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A tribute to Lily Mae Sharp

Dancers at The Regent Theatre

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Lily Mae Sharp

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An Angel Who Grew Her Wings Too Soon

Lily Mae Sharp was not only a

daughter and sister but a best friend.

She was extremely generous and

loved spending time with people. Her

bubbly personality meant that she was

able to talk to anyone; she made the

people around her start to come out of

their shells and become more

confident. If you were ever down, her

hilarious impressions would instantly

make you laugh. She always

volunteered to help our form (9N), e.g.

being a mascot on sports day and

selling slime for various charities.

She made us giggle, she made us

smile, she was stylish, she was

different. Lily was sometimes a little

crazy, but that was exactly what we loved about her and we will never forget her lovely charisma. If

you ever find someone as nice as Lily that makes you smile, who puts their friends first, who looks

out for you and wants the very best for you, keep them close. Lily was one in a million and loved by

all. She was a cherished attribute to the school and will always be missed.

Sometimes it’s hard to find that one person who sticks by your side no matter what and Lily was the

best at doing that. She was so generous and offered to help anyone who was upset, even if it was

only a hug. Lily brightened everyone’s days; her gorgeous smile was contagious, and each day was

filled with something new, from robotic Lego snakes to mismatched animal-shaped rubbers or colour

changing pens to mermaid tails – she loved being underwater. Lily Mae Sharp, a name we will

always remember, fly high.

Written by Megan Ellison, Laura Townley and Saskia Easton

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D & T Golden Globes!

The Design & Technology week kicked off with a range of exciting activities taking place in lessons. In Food, Mrs Stringer (Francesca Stringer’s mum) came in to teach the Year 8 food group cake decorating skills. She showed the class how to make some Easter inspired cake decorations using fondant icing and buttercream and then the class had time to experiment for themselves and make their own decorated cakes. Year 7’s made chocolate lollies, truffles and mendiants. The “Design and Decorate a Chocolate Easter Egg” was launched. Students brought in their mouth-watering Easter eggs which were displayed in

main reception - torturing those who gave up chocolate for lent!

STOP PRESS: We have four finalist for the TeenTech awards!

Manufacturing Award: Kirsty Barr - GCSE PD project, ‘Timezone Table’

Best Prototype: Emily Platt - A2 PD project, ‘Balance Bike’ to encourage children into engineering

Best Concept: Olivia Jeffries - A2 PD project, ‘Rehabilitation Aid’ for young stroke sufferers

Best Research Project: Sophie Barwick - EPQ project, ‘The Limitations of Carbon Fibre’

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The Piece De Resistance!

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The piece de resistance was the fashion show displaying garments made by textiles students. The garments incorporated different styles, patterns, materials and decorative techniques exhibiting the student’s talents and creative ability. The show finished with Francesca Clarke modelling her own "Drag Queen" inspired costume based on a sub-culture that has grown from the drag balls of the 1960's and 70's. Aprilla Degg modelled a tailored jacket based on the 70's when the gap between men and womens fashion became blurred and unisex clothing came onto the scene. Naomi Redfern, year 12, presented her Haute Couture jumpsuit taking inspiration from her Thai heritage and the traditional Chut Thai clothing. Katie Lancaster also in year 12 watched her garment take to the runway inspired by Versace but with a 90's twist. This piece celebrates the 40

years of Versace's fashion.

In the meantime, Mr Dan Massey accompanied our young engineers to the Young Engineers and BIG BANG competition and came home with the prize!

See page 6.

The penultimate activity was a celebration evening a la 'Golden Globes'. The evening showcased an array of imaginative, creative and innovative produces across all material areas from all key stages. Btec Hospitality students put together a movie style concession stand which had hot dogs and nachos for sale as well as a variety of cookies and chocolate fudge brownies to die for. Guest were greeted with complimentary wine or non-alcoholic cocktails and pop-corn. The CAUC team (Green Power International Champions) and F1 in schools displayed their enviable silverware as they prepare for their next competitions this March. Year 12 Food Nutrition group created an information board to explain how to avoid food poisoning in the home

and gave some handy tips to follow.

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Young Engineers……...

Our students and my colleagues have broken through the glass ceiling as we are

named ‘Young Engineers School of the Year’.

How often do you read or hear commentators state that Engineering is not for girls—well here in the heart of Cheshire our

students and their teachers are proving that Engineering is not just for the boys as at last week’s “Big Bang” competition, held in

Birmingham, we were named Young Engineers School of the Year, reflecting the continued excellence and ever developing

national reputation we have for STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Our Twitter account contains numerous references to our success at the ‘Big Bang’ a very competitive event with our students

“stealing” the show as a result of their knowledge, confidence, awareness and ability to enthuse and engage a very demanding

set of ‘judges’.

