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Spring term 2016
UK Rock Challenge
We are so proud of our first entry to UK Rock Performing at the Southampton Guildhall allowed
Challenge. This was a truly memorable experience for students to experience being at a professional venue.
the 87 students who took part as well as the staff The setting has played host to some of the most famous
involved and the parents who came to support and artists in the world and we showed a very professional
watch the final performance. attitude throughout. All of our Rock Challenge performers
and back
Miss Hayes and Miss Perkins did a fantastic job of s t a g e
creating and choreographing our performance, titled helpers
’Should we press play?’ The students worked with great can be
commitment to produce a superb representation of the immensely
difficulties and horrors of modern film and the mental proud of all
anguish it can cause. that was
achieved.
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Blue Year News
Mrs Elliott, Year 7 Progress Leader
The start of the spring term has seen Blue Year really and overall school attendance. These will be awarded in
settle and find their feet at Amery Hill. It has been the last assembly of the term. Keep working hard Blue
fantastic to see so many of them involved in events such Year!
as Rock Challenge, Voice in a Million, sporting fixtures
and World Book Day.
Year 7 Textiles Club
Many of the year group are striving towards their gold The group learned how to use the sewing machines and
and platinum merit point certificates; a great made a set of fleece fabric ‘Juggles’ (they now just need
achievement for this stage in the year! Keep collecting! to learn how to juggle!) and a printed drawstring bag in
which to keep them. Many thanks to Mrs Andrews who
There are some exciting events that are fast came into school to run the club.
approaching for the year group including Sport Relief
and the Stubbs Farm visits before Easter. It would be
great to see as many of
Blue Year involved in
these events as possible.
After a busy
Media Department News book signing
s es s i o n at
Mrs Winch, Head of Media break time,
Bali ran two
We are looking forward to hosting our third annual BBC w r i t i n g
School report event on Thursday 10th March. Around 30 workshops
Year 9 and 10 students will be experiencing a journalist's where he
workload for the day and working against the clock to ...and in full flow shared some
publish their news reports by 3pm. More in next term’s tips on creating
newsletter. believable characters and talked students through
the way in which a story is structured. From the
number of Bali Rai’s books sold and the huge
increase in borrowing of his books, I think that his
visit can be judged a resounding success!
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Yellow Year News
Mr O Lewis, Year 9 Progress Leader
2016 has started with a bang and we have been working nothing but praise for our students.
hard in Yellow Year to ensure excellent progress in all
aspects of our work. This term the students have chosen Yellow Year were busy supporting and organising a
their options for GCSE; with current educational thinking number of activities for Sport Relief and I am always
changing rapidly there is a lot to consider and I thank impressed with our young people’s dedication to those
those parents able to attend the Options evening. less fortunate and raising money for good causes.
The English Department were able to welcome a theatre We always seem to fit a lot into the spring term, and with
company into school to deliver a performance of Romeo the weather starting to get warmer and the days slightly
and Juliet and over in Drama the Year 9 students worked longer we are already looking forward to the opportunities
closely with University of Winchester students who had that the summer term will bring.
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Green Year News
Miss Keen, Year 10 Progress Leader
As we approached Christmas many Year 10 students was proud of them for getting through it and responding
were involved in musical concerts, visits and end of term well to our advice about revision and looking after
activities which culminated in our end of term celebration themselves.
assembly where I was able to acknowledge members of
the year group through a variety of awards. More recently I have been pleased to congratulate some
students on their involvement with the ‘Youth Speaks’
Prizes were given to students with the most Praise Points debating competition. Another cause for recognition has
and extra-curricular points. I was able to recognise been the fact that some students delivered lessons to
Paloma Sims as our star of the half term. Alisha Frost primary students in an initiative led by the English
was credited with the community volunteer award and Department. Perhaps most notable has been the Green
Asher Smart and Nathan Longman were given academic Year involvement with the Amery Hill entry to Rock
achievement awards for the term. 57 Green Year Challenge. I was delighted that members of the year
students were praised for their 100% attendance and we group were willing to be performers as well as back stage
held the teacher raffle where all teaching staff in the support. Special mentions go to Emily Coates and Callan
school were able to make two nominations for students Dicker who played major roles.
who had stood out in some way this term. We were able
to give three prizes of £20, £10 and £5 in gift vouchers. Excitingly, we have launched the Prefect application
process and I am looking forward to receiving student
The New Year brought with it the challenge of preparing applications. We are looking for a diverse set of prefects
for Mock exams. Green Year applied themselves well and I would ask parents to encourage some of our more
and faced the mock exam fortnight with determination. I reticent students to apply.
