Uniform

I have introduced a change for pupils in the Sixth Form in September 2011. They may now choose to wear school uniform or business wear. Business wear is defined as

For Boys A suit in either dark grey, black or navy, with a suitable shirt and tie combination. Extreme colours/designs/combinations are not allowed. Boys must also have a plain white shirt and a school tie for formal occasions. Jumpers, if worn, must be plain v-neck.

For Girls A skirt or trouser suit in either dark grey, black or navy, with a suitable blouse. Extreme colours and designs are not allowed and girls must have a white blouse for formal school occasions. Jumpers, if worn, must be plain v-neck. White or skin toned underwear should be worn, with dark or skin toned tights and shoes of a classic style; only a small heel is appropriate. Extreme hemlines are not allowed.

ParentMail

I have received a number of positive comments about our new way of communicating with you and I think all the reports have been sent electronically to you. If you have not received your son/daughter’s report, please get in touch.

The calendar will also be sent to you electronically in due course once sports fixtures have been finalised with the local state schools.

PTA

Thank you to those members of the PTA who helped to sell our new cookbook, t-towel and shopping bag at Prizegiving. There was quite a rush on the day and the funds will be going towards various ‘goodies’ for the children. If you would still like to order some/all of the above, please contact the school office.

History of Fyling Hall

We have also had a new book published of reminiscences from former pupils and teachers about their time at Fyling Hall. It’s an interesting read and copies are available from the office too.

And finally…

Thank you for your continued support. Please continue to let others know about the good work we do and let me know if there are things which trouble you!

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday with the children. Mine is action packed too and I’ll be spending some time in Australia once again. However, I will always be available via email should you wish to discuss matters.

With very best wishes

Ken James

A glorious sunny Saturday morning saw the 88th Fyling Hall School Prizegiving ceremony round up another successful year at the school. Following a speech by the chair of Trustees, Dr Jill Rutherford, the main guest Jonathan Newell, chief examiner for music for the International Baccalaureate Diploma, gave a lively musical introduction, including audience participation, to his speech. Prizes were awarded for a variety of academic, musical and sporting achievements (see below). After the current Head Boy, Dale Ashcroft, and Head Girl, Emma Bowen, had given their leaving speeches, the new Head Boy, Gary Tao and Head Girl, Victoria Weekes were announced.

Dale Ashcroft, Gary Tao, Victoria Weekes and Emma Bowen

Junior School Awards

For Attainment

Meghan Chandler, Ailsa Legg, Lewis de Silva, Jeremy Normanton

For Progress

Christina Clemitshaw, Joseph Husband, Arthur Watson

For Commendable Effort

Mackenzie Warwick, Fiona Searle, Benjamin Carpenter, Julia Yuille

For Sport

Aaron Preston

For Good Citizenship

Ami Tindal

Pianist Cup

Ailsa Yuille

Coates Equestrian Cup (for Improved Riding)

Erin Jones

Sally Edwards Memorial Shield (for Helpfulness)

Tom Clarke

PTA Swimming Shield

Endeavour

Athletics Cup

Endeavour

Fyling Hall Awards

Subject Prizes

Drama

Michael McCormack

English

William McMahon

French

Daniel Cheshire

Geography

Daniel Cheshire

History

Rosie Haverlock

Mathematics

Dominik Sznajder

Music

Helena Johnson

Science

Oluwasayofunmi Williams

Further Awards

Duncan Taeger Memorial (for helpfulness)

Chelsea Collingwood

Leo Walmsley Creative Writing Prize

Rosie Haverlock

Pianist Cup

Luis Norton

Instrumentalist Cup (most points in an exam)

George Husband

Music Cup

Helena Johnson

June Turner Memorial Cup (most improved rider)

Nathalie Holmes

Stable Management Cup

Sarah Taylor

Dalgleish Shield (most promising young player)

Dipendra Rana

Mark Appleson Shield (most improved 1st XV player)

Dominic Whisson

Jamie Noon Shield (1st XV player of the season)

