Deben News - Feb Edition

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Visual and
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A message from the Headteacher ...
As you read this, we will have come to the end of our Holocaust Memorial Week at
Deben which incorporates the Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January 2010). This year
marks the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
by Soviet troops.
SECTIONS: This week at Deben, students have been engaged
in a huge range of learning events related to our
Holocaust Week:
• Assemblies for every year group on the meaning

of the Holocaust and the genocide undertaken by
the Nazis in the Second World War;
• We were very pleased to host two special guests
from the Czech Republic: Eva Kuzelova, (lecturer)
and Marta Vancurova, (co-ordinator) from
The Forgotten Ones Association and Jewish
Museum in Prague who worked with our Holocaust
Focus Group students on the significance of the
banners in the Holocaust banner exhibition;
• Over the past few months, and particularly this week, the students involved in the
Holocaust Focus Group have been privileged to meet and work alongside Frank Bright,
who is now in his eighties. Frank was one of the few children who survived the
Holocaust. His family was placed in a Ghetto in Czechoslovakia and many family
members did not survive;
• On Tuesday 26 January, five Suffolk schools joined our Deben students for an event to
commemorate Holocaust Memorial Week. They worked with Frank Bright, and Dale
Banham (County Advisor for Humanities), on a research project which culminated in
each school giving a presentation on their particular area of Holocaust research;
• Deben Holocaust Focus Group students put on an evening of music and drama to
mark the Holocaust Memorial Day on the 27 January;
• We have had the privilege of hosting the Lee Miller Exhibition
for 6 weeks this half term, linked to the Holocaust Memorial
Other articles Week (more on this overleaf);
• Primary schools visited Deben on the 28 January for a
Holocaust Assembly, with an opportunity to look at the
Holocaust Banners and Lee Miller photography exhibition;
• Antony Penrose (Lee Miller’s son) and his daughter Ami
Bouhassane visited the school on Friday 29 to talk to
students and invited guests about Lee Miller’s work as a war
photographer.
My thanks go to Mrs Pearson, Miss Boyce and Mrs Ryland from

school as well as Dale Banham, Mike Todd (graphic designer)and Frank Bright for their
hard work in putting together this very special week at Deben.
Finally my congratulations
and thanks to the students
who worked so hard in all
the events. They have truly
risen to the challenge of
understanding and
interpreting the Holocaust
during this week.
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College for the Through these events, we
Visual and hope that the next generation
will learn the horrors
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experienced by the many
millions who suffered at the
hands of those who
perpetrated genocide.
George Santayana once
said “those who ignore history
are condemned to repeat it”.
I personally believe it is
important to keep
knowledge of that horror alive
in the hope that the Holocaust
will never happen again.
Friday 5th March - Bollywood Nights - Fundraising event for Youth Interactive (CYAG)
As I mentioned, we are very

privileged and excited to be
hosting the Lee Miller exhibition
in the foyer here at Deben.
Thursday 11th February – Jazz, Cheese and Wine Evening
For those who have never heard of Lee, she produced some of the most powerful
photographs seen this century, from portraits of her friends such as Pablo Picasso, to her
Wednesday 10th February – Year 7 Subject Clinic
work as a correspondent with the US army in World War II. Beginning her own studio in
Monday 15th – Friday 19th February – Half Term
Paris with artist Man Ray, she went on to work with Vogue, and in France, Egypt, and
New York, being best remembered for her witty Surrealist images. We have a small
Thursday 25th February - Talent Show
selection of her archive exhibition here with permission from the Penrose family to tie in
with Holocaust Memorial Week.
The archive holding includes some 60,000 negatives, mainly black and white, most of
Dates for your diary:
her manuscripts, captions, notes, letters and ephemeral material, her cameras, and
some of her personal effects such as her US Army uniform. We couldn’t possibly hope
to have all of this here at Deben, so have a small selection of some of her most famous
photographs as digital prints and will be holding viewings throughout the period we
have the exhibition.
More information is available from the following websites:
• http://www.leemiller.co.uk/
• http://www.farleyfarmhouse.co.uk
• http://www.rolandpenrose.co.uk
My thanks go to Jane Newall (Vice Chair of Governors) and Mrs Battle (Subject Leader
of Art) for the hard work bringing the exhibition from Sussex where it is stored and to all
the staff who helped carefully put it up in the school foyer. Also thanks to Antony
Penrose and Ami Bouhassane for allowing us to host this exhibition and for visiting the
school for their presentation during Holocaust Memorial Week.
Mr Cawley
“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