Our team were accompanied to the Big Bang by Mr Massey and Mrs Dale and my thanks are extended to both but the

congratulations, so richly deserved, is extended to all our students and their teachers who ensure such enthusiasm for positive

engagement in so many STEM related activities both within the classroom and beyond. The ethos behind our approach to STEM

is to inspire and encourage students to pursue a career in a typically male-dominated industry, attempting to improve upon the

statistics that only 9% of engineers are female.

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……..School of The Year!

Our Learning Centre

certainly got us all in

the Christmas Spirit

with this amazing

‘book tree’ - well

done Mrs Adderley

& Co!

This latest accolade comes ‘hot’ on the heels of our Electric Car Team being acclaimed as Greenpower F24 International

Champions and OFSTED being suitably impressed with the range of STEM subjects and opportunities on offer they used us as a

case study of ‘Best Practice’.

Congratulations are also extended to Emma Jerstice (Year 13) who has received a rare opportunity to undertake ‘work

experience’ at one of the foremost F1 teams. An undoubted naturally able and unassuming student, Emma commented that the

exceptional opportunity came not as a result of her academic ability but stemmed from her involvement in STEM related

activities, notably our CAUC team.

Clearly the rather special, unique and incomparable STEM programme on offer here is available to all students up to and

including our College students. Do, please, share our delight with others and encourage not only our own students but male and

female students from other local schools to apply to join a winning and dynamic College. Further details available from Mrs

Hughes, Head of College, [email protected].

J M Leigh (Headteacher)

Congratulations – what a fantastic result!

Dan and the students did a terrific job at representing the school. I am delighted you guys won, from start to finish the girls were incredible role models for all who met them. Polite, charming, thoroughly nice and serious about STEM and what it means to them and the school. I don’t think I have ever seen such a brilliant example of what a school should be. The judges were in awe of them.

Please pass on my thanks and appreciation to them, it was an honour to get to know them. Dan was wonderful and supported the girls brilliantly, again pass on my thanks and appreciation. Sandbach truly deserved School of the Year! You will be tough act to follow.

We have been tweeting and posting feeds to Facebook, and of course have a news item on our website as well as a press release. Attached is a photograph of the girls and Dan receiving their award from Greg Foot and Lt Colonel Mark Lewin (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) who sponsored the awards.

Once again, congratulations.

Kind regards

Joanne Mitchell

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Our Learning Centre

certainly got us all in

the Christmas Spirit

with this amazing

‘book tree’ - well

done Mrs Adderley

& Co!

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Construction Careers Fair

With women making up only 11% of the construction workforce as a whole, and only 14% of entrants to UK engineering degrees female, one of our school’s aims is to inspire young women and girls to consider STEM careers. With this in mind, we paired up with the North West committee for NAWIC to set up the first NAWIC North West Careers Fair for Year 10-13 female students, which took place 26th April 2017. The afternoon began with a brief introduction from Mr Leigh and NAWIC committee member Loretta Lipworth, followed by a presentation from Louise Sheridan of Ellis William Architects. Students were then free to browse the company stands to learn about the breadth of roles available in STEM and construction industries, meet and be inspired by industry experts, and query subject choices, higher education courses, work experience options, etc. The afternoon was a great success, with 250+ girls in attendance and over 20 exhibitors from a range of construction fields engaged in supporting the future of our industry.

Juliette Smith from, 11A, said of the event; "I really enjoyed attending the construction careers fair, it helped students including

myself explore new careers that they may have never considered before. With many elements to construction, it gave us a taster

into how many different jobs can be found within this industry. Personally, I benefited greatly from attending. As I have a keen

interest in Law, the careers fair gave me an opportunity to speak to a fantastic Law firm, Osborn Abas Hunt. They specialise in

Health and Safety within construction. They answered so many questions I had about how to become a solicitor. I was also lucky

enough to be offered a work placement with them for a week in the summer to experience first-hand how the legal system is put

into practise. I am looking forward to this opportunity and can't thank Mrs Painter enough for organising the event, it's gives us

students so many great opportunities that

other schools simply don't offer. "

NAWIC NW Chair Laura Stringer said; “We were thrilled to have such a positive afternoon with the young women at Sandbach High School. Before the event, 10% of the girls said that they would consider a career in construction, and our survey tells us that 50% will consider one after attending the event. That’s a fantastic impact for our first career fair, and we hope to build on this in future events. Big thanks and well done to all those involved in making the event a success.”