Sunny Yu

Victor Ludorum

Jeff Choy

Victrix Ludorum

Anna Collingwood

Inter House Sports Day

Red

Racheal Bamford Shield (most improved hockey player)

Victoria Corner

Hannah Wilcock Shield (1st XI player of the season)

Emma Bowen

Beaumont Shield (Sports boy of the year)

Ryan Gibson

Pike Cup (Sports girl of the year)

Samantha Gibson

The Daisy Hardy Memorial Award

Boarding House Awards

Woodside House Cup

Kate Humphries

Ramsdale House Cup

Dipendra Rana

Main House Plate

Sandra Megahed

Mulgrave House Cup

Tony Tsang

Champion Houses

Junior School House Shield

Endeavour

Senior School House Shield

Red

School Officers

Head Boy

Gary Tao

Head Girl

Victoria Weeks

Senior Prefects

Jack Reeves & Izabela Kujawiak

The Wason Cup (overall contribution to school life)

Emma Bowen

Alex Gregg Memorial Award (for outstanding academic endeavour)

Dominik Sznajder

The Learning Support Department is very proud to announce that it has presented 80 certificates for excellent progress in 2010-2011.
Pupils took progress tests in Spelling, Reading Comprehension and Maths skills.
The following pupils have been rewarded with certificates in one, two or all three of these areas:

• Year 7: Louis Brown 2, Alfie Husband 3, Alexandra O’Neill 1, Alanna Walker 2.
  
• Year 8: Sebastian Byford 2, Ollie Clarke 2, Ryan Gibson 2, Jack Halley 3, Dipendra Rana 3, Bethanie Sooriah 2, Megan Cammack 1, Juno Mak 1.
  
• Year 9: Aaron Chan 3, Jeff Choy 2, Richard Corner 2, Joseph Dudley 2, Billie-Jade Farmer 3, Marcus Fung 3, Niall Fagan 2, Luke Harrison 2, Kate Humphries 3, Horus Leung 2, Isabel Lopez 3, Inola Smith 2, Sarah Trowsdale 3, Joseph Reeve 1.
  
• Year 10: Kyrylo Bogachuk 2, Hadrian Gu 3, George Husband 2, Benjamin Bamford 1, John Holmes 1, Toby Mok 1, Jane Hsiang 2, Meriam Altaf 2, Alexander Waddington 2, Sophie Kelly 2, Zeeshan Saeed 2, Jensen Shearing 2, Netra Damai 1, Zoe Chui 1, Jimmy Tam 1.

Warmest congratulations go to: Isabel Lopez – outstanding progress in spelling; Dipendra Rana – outstanding progress in reading comprehension and Meriam Altaf – outstanding progress in maths skills. They have all received certificates and prizes.
Well Done Everyone!!

On Thursday, the barn ceased briefly to be an exam room and became once again an auditorium. This time, it was poetry that rang around its old walls, read out by over 60 students from almost every year in the school, each as part of the Daisy Hardy Poetry Competition. You could have thought that, with so many competitors reading comparatively few poems, it would have been quite dull. But everyone gave a wonderful demonstration that for each poem, there can be hundreds of different readings. No one in the audience envied the judges to whom it fell to decide who had read with the most understanding, the most sensitivity and the most beauty. Mrs Mack, Head of English at Scarborough College, David Stephenson, who both tends the gardens and writes his own poetry, and Mrs Park, a member of our own English Department did an excellent job, and deserve all our thanks.

As part of their history topic on Castles Form One went to visit Pickering castle. It was raining heavily when we set off but fortunately it remained fine long enough for us to explore the castle!

We had our lunch in the renovated chapel then ventured out into the drizzle to explore the keep and admire the wonderful view. The children were very excited by the medieval toilet or “poo shoot” as it was named! We all thoroughly enjoyed the trip and learnt a lot about the history of the castle (and its toilets).

Thank you to Mrs Spagnuolo for driving the minibus and to Matron Stamp and Mrs Richardson for accompanying us.

