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10th July 2015

Academic Year 2014-15 – Number 12

Enterprise Day 2015

Woodbridge Sponsored

Cycle Ride Year 4 Marvellous Maths

Morning

KS3 Most Able Lunch

Skinny Jean Gardeners

plus one

St Elizabeth Hospice Creative Arts Project

Future Scholar Awards

Languages Trip to

Cambridge University

Riverside Plaque Project Reading Club

Carnegie Group

Maximise Your Potential

Morning

Geography Trip to Shingle

Street

Farlingaye Young Carers “Go the Distance”

Year 9 Battlefields Trip

FHS E-Safety Survey 2015

Be the Best You Can Be

Sports Round Up

Archery Suffolk Schools Sailing

Regatta

Water Polo

U13s Girls Cricket

Athletics Rounders

Sports Day

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Enterprise Day 2015:

Team Asterix wins the

day!

O N Tuesday June 23rd all Year 9 Farlingaye High School students

had their annual opportunity to

participate in an exciting Enterprise Day with BT.

Students participated in this wonderful business simulation at Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath, for a full day of tasks and activities related to working in the business environment with the challenges of running their own business. This is the 13th year that Farlingaye and BT have been collaborating in this venture and the event has continued to grow every year in both its complexity and success.

287 students had been working within their 22 separate micro-

companies for the previous month

and a half, developing their business with their own structures, strategies and through completing tasks in order to sell ‘their’ brand of cars to a global market.

Teams earned “money” from completing a range of group based and individual tasks and activities and used the financial rewards from these to buy resources from the stock

market, commodities exchanges and banks to further their business. They also needed to participate in a Dragons’ Den style presentation to gain further business investment for their venture with many teams putting on very professional displays.

Teams have been organising their company structures, with designated

official roles, preparing marketing p o r t f o l i o s , w e b s i t e s a n d presentations. This year technology really took hold with many teams

creating online adverts, animations, websites and the use of other digital media to support their efforts. The Enterprise Twitter account was buzzing before the day with questions and promotional material very much reflecting the media age we now live in.

We streamed the day live to school and it was watched by students and staff on screens around the school and on the network at break and

lunch. Our dedicated media team also put a great video together reflecting the challenges and fun students had on the day. This was led most ably by Mr Deeble.

Alongside the Enterprise event, the teams must also earn money for charity to emphasise the need to

YEAR 9 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN

ENTERPRISE DAY AT BT ADASTRAL PARK.

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think about their wider corporate social responsibility. This was real money. This year was more innovative than ever before with cake sales, car washes, games, and busking! Over £600 was raised by student activity in their lunchtimes and this has been donated to the Children’s Charity ‘The George Docker Foundation’ for a Year

10 student at Farlingaye. Year 9 students have much to be

proud of; they have raised money for charity, behaved impeccably met and

overcome the challenges of the day. This year the winning team was

‘Asterix’ Cameron Moss, Hannah Page,

India Parkinson, Lottie Passmore, Anabel Pelas, Jamie Pritchard, Ceri-Ann Proctor, William Ratcliffe, Ben Sinclair, Emma Thomas, Kieran Verdon, Shannon Williams.

27 Economics and Business Year 12 students also helped make the day possible along with Teachers and the

Year 9 Tutor Team from Farlingaye and of course the wonderful staff from BT.

The school really values the business links established with BT and huge thank you must go to them for hosting and working so hard on this event. Particular thanks should go to both Kevin Peirce and Andrew Trawford who are the key people to make this day as enjoyable as it is.

Pictures and a video of the day are available on the FLG http://flg/Home/Curriculum/EnterpriseDay/SitePages/Home.aspx Mr Edge

Woodbridge Sponsored

Cycle Ride

O N Saturday June 6th, seven Year 8 students from Farlingaye High

School took part in a sponsored cycle

ride around Woodbridge as part of the Olympic legacy programme Be the Best You Can Be. The challenge that was set for us to complete was, to show that we can ‘be the best we can be’ and to organise a fundraising activity for charity.

Ready for the challenge, we left school at 11.30am and followed our

route through Woodbridge, which included landmarks such as Market Hill, Tide Mill, Pytches Road and Duke of York.

Half way through the course we had a short rest break at Kingston playing field where we had lunch and an ice cream.

After a well-deserved break we got back on our bikes again and completed the rest of the course.

We would like to say thank you to Mr & Mrs Hayden and Mrs Spooner who helped to marshall and cycle the course.

At present we have raised £61

which will be donated to a local charity.

Kassie Barnfield 7A, Aimee Bebbington 8A, Thomas Hayden 8A, Katelyn Lewis 8A, Holly Spooner 8A. Thomas Hayden and Aimee Bebbington

THE SPONSORED CYCLISTS

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Year 4 Marvellous Maths

Morning

Y EAR 4 students from Kyson, St Mary’s, Grundisburgh and

Hollesley Primary Schools were invited to attend a morning of hands-on, active Mathematics at Farlingaye High

School on Monday, June 29 th. Unfortunately, due to a hectic end of year schedule, Grundisburgh were unable to join us but still 106 students

made the morning. They were able to build a model of themselves as if they had shrunk to one tenth of their size with Mrs Rowe; learn how to ‘Tile the Plane’ in the style of the artist Escher, using some of the Mathematical Software that we have on offer; build and test a balloon powered car looking for speed, distance and handling with Mr Trett; and construct a wide variety of Mathematical shapes using the Zome resource with Mr Tait.