With the blue print for how to organise

such an event now in place, next year’s

NAWIC careers fair will take place at

another school within the Cheshire/

Manchester area.

Liz Painter

Assistant Curriculum Leader for Science

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Megan’s Upcycling Talent

Our Learning Centre

certainly got us all in

the Christmas Spirit

with this amazing

‘book tree’ - well

done Mrs Adderley

& Co!

Judges were wowed by breathtaking upcycled items produced by Cheshire East schoolchildren at a recent awards event. Schoolchildren from across the borough met at Congleton Town Hall to show off their wares and receive awards for some brilliant designs as part of the ‘great big upcycled design awards evening’. The project forms part of Cheshire East Council’s waste minimisation strategy, which is managed by the charity Groundwork on behalf of the authority’s arms-length company Ansa Environmental Services. Children were asked to make the most stylish, innovative and useful products they could from materials that normally end up in the bin. Four judging teams were asked to pick their winner. Megan Hough, from Sandbach High School, was a winner with her record and old books Bluetooth speaker. Megan’s entry was picked as a winner by the Upcycled Hour business group, which is a mix of professional upcyclers across the UK. Councillor Paul Bates, Cheshire East Council cabinet member for communities and health, who attended on the evening, said: “There were some truly outstanding exhibits on display this evening. The schoolchildren have clearly put so much time and effort into their designs and should be extremely proud of their efforts. “It’s brilliant to see so many fantastic designs but it’s also an im-portant reminder to all of us that we should be thinking twice before we throw things away. These young people exhibiting today have set a tremendous example of how we can all contribute to reduc-ing landfill.”

On Friday 12th May 2017, Year 9 had their enterprise day. It meant that the whole day was out of lesson and spent in the main hall with the whole of Year 9. We were put into groups at random, mixing SAND and BECH and allowing us to meet people that we wouldn't in normal lessons. The day was based around designing a theme park rollercoaster for 'Sandbach Towers' meaning we got to practice skills and learn how to do new things. We were using physics and business skills to create the perfect ride. At the start of the day we were given the brief and there were lots of tasks for us to complete throughout the day including: blueprints, costing and design ideas, the leading teachers, Mr Shaw and Mrs Painter, and extra staff helped us to figure out how to create the best idea. In the morning, it was all about the planning ideas, where we used business and theoretical physics. The afternoon was based more on the physical making and creating using applied physics.

By the end of the day every team had created there rollercoaster physically and on paper which allowed the judges to come around and judge, team 25 won. Overall it was a fun day that allowed us to mix with others.

Hannah Dernie and Grace Roberts 9A

Year 9 Enterprise Day

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Young Carers

Spare a thought for Mrs Jackson, Mrs Cummins and 28 students (from Years 9, 10 and 11) who had the dubious pleasure of my company as I joined them all for their trip to London, as the supporting adult! Having not been on a school trip for some time, the experience did me good to remind me just what it is like to help with a trip/visit. It was tiring and challenging at times, for example, as we “coerced” (well, Mrs Jackson did with me as the bait!!) even the most reluctant sky traveller to enter one of the cable cars to fly over the east end of London enabling us all to have a superb view across London. It was a jam packed three days, leaving few sites of interest unattended, giving us all a really educational and enjoyable time. If I ever doubted the commitment involved in such trips then these three days reminded me just how much it takes to lead and support extra-curricular activities. But having said all of that, it was a really rewarding experience, not least receiving first-hand the compliments of the hotel duty manager (and he was just one of those to comment in such a manner) who having been on duty throughout the night greeted me on arrival for breakfast by praising the students for their general conduct, thanks in no small part to the organization of Mrs Jackson and Mrs Cummins. The girls were delightful and made me very proud of the student body that we have in our school. And then there was Mrs Jackson and Mrs Cummins who having asked me to join them then had to endure my company. Their professionalism and organisation were exemplary and their rapport with the girls and the mutual respect between them and the girls was all too evident. For me after several years on the periphery of such activities it was a humbling

and thoroughly rewarding experience. Thanks are extended to all 28 students and especially to Mrs Jackson and Mrs Cummins.

Mr J Leigh (Headteacher)

On a very wet Wednesday in May, Miss Gavin and Mrs Whittle set off to Aerial Extreme and Tren tham Gardens wi th the Young Carers. Here is a summary of the day

written by one of the students.