On a glorious, sunny Friday the Year 8s have enjoyed a fun French lesson in the garden! One week before, they have been busy creating their own restaurant menus, which turned out to be fantastic. They came up with some great names for their restaurants /bistros, such as: ‘Le lézard vert, Le dauphin arc-en-ciel, Le cheval noir, La table ronde, Le paradis, Le lapin’. The pupils had to present their menus and choose the most original one. The prizes go to Bethanie Sooriah – for the most creative menu and gorgeous drawings, and to Sebastian Byford – for the most interesting choices (‘tête de grenouille’ – frog’s head, or ‘eau de mer ’– sea water).

I would like to commend all the Year 8s for their excellent effort – Bravo, la classe!

The afternoon was rounded off with the PTA Summer Fayre. Despite having to be held in the dining room due to the wet weather, a good time was had by everyone and a fantastic total of £210 was raised for school funds.

Many thanks to all those who helped make the afternoon such a success - it's much appreciated!

WELL DONE JUNIOR SCHOOL!

Tobias Form 1 – I liked doing all the races and falling over and winning the space hopper race.

Corbin Form 4B – It was a very sporty afternoon and I came first in the 80 metres race.

Aaron Form 4B – I had a great afternoon and had lots of successes.

Toby Form 1 – I liked running and winning.

Alexander Form 4R – It was fun because I got to do lots of races and cheer for my friends. I liked it at the end when I held up the House cup with my brother.

Fiona Form 3 – In the 600 metre race I came first and lots of my friends are good runners.

Gabriel Form 2 – The pancake race was my favourite and I liked everything even though it rained at the end and we all got very wet!

F2 and F3 had fun last week with an art leasson on Saxon script. After researching how Saxon monks used natural resources to create ink, the pupils made their own ink from soot, honey and egg white.

Using feather quills they then tried copying Saxon lettering. The children produced some very attractive calligraphy - quite tricky with the sticky, sooty substance created, but easier with ready-made black paint!

Form 2 and 3 had a super trip to Whitby Abbey this week, as part of their History project on Anglo Saxons. They were given a very informative talk with the Time Travellers' Trail, and enjoyed a handling session with replica Saxon artefacts.

Useful time was spent in the Visitors' Centre sketching archaeological finds and studying the displays. Many thanks to Matron Stamp for accompanying us, and to Mrs Spagnuolo for driving the minibus.

Our Trip to Whitby Abbey by Spencer Fox

Yesterday Form 2 and Form 3 went to Whitby Abbey to find out more about the Anglo-Saxons.
First we went on a tour around Whitby Abbey with our group leaders. We also looked at some grave stones. There were some large ones and some really small ones which may have belonged to children. I noticed that one of the graves had a Celtic cross on one of the ends.
Next we did a workshop and handled some artefacts, like a loom weight, which was made of metal and used for weighing the warp threads down, and a spindle which helped to make threads out of sheep’s wool. Then we looked round the Abbey again but looked at the pillars and the foundations of the Abbey. We also looked at where the Norman Abbey would have been and noticed that the walls were really thick.
In the afternoon we did a small bit of drama and pretended that we were monks and nuns and did some of the normal jobs that a monk or a nun would do, such as collecting eggs, milking cows, harvesting wheat and crops, making horseshoes and making quills from goose feathers.
Finally we went into the visitor centre and did activities like brass rubbings of manuscripts, and rubberstamping of manuscript borders. There were also touch screens which I enjoyed alot, showing what a monk would do at different times of the day, and also information on Bram Stoker, who wrote Dracula.
I loved going to Whitby Abbey and would love to do it again.

On 13 June pupils from Year 8 enjoyed a fascinating visit to Fairfax House in York - one of the best restored and most beautiful Georgian town houses in England, filled with eighteenth-century furniture and treasures.

Through studying the aristocratic Fairfax family and the historical evidence for the way they lived in the authentic setting of Fairfax House, pupils had the opportunity to explore the nature of Georgian life and society in depth, bringing their history studies to life.

