newSBytes Dates for your diary:

8th March - Big Band Evening 12th March - Gym/Dance Festival 12th/13th March - Year 9 interviews pm 14th March - Year 13 Parents Evening 15th March - Red Nose Day 18th March - PSA meeting 20th March - Year 12 Parents Evening 21st March - Chamber concert 23rd March - Quiz night 26th March - Spring Concert 27th March - EPQ evening (Year 12) 28th March - INSET day (students not in school) 29th March—12th April—EASTER HOLIDAY 15th April - Back to school

7th March 2013

NON UNIFORM DAY FRIDAY 15TH MARCH RED NOSE DAY It has been 25 years since the first Red Nose Day and the money raised is used to trans-form the lives of countless people both in the UK and Africa. In the UK, for example, the money helps give shelter to young people living on the streets and protection to those living with domestic abuse. In Africa the money helps to save thousands from malaria and provides whole communities with fresh water and life-saving vaccines. Please support this worthy cause. We would encourage students to bring a minimum of £1.00 to support Red Nose Day. Students should dress sensibly for school and not wear anything which may be deemed inappropriate. The canteen will be selling special Red Nose Day Cakes!

Mike Moss Deputy Head

LIBRARY NEWS For further details about our World Book Day Poetry Reading Competition, £1 book vouchers and staff displaying cards about their current reading please see our school website’s homepage. Book Reviews If you are a student, member of staff, parent or governor looking for a good read here are some tips about resources available. Our Library stocks current issues of the popular tbk magazine which includes quizzes, author interviews and reviews for students in Years 7and 8. We also take Bertram’s monthly Booktime magazine which is aimed at the book trade and includes competitions, new titles and reviews. There is a special teenage review section where SBS Book Club has appeared twice. Newbooks is a glossy, highly recommended magazine which provides long interviews, book offers and reviews for sixth formers and adults. www.newbooksmag.com is well worth a visit as it includes reader events, book news and subscription details. Other recommended sources of book reviews are www.booksforkeeps.co.uk a leading children’s book publication, www.lovereading4kids.co.uk (with useful age guidelines) and www.redhouse.co.uk which runs the only children’s book award voted for by children. Please don’t forget to take a look at Hertfordshire Libraries’ newsletter at http://libraries.hertscc.gov.uk/march-2013/home/book-news giving book news including the upcoming Litfest13 around the county. Finally www.goodreads.com is the largest online site for book recommendations etc. Happy reading! The Library Team

JUNIOR CHEF’S ACADEMY AT HERTFORD REGIONAL COLLEGE The Catering department at Hertford Regional College is running a Junior Chef's Academy for students aged between 14 - 16 years old. This course will take place on Saturday mornings at the Broxbourne Campus. The 10 week course begins on Saturday 20th April from 9.30 - 12.30pm and concludes on Saturday 29th June.The full cost of the course is £80 which covers the cost of tuition and ingredients. This course is intended for students who have a passion for catering and may be considering a career within the industry. If you would like more details of this course please see or email Mrs Jones. Please note that there are a limited number of places allocated per school and if there are too many applicants places will be awarded on a first come first served basis. If your child would like to be involved please confirm with Mrs Jones by Wednesday 20th March.

PSA QUIZ NIGHT Saturday 23rd March 7:30 pm School Hall.

Tables of up to 8 - tickets £6 Adults £4 students Tables selling fast - buy your tickets from the school office soon to avoid disappointment!

You should have received your PSA Grand Prize Draw tickets - please take a moment to

enter this, an easy way to support the school.

MUSIC NEWS Congratulations to all our students who took Associated Board exams in February and thanks to their teachers and families for supporting them. The remainder of the term is extremely busy – here are some of the key dates: Friday 8th March Big Band Evening Thursday 14th March Rock School Gig – Corn Exchange Sunday 17th March Musical Theatre Rehearsal Monday 18th March Musical Theatre exams at Haileybury (provisional date) Wednesday 20th March A2 Recitals and Trinity Exams Thursday 21st March Trinity Exams 7pm Strings Recital - St Andrew’s Church Friday 22nd March Rockschool Exams Saturday 23rd March Saxidentals at Music For Youth competition Tuesday 26th March Spring Concert – Rehearsals all day

NAME FORM INSTRUMENT GRADE RESULT JOE DAVIES 7TO CELLO 1 PASS BETH EMSLEY 7TO CELLO 3 PASS ELEANOR SHARP 10SW PIANO 6 MERIT ANYA DAAR 7JT SINGING 1 PASS ROSA NOXON 8MD SINGING 1 PASS TOM COLLINS 9LMC SINGING 2 PASS LILY JONES 8GS SINGING 2 PASS

ROSE SHEPHERD 8GS SINGING 2 MERIT BRADLEY CLARK 10SEM SINGING 3 MERIT KITTY COLLINS 10SEM SINGING 3 PASS PHOEBE DAVIES 9JK SINGING 3 PASS HOLLY DEAR 9DB SINGING 3 PASS CATHY DIXON 8KH SINGING 3 MERIT HANNAH GREAVES 9DB SINGING 3 PASS ADAM MITCHELL 9LMC SINGING 3 MERIT SOPHIE TARRY 9EI SINGING 3 PASS KATIE KELSON 9JN SINGING 4 MERIT NOEMIA MCAULEY-HOLLIS 10JM SINGING 4 PASS GEORGIA MCINTYRE 9LMC SINGING 4 PASS MARTHA MUNRO 10SE SINGING 4 PASS SOPHIE NOXON 10JM SINGING 4 PASS ALEX DELAMEILLEURE 10BM SINGING 5 PASS JAZZ NESBITT-LARKING 11SC SINGING 5 PASS SAM VECK 10BM SINGING 5 MERIT GRACE DURBRIDGE 11HC SINGING 6 MERIT AMY BARKER 13CT SINGING 8 DISTINCTION ELLEN MCLEOD 13MT SINGING 8 MERIT DOMINIC RUGG-GUNN 9JN TRUMPET 6 PASS