"When we first arrived we visited the shop on the estate and stopped at a little coffee shop for a warm drink- Oreo hot chocolate! We then returned to Aerial extreme and got kitted up. I thought the experience was amazing and was really fun, the experience also taught us to encourage each other, try to conquer our fears and to not give up. For me the course was quite difficult but fun and that is with two years of climbing experience, therefore I thought my group did exceptionally well having never done something like this before. Later that day we returned to school just after home time. In my opinion the day out was the best school trip that I have ever been on, so thank you again for

allowing us to go on the trip!"

Spare a thought!!

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Year 12 Biologists go to Dorset!

The Year 12 Biologists travelled to the beautiful Osmington Bay in Dorset for their A-level Biology Field trip.

After an early start, we arrived at the PGL centre for lunch and spent the afternoon on the beach counting purple topshells in order to carry out a calculation to work out approximately how many were living in a rock pool – well over 2300! This was followed by random sampling of different areas of the rocky shore, identifying a variety of plants and animal species living there. Fresh air,

and an evening of statistical analyses of the data we had collected, ensured that we all slept well that night.

The following day, after a hearty breakfast, we travelled to Studland Bay, overlooking Sandbanks, one of the most expensive places to live in the world! We spent the day looking at succession that had occurred over a long period of time, from the embryo sand dunes to the much older grey dunes. We worked hard all day, carrying out line transects, various abiotic tests and identifying

plants growing on the dunes.

The next morning was time to relax….or so we thought. We spent the time being launched into the air on the Giant Swing and worked up a sweat playing Aeroball, whilst others went fossil collecting. The Field trip was three days of hard work but we all had

a really enjoyable time – and lots of fun was had by all!

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A Quarry, Kendal and …….

After more than 20 years of using Snowdonia as our base for the GCSE Geography field trip, the all-new syllabus has meant that

we have had to develop a whole new field course at a new location.

Day one kicked off with a long drive up the M6 in our new extra-long minibuses (we now qualify for the coach parking spaces).

Our first stop was Shap Quarry where representatives of Hanson kitted us all out in some very fetching PPE gear before taking us

on a tour of the massive limestone extraction facility. This required some pretty advanced driving skills as we followed the

specialist 4WD quarry vehicles around some steep and narrow tracks. Thankfully our vehicles were given a compulsory all-over

jet wash before we left for our next engagement.

We headed down the A6 to tackle the dreaded Kendal One Way System! We found a lovely outdoor classroom at the cricket

ground complete with parking, seating and huge moveable whiteboards! No time to waste, maps to colour and photos to annotate

whilst pounding the streets – hardly time for a quick coffee, and all done just before the car park closes for the night!

With minutes to spare before dinner we arrived at the Youth Hostel, where Mr Fowler had further problems getting his minibus

plus tow-bar through the tiny gateway. As the dinner plates were cleared away we hastily wiped down the tables and turned the

place into a class room ready for our evening lesson – no rest for the wicked!

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……..Quiet Mountain Stream!

Our Learning Centre

certainly got us all in

the Christmas Spirit

with this amazing

‘book tree’ - well

done Mrs Adderley

& Co!

The beauty of field trips is that there is no commute to work so for those teachers with young families this is an annual opportunity

to actually stay in bed till 8am, before popping downstairs to consume a hearty cooked breakfast. No typical Cumbrian weather

for us today – it’s sunshine all day long! Due to the recent drought we head for our new river study location up in the hills. It’s a

stunning location and what a joy it is to see our students embracing the great outdoors, loving their time in the river, splashing,

laughing and wading in far too deep! We even witness an impromptu ascent of the very steep fell side during our picnic lunch,

with our students keen to run off their bags of

crisps. To be honest it was a shame to leave the

Barbon Valley, but minibuses need to be turned

round on a 6ft wide track, and we have lambs

and calves to feed at Holme Farm, before

heading back for tea, and another evening of

intense study.

It’s an early departure on our final day, and

thankfully the wind is blowing as we arrive at

Caton Wind Farm to check the wind speed and

calculate just how much power these great

white turbines are kicking out. Not much of a

view as we are engulfed in passing clouds,

causing the 240ft turbines to disappear into the

mist. Our visit to Heysham Nuclear Power

Station cannot go ahead as planned due to the

heightened security risk, but we are able to

benefit from a very informative presentation and

workshop in the interactive visitor centre, before

tackling the M6 on a Friday afternoon, with vans

full of very sleepy students.