The students gave it their all in each of the activities, were a pleasure to work with and left having thoroughly enjoyed their first taste of high school maths. We were certainly impressed with the ability and creativity on show and will look forward to seeing these students again in Maths in two years’ time! Mr Stuart

KS3 Most Able Lunch

O VER the course of the academic year, our most able students

experience many fantastic events across all subjects. To find out what our students have been getting up to we hold a lunchtime session for each of the Year 7, 8 & 9 groups. Here they have a chance to meet other very able students, partake in a challenging task and eat plenty of cake! Students also have the chance to meet the most able staff team in a more social

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environment to discuss their needs for the future year ahead. The sessions were brilliantly attended and we hope next year will bring more challenging and rewarding activities for these students. Mr Hawtin

Skinny Jean Gardeners

plus one

O N Saturday June 13th, I spent two

days at the NEC BBC Gardeners World Live. When I first arrived I was told that I was needed more than ever as one of the Skinny Jean Gardeners had to make their way back to Essex as his wife was in labour!

Dale and I organised activities for the children to take part in and these included making pots out of cardboard tubes for tomato seedlings and seed tape out of glue and newspaper. The children really enjoyed taking part and

I hope this has inspired more children to get green fingered!

As well as keeping the children busy I took to the stage with Jim Buttress (Al lotment Challenge gardening expert and judge). It was really interesting chatting with him.

Finally the BBC had arranged for me to meet Monty Don! This was a complete surprise and I couldn't believe he knew who I was! After watching him for years every Friday night it seemed unreal to be chatting with him. Lucas Hatch 9F

St Elizabeth Hospice

Creative Arts Project

O N June 24th, students were invited to sing at St Elizabeth

Hospice in a community performance as the culmination of a collaborative

Arts project. Our boys vocal group performed beautifully along with our senior choir to an audience of patients and hospice staff. We joined with members of the hospice team, patients and parents to sing a rendition of "You Raise Me Up". Patients in the wards opened their windows to let the music in, and some came out to join in and

sing. The hospice was presented with Artwork in the form of large scale figures of dancers which students from Farlingaye produced with the Hospice

art group, and a series of canvases based on landscapes. We look forward to more opportunities to work collaboratively with the hospice in the future. Mrs Hetherington and Mrs Martino

LUCAS HATCH WITH JIM BUTTRESS, THE

ALLOTMENT CHALLENGE GARDENING EXPERT AND

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Future Scholar Awards –

LSE

O N June 16th, 5 Year 9 students were selected to attend a prestigious

event at one of the country’s top Universities sponsored by the Department for Education. The Russell

group represents the 24 leading Universities in Britain with the London School of Economics among them. On the day, the students had short talks on

why they should consider studying at University, what they can do to help their applications now and a demonstration of a real lecture on the Anthropology of Ghosts!

A tour of the facilities in central London was of particular interest as some of the new buildings have been nominated for Architecture awards.

The highlight of the day for many students came in the afternoon with a motivational session held by the Fix Up

Team. Led by Action Jackson we learnt how we could be amazing in our everyday lives and, through positivity, reach goals which seem beyond our means. Mr Hawtin

Languages Trip to

Cambridge University

O N June 24th, 6 AS German students went to the ‘WhyNotLang@Cam’

Languages Conference at Cambridge University. We were given information about the importance of learning foreign

languages (did you know that 75% of the world’s population does not speak English?) and took part in several taster sessions in German and another

language such as Russian and Chinese. Later in the afternoon we had a very informative talk on applying to University, with particular emphasis on the Oxbridge application process. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day and Emily Backhouse said that she particularly liked taking a look at a language she had never learned before, exploring the different tones used in Chinese. Luke Cleland was fascinated by how much the structures of different

languages vary. The day was a really good experience for all who took part. Piia Gubbins, Emily Backhouse, Amy Brammar, Luke Cleland, Xenia Dautzenberg and Holly Johnson Year 12

Riverside Plaque Project

O N Tuesday June 30th visiting artists

Roger Hardy and Emma Roberston worked with students in Year 12, Year 10 and Year 9 to create a ceramic plaque for the Riverside Theatre in Woodbridge. Students worked together to create separate pieces of a 107cm diameter ceramic work incorporating a range of textures and sculptural clay techniques. The plaque will be fired, glazed and mounted onto the front of the Riverside Theatre building as part of their centenary celebrations. The outcome was based on a logo design created by our students in partnership with Roger Hardy. We look forward to seeing the

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plaque become part of the architecture of the theater during the summer. Students who took part in the day were:- Miranda Simmonds, Ella Hall, Lycy Collins-Ward, Sophie Lawns, Karyna Mizyuk, Marshall Sykes, Emelia Garvie, Elizabeth Brisbane, Tom Fletcher, Barty Thomas, Helena Houston, Ellena Sneath, James Catling, Ethan Dixon, Jasmine Gedney,

Hannah Coles, Elena Stuhler, Millie Ewings. Mrs Hetherington

Reading Club

T HE Reading Club at Farlingaye was started 15 years ago by Mrs Merrett.

It is an opportunity for young people of all abilities to share a story of their choice, with a volunteer reader (a teacher, a parent or a sixth former) either in a small group or individually. The club always starts with time for a snack, drink and socialising. It has a very relaxed and informal approach with the

emphasis on reading for pleasure. The children collect commendations for attendance, eggs at Easter and a gift of a book at the end of the year.

Reading a book in a small group gives students the opportunity to build up vocabulary because there is the time to ask what words mean. They can also discuss and challenge the ideas and beliefs within the book. By sharing a book and making it enjoyable, we aim to

encourage children to read for pleasure, something that has been shown to be directly linked to future success in life.

So consider coming to Reading club on Wednesday at 4pm in T2 after the summer holiday. Everyone is welcome. We have a huge selection of books for you to choose from and are always looking to add to the collection based on your recommendations. If any parents would like to volunteer to help they would be most welcome too. Ms Anderson and Mrs Mason

Carnegie Group

O UR Carnegie group have been shadowing the Carnegie Medal, a

major award for an outstanding children’s fiction book. This involved reading 8 books since Easter, those who read were invited to take part in the joint meeting with Ipswich Academy, St

Alban’s, Northgate and Suffolk New Academy, which was held at Copleston in June. Students debated the nominated titles and then voted for their individual favourites.

Students voted for The Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge.

They then repeated the process for the picture books, which were nominated for the Greenaway Award for illustration.