Gardening Club
The aptly named ‘Can you dig it?’ Gardening Club chose
just about the coldest day we have had this winter to start
gardening! But they donned their hats and coats and
with a warming hot chocolate they got to work in Chloe’s
Garden. Under the supervision of Mrs Riley, not
previously known for her horticultural expertise, they got
to work tidying and clearing. Fortunately for our keen
student gardeners, they now have Mrs Anne Foulkes who
has kindly volunteered to come
and help and share her
extensive knowledge of fruit and
vegetable growing.
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Sport Relief—fundraising fun!
Students rose to the challenge for Sport Relief organising say a huge thank you on behalf of the school to Results
and participating in a number of fundraising activities. Gym, Alton Zumba and Sainsbury’s for supporting our
With spin bikes kindly donated by Results Gym in Alton Sport Relief event and a special thanks to Mike Scott of
the students cycled throughout the day and a number of Scott to Go for logistical support with the spinning bikes.”
local fitness instructors put the students through their A massive thank you also to local businesses and
paces; our thanks to Paul Beer, Teresa Reynolds, Natalie parents for supporting the Year 8 tombola by donating
Elliott, Emma and Kate Sadler of Alton Zumba. prizes: Alton Sports, Bottega dei Sapori, Cranks Cycles,
Sainsbury’s kindly donated bananas and water to keep Headcase Barbers, Joyce and Lucas butchers, Kidz
students hydrated and energised! Other activities Driving School, London Irish Rugby tickets, Murats
included a girls touch rugby game, a Year 8 tombola with Kebab Shop and Pizza Express.
some fantastic prizes, a basketball and football
challenge, a bake sale, the Sport Relief half mile and staff
karaoke. The school also welcomed some of the local
primary schools to join in with the fun.
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Homework Survey Results
Thank you to all of the parents who completed our on-line Q2. My child knows what he/she needs to do for
homework survey. We have analysed your responses homework. In general there is greater consistency about
and the key findings are as follows. One of the key things how effectively homework is communicated to students
that stood out was the variation in the results. A lot of the and parents with 92% indicating they always or usually
questions prompted a wide range of responses. know what they need to do. This is an area that we have
tried to improve this year by recording homework tasks
Q1. What do you think about the amount of on the VLE and it is good that this change has resulted in
homework your child gets? While many parents (36%) improvement.
think that we set just the right amount of homework, 49%
think that there is either too little or too much homework
and 13% think the amount set is too variable to comment. Always
Usually
Al
Sometimes
w…
Usually too much
Never
UsuallyJust about
too much right
Just about right
UsuallyUsually
too little too little Not sure
Varies too much to say
Not sure
Varies too much to say
Not sure
Our Community
Charity Zumbathon
The school opened its doors earlier this month to a
charity Zumbathon in aid of Cancer Reserarch UK, which
was organised by Alton Zumba instructor Kate Sadler. It
was officially opened by Alton Mayor Pam Jones who cut
a ribbon to start the session before yelling “Go Zumba!”,
which brought 120 dancers, including Amery Hill students
dressed in pink to the floor of the sports hall. Kate and
her fellow instructors put the dancers through their paces
watched by a crowd of visitors who enjoyed homemade
cakes and refreshments, as well as buying raffle and
tombola tickets. Kate and Stephanie Wright, from Alton’s
Cancer Research shop thanked the dancers, fundraisers
and local businesses for supporting the event which is
expected to raise over £4,000 for Cancer Research UK.”
Congratulations to Kate and her team!
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Drama Department News
Mr Lewis, Head of Drama Department
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STEM students visit IBM
Mr Willcocks, Head of ICT
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Modern Foreign Languages Department News
Mrs Hlavaty, Head of MFL
valley and the pretty scenery. What we had not expected
Trip to the Rhineland was to go onto a boat, transformed into a winter
It was with great excitement that a group of thirty students wonderland, with live music (Christmas carols) and
(Years 9 to 11) set off on our extended Christmas market Father Christmas handing out chocolate Santas to every
trip in December. Although we did not have a lot of time child onboard. As a German teacher I was proud that our
in Germany, we certainly made the most of it. students had a go at speaking German to him and, I
think, even Year 11 students were keen to have a selfie
We stayed in the youth hostel Köln Riehl which is a very with him!
modern and comfortable hostel, quite close to the centre
of the city. The breakfast buffet, in particular, was And what else did our students get up to? Well, they had
excellent and every evening meal always included a to order a meal in a lovely pizzeria as well as having to
salad bar as well as a choice of main meal and dessert. find the nicest Christmas tree decoration for 5 euros and
last but not least we had a very demanding quiz night on
During the day we tried to see as much as possible of the second night of our stay, which Mr Carpenter had
Köln and the surrounding area. My personal highlight was prepared in advance.