Our first GCSE field trip to Cumbria was a huge

success, and this was thanks to the hard work

put in by the staff team of Mrs Jackson, Miss

Swindells, and Mr Fowler. However, the stars of

this trip were our amazing students who worked

tirelessly, took everything in their stride and

were such good company and good sports

throughout the visit. Hopefully we can now look

forward to getting 20 years out of this field

course too!

Mr A Leonard

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Work Experience in Health & Social Care

As part of our BTEC Health and Social Care Level 3 Diploma we really enjoyed a visit to our lesson from Louise Hulme our Nurse

Practitioner at Sandbach High School. Louise came to talk to us about the importance of Continuing Professional Development

(CPD) in her role as a nurse as part of our Unit 6 – Work Experience in Health and Social Care. We found it especially interesting

when Louise went through her career profile and the delivery of personal care as a nurse throughout her career as a children’s

nurse, we also learnt a lot about CPD and the importance of upgrading and developing your skills as a Health Practitioner.

Project Happiness —

making us proud again!

On the 12 April four of the newer members of Project Happiness volunteered again at Sue Ryder! They gave up one of their mornings over the Easter Holidays to help others making us very proud! They sorted clothes and prepared them for sale. The work they did would have taken the regular volunteers in the shop over a week to do, they did it in 2

hours! They plan to do this a lot more!

As part of their BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care, Emily Clarke and Eloise O’Donnell (Year 12) have been spending their Monday evenings on a voluntary placement with ’YoungMinds’. The sessions they help out with often have a visiting specialist to talk to the young people attending the group alongside personal counselling

sessions during the evening.

I am very proud of Emily and Eloise for their support of these young people and helping with the organisation of the

evenings.

Mrs J Hooper

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An Incredible Opportunity

Our Learning Centre

certainly got us all in

the Christmas Spirit

with this amazing

‘book tree’ - well

done Mrs Adderley

& Co!

On the 15 May the Project Happiness girls were given the most incredible opportunity!

They won a chance to Skype Shazia and Kainat the two friends of Malala who were shot on the bus with her. We were one of four schools selected to take part and won on merit because of the work we do in the community for education. Shazia and Kainat also

had to move to England to avoid death threats and they continue to work for girls’ education.

It was an utterly moving and inspirational chat. We stayed behind after school on a Wednesday and were able to listen to their stories of growing up in Swat Valley, the attack and their lives since. We submitted over 50 questions to them and they answered

two of them.

Then the most exciting bit happened! The call was supposed to end at 4.30 and so when they offered to have more of an informal

chat all the other schools left! We didn't!! And four of us managed to have a lovely chat with the girls for about 20 mins, just us!

Hairspray is a musical that Sandbach High School are performing

in July thanks to the Drama, Dance and Music departments.

Rehearsals for the acting, singing, and dancing are all taking place

regularly to ensure that the show will be flawless ready for the

opening night. Casting has already successfully taken place,

meaning that all of the characters are well played by the talented

students and rehearsals to refine the performance are underway. The main character, Tracy Turnblad, is being played by

Katerina Piperakis (Year 10), with her best friend, Penny Lou Pingleton being played by Miranda Gresty (Year 9). Penny’s true

love, Seaweed, is being played by Yasmin Lowthion (Year 9), and Motormouth Mabel by Elizabeth Baynham (Year 9). Velma

Von Tussle is being played by Ella Reeder (Year 10) and Amber by Hermione Gittins (Year 9). There are many more talented

performers filling supporting roles. Overall, there is a strong representation of the lower school showcasing their talent with

several older, more experienced girls aiding them in perfecting the show. It looks to be an exciting production! By Robyn Giles

Hairspray Update

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Drama

KS3 students have been busy in Drama this term preparing for duologue performances from The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty

by David Calcutt. The girls have been encouraged to ‘present characters different to themselves’ by using physical and vocal

skills such as posture (we’ve even had some limps!), pitch and accent. The characters have come from far and wide – from

Sandbach to Australia – and we have seen some fantastic costumes and props.

Mr Fairclough has been impressed by the commitment of students to Lower School Drama Club, who have been exploring

Devised theatre in a range of different ways this term, developing characterisation skills and performance skills as well working

with a range of different people. Participating in such activities increases the girls’ confidence and enables them to explore some

interesting stimuli that we can’t actually fit into the Drama curriculum! Lower School Drama Club runs every Friday lunch time in

Drama Studio 1 and is open to Years 7, 8 and 9.