Students voted for Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan.

Towards the end of the morning we watched the live stream from London as the winners were announced.

The students who represented

Farlingaye High School were:

Ruth Cooper 9A, Oliver Cavanagh 7N, Emily Downie 10N, Poppy Ellis 12R, Megan Gammons 12Y, Thomas Hayden 8A, Oscar Pycroft 8R, Sidney Pycroft 10G, Beth Scahill 10E, Adele Spain 10E, George Steward 9I and Boogie Thompson 9H. Mrs Mason

STUDENTS AT THE CARNEGIE MEDAL MEETING.

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Maximise Your Potential

Morning

O N Friday June 19th, every Year 9 was given the opportunity to

develop their way of thinking and woeking in our annual “Maximise Your Potential Morning”. They are offered

workshops to help them learn more about themselves and how to learn better.

“The activities offered ranged from

Team Building Rowing Challenge (which was an extreme workout!) to ‘how to be an expert learner’. Each 50 minute workshop allowed us to develop a different way of thinking or discover something new about ourselves. For example, I can now identify as a ‘Musical, Intrapersonal, Naturalist’ learner.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this morning, and would like to thank Miss Baldwin and Miss Chapman for

organising the morning!” Freddie Anderson 9E

“In total we had 4 sessions over the morning. One of them was called ‘Discover the Hidden You’. We had to tick statements that we agreed with (for example ‘I like reading books’). Once we had done that, the statements we had ticked would indicate which ‘intelligences’ we have – one was ‘body

smart’, another ‘people smart’. Everyone had quite a few, but some of the answers were quite surprising.

We also found out what kind of learner we are (visual, audio, kinaesthetic) – especially helpful for revision.

It was a relaxed morning (with doughnuts at break!) where we were

taught useful tips to improve our learning.” Boogie Thompson 9H

“It was a great experience having Tonya in our school to talk to us about her work as a Detective Chief Inspector, working for the Police Force. I saw her on two occasions on the day, firstly in assembly and secondly during a presentation as one of my activities.

In terms of how it improved my mindset, I found it quite relatable how Tonya didn't know what she wanted to do as a career at my age, which made me confident that I would eventually

find something that I am passionate to do as a job.

Overall, I enjoyed watching Tonya's presentation as it gave me some more insight into what the Police Force is like and gave me confidence to not be worried about my future job.” Riki Buckles 9E

YEAR 9 STUDENTS TAKING PART IN DIFFERENT

ACTIVITIES ON MAXIMISE YOUR POTENTIAL MORNING.

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Geography Trip to

Shingle Street

S HINGLE Street beach was the location of the Year 12 Geography

data collection trip on June 15th and 16th. Despite being only half an hour away from Woodbridge, this is an

internationally known site of special scientific interest (or SSSI as a geographer would call it), due to the rare plants and birds living there,

which therefore provided an inspiring backdrop for the trip.

During the day we had the opportunity to use a range of high quality geographical equipment such as theodol ites, penetrometers, anemometers and thermometers. The following day was spent off timetable in school analysing our data. This was a great opportunity to organise the data whilst it was fresh in our minds and try out some statistical formulae as a

way of testing the geographical hypotheses we had previously set.

On both days we had the help of Tristan, from Flatford Mill Field Studies Centre. This was a huge advantage as he had such in-depth knowledge about the plants at Shingle Street, the methods we were using in the field, all the statistic techniques we used and he was able to help us with the computer programmes we were using to collate the data.

Overall, these were both excellent days to get some practical geography experience outside the classroom,

which will provide us with fantastic reference points for the geographical skills exam paper we will sit next year. Emelia Garvie 12X

Farlingaye Young Carers

“Go the Distance”

T HE FHS Young Carers Group celebrated Young Carers Week

2015 by raising awareness of the issues we face and the many rewards of being a carer.

Mrs Laird introduced the week with assemblies in the week before, asking ‘who backs your parachute?’ She was able to make everyone think about who

helps us every day without expecting thanks. We often take this support for granted but what if the person looking after you was your brother or sister?

Having adopted the slogan “Go the distance” we did something every day for the week. On Monday a group of students painted a canvas; vibrant and full of energy the painting is now on display in the school having been unveiled on the Friday to bring the week full circle.

On Tuesday we cycled in the Fitness Studio, covering 74km in the afternoon….as it was a very warm June day this was no mean feat! Wednesday was sports day and amid the cheering crowds and enthusiastic competitors could be seen ‘bright show laces’. Neon orange, sparkly yellow, eye-catching turquoise (and Mrs Laird’s rainbow laces), shone out to highlight the members of the Young Carers Group. It was great to have so many people ask us about the laces and what we do. We think we spread the word in an exciting and unusual way.

Thursday afternoon we headed into Woodbridge for a real treat …afternoon tea. The Strawberry Café made us very welcome and the cake was delicious, we’ll certainly go back.

Thank you to everyone who supported our week…..and helped us to “Go the Distance”. Farlingaye’s Young Carers

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Year 9 France and

Belgium Battlefields trip

2015

O N June 6th, we set off by coach to France/Belgium. We crossed the

channel on a ferry and then proceeded

into Belgium. Before we arrived at our hotel, we stopped at one of the many cemeteries. Here, there were over 1000 soldiers buried and seeing this just began to put into perspective the mass of people who died during the First Word War. There were rows upon rows of graves and within them was a 15 year old boy, who was the youngest soldier at this cemetery. Once we had finished looking around we went on to the hotel.

The next day began with us travelling to Serre Road, which was lined with several cemeteries. We also went past a place in which there could

possibly still be live mines, so no one

was allowed on the land which meant they used sheep for grazing the grass.

At Ulster Tower, we had a tour guide telling us all about the trenches and where they had been or where they had found bodies of men that had died in the war. It was extremely interesting finding out about how the trenches joined up and how long it took to get from one place to another. Here they also had another cemetery

with over 500 men. After that we travelled to Thiepval memorial. We could see all the carved names of men whose bodies had not been found from

the battle of the Somme. Having already seen some of the many graves of soldiers, the 16 pillars with 4 faces each really showed the devastation of the war even more so.