They also had the opportunity to marvel at the craftsmanship, artistic flair and scientific advances of the Georgian period by visiting the Gilding the Lily exhibition presently on show at the house.

The visit also offered the opportunity for the group to consider wider questions of the restoration, conservation and presentation of our national heritage.

A richly rewarding and enjoyable day was had by all - and the staff at Fairfax House said that the Fyling Hall School pupils were among the best-behaved they had ever welcomed to the house!

This week saw the creation of the first music video for Fyling Hall. A collaboration of the Music and IT departments meant the talented musicians of Year 10 were able to record, plan and construct their first music video for YouTube.

Set in the beautiful surroundings of Boggle Hole Beach, pupils, George Husband and Kate Lavery gave a professional performance drawing on their drama skills. Both Mrs Wormald and Mr Richardson said how impressed they were with the way the pupils conducted themselves when recording and filming their acoustic version of “Mr Brightside” by The Killers.

Mr Richardson said: Producing a music video is something we’ve been talking about for a long time. Actually seeing it take shape was fantastic. I was so impressed with George and Kate, they made the process really enjoyable.

Mrs Wormald said: For the Music department this is such a fantastic way of sharing the talent at Fyling Hall with the public. It also gives the pupils the chance to plan, direct, and edit their own music videos.

Kate said: I absolutely love the finished product, it was so much fun making it and feels weird seeing myself on YouTube. George and I had a good laugh putting it all together. I’m looking forward to the next one, which we’ve already started planning!

George said: It was weird having to pretend to be in a relationship with Kate, but we’re good friends, so we were fine. I’m really pleased with the outcome and enjoyed the whole process, so now it’s back to the drawing board for the next one!

You can see the full music video on our YouTube page. (link)

Sammy Gibson and Dani Halley, year 10 pupils and 1st team representatives, were selected, yet again, from a large group of approximately 35-40 girls to represent the U15’s North Yorkshire hockey squad. 18 girls were selected for the squad to participate in a tournament that lasted over 2 days. Sammy was selected for the third year running to captain the side – being voted for by her team mates.

With both girls named in the starting 11, North Yorkshire managed to beat West Yorkshire, their most challenging opponents, 1-0. North Yorkshire then faced Durham, beating them 4-0. Dani scoring once and Sammy scoring twice. On the second day of the tournament, the girls continued their 100% record by beating

The Fyling Hall Folk Orchestra performed to a very appreciative audience at the Robin Hood's Bay Folk Festival last Saturday.

They played two sets - one in the Dolphin Hotel, and one outside in the Dock area, which was packed with visitors and dance teams.

There was a lovely atmosphere, and luckily the weather stayed fine for their al fresco performance.

Many thanks to the parents and friends who ferried the young musicians down to the Dock

You can see a short video on our YouTube page. (link)

Form 2 and 3 produced a performance of The Pied Piper for Assembly last week, as part of our discussion of `Promises` in PSHCE.

The pupils base their play on the famous poem by Robert Browning, and used improvised dialogue to update the story.

Form 2 and 3 have been looking at the work of Pablo Picasso in Art lessons.

The pupils have been studying his different styles and trying out some of the techniques themselves, producing some interesting examples of Cubism.

The children also enjoyed a fun lesson on portraits, led by a Senior student, Arthur Green.

The Trincomalee is a great huge ship (a frigate) from one of Nelson's fleets.

We walked around looking at a museum which was also a virtual tour led by the video of a 12 year old boy who took us on a tour of his ship.

It was great with all the cool things he described to us that were on the ship. He told us about the conditions at sea, where, and what they ate, where they slept, how the doctors and surgeons performed their operations and there were some really bad smells in some areas.

The last part was an attack on the ship with loud noises and big explosions and most of the girls were very scared.

After that we went on board the Trincomalee for a guided tour. We went below decks even below the water-line outside, then on to the top deck. As we went lower down into the ship the ceilings and beams became lower and lower. The doors where very small to get into and the room which held the gunpowder was lined with copper.

