Notice Board:

House Assemblies as usual next week

Stretford Weekly
Friday 8th October September 2010 Issue 4

This week I was bursting with pride to see students leading assemblies your
assemblies. The Student council elect spoke eloquently about their manifestos to
enable you to get a sense of what their student leadership would look and feel like.
It is no mean feat standing in front of your friends and an audience of 180 to speak.
Congratulations for your effort and bravery. Also a big well done to the fantastic
Year 7 student Hassan Amim who stood up to speak about Diabetes. Hassan spoke
with great knowledge and delivered a fantastic address. A great achievement for a
Year 7 pupil.

Open Evening was held last night and we welcomed over 80 families to the school
thanks to our Key 103 advert scripted by our Head Girl Shola Brown and delivered
by Head boy Dylan Dunn Hoban. Thankyou to the many students who helped out on
the night. The band in particular were fantastic – the first gig of many I hope. Your
efforts showed why Stretford High School has a soul. The prefects, students who
attended and our outstanding team of staff were as ever amazing. One Year 6
student said to his mum on the way out “Please let me come to this school mum,
they’ve even got Chickens”!

On to our chickens and as you may be aware we have decided on their names…..

We are eggstatic that we have four new members of our community. Please cluck
after them.

National Poetry Day was celebrated on 7th October with  " Let them eat cake"
National Poetry Day Reading Club Event, based on Marie Antoinette's historical
comment  to starving French peasants. It was the 6th National Poetry Day event to
be celebrated by the Reading Club.  It tied in with the Poetry society's theme of
Home and the BBC's promotion of  home baking for children. Thankyou Mrs Manuel
for organising the event.

My house is old brown crooked

and great
every day I stay away
then I go away that day
and think what a wonderful day.
Hasan Shezad Y8 (7-10-10)
 GOOD LUCK TO Shannon Bennett, Lauren Kent, Monique Farrelly in your
forthcoming SATURDAY dance competition. The time you are dedicating to your
performance shows’ the attitude that breeds winners. Remember, success is a
product of hard work. Dance is really taking off at Stretford High School and I am
proud that these three young ladies are modelling the way.

I am also pleased to announce that our Y10 football team played Urmston
Grammar and drew 2 – 2. Despite unforeseen last minute changes to the squad our
boys played as a team with great spirit, attitude and effort to grind out a
performance against a team that contains no fewer than 4 Academy signed players.
What impressed me most was hearing that our team demonstrated the things that
football is really all about – togetherness and working towards a common goal. The
boys helped their coach in sorting equipment before and after the game, praised
each other when things were going well and motivated each other when things
when wrong. That’s team work and that is what gets you respect from staff, peers
and gets you to the top. Well done.

SCHOOL ADJUDICATOR VISITS STRETFORD HIGH

As I informed you in last weeks newsletter, the School Adjudicator visited SHS
yesterday to find out the reasons why people do not think Stretford High and
Lostock College should close and become an Academy. The meeting was attended
by over 200 people, filling our school hall. The newspapers were there to cover the
event. Many of your parents, teachers and community members attended the
meeting to express their views. The Adjudicator, Mr Simpson passes on his thanks
to the prefects who he said were magnificent on the night. Mr Simpson has also
asked that if you wish to write to him or email him with your thoughts on if
Stretford High School should close or not. His contact details are below. You
have until Wednesday 13th October to tell him what you think.

Contacting the Office of the Schools Adjudicator

Mr Simpson, Office of the Schools Adjudicator The last words…

Mowden Hall
Staindrop Road
Darlington “There is no I in Team”
DL3 9BG
Email   OSA.TEAM@osa.gsi.gov.uk