Our final stop of the day was to the Newfoundland park cemetery. Here they had a wall of names of Newfoundland soldiers, a cemetery and other memorials. We had a short tour from a Newfoundlander. He showed us where some of the trenches

in the Somme would have been and told us about the Newfoundlanders who came over to fight.

YEAR 9 STUDENTS VIEWING A REPLICA WWI TRENCH

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For the third day we started off at the Flanders Fields museum, which let us explore many artefacts from the war. We each had an electronic wristband which made the exhibition interactive and showed us stories of some of those who experienced the war in different countries. We explored Ypres town before heading out to see

the German trenches at Bayernwald. They were really interesting as we were actually able to walk around in the reconstructed trench system.

Our afternoon was spent at Tyne Cot, the largest Commonwealth Cemetery . There are 90 ,000 unidentified soldiers buried here; their names inscribed on the back wall of the memorial. It was a really humbling experience. The next stop, Langemark Cemetery, being a German memorial, was a complete contrast. There was a very different feel to the place due to the black gravestones. In the evening we were lucky enough to take part in

the Menin Gate ceremony which happens every single evening at 8pm. Oliver Bowman and Boogie Thompson represented the school and laid down our wreath at the memorial.

The final day of our trip was spent in Bruges. We explored the very pretty city centre, took a river cruise, had time for lunch before we walked back to the coach and headed off on the long drive back to Farlingaye. All in all, the trip was a great experience and it really helped to put everything that we have learnt this year about WW1 into context. I think it is fair to say we all

came away with a much greater appreciation of the massive scale of the war.

Many thanks to Mr Smith, Mr Webb and especially Miss Ring for all their work to organise it all. Charlotte Wells 9G

FHS E-Safety Survey

2015

E ARLIER this year students in Years 7-11 were asked to complete a

survey to look at their use of the Internet and the risks they face online. We had over 1196 responses from the

survey. Students were only asked their Year group and gender but not their name in order to encourage them to be honest with their answers. The results

proved very interesting and clearly showed that students across the age range are being exposed to risks online.

Below are the questions and a summary of the results :- Which of the following do you have access to? (Options – PC, Laptop, Smart Phone, Tablet, Webcam, Games Console)

Nearly all students have access to the Internet at home in some way. 85% of students now have an Internet enabled

Smart Phone (this begins with 75% of Year 7s, rising up to 90% of Year 11s). 50% have a webcam that they are able to use for chat. 72% of students have access to a games console with online capabilities (58% of girls and 82% of boys). Which Social Network Sites do you

use regularly?

Facebook has seen a drop in popularity on last year with 62% of students having an account compared to 75% last year. This includes 20% of Year 7 students, who are under the age of 13 which is the minimum age required to

have a Facebook account. 86% of Year 11 students have a Facebook account. Instagram has seen a big increase in use amongst our students, up from 45% to 65%. Twitter use has dropped from 40% to 25%. Snapchat has increased in popularity hugely with 60% of our students using it. Kik Messenger and Whatsapp are also very

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popular. 22% of students use Vine. Do you use online chatrooms?

35% of students use Internet chatrooms to chat with other people (45% in Year 7 said they do although they may have included Facebook chat). Girls are more likely to use these than boys. Video chatrooms where users talk to random strangers, e.g.

Omegle, are increasingly popular with young people. Do you use a webcam for chat?

Over 65% of students regularly use

webcams or mobile/tablet cameras for online chat. Do you know anyone who has been the victim of cyberbullying?

31% of students know someone who has been bullied online which is about the same figure as last year. Have you been the victim of cyberbullying?

10% of students reported that they had experienced some kind of online bullying which is the same as last year.

The figure is higher for girls than it is for boys. 70% of those students who experienced unpleasant comments online didn’t tell an adult. Which of the following have you seen on the Internet?

Pornography – 38% of boys and 22% of girls have viewed pornography on the Internet. This peaks with nearly 75% of Year 11 boys having viewed it. Even in Year 7, 10% of boys have viewed pornography. Violent Material – 40% of students who answered have seen videos of people being killed on the Internet. These are

often posted on social media sites. Racist Material – 38% of students have seen racism on the Internet Pro Anorexia websites – Nearly 20 % of students have viewed pro-anorexia websites. Girls are far more likely to access these sites – nearly 50% of Year 11 girls have viewed such sites. Pro Self Harm websites – 21% of

students have seen pro-self-harm material. Again, these websites are far more likely to be viewed by girls. 45% of Year 11 girls have viewed these sites. Have you ever seen something on the internet that you found upsetting?

56% of students have been upset by something that they have seen on the

Internet. This peaks at over 70% of Year 11 girls having been upset. Have you ever been asked to send pictures or video of a sexual nature to someone?

20% of students have been asked to send someone else pictures or video of a sexual nature. Girls are far more likely to be asked than boys. 4% of Year 7 girls have been asked and this rises to nearly 40% of Year 11 girls. Do you know anyone who has sent pictures or video of a sexual nature?

Over 40% of students know of someone that has sent a picture or video of a sexual nature by text or on the

Internet. The figure rises as the students get older with 65% of Year 11 students knowing someone. Has anyone asked you to do something on a webcam that you didn’t want to do?

6% of students have been asked to do something on webcam they did not want to do (generally of a sexual nature). Girls are far more likely to be asked than boys. Do your parents know about everything you do and look at on the Internet?

Nearly 50% of students state that their

parents do not know everything that they get up to and view on the Internet. This peaks in Year 11 at 65%. Do your parents monitor what you do on the Internet or use parental controls?

65% of students say that their parents do not monitor or control what they do on the Internet. The older the student

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the less likely parents are to monitor or control Internet use. 75% of Year 11s say that there is no monitoring or control. Important Note – Students whose parents do not monitor their internet use are 3 times more likely to have viewed inappropriate material such as pornography and violence than those

whose parents use some kind of controls. Key Issues raised

The Internet continues to be a

central part of most students’ lives. To most young people there is no differentiation between the online and offline worlds.