Christmas Dinner Update
You may recall before Christmas that I had to make the very difficult decision to close
the school on the last day of term due to the weather conditions. This had the
unfortunate consequence that students were not able to enjoy the Christmas Dinner
that was due to take place on that day. Outlined below are the refund arrangements.
Please complete the reply slip at the end of Deben News and ask your son/daughter to
A Specialist return to the Finance Office in school to collect their refund. This must be done by Friday
College for the 12 February 2010.
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We would like to make something positive out of this situation and so any money not
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claimed back by students will be donated to the charity that the School Council are
raising money for Youth Interactive (CYAG). The fund currently stands at approximately
£1600 and we only have to raise another £400 to be able to build a school in India.
If you would prefer that the money for the Christmas dinner be donated to this fund,
then you need do nothing, as all money left over at the end of school on Friday 12
February 2010 will be donated to Youth Interactive (CYAG).
Mr Cawley
Keep Fit Class

Come and join us as we keep fit at Deben every Wednesday
from 4.30-5.30. No need to pre-book, just come along and
Interested in advertising your business to a regular monthly
enjoy! The cost is £4.00 per session.
Mrs Millan
Call Mrs Ryland on 01394 282602 for details.
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Half page advert: £35 per issue
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audience via our school?
On Tuesday 12th January, 22 Deben students travelled to Great Cornard Upper School
to attend training for the UK Schools Memory Championships, an event arranged by
AimHigher and presented by Dominic O’Brien, the eight times World Memory
Champion.
Dominic O’Brien devised the original concept of the UK Schools Memory

Championship and is spearheading training sessions in Memory techniques for school
and college groups throughout the UK. After the visits, in-school competitions will
identify the most talented participants, with the top 100 students being invited to take
part in the National Final.
Mrs Hartley and Mrs Scrine were very impressed by the conduct and enthusiasm of our
students. They were amazing and showed terrific talent after the training. Some of them
came with good memory skills, others picked up many tips and showed great promise
at the end of the session which culminated in an unofficial ‘School Memory Champion
of the day’ type test where the students were asked to remember 30 words in the
correct order using the technique of their choice. Many of our students recalled over
20 words with 3, James Bellamy, Rosie Hartley and Emily Ley, recalling all 30. James had

been particularly impressive all day, scoring full marks in every challenge faced. Special
mention should go to the year 8s, the youngest present, who were exceptional,
particularly Willem Ball and Jordan Amos who recorded high scores frequently.
In February, the students will attend the second session. Here they will take on the other
schools (Great Cornard Upper, Westbourne and Sudbury Upper), finding out individual
school champions and area school champions. If their scores come in the top 100
nationally, students will be invited to attend the National Schools’ Memory
A Specialist Championships in July.
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Visual and Between now and the next session, the students plan to meet regularly in order to
practise their techniques and get them accustomed to the events in which they will
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take part. We have been given a Rubik’s Cube box of tricks to practise with, which
should be interesting!
We are hopeful the students will be able to utilise these new skills in their learning and
revision; many gained confidence in their ability to learn and retain information,
something some of the brightest students felt was lacking in their armoury.
Congratulations should go to all students who attended the training. Not only did they
demonstrate fantastic memory skills, but they were a credit to themselves and the
school showing exemplary behaviour throughout the day.
Mrs D Hartley
Jazz, Cheese and Wine Evening

This side bar is available for just £15 per issue.
Following the success of last year’s event, the Music Department is pleased to be
presenting another Jazz, Cheese and Wine evening on Thursday 11th February 2010,
7pm in the Upper School Hall. There will be performances by the very talented Deben
Jazz Band and Musicians’ Union Band. This is a great opportunity to meet up with your
friends, catch up and enjoy a relaxing evening of Jazz, wine and food.
Tickets: £10 adults, £8 concessions – first drink given on return of ticket. Please see the
ticket request slip at the end of this Deben News or contact the school directly.
All proceeds will go towards the Arts Week Tour to Paris.
Mr Wren
Homework Club
Students in Year 7 and 8 can now attend a Homework Club which will take place every
Thursday from 3.00-4.00pm in the Library. For more information please see Mrs Barrett or
Mrs Franks.
Mrs Barrett and Mrs Franks
Artist of the month

