained a ‘Performance of the Week’ last Half Term. The next
draw will take place before we break for Christmas.
 Cyber Bullying
Mobile, internet and wireless technologies have increased the pace of
communication and brought benefits to users worldwide, but their popularity
provides increasing opportunities for misuse, one of which is cyber bullying.
Unlike other forms of bullying, cyber bullying can follow children and young
people into their private spaces and outside school hours.

There are some simple actions that can help keep us safe from cyber bullying:

Use a free email address online like Hotmail or Googlemail that you can get rid
of should you need to
Treat others with respect and expect them to do the same
Keep passwords a secret
If you don‟t want the world to know, then don‟t post it!
Never post personal information online that can identify you in any way

Once you have reported the cyber bullying incident in school:

A member of staff will talk to you the same day and will go through your
statement if one has been made at home, or will take a statement.
The incident will be logged and your Head of Year, if they are not already
dealing with the incident, will be informed.
An investigation will take place. This will usually take the form of your Head of
Year talking separately to the bully/bullies and to any witnesses.
Action will be taken.
If it seems appropriate, you and the bully may meet with your Tutor or Head of
Year to discuss what has been happening and to agree a way forward.
The school may organise a conference involving all parties. The Head of Year or
Education Welfare Officer could chair such a conference. Some incidents may
warrant the intervention of the school Police Liaison Officer, who might organise
a more formal „Restorative Justice‟ conference.

Cyber Bullying is illegal......

If all else fails, however, you may need to contact the local police. Making abusive
or threatening phone calls, or sending text messages or images deliberately
intended to cause harassment or anxiety is illegal and punishable by a fine or, in
the worst cases, a prison sentence.
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Mini Saga Success

32 of Shavington’s most talented young

writers have recently had their writing
published!!

Pupils from Mrs Bromley’s English class

entered a Mini Saga competition where
they had the difficult challenge of
writing a tale of epic proportion in just
50 words.

Amazingly all 32 entrants were successful and now all have their work
published in their first anthology! pictured are some of our budding
novelists and Mrs Bromley!

New Opportunities / Activities for pupils

Through the School Sports Partnership, we have been funded to increase lunchtime provision for
our pupils in sport.

Every Tuesday and Wednesday lunchtime we have ‘Street Sports’ working in our school, providing
pupils with extra activities in which they can take part. ‘Street Sports’ are qualified coaches who
work for Cheshire East to promote physical activity and increase participation for young people.
These sessions will run from this half term through to February 2011.

We have allocated the coaches to work with our lower school pupils; they help to coach and
umpire various activities, ranging from handball to cricket. In the first two weeks of this program
starting, we have had between 51 and 65 pupils taking part.

We have been fortunate enough to be allocated a cricket coach to work with our Year 7 & 8 girls
on a Monday after-school for a one hour session. We are hoping not only to increase the number
of girls involved in extra-curricular activities, but also to enter a team in a competition in the
future.

We have 18 Year 7 pupils working in the ‘Interactive Suite’ in the Leisure Centre on a Wednesday
after-school; and the same opportunity is available to Year 8s on a Friday after-school. Many of
the pupils in Year 7 have not taken part in extra-curricular PE; through the Partnership funding
we have been able to increase participation throughout lower school.

During the half-term break in October, two of our Year 10 boys gained ‘Leadership’ awards in
Football and Basketball.

Gavin McKeith and Sam Klein took part in the ‘Junior Football Organisers Award’; Sam Klein also
took part in the ‘Basketball Young Leaders Award’. They are now all qualified to coach and
officiate in those sports, and they will be involved in working with pupils from our local Primaries.
Creative Writing and Scrabble Club
Virtual Author Visit
The Creative Writing Club and Scrabble
Club has got off to a very strong start A group of Year 7 pupils were
this term, with some established members treated to a virtual
from Year 7 right up to Year 10. author visit on Tuesday 2nd
November by the Percy
These members are: Jack Hayward; Scott Jackson author, Rick
Faron; Isaac Newall; Liam Smyth; David Riordan.
Keenan; Olivia Pointon; Abigail Kelly;
Kate Owen; Freya Spence; Jack Karimi During an English lesson,
and Bethany Fleet. they went to the library
and learnt about the
‘I play scrabble and there is intense author, his favourite books
competition between us to see who wins.’ and information about his
David Keenan new book, ‘The Lost hero,’
first in the new series: Heroes
The battle to be Scrabble King for of Olympus.
Christmas is intense with the two teams
very competitive with each other to score ‘AfTer all of the books he
points. There is also the developments of described, I like Percy
some interesting stories, which when Jackson and the Lightening
finished will be published on the school Thief because it is fun to
website and in future newsletters. read. I want to read his new
However, new members are always book because he is a good
welcome to E3, every Tuesday lunchtime. author.’ Kelvin White 7CB
Bring your lunch with you and there are
prizes for creative responses! The pupils were eager about
this visit and were able to
put their own questions to
PGO Logistics Limited Sponsors School him using the webcam, along
Football Kit! with other pupils in other
schools, in which he gave
Many thanks to PGO Logistics for providing some answers too. We felt
the Boys Football Kit. this was a great success,
engaged the pupils and look
The haulage business PGO Logistics Ltd was forward to holding similar
set up in 2003. It is a small family business, the events in the future.
two main directors Paul and Graham Ogden
are both former pupils of Shavington High
School, who have lived and worked in the local
area all their lives.

Paul has recently taken on the Audlem Fryer

(fish and chip shop) this business is run by his
daughters, Louise and Rachel, who again are
both former Shavington school pupils. We feel
it is important to support the local school and
community, and sponsoring the school football
team by providing their new strip was an ideal
opportunity to do so and here’s hoping it brings
the team good luck and many goals!
Remembrance Day Service
Shavington
14.11.10

‘We Shall Remember Them’

On Sunday 14th November the Parish of Shavington joined together

in an act of remembrance for the fallen members of the armed
services. St John’s & St Marks parishioners attended a service followed
by the laying of wreaths at the memorial.

A number of groups were represented including: Scouts, Brownies,

Cheshire East County, War Veterans and members of both churches.

Mr Clark was honoured to perform ‘The Last Post’ to signal a two

minutes silence and the lowering of the Union Jack Flag, followed by
The Reveille (awakening call) and the raising of the flag.

On this day it is important we remember those who have given

their lives for the freedom we enjoy today.

It was pleasing to note a number of our pupils at

Shavington High School who took part at the
ceremony representing their various groups/associations.