Year 11 performance exam

We’d like to say well done to Yr 11 Drama students! Their performance exam in May went very well and we wish them all the best

for their results in August. Thanks to everyone for their commitment to after school rehearsals in the lead-up to the practical

assessment – you were all wonderful and we are impressed that you weathered the embarrassment factor associated with

fishnets, tiaras and sweatbands from the ‘80s!

Ms R Aldridge & Mr K Fairclough

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Year 8 Science & Technology Fair

Our Learning Centre

certainly got us all in

the Christmas Spirit

with this amazing

‘book tree’ - well

done Mrs Adderley

& Co!

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The end of Science Week in March saw Year 8 enjoy our annual Science & Technology Fair. The national theme for Science

Week this year was ‘Changes’. Students worked independently at home to create their science project, using skills they had

learnt in the technology lessons. Throughout the afternoon there were quizzes with chocolate prizes being awarded.

Senior science technician Mrs Hudson led the judging panel and after much deliberation, 4 winning projects were announced.

Cochlea Implant: Lucy McKenna & Katlyn Hammersley Butterfly Life Cycle: Salma Kabban & Izzy Shani

Effects of drugs: Erin Naylor-Gray & Even Davenport Making Milk Plastic: Lily Morgan & Daisy Soddy

Many thanks to staff an Year 8 students for making this one of the best Year 8 Science & Technology Fairs

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Dance Showcase

We have recently showcased the Dance talent from school in two

performances at local theatres.

The upper school group performed at the Regent Theatre in Hanley in their youth dance festival. We choreographed a 10 minute performance based on Old English Fairy Tales complete with props

and glitter face make-up.

The two lower school groups also danced at the Lyceum in Crewe in a School ’s ‘Got ta Dance’

celebration.

Year 7 and 8 students did a lyrical performance that included solo's, small group contact work and big unison phrases. For some this was their first performance on a

professional stage.

The Year 9 dancers shown great talent in their contemporary dance. They included their own choreography within the performance and danced extremely

professionally.

Each group were excellent representatives for the school and it was great so have so much support from parent chaperones.

Friends of Sandbach Park recently received some

brilliant support from four Sandbach High School

Students on a project in the Park.

Ramina Iruthayanathan, Chrinny Dong, Stella Vu and

Jacqueline Vu helped to re-stain benches.

Well done girls—we are proud of you!

@Sandbachhigh @Sandbachhighschool

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Staff Makeover!

Before half term, Miss Howlett received an email from one of her lovely Year 7s inviting her for a makeover. She agreed straightaway. Why wouldn't she? Who doesn't love a bit of pampering and being made to look glamorous? When a group of Year 7 and 8s started coming at her with make up brushes on Tuesday, she quickly realised that her idea of a makeover was very different to their idea... Together with her colleagues they left the sports hall with the full works! It was all for charity, so they were not complaining, but they did suggest that maybe it would be a good idea to introduce make up lessons to the timetable for next

year!

Mr Massey commented:

“I was delightfully 'made over' by a lovely group of Year 7s. It started off quite tasteful and really enhanced my already good looks, but by the 3rd coat of make-up I was starting to look a little ropey. It was all great fun and I now have an appreciation of

and sympathy for make-up wearers everywhere. I would say never again, but that would spoil my weekend plans.”

Pictured left to right: Mr Massey, Miss Devon, Miss Howlett and Miss Woods.

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School Uniform Shop

We are pleased to inform you that the school’s Uniform Shop is open on the following dates.

Please be advised that this is a very busy time for uniform purchases and your patience is appreciated if the shop is busy.

Tuesday 20 June 2.30pm—5pm

Tuesday 27 June 2.30pm—6pm

Wednesday 28 June—MAIN UNIFORM SELLING EVENT 3pm—7pm

Thursday 29 June 3pm—6pm

Friday 30 June 2pm—4pm

Tuesday 4 July & Tuesday 11 July, 2.30pm—5pm

Thursday 6 July & Thursday 13 July 2.30pm—5pm

Wednesday 23 August 11am—1pm and Thursday 24 August 10am—12 noon.

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Champion Car Team

The start of the 2017 race season. Now we find out whether all that pit practice has paid off. How ready are we for the season

opener at Rockingham Motor Speedway circuit?

The first test was to see if the team could all get to school for the early start of 5.45am before loading up and setting off on the 2

hour journey to Rockingham. When we had all arrived at Rockingham we all felt that the journey took far longer than it had.

Time to dust everything off, unload the cars, go through scrutineering and out to practice. This was the first time that some of the new, younger team members had driven the cars it was important to get everyone out on the track in the practice time so that

they could experience the track conditions.

