Welcome to the weekly Newsletter for parents and carers of students attending John Hanson Community School.
Inspire - Care - Succeed
‘HEAD’ Lines
Walking in the shoes of others
Dear parents/carers
Following on from my ‘HEAD’ Lines of last week I want to continue drawing your attention to just how amazing John Hanson Students are.
This week is the turn of Connor Pagett.
Connor is one of 13 John Hanson Students who are travelling to Tanzania in July 2019.
In the October half term break, Connor took on the challenge of walking the equivalent distance that many children in Tanzania have to do just to get to school. This equated to 100km in total, he walked 20km every day for 5 days.
We are very proud of his commitment and determination to take on and complete this challenge, alongside all of the other events the students embarking on what will be a life changing trip to Africa, will be doing between now and next summer.
John Hanson students – you are amazing!
Enjoy the weekend with your children
Regards
Russell Stevens
Headteacher
John Hanson students sang at the Clatford School Christmas Fair on Friday night and were well received. We were pleased that we could help to create a festive atmosphere at this well attended Christmas Fair.
Next week we will be performing at our Christmas Concert - Sing Up for Christmas - see details later in the newsletter.
We are delighted to announce that after months of work on our careers provision, we have been successful in getting through the first ‘Commitment’ stage of the Quality in Careers standard. We will continue to build on our positive careers programme and welcome any support you can offer. Please contact Anna Hall on anna.hall@jhanson.hants.sch.ukif you or your company would be willing to come in for a formal session, an informal drop in, or can offer a work experience placement.
Lloyds Banking Group Ambassador Day
On Friday 30th November, 20 Year 10 GCSE Business students accompanied Mrs Bailey to Lloyds Banking Group in Andover to take part in a day of team building and communication workshops. They demonstrated excellent skills in both areas working with their peers from both their own school and also from other local secondary schools and Andover College.
As part of the day, 4 students – Adelle Gurr, Kajol Rai, Emma Huggett and Rocha Dennis also pitched their mental wellbeing app enterprise idea to a team of dragons. Both the idea and the presentation were fantastic and we are very proud of them.
For more pictures of the day, check out the Business twitter account @JHSBusiness
Cyber Safety - Merry Cyber Safety Christmas
Safety tips for Christmas
Millions of children across the country will unwrap internet related gadgets this Christmas and as a school we are encouraging parents to discuss staying safe online and the consequences of not doing so.
Smartphones, Tablets, Laptops etc. open up a world of exploration, learning and fun for children and as a Computer Science teacher I would encourage this wholeheartedly. However, the internet is another world and in order to protect children we need to ensure they understand how to stay safe while they are using these digital devices.
Over the last few months we have posted a number of entries on how children can protect themselves whilst using the internet. Below is a summary of how children can do this:
Explain how children can use privacy settings to make sure only approved friends can see posts and images, and warn them about sharing personal information
Check if any of the mobile apps they use have location services enabled, and disable this if they do not want to be tracked
Show them how to report offensive comments or block people who upset them
Check ‘tagging’ settings so that when others are posting or sharing photos online, your child’s identity is not revealed
Encourage your child to come and talk to you if they see anything that upsets them
Ask them to show you which social media apps they use, what they like about them and talk about how to use them safely
If your daughter/son is planning to apply to college for entry September 2019, then they need to be doing this now. Some colleges have closing dates and by leaving the application late, the application may not be considered or they may not be offered their first choice of subjects.
Some colleges still have open dates this year, should you wish to visit:
Andover College: Closing date for applications 25th January 2019
Basingstoke College of Technology: contact the college
Peter Symonds - closing date 17th December
Queen Marys College – applications in by 31st December
Salisbury Sixth Form – closing date 17th December
Sparsholt College – Open event: Saturday 17th December
South Wilshire Technical College – contact the college
The Wellington Academy – contact the college
Wiltshire College – Salisbury campus – contact the college
Some of the college interviews will be take place in school:
Andover College 5 – 7th February
QMC: 8th January
Peter Symonds: 6 – 8th March
Students can apply for more than one college if they are undecided at this stage. If unsure of what subjects to take, our Careers Adviser, Lynn Richards is available Wednesdays and Thursdays in school.
Non-Uniform Day coming up . . . .
Friday 21st Dec is Non-Uniform Day.
£1 payable in advance to prefects during tutor period. Collections start at the end of next week. All money raised goes to the school production of Matilda. Outfits must be “respectable” .
CHRISTMAS 2018
Collect your tickets for SingUp for Christmas - from Mr Adams
Date for your diary:
Thursday 20th December 7pm
Tickets can now be booked online via ParentMail - tickets are free but do need to be booked fast. Alternatively email mike.adams@jhanson.hants.sch.uk to make a booking.
Please join us for our festive concert
'Sing Up for Christmas'
- we would like to invite all Year 7 students, families and friends to join students and parents from other year groups too. An evening of fun Christmas Music, lights and decorations to get you in the mood for a fantastic Christmas.
Christmas movie night for Year 7
It is on the 18th December from 3.30pm in the main hall. You can wear a Christmas jumper if you want to. The Christmas film will be decided on the night by majority vote. It is £3 and you get a small bag of popcorn. All money raised will go to new school equipment.
Music Tuition at John Hanson CommunitySchool
Calling all musicians who play an instrument - School band continues on Monday 3rd December 3-4pm in PA1 Bring your instrument and join in.
Students are requested to visit the music department at the start of the day to check their lesson times. Singing lessons - we are still waiting to hear from Hampshire Music Service when these will take place.
Rehearsals have now started for our production of the musical 'Matilda' based on the story by Roald Dahl. Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin.
Wednesdays - Choir for Matilda - soloists and chorus from 3 - 4 pm PA1
Thursdays - Drama reahearsals - cast from 3 to 4.30 pm
All students are invited to attend if they wish to sing in the show - we are especially keen to involve our new Year 7 students - so please encourage your son/daughter to come along.
No audition - just come along and join in!
The show will be on stage for two nights
May 15th and 16th 2019
Congratulations to both the Year 9 and the Year 10 netball teams who both played their final matches in the Andover and District League this week.Neither team conceded a match all season and were both crowned League Winners!
To add to their achievements, both teams have won the league every year throughout their time at John Hanson and have never lost a game!
Fantastic achievement - well done girls. - Mrs Vant
The teams were:
Year 9: Fran Sayers, Belle Mistry, Niamh McMahon, Phoebe Cordner, Alana Hammerton, Daisy Prosser, Sylvia Nakacia, Megan Olding, Poppy Goddard, Abbie Beattie and Casino Jubb.
