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Ipswich High School for Girls
The Bulletin Friday 17th June 2011
Monday 20th June
12pm-3pm Mini Green
SSTA Tennis Finals
4.45pm-6pm U12 a&b Rounders
v Ipswich School (H)
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Tuesday 21st June
4pm-5.30pm Premier Tennis
Finals at Ipswich Sports Club
4pm-6pm U12 Athletics South
Suffolk Finals at Northgate
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Weds 22nd June
Y4 Outing to Dunwich Heath
U15 Tennis & Rounders GDST
Ecology Day at IHS Tournament, Queenswood
9.30am-12pm U13a Tennis
League County Finals,
Framlingham
This week, the Biology Department held an Ecology day for our
1pm-3pm U15a Tennis League
Year 7 pupils in the grounds behind Woolverstone Hall. County Finals, Framlingham
Blessed with beautiful weather, and ideal pond-dipping and 2.30pm U10 a&b Rounders
bug-searching conditions, the girls were overwhelmed with v The Abbey (H)
abundant wildlife and particularly big insects! 4.30pm-5.45pm U13 Rounders
The day’s activities were concentrated studied the wildlife living in our school Tournament at St Joseph’s (A)
on the pond environment and looking pond, and were pleasantly surprised at ~
at invertebrates on the land. Here, the large variety of animals we found.
pupils and staff share their Our best find was the huge diving beetle. Thurs 23rd June
experiences of their wonderful day in We were rather sad to have to put him
the grounds. “First thing in the back. Ecology Day was great fun, L6 Geography Trip
morning, we emptied a moth trap interesting and informative – a fantastic
which was really full; it contained big experience, and we are so lucky to have 4pm-6pm U13 Athletics South
furry moths, and a few very little access to all this nature on our school Suffolk Finals, Northgate
ones – we were able to identify them
all. We also had to investigate bugs
site.” Caragh Paul, Jasmine Balmer. ~
in the trees and on the ground. My
“We were blessed with a gloriously
sunny day, and very cooperative
Friday 24th June
favourite was the millipede which animals that couldn’t wait to fall into
was huge” – Francesca Townsend. our traps or jump into our nets. One 9.30am-12pm U13b Tennis
“Ecology day was so much fun! The group found a most impressive newt in
morning activities were really cool. their catch, which caused great
League County Finals &
We surveyed the trees, inspected the excitement! The girls worked really well 1pm-3pm U15b Tennis League
leaves for damage and caught insects all day, gathered lots of data for their
that lived on the bark. Our favourite
County Finals, Woodbridge (A)
spreadsheets, and were really
creature was the woodlouse – we enthusiastic to take their practical
thought it was adorable how it curled experiences back into their classroom 1.15pm Lunchtime Concert
up in a tight ball when it was lessons.” Mrs Eastwood, Head of Biology.
Photographs by Mike Kwasniak
frightened. In the afternoon, we 5.30pm Art Exhibition
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Junior School News
Junior School Dates
for Your Diary!
Wednesday 22nd June
Year 4 Outing to Dunwich Heath
Thursday 23rd June
Nursery-Year 2 Seaside Visit to
Felixstowe
Friday 24th June, 5.30pm
Art & DT Exhibition of
GCSE & A level work
Monday 27th June
Induction Day for New Pupils
Second Hand Uniform Sale, 1pm
Friday 1st July
Junior School Sports Day
Monday 4th & Tuesday 5th July
Thinking Hard! Grease the Musical
By Eileen Fisher, Head of Junior School Wednesday 6th July
Junior School Prizegiving
I am writing this bulletin piece in the midst of a long overdue
rainstorm, which will freshen up the grounds and provide much Congratulations
needed water supplies! It is fitting that our Reception zone has been to Katharine Shaw,
filled with some beautiful 3D creations by Year 5, as part of their 6S, who was invited
Rivers Topic. The models are intricate and individual and show the to play in the
water cycle in detail. It is fascinating to see how the girls use their National Development
own imagination. Squad for cadet girls (U16) Table
Tennis. Katharine said “it was a
On the subject of thinking, I started this week in Swindon on a very intensive 3 day camp,
Thinking Skills conference, headlined by the Rt. Hon. Baroness including morning jogs and
Estelle Morris, discussing Do Government strategies stop children physical exercise!” Well done
from thinking? The two days continued to be fascinating, and I found Katharine.
myself learning all about Metacognition from Dr Shirley Larkin of
Exeter university. Metacognition looks at the higher order thinking
that we undertake and how we can cultivate this in the classroom,
through tasks, environment and the groupings we provide. We will
be looking with great interest in the metacognitive learning in the
Junior School over the next few weeks and how we can enhance and
improve this aspect.