“Die Marksburg” which is the only medieval castle in the
Rhine area that was never destroyed. The castle I would like to thank Mrs Lee and Mr Carpenter for giving
was well preserved and the interior rooms were up their time to come with us and I would like to thank all
fascinating. You got a real feeling of what life was our students for being such a lovely, well-behaved group
like in medieval times, although our students were on our trip. It was a pleasure to be with them and they
not too impressed with the then (very modern) were a credit to Amery Hill School and of course to their
toilet facilities. parents!
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Extra-curricular Activities
All activities are from 3:00pm to 4:00pm unless specified.
Homework Club takes place daily from 3:00pm to 4:00pm in SH1, IT2 and SH2.
Teaching Assistants are on hand to help.
Monday
Student Hub 8:15a.m - Spelling Group -Yr 7 in SH1
Music: Lunchtime - Double Trouble
Brass Ensemble in MU2 all brass players welcome
GCSE Surgery in MU2
PE: Athletics Club - All Years
MFL: German Club, KS4 support group
Media: Film Making Club - Yrs 7, 8 & 9 in the Media Suite 3-3:50pm
Amery Hill News Reporters Club
Library: Muggles Book Club (by invitation)
DofE: Award Group Meeting - SCI 7
Tuesday
Student Hub 8:15a.m - Spelling Group - Yrs 9, 10 & 11 in SH1
Music: Lunchtime - Choir - in MU2, all welcome
Percussion Ensemble/Steel Pans in MU2 & MU3
PE: Cricket - Yrs 9, 10 & 11
Rounders - Yrs 7 & 8
American Football
Drama: Drama Club
MFL: German 12:45 - 1pm
RS: “Thunks” Philosophy Club - Yrs 7 & 8 (RS2); Yrs 9, 10 & 11 (RS1)
Maths: Advanced Board Games MA1
DofE: Award Group Meeting - SCI 7
Wednesday
Student Hub From 8:15a.m - Handwriting Club - All Yrs - SH2
Music: Guitar Ensemble - 8am
Lunchtime - Liquorice Sticks Clarinet Choir
Orchestra Grade 4 upwards in MU2
4-5pm - Music Theory Group in MU2
PE: Athletics Club - All Years
Tennis - Yrs 9, 10 & 11
Library: Reading Group - Open to all
Manga Club - lunchtime EN1 (by invitation)
MFL: Spanish &French Club
Thursday
Student Hub 8:15a.m - Spelling Group - Yr 8
Drop in session - Student Hub
Afterschool drop in support session - open to all
Music: Jazz / Wind Band Grade 4 upwards in MU2
3.15-4.30pm String Ensemble in MU1 (violin, viola, cello and double bass)
All welcome, Grade 1 & above (includes primary schools from 4pm)
PE: Cricket - Yrs 7 & 8
Rounders - Yrs 9, 10 & 11
Geog: Film Club - Yrs 7, 8 & 9
Friday
Student Hub 8:15a.m - Drop in session - Student Hub
Music: Lunchtime - Choir in MU1 - all welcome
Concert Orchestra Grade 1 to 4 in MU2
Tutti Flutie/Wacky Wind invite only in MU1
GCSE Aid in MU2/Office
PE: Cheerleading
Tennis - Yrs 7 & 8
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English Department News
Mrs Pretsell, Head of English
with cooking oil (no snails were harmed in the making of
The 19th Century Project this project!). They then performed the death scenes that
Cholera Outbreak at Amery! ...Quack Medicine Fails to this medicine failed to prevent. These were all enacted
Prevent Death on a Massive Scale!! like a silent movie and once again award winning death
and despair filled our gym.