Elliot Cornwell Year 12 has been given the artist of
the month award. He was nominated for his
photography coursework final piece on transitions.
He has used the transition of making an origami
bird as his inspiration, combining photos of the
process within the piece. You will be able to see
all final outcomes from our photography students
in this year’s summer AS/A2 exhibition.
Well done Elliot.
Mrs Battle

Talent Show
Under the direction of their mentors, 16 talented acts come together for a night of sheer
entertainment. Who wins? You decide.
Hosted by William Tink and Wade Ablitt (last year’s winner) the acts will sing, dance or
pluck their way to talent show glory!
A Specialist Our four mentors (AJ, Mona, Ben and Emily) have been working with the acts to make
College for the sure they are perfect and give them the best chance of winning. Also adding a glitzier
Visual and feel to the show we will have a house band led by David Scarlett rocking out the house
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Be there on the 25th February at 7.00pm (doors open at 6.30pm) for what promises to
be a night to remember!
Tickets cost £3 each. Please complete the ticket request form at the back of the Deben
News.
Look out in a future Deben News for information on a Fashion Show!
Arts Focus Group
PE News
Urgent: Girls PE kit

It has come to my attention that a few individual students have arrived at PE lessons
with hooded tops. While I am happy for parents to purchase a plain navy blue tracksuit
top, students cannot wear a hooded top on the grounds of health and safety e.g. if a
student is running past someone in netball they could be pulled back by the hood and
be strangled. Please note that Coes supply the navy blue tracksuit for girls. These can
be purchased as a whole tracksuit or individually as a top or bottoms. If an
alternative tracksuit is purchased, it must be plain navy blue (no big logo’s, no stripes
and no hoods).
Mr Ewers
Congratulations
As mentioned in the last Deben News Daniel Finegan (G4) and James Casburn (G3)
represented the county at the Three Counties Swimming Gala at Thetford on Saturday
5th December. The Suffolk team competed against the county teams from Norfolk and
Cambridgeshire.
The event was swum over six lanes with each county having two teams. Both boys had
impressive swims with James achieving 1st place in the 50m breaststroke and Daniel a
2nd place with a personal best in the 50m backstroke. They also had strong swims in two
relays helping Suffolk to achieve the top places and to win the overall trophy.
Final results: 1st place Suffolk 469pts, 2nd place Norfolk 319pts, 3rd place
Cambridgeshire 216pts
James and Daniel thoroughly enjoyed the

high level of competition and were thrilled
to be part of Suffolk’s winning team.
Photo shows James and Daniel with their

captain and trophy
Mr Ewers

Basketball results
Farlingaye v Deben 10th December 2009
Year 11 Farlingaye 42 Deben 37

A good effort by all but undone by physical stature (Farlingaye were all Year 11) as we
apart from Joe Reeve and Ben Trudgett were Year 10’s. For a debut Ben Trudgett was
impressive and learnt very quickly during the game. Elliot, Tobi and Ryan never stopped
running.
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College for the Year 9 Farlingaye 25 Deben 48
Visual and The situation was reversed as we were the bigger side. James Casburn caused lots of
problems, with a little more aggression his points tally would have doubled. Needless to
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say Henry French and Will Jewkes ran the show. If you could bottle what Will has got
and sell it we would make a fortune. Nathan Bowdidge created lots of problems for the
opposition when he came on - an excellent debut.
Mr Clarke
County Cross Country Finals

The following students took part in the County Cross Country Finals (2nd round) at the
Royal Hospital School on Sunday 6th December. The top 40 (out of approximately 200)
from the event qualify to represent the county at the next stage. We had 4 qualifiers
(bold) and 3 very nearly qualified. Positions as below:
Girls Minors: Rebecca Cox (7S) 44th

Boys Minors: William O’Maley (7T) 41st
Boys Juniors: Ben Parker (G4) 39th
Chris Franks (T2) 41st
Girls Inter: Gabby Swann (S2) 38th
Boys Inter: Jonathan Bailey (T1) 21st
Rhys Hinton-Smith (D4) 6th
Well done to all who took part.

