Dear Parent/Guardian I hope you enjoy reading this festive edition of Hotline. This last week has seen several events that have started to get us all in the festive mood. Monday 14 th December saw our Year 8 pupils welcome over 100 Grandparents into school for the afternoon. On Tuesday 15 th December we all enjoyed a Christmas lunch prepared for us by our kitchen staff from Chartwells. Wednesday 16 th December saw some of our extremely talented pupils take to the stage for our Christmas Performance and the term concluded with tutors hosting small parties for their tutees. Earlier in the term, we again had lots of individual and year team successes at the District Swimming Gala. The pupils represented the school in an exemplary fashion and overall finished an excellent second (by only the smallest of margins). Tragic incidents that have happened in Paris and in schools in America recently have impacted on decisions we have made at Healing School recently. In early December we cancelled the Year 11 trip to France and have now taken steps to further safeguard everybody in school by introducing a new electronic gate system to prevent any strangers from entering the school. We know this may cause inconvenience to parents who come into school during the day, but I am sure you will accept our priority is to protect our pupils. I would like to finish by wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and look forward to working with you in the new year to ensure the continued success of every pupil at Healing School. Healing School, A Science Academy December 2015 Hline New Security Measures Now in Operation to Access School. In order to further improve the safety of pupils in the school and to safeguard everybody, we have introduced two electronic gates. Visitors can still access both school car parks, but between 9:00am and 3:00pm every day visitors and parents will no longer be allowed to just walk into the school. At each gate there is a “bell button” which can be pressed to speak to our reception, who will then allow visitors or parents onto the premises. All people entering the site must then report to the main reception. We hope this will not inconvenience parents too much, but will help make the school a safer environment. Visitors to Healing School will now have to request access to enter the school, via the new electronic gates. Healing School Remembers With Poppies Each year, Pupils and staff of Healing School, like to pay their respects to those who gave their lives fighting in both the First and Second World Wars, by laying a wreath of remembrance at the cenotaph in Healing village. This year, the wreath was laid by Year 11 senior prefects Amber Harris, Lucy Howes, Jack Herring, Jonathan Borrill Townsend, Head Girl Kaysha Nada and Head Boy Jaden Walker, pictured here with the poppy wreath and Mr Knapton. Principal, Mr Knapton
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Dear Parent/Guardian
I hope you enjoy reading this festive edition of Hotline. This last week has seen several events that
have started to get us all in the
festive mood. Monday 14th December saw our Year 8 pupils welcome over 100 Grandparents into school for the afternoon. On
Tuesday 15th December we all enjoyed a Christmas lunch
prepared for us by our kitchen staff from Chartwells. Wednesday 16th
December saw some of our extremely talented pupils take to
the stage for our Christmas Performance and the term
concluded with tutors hosting small
parties for their tutees.
Earlier in the term, we again had lots of individual and year team
successes at the District Swimming Gala. The pupils represented the
school in an exemplary fashion and overall finished an excellent second (by only the smallest of margins).
Tragic incidents that have happened in Paris and in schools in America recently have impacted on
decisions we have made at Healing School recently. In early
December we cancelled the Year
11 trip to France and have now taken steps to further safeguard
everybody in school by introducing a new electronic gate system to
prevent any strangers from entering the school. We know this
may cause inconvenience to parents who come into school
during the day, but I am sure you will accept our priority is to protect
our pupils.
I would like to finish by wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and look forward to working with you in
the new year to ensure the continued success of every pupil at
Healing School.
Healing School, A Science Academy
December 2015
Hotline
New Security Measures Now in
Operation to Access School.
In order to further improve the safety of
pupils in the school and to safeguard
everybody, we have introduced two
electronic gates.
Visitors can still access both school car parks, but
between 9:00am and 3:00pm every day visitors
and parents will no longer be allowed to just walk
into the school. At each gate there is a “bell
button” which can be pressed to speak to our
reception, who will then allow visitors or parents
onto the premises. All people entering the site
must then report to the main reception. We hope
this will not inconvenience parents too much, but
will help make the school a safer environment.
Visitors to Healing
School will now have
to request access to
enter the school, via
the new electronic
gates.
Healing School Remembers With Poppies
Each year, Pupils and staff of Healing School,
like to pay their respects to those who gave their lives fighting in both the First and
Second World Wars, by laying a wreath of remembrance at the cenotaph in Healing
village. This year, the wreath was laid by Year 11 senior prefects Amber
Harris, Lucy Howes, Jack Herring,
Jonathan Borrill Townsend, Head Girl Kaysha Nada and Head Boy Jaden Walker, pictured
here with the poppy wreath and Mr Knapton.