These are fairly scary headlines. Thanks goodness they
were just part of a school project rather than real life. All of the ideas, the lesson plans, the organisation and
the teaching was undertaken by our Year 10 students. It
As part of their preparation for the study of 'The Strange was my job to supervise and to marvel at how mature,
Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', our Year 10 students thoughtful and kind our students were and also feel a little
completed a 19th Century project where they researched threatened - they were excellent teachers and I'm
the period, its science, discoveries, crime and definitely stealing their stuff!
punishments, contrasts between rich and poor and the
impact on our society now. In order to consolidate the It was a great morning for all: our Year 10 students
students learning, we asked them to create lesson plans learned so much contextual detail and background to
that would allow them to share their ideas with younger help them prepare for the challenges of answering a
students. Each class voted on the best and we invited question on a 19th century text in their GCSE exam;
two of our feeder schools to come in. Wootey’s reinforced their knowledge of the era and had
great fun, and Bentworth's Year 4 and 5
On their visit, Wootey’s Junior school learnt all about life pupils discovered how difficult it is to be Dr Frankenstein
in the 19th Century. There were two sessions. The first and create your own monster!
put the pupils in the role of detectives and they had to
solve the source of a cholera epidemic in good old Once again, I was filled with pride about how great our
students are.
Our Year 7 girls also attended their first development day Year 7 and 8 Girls at their first Rugby Tournament
at Basingstoke Rugby Club and also had their first taste
of full contact rugby. Plenty of tries were scored and the
Basingstoke coaches were very keen to get some of them
to join their club. Well done all the girls who have got
stuck into rugby this year!
Boys Football
The Year 9 Football team are moving from strength to
strength. The boys suffered their first defeat of the
season but are looking forward to a good run in the cup
where they are currently due to play Yateley in the
quarter finals.
Netball Round-up
We have had some great successes recently. The
Year 7 team beat Robert Mays A and B team and the
Year 8 team won against Alton Convent and Frogmore
College. Although the Year 9 team was not victorious
against Bohunt, they put up a robust performance against
a formidable side,
Year 7 football team win against Robert Mays, Salesian College only losing by a small
margin. Year 10 won
and Farnham Heath End. Well done boys!
against Alton
Convent and our
Earn your team colours Year
triumphed
11 team
over
This year you have the opportunity to earn your team
Frensham Heights
colours. The PE Department will be awarding students
School. Well done
who show dedication, commitment and passion for their girls!
sport with a badge at the end of the year.
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Team triumph in Hampshire Cup...again!
On 11th February, the Year 11 boys travelled to the appearances for Amery Hill in style with a 34 - 20 win.
Wellington Sports Ground in Southampton, to contest the Winning the Hampshire Cup is a tremendous
Hampshire Cup Final against Portsmouth Grammar achievement. For a state school side to win back to back
School. PGS had beaten Amery Hill in the group stages U15 and U16 titles is unprecedented.
of the competition and the boys were determined to avoid
a repeat of this outcome. Having won the Hampshire On 9th March, the boys attended the Hampshire 7 a-side
Cup in Year 10, they were extremely focused on retaining Championship. They faced Kings School, Winchester in
the title – a feat not previously achieved by a state the semi-finals and despite being 14-0 down, scored two
school. The teams were very evenly matched for the first tries in the last minutes of the game to secure the win.
10 minutes before Amery started to gain the upper hand The final was a repeat of last year’s – Amery Hill vs PGS,
thanks to some excellent tactical kicking, strong forward although this year the team came away with a win, 26 –
play and fine finishing from the backline. Despite a 5. Amery Hill U16’s 2015/16 – Double County
strong performance by PGS in the second half, Amery Champions! Congratulations to all!
Hill were victorious and rounded off their competitive
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Music Department News
Ms Worwood, Head of Music
Jazz Café Recital Evening and Results
Jazz groups from Amery Hill, Alton College and Eggar’s We recently had the opportunity to share the hard work of
joined together in a concert to share an evening of jazz at our students taking ABRSM exams at the Recital Evening.
Amery. It was an enjoyable evening with some excellent We also used our new piano for the first time that was
performances. purchased after 18 months of fundraising and following a
generous donation from Councillor Robert Saunders. We
wish all the students the best in their exams this month and
congratulate the following students on their recent success.
Voice in a Million
Following their successful audition earlier this
term, 47 members of the school choir
performed at Wembley Arena as part of a
massed choir in the ‘Voice in a Million’ event.
More than eighty schools auditioned for a
place on the main stage so it was fantastic
that their talent and hard work was
recognised; they shared the main stage with
just three other school choirs. With guest
performers Bars and Melody and Callum
Scott, of Britain’s got Talent fame,
participating the choir thoroughly enjoyed the
event. Talking about the experience Mrs Lee, Assistant
Headteacher, commented "The choir have been
rehearsing really hard to prepare for this event; they had
a fantastic day and the evening performance was
outstanding. Well done everyone !”