Mrs Scrine
Badminton
U16 boys and girls won the regional badminton competition and are going on to the
County Finals.
Teams are:
Boys: Jonathan Hall, Josh Butler, Phil Cooke and Saul Allerton
Girls: Abi Jewkes, Georgia Cattermole, Aneetta John and Gabby Swann
Football
The U12 boys football team are in the semi finals for the regional schools knock out cup.
Well done to all and good luck.
Mr Ewers
Running Club
A running club is held on Tuesdays, from 3pm until 3.45pm,
open to all years. We meet at the sports hall and use the
school field. However, if the weather is bad (snow/rain)
the session will be cancelled. Any questions, students need
to contact me.
Mrs Franks, Learning Support Department

Term Dates
Spring Term 2010 – Tuesday 5th January 2010 to Thursday 1st April 2010
(Staff training day: Monday 4th January 2010)
Half term: Monday 15th February – Friday 19th February 2010
Summer Term 2010 – Monday 19th April 2010 – Thursday 22nd July 2010
(Staff training day: Monday 7th June 2010)
A Specialist Bank Holiday: Monday 3rd May 2010
College for the Half term: Monday 31st May – Friday 4th June 2010
Visual and
Performing Arts Autumn Term 2010 - Monday 6th September 2010 - Friday 17th December 2010
(Staff training days: Wednesday 1st, Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd September 2010)
Half Term: Monday 25th October - Friday 29th October 2010
Spring Term 2011 - Wednesday 5th January 2011 - Friday 8th April 2011
(Staff training day: Tuesday 4th January 2011)
Half term: Monday 21st February - Friday 25th February 2011)
Summer Term 2011 - Tuesday 26th April 2011 - Friday 22nd July 2011
(Staff training day: Friday 27th May 2011)
Bank Holiday: Monday 2nd May 2011
Half term: Monday 30th May 2011 - Friday 3rd June 2011
Mobile Phone Use

We presently ask students not to bring mobiles to school for the main reason that they
disrupt lessons. It would be very helpful if parents/carers can help us set an appropriate
example by avoiding texting/phoning students when they are in lessons.
We are trying to do all we can to help students work on the 4C’s to Success, one of
which is ‘concentration’! Any distractions from their job of achieving their academic
targets is unhelpful. Thank you in advance for your support.
Mr Cawley
Urgent Reminder
Following the severe weather arrangements it has been highlighted that some of our
mobile contact numbers for parents/carers are out of date. Please could parents/
carers therefore inform the school of any contact detail changes (change of address,
home, work and mobile telephone numbers) as soon as possible. It is vital that we are
able to contact parents/carers quickly when required.
Mrs Rose
Helping in Haiti
Students have expressed their wish to help the people of Haiti following the recent
earthquake and therefore Friday 12th February will be a non uniform day for a donation
of £1. All money raised on the day will go towards the aid efforts.
Ms Berry

SCHOOL COUNCIL FUNDRAISING
Year 7 students helped raise an enormous £632.61 for the school charity Connecting
Youth Around the Globe (now called Youth Interactive) www.youthinteractive.tv – a
worldwide charity that builds community facilities in developing countries. The money
was raised from sales at their Christmas Craft Fayre and stalls in school during the last
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week of the Autumn term and at the Christmas Concert at St Andrew’s Church.
College for the
Visual and Natalie White, the director of Youth Interactive, and Nathalie Gensac, the founder of
Performing Arts Youth Interactive (formerly CYAG), both attended the Christmas Craft Fayre and were
amazed and delighted by the generosity and creativity shown by students.
Natalie said “Deben High School has been one of our most reliable and determined
supporters and has initiated a number of innovative fundraising activities. The money
raised by these young people will contribute directly to improving the lives of children
and their community in India. Deben students have shown themselves to be excellent
examples of global citizens as they can think beyond themselves and can use their skills,
talents and time to care for and support others. They should be very proud of
themselves!”
On the day Natalie bought one of the wooden seagulls

which is on her windowsill, to remind her of Deben’s
generosity.
Having now raised just over £1,600 the students are

well on their way to hitting their £2,000 target, and they
have plenty more ideas for fundraising activities this year.
If they can manage to swell the funds to £5,000 they
will be given the opportunity to enter into a draw to visit

the community project in India.
Huge thanks to all students, staff, parents and families,

and members of the community for your support with
fundraising for this project so far…….