We saw how the Captain’s table was laid out compared to below decks where the boys ate. We saw the Captain’s bunk bed with raised sides and the hammocks where the boys slept which were used to wrap them up in when they died, to be thrown overboard. To make sure they were dead a nail was put through their nose as boys may attempt to escape this way.

At the end of the tour we pretended to fire a cannon which made a great big loud explosion that scared the living daylights out of most of us, not just the girls.

Back on dry land we saw a display of musket firing. It failed the first few times but then it fired properly. We got to hold the musket to see how heavy it was. They then set up the cannon which was quite funny because there was a small boat and a jet ski in the line of fire. They fired a piece of rope not a cannon ball because it was a lot safer.

We then went to the gift shop (and for once it wasn't the best part!). I think we all had a really nice day, I know I did!

James Cairns Year 8

Fyling Hall School has reintroduced bee hives back into the school garden with great success.

Our aim is to involve the students and show them how important the bee’s role is in nature and how the bees work. Experienced bee keeper and school governor Brenda Easton, along with head gardener and trainee beekeeper David Stephenson, hope to have a total of three hives working. Brenda and David are both members of the British Beekeeper Association.

In March year 7 enjoyed a nature trail at Jugger Howe, investigating Moor biodiversity. This week we returned to the moors for our second visit.

On the original trip the students had this to say:
Zoe “We heard water, like waterfalls and bird calls. We heard some frogs croaking very loudly and they were swimming. We touched some Sphagnum moss and it was really springy, almost like sponge. There were three types of heather which we saw, common heather and ling and bell.”
Alex “ We talked about the merlin and how it eats some kind of small bird and that if the weather is terrible, it would be in a really tall heather patch. There are four merlins laying eggs on Fylingdales Moor.“
Alfie and James“ The best bit was where we saw the lizard and the next best bit was when we saw lots of frogs.”

Charlie “ First of all it was sunny, very sunny and dry, which was very good. We went to Jugger Howe Moor. It had a very beautiful view. We saw many animals on the nature trail like frogs, lizards and ladybirds. In the summer, I’m definitely going there to pick bilberries. I learnt that a plant called bog myrtle makes the flavour of a beer called Gale Ale. It smells really nice and it feels quite hard and prickly.”
Tegan “ The best bit was when we had to be silent because I could hear birds from behind when the wind was going in one direction and birds from in front when it was going the other way. I felt really calm and happy. I learnt that in order to keep the moors open they had to burn down trees. “

Our return visit to Fylingdales Moor, this term, involved a pond dipping session and another nature trail.
Robert “My favourite part was pond dipping. My group got lots of tadpoles and we also got some beetle larvae.”

Jimmy “For pond dipping, we used a net to catch small invertebrates. We saw lots of long, thin beetle larvae and we caught a few big ones.”
Alfie “We found loads of different creatures and my favourite one was the dragonfly nymph.“
Zoe “We used nets to collect animals and then we put them into divided containers. Then we identified them, using the identification chart and drew the one we found most interesting.”
Zachary “I learned about the moorland plants and animals. We also saw four swifts, two kestrels and one skylark. We went to an area of black, burnt moorland where someone had left a small fire.”
Isobel “I was surprised how long it took heather to grow back once it’s burnt.”
Tegan “I found out that the skylark hovers in the air and lets out a call to tell people to stay away from their territory. Also, that the star moss closes up in the wind to stop it from losing water. What I enjoyed most was listening to the skylark and watching the kestrel hunt.”
Alanna “Tanya spotted a rabbit which we all thought was a hare!”
Charlie “When we went on a walk we spotted a couple of interesting things like a skylark, which makes a really loud noise when people approach its territory.
We all enjoyed our work with Tanya and look forward to our continued involvement with Fylingdales Moor!

Year Six visited Scarborough Hospital this week as part of their Health and Safety Education curriculum to participate in an accident prevention workshop called IMPS. Report by Meghan Chandler Year 6.