The majority of students use Social Networking sites to communicate with others and to share information. Facebook is becoming less popular and instant messaging services such as Snapchat are becoming increasingly popular.

Young people who are the victim of

unpleasant comments online are often not telling an adult about it.

A large number of boys have viewed pornography online. The nature of the pornography being viewed is a concern as would be the effect it is having on their v iews of sexual ity and relationships.

A large number of girls are using the Internet to access pro-anorexia and pro-self-harm material online. There are clear concerns that this will ‘normalise’ such behaviours.

T h e s e n d i n g o f s e x u a l l y inappropriate images continues to be a

fairly common occurrence with teenagers. The fact that it is against the law does not seem to stop them with it becoming an increasingly ‘normal’ part of a relationship.

There is still a real lack of monitoring or control from parents. This is hugely concerning given the kind of material available online and the risks

that young people might be exposed to. The survey shows that when parents do not monitor internet use then the young person is much more likely to access inappropriate material and expose themselves to risks.

There are a number of things that parents can do to help safeguard their child whilst online.

Use Parental Controls

Check their phone regularly

If possible, be a friend on Facebook

Check Internet History to see what

websites have been visited

Don’t allow them to use a webcam

unmonitored in their room

Talk to your child about the risks

Have ‘house’ rules for technology, e.g.

no Internet use after a certain time Further information and guidance is available on the following websites:: www.saferinternet.org - Homepage for the UK Safer Internet Centre

www.thinkuknow.co.uk - Resources and guidance available for young people and parents. www.iwf.org.uk - The Internet Watch Foundation www.ch i ldne t . com - Ch i ldne t International which provides useful

guidance and resources www.net-aware.org.uk - NSPCC Net Aware – excellent guides and advice about many of the apps and websites that young people use.

Farlingaye’s website also has an E-Safety page that is regularly updated with guides and information that I have put together. Please take time to have a look – you will find it under the ‘Parents’ tab at the top of the page.

If you would like some advice then I can be contacted at the school, either by phone or email: pmacdonald@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk Mr Macdonald, E-Safety Lead

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Be The Best You Can Be

Y EAR 8 rounded off their Olympic legacy programme ‘Be The Best

You Can Be’ this term by organising a variety of fundraising activities. Each form were given the task of organising a fundraiser for the charity of their

choice thereby demonstrating the skills that the programme aims to instil in school children – team work, ded ica t ion , se l f le ssness and e x c e l l e n c e . T h e s t u d e n t s enthusiastically gave their all to the task and organised cake sales, sponsored bike rides, sponsored silences, a staff car wash, guess the number of sweets in a jar and two students even tied themselves together for a day! The fundraising culminated in a special assembly where Tonya Antonis, Detective Chief Inspector for Norfolk and Suffolk Constabulary gave a motivational

speech to the year and awarded students who had excelled at the

fundraising task with special recognition certificates. Well done to the following students:

Hannah Lambert, Nadia Al Masud, Ellie Brooks, Maddy Chesterman, Amelia Slater, Isobel Jones, Betty Freeland, Charlie Smith, Luca Blackburn, Jodie Thorp, Mimi Hart, Megan Green, Katie Warne, Jess Lane, Natasha Pegg, Jess Willis Betts, Phoebe Gunn, Cerys Mcvea, Flora Bond, Emily Mitchell, Grace Hayward, Gaia Rogers, Holly Suett, Shannon Williams, Nia Cushway, Naomi Porteous, Daisy Garnett, Tom Hayden, Holly Spooner, Aimee Bebbington, Rose Vince, Maddy Allan, Kaci Jones, India Johnson, Maddi Mitchell, Maggie Futter, Katelyn Lewis, Zoe Adlam, Daniella Memory, Lettie Howe, Sarah Barlex, Archie Cowles, Olivia Perry, Tom Mansfield, Ava McGreal.

Many thanks to the Year 8 tutors for supporting their forms through the programme. Miss Crossley

Sports Round Up Archery

O LLIE Smith in Year 10 has been busy again this outdoor season

collecting more awards and records. On the first weekend of July he attended the Archery GB Junior Nationals Outdoor Competition where 250 of Britain best Junior archers c o m p e t e f o r t h e N a t i o n a l Championships. Ollie was shooting World Archery metric distances on

Saturday and Grand National Archery Society Imperial distances on the Sunday. Both rounds were classed as senior distances which adults normally shoot. He won both days and picked up the National Trophies

for each. Because he was shooting the

OLLIE SMITH WITH HIS TROPHIES

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most senior rounds, he also has claimed the title of Archery GB 2015 National Champion Gents Barebow.

Ollie has also been busy getting his final scores for his Junior Master Bowman award and has been developing his skills at Field Archery. Recently he came 1st in Under 18 at the All British Field Championships held in

Hampshire and also won the Under 18 Regional Field Championships in Sussex.

Congratulations Ollie and keep up

the good work. Mr Ross

The Suffolk Schools Sailing

Regatta 2015

O N June 25th, a young and very promising team of Year 7s, 8s and

9s represented the school at Alton Water in this annual event. There were two aspects to the event, with

experienced sailors racing in four races

and inexperienced sailors participating in the RYA ‘On-Board’ scheme; for those wishing to learn how to race. It was a beautiful June day; warm with bright sunshine, however this meant the wind was stifled and intermittent! The result was difficult and variable sailing conditions and the four races

really tested the sailors. There were six fleets and we were represented in four of them.

Our best results were in the Topper fleet where Sean Woodard came a commendable 5th. Hugo Passmore also did very well to come 9th and won the Geoff Chapman Trophy, this is a trophy for the first hired boat; the

organisers recognise a hired boat might not be as fast as a personal boat. Also competing in this fleet were; Oliver Cavanagh (13th) and Josiah Brown

(16th). Two of our students decided, on the day, to have a go at the full racing fleet rather than the ‘On-Board’ fleet and they jointly won the Chairman’s Trophy presented for perseverance, well done to Sophia Hutton-Squire and Jamila Robson!