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Can you help?
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Amery Hill Development Update
For our Alumni focus this term we have had the pleasure
of interviewing Rob Price (opposite page), Director of
Homes Estate Agents and our football kit sponsor. I’m
sure he will be happy to see his Year 8 school photo back
in print!
Community Support and Grant Funding
Bassil Shippam & Alsford Charitable Trust have
Radian helps fund disability given the school a grant of £500 for our community
outreach project involving Alton Community
sports equipment Hospital
We were lucky enough to be given a grant from Radian to
buy some sports equipment to give our students the
experience of some of the disability sports which are Donation of £240 from Councillor Robert Saunders
for our ‘Can you dig it?’ Gardening Club
available. Students have an opportunity in PE to have a
go at New Age Kurling (yes, that is how it is spelt) and
Boccia. It’s great to be able to give our physically disabled
youngsters the chance to play these sports alongside their
Spinning bikes donated by Results Gym in Alton
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Amery Hill Alumni
Interview with Rob Price of Homes Estate Agents, What lessons from Amery Hill stuck with you through
Alton the rest of your career? My PE lessons would be what I
remember most. Mr Marshall was the head of PE at the
Can you tell me about your career to date including time and he also ran the Rugby and Footie sides that I
the few years straight after Amery? used to play for too. He had an infectious winning
Having left Amery Hill I attended Alton College and spent mentality and really used to drive the teams and get the
2 years studying for A-Levels. At the time I was still a little lads motivated to win. Sport and business have plenty of
unsure as to what to do as a career but was ready to similarities, teamwork, support, drive to succeed, hard
work rather than attend university. The property industry work, confidence and positive leadership, these are all
and sales was attractive because of the varied role and important in both fields!
the target/commission driven environment attracted me
being part of my competitive nature. Straight from college Your company Homes Estate Agents have kindly
I was employed by an independent estate agency offered to sponsor our school football teams with
covering Farnham, Aldershot and the surrounding areas. new sports kit. What inspiring words can you give to
Did you ever predict doing this while you were at these teams and indeed the rest of the students at
Amery Hill? I didn’t, however I always had a pretty Amery Hill? I’m really proud to support the football teams
strong desire to really push myself career wise and knew at Amery Hill having been a student at the school and a
that once I had found the right path I would go all out to local business owner. My biggest piece of advice to is to
make it a success. I would say that my time at Amery Hill have confidence in yourself. If you have the confidence,
certainly helped to build my confidence in my personal desire and a hardworking mentality, you can achieve your
ability to achieve goals. I always remember my tutor (Mrs goals no matter what/who knocks you along the way! I
Amor of G4), said to me, ‘Robert, you’d make a very good believe that applies to plenty of aspects of life, whether it
estate agent’ I’m not quite sure whether that was a be academic work, sporting or business.
compliment or not!!
What motivates you to become an Amery Hill Alumni
Did you enjoy your time at Amery? I absolutely loved and get actively involved? It’s great for me to be an
my time at Amery Hill!! I went to St Lawrence Primary Amery Alumni as I hope many students can relate to my
(great school too) then on to Amery. I met plenty of new path so far. School is so much more than simply exam
friends and never looked back. My son is at Amery now in results (although that is very important). In my opinion it’s
Year 8 and I always say to him, make the most of your about developing yourself and building a firm support to
time at Amery Hill, as you won’t realise how fantastic go from and be successful at college, university and the
school is until you’ve left. Probably falls on deaf ears!! working environment. A slight regret of mine is not fully
What were your goals when you were at school? My embracing how important it was to fulfil my potential at
main goal at school was to get through my exams as best school, but I have used this learning experience to propel
as I could given the fact that I wasn’t the most committed my working life and business to be a success .
student academically and always received the ‘could do
better’ and ‘not fulfilling his true potential report
comments! Too much time trying to be ‘jack the lad’ I
think!! The teachers at school worked very hard to ensure
they kept me driven and focused. Back then...
What was your most memorable moment as a
student? My most memorable moment was GCSE
results day. I just about managed to obtain the results And now...
needed to progress to my chosen A-Levels which was a
great result. One of my fellow leavers was looking a little
upset on the bench outside school, so I went and asked
her if she was OK, the response was, ‘well Rob, I’m really
disappointed, I got 10 A*’s and 1 A……… I wanted 11
A*’s...” Unbelievable!