On Monday the 16th of May F4B and F4R went on a trip to visit Scarborough Hospital to take part in an accident prevention topic called I.M.P.S. IMPS stands for Injury Minimisation Programme for Schools.
When we first got there we met a man called Allan and a lady called Amanda who were our tour guides of the hospital. First they took us into the resuscitation room to tell us about a few things. For instance the bed in there was used for really ill people and when they needed to be examined they would place them on the bed and ask them a few questions like, what day it is, how old they are, their name, what happened and things like that.

Enthusiasm, good sportsmanship and superb swimming skills were demonstrated by the pupils watched by an appreciative audience of family and friends.

Endeavour House (Blue) won the swimming cup with an impressive score of 384 points to Resolution House's (Red) 292.

Headmaster, Ken James, presented the trophy to Endeavour House Captains Thomas and Alexander Byford. Many thanks to the sports staff and swimming teachers for preparing the pupils so well and organising another very successful gala.

On Monday 16th May the year 8s visited the Danby Moors Centre to try out their map-reading skills. After a reminder on grid references, scale and using the key, they were outside using compasses, maps and GPS units. These were to help them follow clues to find hidden boxes which held more clues; all done in the fields adjacent to the Moors Centre.

In the afternoon they all enjoyed a moors walk testing the knowledge they had learned that morning. Fortunately the weather held and we didn't get rained on!

The pupils certainly brightened up the school on Friday when they held a pink non-uniform day in aid of the ‘Race for Life’ Campaign. Pupils donated money towards this worthwhile charity and those who did not wear pink were expected to donate double! There was also a pink cake sale organised by English teacher, Mrs Barker and pupils in Year 10.

a selection of the pupils 'Pretty in Pink'

On the 8th of May Mrs Barker and a bevy of Year Ten and Eleven girls will be running in Scarborough’s Race For Life. The aim is to raise both awareness of the high frequency of breast cancer cases in our area and as much money as we can for Cancer Research. In order to do this we will be having a PINK bake sale and a PINK mufti-day. Those who defy the rules of PINK will have to pay double!!
Our runners, Rosie Havelock, Sophie Kelley, Katie Owen, Nicole Lennon and Stephanie Byford will all be adorned in PINK and are hoping to raise loads of money. If you are feeling generous, please sponsor us at http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/heatherbarker2702

It has taken 18 months but it finally appears that the school’s camera bird box has a lodger. Over the last few days there has been a flurry of activity within the box, as a pair of blue tits made preparations for the arrival of a family.

At present, there appears to be 6 eggs, although they are increasing daily!

It is now our aim to stream live images from the bird box to the website in order to see how the family develops over the next few weeks. Once again, many thanks to the PTA for funding the purchase of the bird box.

Congratulations to the following who received bronze certificate (for 10 commendations) at the end-of-term assembly:

Year 7
Zachary Archibald
Sharron Normanton
Jimmy Robinson
Isabella Warner-Neil

Year 8
Sebastian Byford
James Cairns
Ryan Gibson
Jack Halley
Isobella Austin
Megan Cammack
Morgan Shearing

Throughout this hockey season the 1st team have played excellently, winning the majority of the matches we’ve played. We have grown as a team in confidence and skill making hockey even more enjoyable to play. Unfortunately after a winning streak we came to a loss in the Staff versus pupils hockey match. This was mainly due to the ‘brick wall’ (Dr Richardson) in goal for the teachers and also the solid defence. Goals were proving very hard to score. After maximum effort from all the girls in the 1st team, we lost the annual ‘Staff vs Pupils’ match this year with a result of 1-0. Mr Coates’s sneaky goal set up by Mr Allen in the first half won the match for the staff, their attempts at scoring in the second half failed due to the determination in defence and the ageing legs of Mr Weekes. Overall it was a very good game. Well done to both teams but especially to the staff!

Story by Emma Bowen)

Fyling Hall School 1st Team

We now have a full DVD available for sale at £2.50. Please contact the school office or the ICT department for a copy. You can watch a trailer of the DVD below.