NEXT YOUTH INTERACTIVE (CYAG) FUNDRAISING EVENTS/ACTIVITIES ……
During the week of 1st March the School Council will be getting students involved in a
variety of tutor group fundraising activities. On Friday 5th March there will be an
Indian themed dress-down day for a £1.00 donation, and a ‘Bollywood Nights at Home’
evening event in the Upper School Hall starting at 7pm.
This event will be an opportunity to experience an evening of Indian culture, with

music, entertainment and light refreshments as well as the chance to buy traditional
Indian products which include jewellery boxes, Jaipuri necklaces, bangles, and wall
hangings, Indian Teas, handbags, silks, cushions and lots, lots more. Bollywood Nights at
Home events are run by Monica Meister and she has kindly offered to donate 10% of all
sales to Youth Interactive (CYAG) project – which is fantastic! Thank you very much for
your support Monica!
Tickets will be available from school shortly, £4 Adults and £2 Concessions. Please tell
your family and friends and book your tickets by completing the ticket request slip at the
end of this Deben News and return to the school office with your money/cheque made
payable to Deben High School.
Miss Williams

Re: Somebody Else’s Child - National Private Fostering
Campaign 22-28 February 2010
A Specialist Do you have someone living at your house that is under 16 years of age, or 18 if they
College for the have a disability, and is not a member of your family or a close relative? Has this
person lived with you for over 28 days? If so then this is called private fostering and
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Suffolk County Council needs to know.
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Why?
• to make sure that the living arrangement meets the needs of the child/young person
• to obtain the child/young person’s feelings about where they are living
• to provide you with free advice, support, training and information
New regulations for private fostering were introduced following the death of Victoria
Climbie who was privately fostered. Suffolk County Council has introduced new
procedures for children who are privately fostered, and the County Asylum and
Private Fostering Team have established links with the childcare teams and undertake
assessments. Even though these are considered private fostering arrangements, Suffolk
County Council still needs to know.
All Local Authorities have a duty to satisfy themselves that the welfare of the children
concerned is being satisfactorily safeguarded and promoted. Failure by a private foster
carer, or parent, to notify a Local Authority of a private fostering arrangement is an
offence.
There are several reasons why it happens including when children are:
• sent to this country for education or health care by parents who live overseas
• living with a friend’s family because their parents’ study or work involves unsociable
hours, which make it difficult to use ordinary day care or after-school care or
• staying with another family because their parents have separated or divorced, or
they do not get on with their own family.

If you think you have a child or know of a child who is in a private fostering arrangement
please contact Customer First on: 0808 800 4005
Free School Meals -

have your financial circumstances changed?
Suffolk County Council is committed to promoting the health and well-being of children,
providing assistance for children from entitled households to have their meals free of
charge while at school.
Your child may have free meals when they are at school full time if you receive:
• Income Support
• Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Employment Support Allowance (Income related)
• Child Tax Credit, and you are not entitled to receive Working Tax Credit and you
have a taxable income of less than £16,040 (from 6 April 2009) as shown on your
Tax Credit Award Summary
• The Guarantee Element of the State Pension Credit
or
• Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
If you are aged between 16 and 19 and you receive Income Support, you may also be
entitled to free school meals.
Note: From 1 May 2009 where a parent is entitled to Working Tax Credit during the
four- week period immediately after their employment ceases, or after they start to work
less than 16 hours per week, their children are entitled to free school lunches.

To apply for free school meals you can request or download an application form from
customerservice@csduk.com or collect from your local area Education Office, St
Edmund House, Rope Walk, Ipswich, IP4 1NF (01473 584784) or Deben High School.
You will need to sign and return the completed application form along with proof of
your current benefit(s) to your local area Education Office, School or Customer Service
Centre who will arrange for this to be processed as quickly as possible.
A Specialist Please note that even if your child does not wish to take up their free school meal in
College for the school, you may wish to record in school that your child is eligible to receive a school
Visual and meal as you may be contacted about other benefits through new government
initiatives that you are entitled to.
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Mrs Flint
Attendance
The 100% attendance for the four weeks up to 4th December 2009 are as follows:
Year 7 William Minter 7T Year 10 Rose Carpenter S2

