Weekly Update – 25 April 2025
Thanks to Jackie from K9 who visited us on Thursday 24 April with one of her dogs, Jai. She works as a detection dog handler having previously worked in the RAF and the Police. Jackie delivered an assembly to Year 9 as part of our Drugs and Substance Misuse education, and was able to demonstrate how drugs detection dogs work which was really interesting. For many of our students, it came as a great surprise to learn that Jackie’s dog is even trained to detect THC contained within vapes! We look forward to welcoming K9 back to our school soon to educate and safeguard our young people.
Sound Out Project – We were delighted to welcome members of the London Sinfonietta Orchestra to our school to work with our students in creating a piece of music which will be performed by the orchestra in a concert at the Princes Hall, Aldershot on 3 July. Students have worked collaboratively all day on a range of musical instruments to produce a compelling piece of music, which we are very excited to hear in its completed version.
Later this term, some of our musicians will be forming a young ensemble, led again by members of London Sinfonietta. They will also present their pieces as part of the concert in the Princes Hall. Today’s workshop gave our students the chance to work alongside a composer, a performer and producer, and see for themselves that a career in music can offer them the most amazing opportunities.
The Year 8 Options Form deadline is on Monday 28 April.
The latest clubs list for lunchtime and after school activities can be seen here (or under Students/Clubs).
Library: Click here for our usual Library news and Books of the Week.
A group of staff led a successful ski trip to Andorra during the holidays – you can see details of this trip here.
We hope the Year 8 group going to Tile Barn this weekend have a wonderful time!
The PE department are seeking additional sponsorship for new kit, specifically for Year 9 boys football and girls football kit across all years. If your company would be interested in supporting us, please contact Mr Frizzell.
The Henry Williamson Society hold a writing competition for students in Years 8 and 9 every two years. The theme for the 2025 competition is: Nature-themed writing reporting for a school magazine, newspaper article, digital blog or holiday brochure with entrants to choose one of these titles: ‘A Favourite Nature Walk’ or ‘A Gull’s Life’. For full details and guidelines, see this page on their website.
Community Notices:
Fleet Football Club are hosting a charity football match at 4pm this Sunday in support of local food banks and would be grateful for support. The entry fee is a donation of food or cash to be split equally between Fleet and Farnham. See this flyer for details.
Y10 & Y11 students may be interested in this online babysitting course running in June.
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