In the Feva fleet Lucie Nunn and Sam Fortmann came 8th and in the Slow Handicap our best result was from Alex Eaton and Tyghe Brown who came 6th, in their Cadet. Other

competitors in this fleet were Daisy Nunn and Elsa d’Hane (10th), Hazel Whittle and Charlotte Davey (11th), Livvie Garrod (12th) and Caitlin Drisscoll with Lottie Passmore (16th).

In the ‘On-Board’ regatta we had six students who had a lot of fun learning the ins and out of racing. These students were Charlotte Davey, Hannah Lambert, Seb Hutton-Squire, James Frost, Jack Nelson-Tunks and Joe Manson-Evans.

While we may not have gained the success of former years it was great and perhaps more fulfilling to see so

many young people involved. In many ways it was better to see new faces performing well and representing the school in such a positive way. I look forward to the next few years as this team develops and succeeds! Mr Harris

FARLINGAYE STUDENTS

AT THE SUFFOLK

SCHOOLS SAILING

REGATTA 2015

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Water Polo

C ONGRATULATIONS to Erin Scarce, 9S, who is a player with

the East Angels. They won the

Division Two Inter-Regional Water Polo Championship at Walsall. They beat teams from South-East, London, Midlands and Wales and have gained

promotion to Division One for next year's competition.

Well done, Erin.

U13s Girls Cricket

O UR first match was a huge success! We won both matches

against Copleston and Felixstowe Academy which therefore sends us into the County Finals! Our matches were held at Felixstowe Cricket Club and were organised by Felixstowe Academy. We were lucky with the weather – dry but not too hot. The team consisted of 10 players: Abi

Coomber, Lottie Alexander, Keeley Gooderham, Grace Hayward, Polly Haste, Amelia Vincent, Hayley Wix, Sophie Benton, Lucy Fisher and Maddie Chesterman . Our fielding was well structured and we had no trouble

getting other people out. The batting was brilliant and we scored a lot of runs due to some of us hitting it past the boundaries. When the results came in we were very excited to find out that we beat Copleston by one run! Everyone played really well and we were all pleased with our results. A

big thank you to Anna Vincent for doing the scoring on the day and also to Eddie Green from Melton Cricket club who has been coaching us every Monday lunchtime. Now all we can do

is practice and keep our fingers crossed for the finals! Grace Hayward, Year 8

Athletics – a summary of

the Ipswich and South

Suffolk Athletics Results

T HE Ipswich and South Suffolk competitions are held at

Northgate and the Year 8, 9 and 10

events are split in to two leagues; our boys and girls teams all compete in the A League. In Year 7 there are two pool events across South Suffolk and the winning three schools from each go to a local final. The Year 10 team

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enjoyed their last opportunity to compete together as a group and both the boys and girls teams finished in second place. In Year 9 students faced tough competition in the A league and the girls did well to finish in 3rd place, narrowly missing out to RHS and Ipswich school. However, a third place

finish did mean that they qualified for the County Final; there is only a County Final for Year 7 and 9. At the County Final all the girls did very well and the team finished in 3rd place

which is a great achievement. The Year 8 teams were both very excited when their competition came around and this led to some very high level performances. Both the boys and the girls teams were a class apart on the day and they both finished in first place. The Year 7 teams both won their pool events and showed an excellent commitment to their first team competition, students trained

very hard and were rewarded for their efforts. At the local final they met teams from the other pool and their success continued as both the boys and girls won again and in doing so qualified for the County Final. At the County Finals they were very excited and after some fantastic performances from all team members the girls team finished second in the County and the boys finished first.

The final event of the season is the County Super 8 Final which is being held in Bury St Edmunds at the Suffolk School Games Finals on Friday.

The PE department would all like to congratulate the students on how committed they are to their training and competitions. They have all done so well this year and we know there will be continued success as students move through the school. Miss Alexander

Rounders

E ACH year group have competed in the South Suffolk Rounders

Tournament. Due to the number of

schools involved the teams are grouped and the winners of each group go through to a final. The Year 7 team travelled to St Josephs to

compete in their tournament, they faced St Albans, St Josephs, Kesgrave and Ipswich School in their group stage. After an early defeat from Ipswich School and Kesgrave the team worked well to beat the hosts St Josephs and then St Albans, finishing 3rd in their group. A particular well done to Issy Murrison and Chelsea Bradley for their contribution.

The Year 8 team also competed at St Joseph’s. They faced teams from RHS; Woodbridge and Copleston. The first game saw the team losing to RHS, next the girls faced Copleston where they excelled with their batting,

scoring multiple rounders and also showed their ability to field effectively. The last game of the group was against Woodbridge, despite some strong fielding and effective batting they lost this game. Well done to all of the girls, particularly Grace Hayward

for her contribution. The Year 9 team competed at

Woodbridge School. They narrowly lost their first game to Westbourne, despite some strong batting. They then convincingly beat Suffolk New Academy demonstrating their ability to field effectively and also dominate when batting. The girls then faced St Josephs and Northgate, both games were closely contended but Farlingaye narrowly lost these. Well done to each of the girls and your commitment to the rounders club this year.