Before racing began we had time for a team

photo with the cars:

Becksy was at the ready with the Silverline first

aid kit should it be called into action.

And it was needed but not on our car. We were able to help out another team who had arrived at the race only to find issues with the brakes on their car so we were able to help them out and get them up and running. A big thankyou to them for nominating our team for the 'Spirit of

Greenpower' award.

Finally racing began. Greenpower races are not for those who like a quiet calm afternoon in the sunshine. Races are always very tense and full of unanswered questions: when are we going to pit? How will the batteries last? What part will the weather, especially the wind play in the cars

performance? Have we left any loose bolts? Dylan won the first race covering a distance of 35 miles in the 90 minutes. Dougal finished third with

33 miles.

Before the second race it was time to change the

batteries.

Time for a quick team talk. 1st and 3rd in the first race was really good but could we make it a 1st and

2nd. No pressure then...!

Another nail biting 90 minutes followed Dylan was vying for first place with a number of different cars, how would it go? Dylan completed his pit stops earlier than the cars it was competing against so we had to wait for all the pit stops to take place to take back the lead. The wind was playing its part and cars were stopping on the track as they appeared to have run out of power. Batteries were being drained

and the cars were moving slower and slower.

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Update on 2017 season

It is with deep sadness that CAUC has learned of the

passing of Dr Robert Carter.

Bob was one of our Siemens volunteers and has been an

integral member of the CAUC team since 2005. During

this time he has been an ambassador for the

Engineering profession and a role model for countless

team members. His work with Siemens, CAUC and

Greenpower as a whole will be sorely missed. Our

thoughts and sympathies go to his family and friends.

RIP Bob C.

You will be missed, more than you know

The cars closest to Dylan were slowing at a faster rate and we were hopeful that as long as Dylan kept going it would be OK. But where would Dougal finish, Dougal was slowly moving up the places and another podium finish was possible. Would it be 2nd or would it be 3rd for Dougal? Dougal was overtaken so we were settling for another 3rd place finish but what? wait? the car in front of Dougal is slowing down rapidly, could this really be possible? Yes!! On the last lap Dougal overtook the car that had overtaken him previously and we had

a 1,2 finish in the second race.

The news that we had a 1st and 2nd place quickly spread through the team and

everyone was really excited as the team had performed really well.

When the distances of both races were calculated we finished with the overall 1st and 2nd prizes as well as the 'Spirit of Greenpower' and the Portfolio

awards.

What a start to the season!! Next race in about 6 weeks time, will the new car

be ready?

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...and YET MORE SUCCESS

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Meeting Sam Quek!

Our lucky hockey players got the

fantastic opportunity to meet the

inspirational Olympic Gold Medallist

Sam Quek in a hockey festival / Q

& A session.

The students got to ask her

anything they wanted, they asked

some extremely detailed questions

about the life of an Olympic athlete

as well as some fun questions

about ‘I’m a celebrity…’.

Not only this but they got to hold

the Gold medal and as I am sure

you can imagine, there was a lot of

selfies taken as well as signings of

h o c k e y e q u i p m e n t a n d

memorabilia.

The girls once again did us ever so

proud and we are delighted they

had the opportunity to meet such

an inspirational, down to earth,

genuine athlete!

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Thea’s black belt dream

Five years of hard work has paid off for Thea Lee when after an all-day assessment in

Sheffield, she achieved her dream of becoming a black belt at karate.

Thea had to perform in front of the three most senior sensei in the country. She is pictured with Stan Knighton (9th Dan) who is the Chief Instructor of the Shukokai

Karate Union. Amazing Thea—Well Done!

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Cheshire Cricket Success

Huge congratulations to Bailey, Tilly and Bethan in

playing for Cheshire and their convincing win over

Lancashire. Lancashire scored 93 all out and

Cheshire got the runs in 19 overs. Tilly scored 49

not out and Bailey took 3 wickets – super proud of

our cricketers!

Double Gold for Ruka!

Our Year 10 student Ruka has produced

some outstanding performances in athletics

over the past couple of years, this year has

been no exception! Huge congratulations on

all of your success but in particular your

double gold medal achievements at the

County Championships in 100m and 200m

and also competing for the Sale Harriers

Seniors at the National Championships!! We

are super proud of this extremely modest

athlete!

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Well done to Abby Warren who recently shot at the British 50m

Championships, taking second junior female in both Commonwealth and

Olympic events, smashing her previous Personal bests in both disciplines.