Year 8 Henry Leveridge D4 Year 11 Christian Bibb H4
Year 9 Matilda Bond G2
The 100% attendance for the four weeks up to 22nd January 2010 are as follows:
Year 7 Katy Smith 7H Year 10 James Bellamy G2

Year 8 Harry Wells S3 Year 11 Aneetta John H3
Year 9 Reece Cable S4
Mrs Baker
Black and Minority Ethnic Teacher Taster

Course
St Alban’s High School, Ipswich

24 - 26 March 2010
Have you thought about a career in secondary teaching?
If you are a graduate, or final year undergraduate, have GCSE (or equivalent) in
English and Maths and are seriously considering becoming a secondary teacher, this
three day course could help you to make an informed career decision.
People from black and minority ethnic groups are under-represented in teaching.
This course is specifically designed to help suitably qualified people with a BME
background to make an informed career decision.
Two tutored days will cover: the current context for schools – curriculum; every child
matters and extended schools; an introduction to learning, teaching and assessment;
roles and responsibilities of members of the school community; and the routes to
qualified teacher status.
A one day placement in a local school provides the opportunity to see teaching
in action and talk to teachers. Applications from under-represented groups are
particularly welcomed.
For further details and an application form email: teachsuffolk@suffolk.gov.uk or

telephone (01473) 264582. Closing date: 8 February 2010.

Miss Boyce and Mr Salter were the guest speakers at the November Parent Focus Group,
concerning topics raised by parents, which on this occasion included the ongoing
issue of personalised learning, and also Deben’s Sixth Form admissions policy. This
unsuspecting parent had settled down quite happily before spotting Mr Cawley armed
with ominous pencils and paper, meaning another artistic endeavour was in the offing
(memories of stick men flooded back!).
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College for the As Miss Boyce pointed out, talking about what personalised learning means could not
Visual and be covered in detail within the allotted 20 minutes, so we were given a sheet setting out
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both deputy heads. Mr Salter talked about an initiative to help students who need more
support in numeracy and literacy and discussed how students are targetted for
particular assistance. Miss Boyce and Mr Cawley initiated a discussion about the
learning environment in the current school building where rooms and spaces are being
adapted where possible for the new learning methods, with emphasis not just on the
classroom, but using school space for both group activities and private study. It was
made clear that the new school design will emphasise these different types of study
methods.
Importance was attached to using the school’s database of information on students, to

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Whilst we digested all this, Mr Cawley, obviously bowled over by the huge success of
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dished out paper and pencils and asked us to draw chickens! This was all well and good
for the Michelangelos of poultry illustration who surrounded this poor parent; my little
vulture looked pretty grim amongst them! But the point being made was a good one
- we were invited to make four statements each, depending on whether our little birdy
was battery farmed or free range, as an indication of old style education or the new
approach. This will take some getting used to amongst students, parents and teachers.
Miss Boyce then took us on to the second topic for discussion - Sixth Form admissions.
In some detail it was explained what prospective year 12s would be expected to have
attained to gain entry - 8 GCSEs (40 points) as a minimum entry requirement to do 3 or
more A levels. Trying to be as inclusive as possible, students with slightly less than the
required points could be accepted to do 1 or 2 subjects. All students are offered the
opportunity to retake English and Maths GCSE in the autumn after their year 11 if they
fail to get a C or above in these subjects.
Questions raised established that only Maths and English GCSE can be retaken in the
sixth form; that all students have to do AS levels as a process to achieving the full A level.
A levels can be retaken as secondary education can keep students into year 14 (until
they are 19). Doing badly at AS level can be used as a warning and students will be
strongly supported by the school to improve for the full A level. Deben is very successful
at accommodating students’ choices for A level and there is a well organised crossover
between Deben and Orwell as a joint sixth form.
We finished another productive meeting with further discussion on the future for Deben.
Thanks as always to Mr Cawley, Mrs Cumberland, Miss Boyce and Mr Salter for giving up
their time and to the kitchen staff for the always very welcome tea and cakes.
Mrs Tink

JAZZ, CHEESE AND WINE EVENING - THURSDAY 11TH FEBRUARY
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CHRISTMAS DINNER REFUND SLIP
Please complete and take to the Finance Office in school at break-times by Friday 12
February 2010.
we are here to help
I would like the school to refund the money paid for the Christmas dinner which was
due to take place on Friday 18 December 2009.
Name of student:…………………………………………… Form ……………………….
This must be signed by the parent/carer before the money will be released. Please
print your name clearly:
TALENT SHOW - THURSDAY 25TH FEBRUARY
Please return to Student Reception
Number of tickets at £3.00 each ………………….
Please find enclosed £………………. Cash/Cheque (made payable to Deben High

School)
Name of student ……………………………………………. Form ………………….