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St Albans. They narrowly lost their first game to Ipswich School but showed some effective tactical play. Next they faced St Albans where they showed both strong fielding and batting leading to a good win. They then continued to play well beating Northgate. They got through to the

next stage where they played Copleston, some timely rounders and effective fielding lead them to success, gaining 3rd place overall in the tournament. W

Well done! Miss Govier

Sports Day

F OLLOWING a spectacular Sports Day on June 24th, with glorious

weather, the following school records were made: New Records: Year 7 Girls’ Hurdles: Holly Fisher 5.35.00 Year 7 Girls Relay: 10A 63.33

Year 8 Boys 100m: Joshua Smedley 12.08 Year 8 Boys 200m: Isaac Feavearyear 25.96 Year 8 Girls 300m: Amelia Slater 48.61 Year 8 Girls Shot Putt: Venetia Ejembi 7.67

Year 8 Girls Discus: Biankas Sivosova 19.18 Year 9 Girls 300m: Jasmine Slater 46.21 Year 9 Girls 800m: Elinor Oliver 2.39.00 Year 9 Girls Javelin: Gemma Ramsey 30.74 Year 10 Girls Hurdles: Jess McFarlane 10.49 Year 10 Boys Hurdles: Reece Bowater 9.65 Year 10 Girls 200m: Katie Merrin 29.76 Year 10 Boys 800m: Alex Tripp 2.09.12 Year 10 Girls Relay: 10A 57.04

Please find below the results for all the races and events. Hurdles Year 7 Girls: 1st Amelia Vincent, 2nd

Molly Smith, 3rd Maddie Stuttle Boys: 1st Abdul Choudhury, 2nd Harvey Thorp, 3rd Zak Catlin Year 8 Girls: 1st Ella Page, 2nd Hattie Brown, 3rd Polly Haste Boys: 1st Teddy Ntoli, 2nd Tom Curtis, 3rd Josh Kent Year 9 Girls: 1st Charlotte Well, 2nd

Faith Daniels, 3rd Beth Hanson Boys: 1stJosh Leech, 2nd Richard Mayhew, 3 Olly Bowman Year 10 Girls: 1st Jess McFarlane, 2nd Alice Brown, 3rd Amelia Kelly

Boys: 1st Reece Bowater,2nd Simon Plumber, 3rd Ellis Murrell 100m Year 7 Girls: 1st Lauren Harrington, 2nd Amy Villa, 3rd Eleanor Abbott Boys: 1st Riley Milsom, 2nd Harvey Milsom, 3rd Haydn Sykes Year 8 Girls: 1st Venetia Ejembi, 2nd Leah Jones, 3rd Ellie-Marie Keane Boys:1st Joshua Smedley, 2nd Matt Sheridan, 3rd Ewan Haynes

Year 9 Girls: 1st Ella Naqvi, 2nd Brogan Rodwell, 3rd Heather Aitkinhead Boys: 1st Shondel Smith, 2nd Louis Donovan Perry, 3rd Merlin Robbins Year 10 Girls: 1st Gen Garfield, 2nd Saskia Wright, 3rd Kate Wells Boys:1st Lamar Smith, 2nd George Alexander, 3rd Reece Baywater 200m Year 7 Girls: 1st Tokasa Uru, 2nd Katie Bradley, 3rd Caitlyn Warne Boys: 1st Elliot Basket. 2nd Nathan Baker, 3rd Max White Year 8 Girls: Marina Brooks, 2nd Juliette Pawsey, 3rd Rachel Plummer

Boys: 1st Isaac Feaveryear, 2nd Gregor Davidson, 3rd Jack Jarvis Year 9 Girls: 1st Lotte D’Hane, 2nd Abbie Day, 3rd Darcy Jessop Boys: 1st Alex Wakeling, 2nd Luke Dunnet, 3rd Euan Purdy Year 10 Girls: 1st Katie Merrin, 2nd Lily Jackson, 3rd Lucy Wright

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Boys: 1st Morgan Dale, 2nd James Clarke, 3rd Kai Hetfield 300m Year 7 Girls: 1st Oceana Probert-Hammond, 2nd Erin Jelinska,3rd Sophie Aitkenhead Year 8 Girls: 1st Amelia Slater, 2nd Maia Siveraj, 3rd Jodie Thorp

Year 9 Girls: 1st Jasmine Slater, 2nd Lauren Donald, 3rd Lorenne Stevenson Year 10 Girls: 1st Alice Brown, 2nd Zoe Holmes, 3rd Jess McFarlane

400m Year 7 Boys: 1st Will Rushbrook, 2nd Sean Purdy, 3rd Logan Trinder Year 8 Boys: 1st Liam Gibb, 2nd Nyles English, 3rd Luke Jelinski Year 9 Boys: 1st Sam King, 2nd Olly Bowman, 3rd Raffy Zoio Year 10 Boys: 1st Ryan Milbourne, 2nd Harry Fricker, 3rd Will Jones 800m Year 7 Girls: 1st Rhiannon Berry,

2nd Mia Yates, 3rd Josephine Wells Boys: 1st Connor Slater, 2nd Nathan Postma Gooch, 3rd Daniel Clarke Year 8 Girls: 1st Isabel Jones, 2nd Gaia Rogers, 3rd Lucy Fisher Boys: 1st Dylan Hassan, 2nd Teddy Baker, 3rd Joshua Button Year 9 Girls: 1st Elinor Oliver, 2nd Lottie Passmore, 3rd Izzy Main Boys: 1st George Field, 2nd Cameron Overit, 3rd Josiah Brown Year 10 Girls: 1st Daisy Nash, 2nd Sarah Llewellyn, 3rd Emily Jones Boys:1st Alex Tripp, 2nd Harry Page, 3rd Harry Longbottom 1500m

Year 7 Girls: 1st Holly Fisher, 2nd Isobel Carter, 3rd Holly Carter Boys: 1st Grant Overett, 2nd Jamie Taplin, 3rd Tom Hindley Year 8 Girls: 1st Rebecca Clydesdale, 2nd Abigail Radwell, 3rd Annabele Reynolds Boys: 1st George Fricker, 2nd Ryan

Fullward, 3rd Josh Hannatt Year 9 Girls: 1st Indie Driscoll, 2nd Pippa Unthank, 3rd Freddie Anderson Boys: 1st Archie Dovey, 2nd Michael Hope, 3rd Max Ehlert Year 10 Girls: 1st Rosei Seabrook, 2nd Summer Howlett, 3rd Izzy Reed