Principal, Mr Knapton
Children in Need
Fundraising Day
Pennies on Pudsey
ABOVE: It’s a thumbs up from Pudsey
(Alfie Hallett) with Jaden Walker.
Pupils raising money for Children in Need, came up with a
novel idea about how to raise more money for the charity.
Pupils in Years 7 and 8 drew six enormous Pudsey bears and asked
pupils to cover the images with any spare change they had after
the cake sale. Every Pudsey was filled and went a long way to
boosting the final donation total of £2,856.
BELOW: Mrs Watcham with Year 9 pupils Alicia James, Dana Stanley, Mrs Fiona Kemp from Lloyds Banking Group, Abbie
Bloomfield, Holly Barker, Harvey Cherry and Phoebe Coles.
Annually, the school
supports Children in Need
fundraising appeal and, this
year, we worked with
Mrs Fiona Kemp,
representative from the
Lloyds Banking Group, to
embrace their ‘Champions
of Change’ initiative.
Mrs Kemp spoke in assemblies
about the good causes, both
home and abroad, that
benefit from the money raised
by the annual Children in Need
appeal. The children were
inspired and came up with
some excellent ideas about
how to boost fundraising.
The non-uniform day raised
over £1,000 alone!
Mrs Watcham held a successful
Pudsey cake competition.
Pupils also took part in a
sponsored silence and participant Jenna Ornsby from Year 7 raised
an impressive £80 by staying silent all day! The break time cake
sale stall was a huge hit and heaved with cakes and goodies made
by generous pupils, staff and parents. Within 15 minutes, almost
all were sold, with the last few disappearing over lunch time.
All in all, it was a fun occasion, with serious money donated. The
school raised over £2,800. Thank you to all who participated in the
event and to all those who made donations.
Pudsey Cake Competition
Operation Christmas Child Shoebox
Appeal 2015
For the twelfth year running, Healing School has
once again supported the Samaritan’s Purse
Operation Christmas Child shoe box appeal.
This year, the school managed to fill an impressive 172
boxes: twenty two more boxes than last year.
Pupils and staff donated
goodies to fill the boxes
and all tutor groups
were involved in making
sure each box was
filled with useful items
and treats, before being
wrapped in festive paper.
The boxes are on their
way to Romania to be
distributed in orphanages
and rural areas, to those
less fortunate.
RIGHT: Lewis Gilby
hands over the
shoeboxes.
BELOW:
Learning Co-ordinator
Mrs Watcham (centre),
with Year 10 pupils (l-r)
Charlie Dunstan, Lewis
Gilby, Ellie-May Riley,
Ellie Maloney and
Sophie Davies.
To raise money for this year’s Children in Need
appeal, Mrs Watcham ran a Pudsey inspired cake
making competition.
The level of entries were very impressive and it was
difficult to choose a winning cake, However, Eleanor
Pickett from Year 11 won the competition with a fantastic
cake which was filled with Smarties.
The cake was raffled off and won by Premises Manager,
Mr Flarty, who then very generously returned the cake to
Eleanor to enjoy with her family after all her hard work.
ABOVE: The bakers with
their cakes.
LEFT: (L-R) Mrs Watcham,
Mrs Horner, Eleanor Pickett
with the winning cake, Mrs
Croft and Mrs Kemp from
Lloyds Banking Group.
BELOW: The judges
struggle to find a winner
from the excellent cakes
submitted.
Yr 8 Grandparents’ Day 2015
On 14th December, Year 8 pupils
invited their grandparents into school
for a Christmas themed afternoon of
hospitality and entertainment.
Pupils met with their grandparents in the
New Hall for tea and cake and to take part in
a Christmas quiz, hosted by quizmaster
Mr Knapton. Two families were successful in
answering all 28 questions correctly, but
Olivia Edwards and her grandma went on to
answer the tie-breaker question correctly
and received a tin of Quality Street for their
efforts.
The audience were then treated to a medley of
seasonal songs performed by pupils across all year
groups. Kaysha Nada in Year 11 performed a
delightful rendition of ‘Have yourself a merry little
Christmas,’ accompanied by Mrs Pankhurst on the
piano, while Year 10 boys Martin Riley and Ryan
Kirby performed an up tempo rendition of ‘Frosty
the snowman’ on electric guitars.
After a festive sing-a-long, everyone was in the
Christmas spirit and the pupils and their
grandparents thoroughly enjoyed their afternoon.
RIGHT: Hallie Edwards with her grandparents.
MIDDLE: Heads together for the quiz.
BOTTOM:
Kacey Buckley offers cake to her nana and Max McGill serves tea and cake to his mum, aunt and cousin.