Our French visitors have been doing really well, and I have been amazed As part of Year 5’s Rivers topic,
how good their English is! They have integrated easily into our school which links Science and Geography,
day, and I have been hearing all about the lovely trips that parents have the girls have created their own 3D
planned for them over the weekend. They were even willing tour guides versions of the water cycle.
along with our Year 5 pupils on open day. It is wonderful to share such
confidence in language ability, and I am sure it has inspired our girls.
My French has certainly improved over the past week, as my GSCE Happy Birthday to…
French phrases have resurfaced! Esme Carless and
Niamh O’Reilly and also
The next few weeks are jam packed with outings, visits, reports and a belated Happy Birthday
events. Preparations are already underway for next term, and as soon as
I have finalised timetables and staffing, I will pass the information on to to Jasmine and Molly
you. Have a very enjoyable weekend. Price, who joined the
Junior School this term!
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Team Spirit Shines Through!- By Julie Catchpole
Team spirit shone through last week as the squad was
several regular members short. Some girls were
‘swimming up’ several age groups and we kept the
parents on their toes as they were not sure when they
would see their daughter swim! But it all added to the
good atmosphere around the pool. All the girls took it in
their stride and swam with confidence. Clare Roberts
didn’t hesitate to take over from Matilda Ager who had
just swum a fantastic fly and couldn’t get back in the pool
in time for her freestyle race. Olivia Scott found herself at
the end of a lane with no-one to swim free in the medley
relay but she didn’t panic and swam herself! Felicity
Jarvis swam her whole race with her goggles in her
mouth and still managed to finish second for the year 8’s.
We have come to the conclusion that Daisy likes to keep us on the edge of our seats as once again she won the race
at the touch! Annabel Lee swam for the year 7 back crawl and won, then had to get back in the pool to swim front
crawl for her own age group also winning that race. Matilda Craig swam fly for the year 7’s and India Foster
swam front crawl for the same age group. They then both had to swim for their own age group. Tabitha Parker,
also swam fly for the year 8’s. Harriet Long had to swim front crawl for the first time in the gala, she gave us all a
lovely surprise when she came in a very close second. All the year 4 girls had to swim for year 5’s. Well done to all
the girls who took part in the gala. Year 5’s IHS 24 Bey 36, Year 6’s IHS 31 Bey 29, Year 7’s IHS 23 Bey 37, Year
8’s IHS 31 Bey 30, TOTAL IHS 109 Beyton Middle School 132. The least amount of points wins!
East Regional Championships: At the second weekend of the Regionals, three of our squad swimmers
Cara Hetherington, Imogen and Eliza Ross-Smith made all the finals in the 100 back crawl. Cara won Silver,
Imogen Bronze and Eliza finished 7th. On Sunday, Sophie Conway joined the girls for the 200m back crawl. Once
again Cara and Imogen made the final. Cara achieved a bronze medal. Cara swam extremely well and only just
missed out on two National times. Cara then swam in the freestyle relay and won gold. She will now represent her
team at the Nationals in July. Well done girls.
Work of the Week
Nursery: Isla Agar demonstrated very good scissor control as she
carefully cut along the lines to make her windmill. Well done Isla!.
Reception: Niamh Willis for her amazing independent writing this week.
Year 1: Elizabeth Merrigan for the excellent descriptive language when
describing things that we would find at the seaside.
Year 2: Sophie Pryer for excellent work on thinking maps.
Year 3: Lizzie Hughes for her use of ICT to write a letter to her favourite
Author, Michael Morpurgo.
Year 4PA: Phoebe Kilburn for the excellent work in Maths this week.
Well done for learning to divide by chunking.
Year 4P: Sasha Green for her fictional account of a visit to a new planet.
Year 5T: Anya Lewis for her well written Open Morning speech.
Year 5DP: Millie Salter for playing very well in the Under12’s Rounders match. She worked hard, scoring 4
rounders and catching 4 people out. Well done Millie.
Year 6S: Tasha Males for her assiduous attitude in every Grease rehearsal this term. Well done Tasha!
Year 6G: Alexia Bergman for accurate and rapid subtracting of 4 digit numbers using standard written methods
in Maths.