GIRLS SUCCESS LAST WEEK Last week Ellie Yeardye, Hannah Shoard, Emily Hook, Beth Cutmore, Olivia Scrutton and Harriet Kealy took part in the step 2 trampoline competition at John Warner School. The girls put in a fantastic, polished performance to win the competition. They now go forward to the county finals later this month. Special mention to Emily and Beth who finished 2nd and 3rd overall respectively. On the same evening the senior hockey team won the district tournament held at Simon Balle. The girls played extremely well and thoroughly deserved their wins over Broxbourne and Presdales. On Monday of this week, Phoebe McMurray, Abi Benstead, Sophie Rawlinson, Yasmin Scott-Gray, Jessie Ensum, Megan Sende, Chloe Ring and Maddy Twyning took part in the Lady Taverners Indoor Cricket Competion. This was a brilliant team performance which ensured we beat Sele, Queenswood and John Warner to qualify as winners of the tournament. The girls now go forward to county finals later this month. Well done to all the girls, Simon Balle was represented in style.

YEAR 9 NETBALL TOURNAMENT Well done to Abbey Conroy, Abi Cousins, Libby Harding, Lily Canham, Chloe Pitch, Emily Hook, Jasmine Seiler, Joanna Wood who gained joint 7th place in the recent netball tournament. Also a big thank you to Linda Hill who kindly umpired and coached the goals on the evening.

YEAR 8 GIRLS NETBALL V PRESDALES 2 excellent games of netball took place this evening. The B team (in gold) - Shannon Higgins, Rosa Noxon, Izzy Sutton, Jenny Goodson, Eve Mortimer-Blythe, Louise Riley, Emily Veryard lost 11-3 although the result doesn't reflect the effort and skill level of the girls involved. Player of the game was shared 3 ways between Rosa, Louise and Izzy which shows what a great overall team performance it was. The A team (in green) - Emily Frith, Philippa Shattock, Clara Wells, Leah Wilkerson, Molly Robinson, Emma Butcher, Olivia Scrutton, Lily Jones had a superb game, trailing by 2 in the 1st quarter, 4 in the 2nd, 5 in the third and 2 in the 3rd to come back and tie the game 16-16. Again, another superb team effort with everyone giving their all to get a fantastic result. Lily was player of the match but again this accolade could have gone to anyone on the team. Well done ladies!

U15 Girls bow out at the National Quarter Final stage The Year 9/10 girls played Queens School from Watford last Tuesday giving a spirited performance. The girls were beaten 2-0 to a good footballing team who will surely go far in this tournament. Flo Fyfe, Chloe Ring and Abbey Benstead played very well with the girls unlucky not to get a result. A big well done to the girls for getting to this stage for the second time, which shows great consistency.

Boys Football News The Year 9 Boys beat John Warner 4-2 after extra time in a very exciting match to progress through to the semi-final stage of the District Cup. Well done to all the boys.

Year 11 v Goffs – 2-9 loss

The Year 9 Boys play Richard Hale next week in the semi-finals of the District cup, good luck to the boys.

Saturday Football

Saturday 2nd March v Sheredes

Year 7 : 4-0 win (District cup match where SBS lost out on qualifying for the semi-finals on goal difference)

Year 8 : 7-2 win

Year 9 : 7-1 win (5 goals from man of the match Conor L)

This Saturday year 7-10 teams play Beaumont School.

Rugby News On Tuesday 26th February the year 7 boys had a good win over Goffs School winning 15-12 after coming from behind after half-time. As result of this the boys finished level on points with John Warner, however as a result of JWS beating Simon Balle in a previous match JWS go through to the County finals. On Friday the year 7 boys played in the local Broxbourne tournament and finished in 11th place overall. Year 9’s were beaten 38-10 by John Warner School having held John Warner school 10-10 at half time. The next fixture takes place on 26th March when the year 7 boys participate in the 10-a-side county tournament at Kitchener’s, Berkhamsted.

Inter-House Sports Update The following are the standings after 3 rounds;

Position House Points

1 Beane 46

2 Lea 45

3 New 41

4 Rib 37

5 Ashbourne 36

6 Mimram 29

The next round of Inter-House Sports takes place on the week beginning Monday 18th March. This competition culminates with Sports day which takes place this year on Wednesday 26th June.

SPORTS BYTES

• Patrick Tarry (year 10) is representing today at the Young Ambassadors Conference in Wembley, more information from Patrick in the next edition of PE News.

• Gym & Dance Display – Tuesday 12th March in the Hall.

• The District Sportshall Athletics finals take place on Thursday 14th March at Wodson park. Simon Balle will be represent-ed in 3 out of the 4 age-groups (Year 7 & 8 girls along with the year 7 boys).

• The District Cross Country Championships take place in Barclay Park on Friday 15th March.

• Our First County Athletics League Fixture takes place on the 29th April at Wodson which we are hosting.

• GCSE PE moderation takes place on Friday 22nd March.

• CSL First Aid course takes place on Tuesday 19th March.