ABOVE: Lauren Wells enjoys a cuppa with her grandparents.
RIGHT: Olivia Edwards won the Christmas quiz with the help of her grandma, Mrs Lynn Kicks.
Prize Giving Ceremony 2015
On 11th November, a prize giving
presentation evening was held,
to congratulate and recognise
the achievements of the Year 11
pupils who left Healing School,
last academic year.
The event was held at the Humber
Royal Hotel in Grimsby and was
attended by staff, Governors and ex
Healing pupils, who have now moved
on to further education, or
apprenticeships. Mrs Ranyard
presented pupils with their
certificates and ex pupil, Mrs Sarah
Burgess of engineering company
Phillips 66, was the guest speaker.
LEFT: Rachael Maultby won the Health and Social Care cup, Jasturan Padda won the Denise Birrell Trophy for Physics and Ellie Mulligan with the Heghelinge Cup for History.
LEFT: Ex Pupils Nathan Stephenson-Roberts, Jacque Taylor-Vine, Tyler Smith, Katie Thomas, Amelia Steel and Laura Twitchett with their award certificates.
LEFT: Mr Knapton and Sarah Burgess - Lead Process Engineer of Phillips 66, present ex pupil Grace Lawrence (centre) with the Turner Cup for English Literature and the Green Cup for the highest GCSE results.
BELOW: Georgia Greenbury (left) is presented with the Dusty Rhoades Trophy for Science by Mr Knapton and Maisie Carrol (right) receives the Performing Arts Cup from Chair of Governors, Mr Graham Walker.
Vice Principal Leaves For
Pastures New
Vice Principal, Mrs Croft will
be leaving Healing School
on the last day of term, to
take up position of Head at
South Holderness
Technology College in East
Riding of Yorkshire in January.
Mrs Croft said: “I would just like to say a
fond farewell. It will be my last day at
Healing School on 18th December. I've
enjoyed my time at the school tremendously
and will be sorry to leave. Thank you to you
all for all your support over the years, and
have a wonderful Christmas.”
Mr Knapton added “Mrs Croft has been a
wonderfully dedicated and outstanding
teacher who has always been supportive and
helpful to both staff and pupils. She will be
greatly missed.”
Year 8 Pupil, Charlotte Fox
Nominated For Award
Healing School, Year 8 pupil -
Charlotte Fox, was recently
shortlisted for the ‘Female Driver
of the Year’ award by national
publication – Karting Magazine.
12 year old Charlotte, from Great
Coates, was nominated for the
national karting award along with 19
other racers and although she didn’t
win the award, was delighted to be
nominated and came 6th in the
competition.
Charlotte is currently learning to drive
a car and has been encouraged by her
dad. Charlotte said: ‘I come from a
family that is very interested in motor
sports. When I was little, I used to go
to the track to watch my cousin
racing. I was inspired and my dad
encouraged me to get involved.
I began racing when I was 6 and have
now been kart racing for 7 years. I
am looking forward to racing cars
when I turn 14.’
Charlotte’s commitment to the
sport takes her to the Whilton
Mill race track in
Northamptonshire most
weekends, where she is
currently being tutored by
renowned racing instructor –
Jock Clear, who has worked as
Senior Performance Engineer
for both Lewis Hamilton and
Michael Schumacher. Charlotte
even had the opportunity to
meet Lewis Hamilton at the
track and was delighted that
he posed for a ‘selfie!’
Charlotte describes the
experience of kart racing as
both nerve wracking, but
exciting and loves to compete.
‘My friends are really
encouraging. They think it is
good that I am a girl
competing in this type of
sport. I don’t know what the
future holds, but I would like
to be a professional motor
racer when I grow up.’
ABOVE: Charlotte in action on the race track.
LEFT: Charlotte grabs a ‘selfie’ with Lewis Hamilton.
BELOW: With tutor, Jock Clear.
Year 10 Pupil, Kate Bentham, Wins Grimsby
Telegraph ‘Child Of Courage’ Award
Year 10 pupil, Kate Bentham recently won the Grimsby
Telegraph ‘Child of Courage’ Award, after being nominated
by her swimming mentor.
Despite being challenged by disability from birth, Kate has
become an inspirational role model to other young people. Kate
has been swimming all her life and her mentor, Mary Clark of the
Pilgrims Swimming Club, put Kate forward for the award. Mary
was delighted that Kate won the award and said that she
deserves the award for being such an inspiration to others and
said that despite disabilities, Kate never gives up.
Kate said ‘It was amazing to discover I’d won. I am really
grateful to Mary for nominating me, although collecting my