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Senior School News
We are pleased to announce that
Researcher in Residence Susan Squirrell has been
appointed Head Chef with
The Science Department is delighted to welcome
immediate effect. Susan has
Hannah Brierly to the Department next week, as
been at Ipswich High School for
Researcher in residence. Hannah will be helping
several years and is looking
classes with subjects as diverse as ‘how do geckos walk
forward to developing our school
up walls’ to ‘what is the difference between heat and
provision over the next few terms.
temperature?’.
Also, on Wednesday next week, Congratulations to Amelia
a company called Camouflaged Curtis-Deer, Year 8, who
Learning are coming to school has been chosen as runner
to host a ‘Rapid Response Day’ up in the Guild of Food
for the Year 9 pupils. It should Writers ‘Cook It’
prove a very exciting day. To competition. Amelia
learn more about Camouflaged travelled to London and
learning, visit
www.camouflaged-
cooked her dishes for a
learning.com/ panel of professional
judges, in the Good Food magazine test
kitchen. Amelia won dinner for 4 at the Chapel
Sports Report Down restaurant in Kent, and a masterclass
session with top Chef, Richard Phillips. Well
Congratulations to the Y9 Athletics squad who
qualified for the County Finals, done Amelia on this fabulous achievement!
which will take place on 27th
June. The whole squad competed
very well with some excellent
Art Summer Schools
performances and several
personal bests. The There are still spaces
Intermediate Schools Cup available for the summer
Athletics squad (Y9 & Y10) art schools, the week of
represented Suffolk in the 11th-15th July for
regional A finals this week for Years 4-7, and the week
the very first time. There were several athletes of of 18th-22nd July for
National Schools standard, but our girls equipped Years 7-11. The weeks’
themselves very well and managed to better their activities will include
allotted team points from the first round, finally
creating an enamel tile mural with Ky Rice, and a
achieving a 3rd place position. Special mention must be
made of Evie Granat and Alice Robinson who won their textile piece with Anna Nyberg. Each course costs
events. The Junior Schools cup squad (Y7 & Y8) £140, inclusive of all materials. If you would like
competed in the Regional B finals at Chelmsford on to know more, please contact reception.
Tuesday and finish 4th place, achieving the highest score For artistic parents, Ky Rice will also be running a
of any Suffolk school. The Y7 Athletics squad went to series of workshop days during the week of
RHS on Tuesday for the first round of the Suffolk 26th-29th July. Activities will include; painting
Championships. All girls competed exceptionally well, from landscape, the figure or from still life. There
gaining 1st or 2nd place in most events. The final round will also be a development day on Friday 29th July
will be held at Northgate next Tuesday. to create a painting, detailed drawing or a mixed
Tennis: Last week, the U15A tennis squad completed
media piece. Please contact reception for full
their Aegon League fixtures gaining a final win over
Amberfield, 6:0. The U15As remain unbeaten this term. details.
Rounders: The U14 Rounders team played their area
tournament on 15th June. We played some excellent SPORTS ‘PLAYERLAYERS’ If pupils would like to
games and are now through to the County Finals later order base layers for next term, please purchase the
this month. The U13A v Ipswich School lost 5:9, and uniform layers from www.playerlayer.com/schools/
the U13B team drew 10.5:10.5. ipswich-high-school-for-girls. Thank you.
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Sixth Form News
OGs Host A2 Induction Lessons Maths Professor
By Dr Felicia Kirk Brings Advice on
This week, we were delighted
Cambridge
On Monday 20th June, Dr Christopher
to welcome back to the school
two OGs, who left Ipswich Warner, Professor of Mathematics at
High after A levels in 2010. Cambridge University and Fellow of
Hope Gray (pictured left) gained Robinson College, will visit the school
A* Drama, A Economics and to give a talk to our Year 10 and Year
B Geography, and is now 12 students, as well as answering
studying Media, Communication questions on applying to Cambridge.
and Cultural Studies at Newcastle In addition to his academic career, Dr
university. Amy Kenny (right) gained A* Drama, A Spanish and A Warner has worked in the commercial
French, before going to Leeds university to study Spanish and world of Scientific Instrumentation,
Sociology. The students spent their week of work experience, leading and has a varied scientific
Drama lessons for Years 7, 8 and 9, as well as helping with the Drama background, having read Physics as an
and Spanish A2 Induction Programme. Hope said “it has been so undergraduate. We are thoroughly
lovely to come back to Ipswich High School, and guide the younger looking forward to welcoming Dr
years in a subject that I am so passionate about.” Amy added “this Warner. 1pm, Leggett Room.
week has been a fantastic experience. The school has given me so
many opportunities, that it is lovely to be able to give something Please note on Wednesday 22nd June
back to the pupils. It is also great to be back without the pressure of at 3.15pm, there will be a meeting in
exams looming, and to appreciate how lucky we were to be students the board room, on the Olympic
here”. Conference 2012 with the prefect
team and members of SLT.