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Presentation Evening at the Maltings
Amery Hill School’s annual Presentation Evening took for the year group, expressed immense pride as she
place in December, which gave the school an opportunity celebrated the group’s successes with them.
to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of the
Class of 2015 and to thank parents and teachers who The evening proved a fitting end to the time this year
have helped them over the last five years. group have spent at Amery Hill. Guest speaker, Charlie
Walker, shared his experience of cycling 43,000 miles
Students received their well deserved GCSE certificates through 61 countries. Having taken four years to
with many of them recognised for their hard work and complete his epic adventure, he cycled the equivalent of
effort through Subject Achievement prizes. Other twice round the planet. His speech was an inspiration to
students, including Nicholas Budd and Georgia Head, the Class of 2015 and a testament to the rewards which
were commended for their academic and personal hard work and effort can yield.
achievements through the Governors’ and Head of Year
prizes respectively. Emily White was also congratulated Our thanks to the Amery Hill Association for providing
on the astonishing achievement of 100% attendance over refreshments for the evening.
her five years at the school. Mrs Riley, Progress Leader
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Keeping in touch
Our alumni - where are they now? Scholarships for Excellence 2016
News of former Amery Hill School students continues to The 14th Scholarships for Excellence Awards took place
reach us with a number of recent success stories. at Alton College in February and we were delighted to
see ex-Amery Hill School students being presented with
Matthew Burton-Thorne started at St Hugh's College, five of the twenty
Oxford in October 2015 and is studying for an MEng awards. Other
degree. (Matthew left Amery Hill in 2013) awards went to
students from
Ellen Drewe is currently studying A level Music and the Bohunt, Robert
BTEC level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Music (Jazz) at Alton May's, Court Moor,
College. Ellen has been offered places at Trinity Laban The Petersfield
Conservatoire of Music and Dance and Guildhall School School, Portsmouth Grammar, Farnborough Hill,
of Music and Drama to study Composition. Trinity only Weydon, Peter Symonds, Midhurst Rother and
offer seven people a place to study composition each Godalming Colleges. Our congratulations to them all.
year and Ellen was offered a place on the spot. She said The awards were as follows:
'I wasn't too nervous in my interview as my teachers had
spent so much time working with us on our applications The Alton Decorative and Fine
and technique so we knew what to expect. (Ellen left Arts Society (ADFAS)
Amery Hill in 2014) Scholarship was presented to
Nathan Ward by Niven Baird,
Chyna Fairclough-Jones, currently at Peter Symonds Chairman of the Society. Last
College has received a conditional place to read Law at Autumn Nathan’s picture, Man
Robinson, Cambridge. (Chyna left Amery Hill in 2014.) with Apple was selected for a
prestigious national exhibition
Chris Hughes, currently at Alton College, has taken part entitled The Rising Stars, at
in a nationwide Maths Challenge with his Alton College Lloyds Register Gallery in the
team mates. The team finished an exceptional 13 th out of City of London last month. His
86 teams in the National Finals of the UK Senior Team work, along with that of 17
Maths Challenge in London recently. Chris has also just others, then transferred to the
been offered a place to study Maths at St John’s College Royal Society of British Artists
Cambridge and secured a scholarship from The Dischma annual show at the Mall
Trust. His completion of the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Galleries in London which runs
Award was recognised at the recent area presentation at from 17 March to 2 April, where
Amery Hill and an invitation to the palace, to be it is displayed alongside works
presented with his badge and certificate, will soon arrive. by professional artists.
(Chris left Amery Hill in 2014)
Laura Jurd, world-renowned Jazz trumpeter, is now The Dischma Trust Scholarships
teaching Jazz at Alton College. Laura has studied Music for Excellence were presented
by Sir Simon Robertson to Sara
and Dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire and is
Arm strong (Art), Sam uel
currently recording a new album with her band Dinosaur.
Thomas (Geography), Chris
(Laura left Amery Hill in 2007).
Hughes (Mathematics) and
We wish our alumni every success in their studies and Megan Coates (Performing
chosen career paths. Arts).
Attendance
Good attendance is essential if students are to achieve
their full potential. To report an absence please contact
Mr Stanbridge, our Attendance Officer, directly on 01420
81301 or e-mail student.absence@ameryhill.hants.sch.uk.
We will text/e-mail you if your child has not registered in
school and we have not heard from you as to the reason
for their absence. Please ensure that we have up-to-date
contact details for you to enable this system to work
effectively.
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School Calendar
Thurs 7th and Fri 8th July Yr 10 Geography trip to Thorpe Park
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