Do you want to learn something new?
Courses for Adults

Felixstowe, Woodbridge, Kesgrave and Martlesham
Community Learning and Skills Development deliver a wide range of high quality learning opportunities
for adults that can help you to develop new skills, gain confidence and achieve a recognised
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We offer a variety of courses such as Floristry, Creative Craft Skills, Drawing, Painting, Sewing, Computer
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or
Local contact: Felixstowe Community Centre, Orwell High School grounds,
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MAKE SURE YOU . . .
A*-C Grades
of employers say they wouldn’t

even look at the CVs of
applicants who did not have 5 or
more A*-Cs at GCSE.
of employers say they believe that those

with less than 5 or more A*-C grades
would struggle in their company if they
gave them a job.
of employers said that those applicants with 5

or more A*-Cs at GCSE level showed more
COMMITMENT than those who did not have 5+.
This is the amount MORE PER YEAR

you could earn with 5 or more A*-C
GCSE qualifications! That’s . . .
. . . more over your working life than someone who

does not have 5+ A*-C grades!
All statistics from the Learning Skills Council and taken from the BBC website.

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A Specialist

College for the

• Assemblies for every year group on the meaning

My thanks go to Mrs Pearson, Miss Boyce and Mrs Ryland from

As I mentioned, we are very

More information is available from the following websites:

“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

Keep Fit Class

enjoy! The cost is £4.00 per session.

Dominic O’Brien devised the original concept of the UK Schools Memory

“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

Jazz, Cheese and Wine Evening

All proceeds will go towards the Arts Week Tour to Paris.

Mrs Barrett and Mrs Franks

Artist of the month

“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

Look out in a future Deben News for information on a Fashion Show!

Arts Focus Group

Urgent: Girls PE kit

Monday 15th – Friday 19th February – Half Term

James and Daniel thoroughly enjoyed the

Photo shows James and Daniel with their

“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

Year 11 Farlingaye 42 Deben 37

County Cross Country Finals

Girls Minors: Rebecca Cox (7S) 44th

Rhys Hinton-Smith (D4) 6th

Well done to all who took part.

Well done to all and good luck.

Mrs Franks, Learning Support Department

“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

Half Term: Monday 25th October - Friday 29th October 2010

Mobile Phone Use

“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

On the day Natalie bought one of the wooden seagulls

Having now raised just over £1,600 the students are

will be given the opportunity to enter into a draw to visit

Monday 15th – Friday 19th February – Half Term

Huge thanks to all students, staff, parents and families,

fundraising for this project so far…….

NEXT YOUTH INTERACTIVE (CYAG) FUNDRAISING EVENTS/ACTIVITIES ……

This event will be an opportunity to experience an evening of Indian culture, with

“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

they do not get on with their own family.

Free School Meals -

“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

Year 7 William Minter 7T Year 10 Rose Carpenter S2

Year 7 Katy Smith 7H Year 10 James Bellamy G2

Black and Minority Ethnic Teacher Taster

St Alban’s High School, Ipswich

For further details and an application form email: teachsuffolk@suffolk.gov.uk or

“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

Importance was attached to using the school’s database of information on students, to

whether you are an established business or a new start up we can help.

don’t wish to go on to further education.

onto school premises for the benefit of the wider community.

“The best learners in the world walk through our doors.”

Please return to the Student Reception

Number of tickets: Adult £10.00 ............... Concessions £8.00 .............

Please find enclosed cash/cheque for £………………….. (cheques made payable to

BOLLYWOOD NIGHTS AT HOME EVENT - FRIDAY 5TH MARCH

Please return to Student Reception

Number of tickets: Adults £4.00 ………… Concessions £2.00 ………………