She has been put forward by the GB Talent squad manager to join British

Shooting Rifle Rankings for selection for European and World Cup

matches.

World Cup beckons for Abby

...and YET MORE SUCCESS

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Eurocamp

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Gymnastic Glory

Our Learning Centre

certainly got us all in

the Christmas Spirit

with this amazing

‘book tree’ - well

done Mrs Adderley

& Co!

SOUTH CHESHIRE

ROUNDERS LEAGUE

The girls have had a fantastic start to

the rounders season with a huge

amount of pupils participating in

lessons, lunchtimes and representing

the school. Both year 7 and 8 have an

A and B team and 9 and 10 very strong

and successful teams. Due to the poor

weather, a number of games have

been postponed, however we eagerly

anticipate the South Cheshire

Tournament where we have high

hopes for the girls. Please continue

attending practices and enjoying the

Sandbach sun!

England Caps!

CONGRATULATIONS to Maddie Goodman. After all of her hard work and

commitment she has been invited to train with ENGLAND Under 16’s. On the back

of this she has also been called to ENGLAND trials later on this summer.

Earlier on in the season, Maddie was also chosen as player of the women’s hockey

league which is an outstanding achievement at 14 years old, competing against

people a lot older than her. Well done Maddie and good luck!

We have some phenomenal gymnasts

at this school but these three are

competing regularly at International

competitions, huge congratulations to

Jaz, Alisha and Amy in all of the

success you have had this year so far.

England Calls!

One of our super stars has achieved

her first England cap in football as

goal keeper, Eleanor Heaps Year 9

has successfully made it through all

of the vigorous trials and training

sessions. A huge success and the

first of many!! Well Done!

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...and YET MORE SUCCESS

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Athletics season so far!

Our athletes have made a fantastic start to the 2017 athletics season. They kicked off with the English Schools Track and Field

Cup, where several new PB’s were set, on a very wet and miserable day. Our minors team (Y8&9) performed extremely well,

securing a place in the B Final on Monday 12th at Warrington. This is an outstanding achievement and we wish them every

luck in their events.

The minors and juniors/inters South Cheshire athletics trials have now taken place, with the Sandbach High School Athletics

squads dominating, which looks extremely promising for the upcoming South Cheshire Athletics Championships. We have the

following pupils qualified and representing South Cheshire at the upcoming Cheshire Championships; Olivia Fowler, Jessica

Nelson, Laura Townley, Lois Gillespie, Rebecca Griffiths, Molly Newton, Jess Smith, Penny Russett, Alex Ciesielska, Ruka

Shonibare, Maddie Goodman and

Louise Elleray (Juniors/Inters). Minors

athlete’s include Ruby Bowie, Sophie

Reeder, Amy Phillips, Ellie Bushill,

Isabelle Ashcroft, Georgia Donald,

Abbie Birchenough, Abbie Gentle, Safi

Kandeh.

Congratulations to all of the girls

involved and we wish you all the best

in all upcoming competitions!

VERY KINDLY

SPONSORED BY:

STOP PRESS!

As we went to press, our Y7 and Y8 (Junior) Athletics competed at the North West Regional Athletics Finals against 11 other schools from across the region. This was a really prestigious event which they qualified for after winning the English School’s Track and Field Cup meet at Macclesfield. They were outstanding on the day and came away as CHAMPIONS!! Well done and

congratulations to:

Ruby Bowie Georgia Donald

Abbie Birchenough Emelia Malcolm

Ellie Bushill Izzy Ashcroft

Lottie Nelson Olivia Fowler

Olivia Maddock Rebecca Griffiths

Drew Davies Alex Ciesielska

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Sports Day

Our Learning Centre

certainly got us all in

the Christmas Spirit

with this amazing

‘book tree’ - well

done Mrs Adderley

& Co!

PARENTS/CARERS WELCOME TO ATTEND!!

WHEN? – WEDNESDAY 21ST

JUNE 2017 9AM – 12.15PM

WHERE? – ATHLETICS TRACK/THROWING AREAS/ASTRO

WHAT? – THIS GIRL CAN THEMED - ATHLETICS

EVENTS / SITTING VOLLEYBALL / SPELLING BEE / MATHS CHALLENGE /

DANCE OFF / CHARITY STALL / MASCOT COMPETITION

WHO – EVERYONE!

ALL MONEY RAISED WILL GO TO OUR SCHOOL CHARITY THIS YEAR, YOUNG MINDS!

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Year 7 and Mr Hilton enjoying a variety of workshops and activities at Jodrell Bank during Science Week.