Boys: 1st Dan Clarke, 2nd Jack Mayes, 3rd Bradley Potts Girls Relay Year 7: 1st 7A. 2nd 7R, 3rd 7F Year 8: 1st 8L, 2nd 8A, 3rd 8G

Year 9: 1st 9L, 2nd 9H, 3rd 9F Year 10: 1st 10A, 2nd 10G, 3rd 10L Boys Relay Year 7: 1st 7E, 2nd 7Y, 3rd 7R Year 8: 1st 8F, 2nd 8G, 3rd 8L Year 9: 1st 9N, 2nd 9G, 3rd 9H Year 10: 1st 10N, 2nd 10Y, 3rd 10E High Jump Year 7 Girls: 1st Josephine Wells, 2nd Chloe Howard, 3rd Katie Bradley Boys: 1st Seb Mobee, 2nd Eden

Rogers, 3rd Alfie Pryor Year 8 Girls: 1st Marina Brooks, 2nd Rebecca Clydesdale, 3rd Lily Foppa Boys: 1st Teddy Ntoli, 2nd Jude Machan, 3rd George Fricker Year 9 Girls: 1st Ella Naqvi, 2nd Tiah McGlynn, 3rd Molly Battle Boys: 1st Luke Dunnet, 2nd George Field, 3rd James Catling Year 10 Girls: 1st Kate Atkinson, 2nd Elsa Cooney, 3rd Eloisa Bruce Boys: 1st Phillip Carlstroem, 2nd Stanley Willey, 3rd Alex Tripp Long Jump Year 7 Girls: 1st Holly Fisher, 2nd Oceana Probert-Hammond, 3rd

Rhiannon Berry Boys: 1st Alex Butcher, 2nd Hayden Sykes, 3rd Archie Page Year 8 Girls: 1st Abbie Karkling, 2nd Leah Jones, 3rd Amelia Slater Boys: 1st Isaac Feavearyear, 2nd Dylan Hassan, 3rd Michael Rogers Year 9 Girls: 1st Lauren Donald, 2nd

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Beth Fewings, 3rd Lotte D’Hane Boys: 1st Dom Gains 2 n d B e n Capbell, 3rd Raffi Zoio Year 10 Girls: 1st Zoe Holmes, 2nd Jemima Howe, 3rd Millie Holt Boys: 1st Jack Meyers, 2nd Will Canon, 3rd Simon Plumber Triple Jump

Year 7 Boys: 1st Adam Boxall, 2nd Elliot Basket, 3rd Connor Slater Year 8 Girls: 1st Isobel Jones, 2nd Rachel Plummer, 3rd Hattie Brown Boys: 1st Charlie Crossley, 2nd Toby

Barnard, 3rd George Ferguson Year 9 Girls: 1st Jasmine Slater, 2nd Abby Day, 3rd Elinor Oliver Boys: 1st Euan Prdy, 2nd Jack Butcher, 3rd Josh Whitaker Year 10 Girls: 1st Alice Brown, 2nd Lucie Wright, 3rd Georgie Bostock Boys: 1st James Clark, 2nd Lamar Smith, 3rd Max McGreal Shot Putt Year 7 Girls: 1st Millie Baker, 2nd

Megan Blake, 3rd Daisy Attwater Boys: 1st Luke Morrison, 2nd Sam Wainer, 3rd Todd Lofty Year 8 Girls: 1st Venetia Ejembi, 2nd Sophie Benton, 3rd Lottie Alexander Boys: 1st Seb Convery, 2nd Sam Fortmann, 3rd Jesse Eves Year 9 Girls: 1st Lucy Butler, 2nd Amy Mc Ardle, 3rd Sky Vincent Boys: 1st Alex Wakeling, 2nd Euan Purdy, 3rd Raffy Zoio Year 10 Girls: 1st Charlotte Lamb, 2nd Sarah Llewellyn, 3rd Tilly Barnard Boys: 1st Harry Fricker, 2nd Marshall Sykes, 3rd Aiden Power

Javelin Year 7 Girls: 1st Alba Sanches-Perez, 2nd Lily Ginger, 3rd Chelsea Bradley Boys: 1st Raf Dawson, 2nd Darcy Pleace, 3rd Callum Powell Year 8 Girls: 1st Keeley Gooderham, 2nd Harley Peace, 3rd Ava McGreal Boys: 1st Leis Hardiman, 2nd Sam

Smyton, 3rd Tom Mortimer Year 9 Girls: 1st Gemma Ramsey, 2nd Holly Powell, 3rd Hannah Wills Boys: 1st Max Ehret, 2nd Rob Stollery, 3rd Tom Fletcher

Year 10 Girls: 1st Kate Wells, 2nd Jasmine Gooding, 3rd Izzy Reed Boys: 1st George Crookall, 2nd Corey Frost, 3rd Tim Howard Discus Year 7 Girls: 1st Isobel Carter, 2nd Tocasa Uru, 3rd Lauren Birch Boys: 1st Oliver Cavanagh, 2nd George Stiff, 3rd Max Baker Year 8 Girls: 1st Biankas Sivosova, 2nd Charlotte Markwell, 3rd Abigail

Radwell Boys: 1st Luke Jelinski, 2nd Olli Fisher, 3rd Cami Harris Year 9 Girls: 1st Livvy Garrod, 2nd Lydia Bridgeman, 3rd Siobhan Mannby Boys: 1st Ollie Waldron, 2nd Harry Mayes, 3rd Travis Lloyd Year 10 Girls: 1st Alice Curzon, 2nd Anna Vincent, 3rd Jade Benton Boys: 1st Danny Elson, 2nd Max Davies, 3rd Harry Page

Congatulations and thank you to everyone who took part! Finally, well done to the Sixth Form staff team who won the Staff Relay!

Tennis Court Hire The School Tennis Courts are available for hire during the

Summer Holidays 9 am until 3pm.

Cost per court £7 per hour, deposit of £5 required during play.

Contact School Reception: 01394 385720