Work Experience in Maxillofacial Dpt
By Athina Morey, L6 PepsiCo Accolade
During Half Term, I spent four days in the Maxillofacial Department of
Ipswich Hospital, under the guidance of Mr Davies, parent at Ipswich
for IHS OG
High School. I sat in on clinics, specialising in ‘lumps and bumps’, ‘on Congratulations
call’ and ‘orthodontics’. The sessions were all very insightful, and I was to past pupil,
able to witness a huge variety of extreme cases. The maxillofacial dentists Claire Williams,
were very helpful, and explained each case, so that I could gain the most who has been
from my experience. They also taught me various aspects of dentistry awarded a $6,000
throughout. They were inspirational to watch, were incredibly PepsiCo
knowledgeable, and were especially good at putting their patients at ease. scholarship for her
With each case posing their own individual challenges, I also gained final year at UEA.
invaluable insight into patient contact, dealing with anxious, scared and Claire sent the
foreign patients. It was an amazing experience and I hope to return in
school an email
the near future. Thank you to Dr Kirk for arranging the work experience,
with details of her
and to Mr Davies for the opportunity.
scholarship,
saying “all the
Mrs Forrest and Mrs Cole joined L6 opportunities I
Physics students on a practical day was given at Ipswich High played a
at Thorpe Park last Saturday, huge part in allowing this to happen,
experiencing all the forces and their on top of my University
effects, as the culmination of their Achievements. Thank you!”
AS Course! The staff had a blast Good luck for your PepsiCo
too! placement.
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In conversation with…
Amanda Roberts, Senior School Receptionist
A book that changed me:
Summer Fete Raffle Delia Smith’s Complete Cookery Course
(according to my husband!)
A huge thank you to Clare Archer, 1.
mother of Caitlin, for kindly If I wasn’t born now, I wish I’d
donating 2 tickets for the London been born in: 1990-so I would only be
Symphony Orchestra at the 21 now!
Barbican, with backstage meet and
greet afterwards. Can we remind Favourite building:
My beach hut at ‘Old Felixstowe’.
parents to fill in the raffle tickets
and return them to Reception. Favourite film: It’s a Wonderful Life.
Favourite Restaurant: ‘Valley Connection’ in Bury St
Edmunds(fab Indian)
Greatest achievement: Passing my Maths O’ Level
(Maths is not my strong point)
Action Medical Research are
Most profound discovery: Penicillin ( Alexander Fleming)
hosting The Bear Ball on Monday
11th July 2011, 7.30pm to 10.30pm,
for ages 12 to 15. Tickets £25.00 Fondest memory:
If you are interested in finding out My Dad’s 75th Birthday party-held in our garden. He passed
more please contact Lynn Pohl at away a few months later.
m.pohl@btinternet.com
Best piece of advice: Enjoy the moment!
Christine Tinker has
produced a CD of the
Friday’s Five
music by Franz Liszt
and would be
delighted if parents
would like to Our pick of what’s on over the next week
purchase a copy at a reduced cost of
£10.00. Please visit
www.christinestevenson.net 1) Alder Carr Strawberry Fayre, Creeting St. Mary, Ipswich
Saturday 18th June-10.00am-3.00pm
Reminder to all parents. www.aldercarrfarm.co.uk/events
Second Hand Uniform Sale.
1pm, Monday 27th June 2011 2) Midsummer Tea Party-St Mary’s Church, West Bergholt.
If you have any unwanted uniform, Sat 18th June 12.00pm-3.00pm
please drop it into Reception www.visitchurches.org.uk/teaparty
Ginger kitten 3) The Blue Cross Fun Day and Dog Show
looking for a Sunday 19th June-11.00am. www.bluecross.org.uk
good home!
IHS Parent, Mrs 4) Fabulous Father’s Day Mediaeval Weekend-The Suffolk Owl
Tomley has one Sanctuary, Stonham Barns, Stonham Aspal,Suffolk
kitten left of a Sat 18th-Sun 19th June-10.00am-5.00pm info@owl-help.org.uk
litter of five, looking for a friendly
family to adopt him. To know more, 5) Suffolk Wildlife Trust 50th Anniversary Celebration Day-
please call 01473 781981 or Lavenham Way, Stowmarket
email: sarah.tomley@btinternet.com Saturday 25th June-11.00am-4.oopm-Call 01449 676471
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