Resolution House Newsletter – Term 5
Welcome to Term 5’s newsletter. With all the bank holidays this
term, it has made it very busy for both students and teachers who have
been preparing for the exams which started this week. The current Year
11s and 12s have started their study leave and the Year 13s will begin their
study leave straight after half term.
On Monday 16th May, almost all of the year 7s went on a trip to Rochester
Castle and Cathedral. The trip was well planned by Mr Beresford and all
the boys had an excellent day out. I also went on the trip and was
approached by a member of the public in the Cathedral who said how
wonderfully behaved the boys had been. Below you will see some photos
which were taken on the trip.
In the above two photos the boys are looking around the grounds and answering
questions in their booklets.
Mr Naughton is explaining about how the Castle was built and how it was fortified.
Here the boys and Mr Goodfellow
are listening to the organist
playing a rendition of the theme
tune to Star Wars.
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In these photo’s the boys dressed as Monks and learned how they lived
when the Cathedral was first built. A big thank you to the following
members of staff that helped Mr Beresford on the trip: Mr Naughton, Mr
Goodfellow, Mr Barker, Mr Kinrade, Mrs Middleton, Miss Naylor, Miss
Featherstone and Mrs Abu Saada.
Resolution House Celebrates Achievements
Twenty eight students from Resolution House, ranging from year 7 – 10 were
rewarded with a trip to Ashford Bowling Centre for their hard work in raising
their academic grades since
September. They were:
Luke Augur Y7
Samuel Baldwin Y7
Zia Ahmed Y7
Hugh Champney Y7
Owen Smith Y7
Josh Waldman Y7
Craig Williams Y8
Matthew Nixon Y8
Callum Bell Y8
Marley Gramlick Y8
Sam Renham Y8
Siddhartha Gurung Y8
Ben Ross Y9
Simanta Adhikari Y9
Jack Bryan Y9
Sahil Limbu Y9
Alexander Dixon Y9
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Dan Hughes Y9
Daniel Beddows Y10
Adam English Y10
Samuel Moorcroft Y10
Samuel Jones Y10
Lewis Hancock Y10
Kaan Gulum Y10
Ritchie Washington Y10
William Simmons Y10
Aidan Thompson Y10
Matthew Whitehead Y10
We all had a wonderful time with the top scorer of the evening being Samuel
Baldwin with a score of 126. The
boys finished off the evening by
doing some colouring…ahhhh (If
anyone would like to see the
colouring, the pictures are now
on the House Office wall).
Resolution AMF Bowling Trip Report 2011
By Owen Smith, Year 7, RJ6
We left school at about 3.45 in the mini-bus and arrived at AMF Bowling
Centre in Ashford at around 4.00.
When we got there, we split up into 3 lanes. Here are the main highlights of
the evening:
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Mrs Abu-Saada thrashed everyone in her lane in game 1
Samuel Moorcroft won by miles on his lane in game 1
Owen Smith lost by miles on his lane in game 1
Mr Bristow got lots of fluky strikes
Mr Naughton was attracted to the gutter (or so it seems), on his lane
Mr Bristow won by 1 point in his lane in game 2
The three teachers got through 2 jugs of coke,
We all got a hotdog and a drink (apart from Adam English who had 2
hotdogs!)
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So from the evening, the main thing that we can take away is:
Mr Naughton likes the gutter
And Mr Bristow likes a fluke!
Year 11 Thorpe park Trip
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On Friday 13
May a large group of year 11 students were taken to Thorpe Park
for the day as a treat before they begin their public exams.
The boys really enjoyed their day and as it was a Friday (possibly because it was
the 13th) the park was fairly quiet, which meant that the queues were short and
they didn’t have to wait long for the rides.
Staff and students alike went on rides such as Stealth,
which goes from 0 to 80 mph in 2.3 seconds and reaches a
height of over 200 feet, the Nemesis rollercoaster and
Tidal Wave where myself (Mr Hancox) and Mr Maull got
absolutely soaked. Mr Castle decided to hold our bags for
this ride, wise move!
The day went without any problems and all the boys
managed to meet up at the main gate at the agreed time of 4pm. Everyone
commented on what a good time they’d had and the boys behaved impeccably
and were a credit to the school. Thanks to Mr Bristow, Mr Harding, Mr Norman,
Mr Maull and Mr Castle for an excellent day.
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Year 8 Trip to Rippledown
On Tuesday 24th May our year 8 boys had were taken to Rippledown which is an educational
outdoor centre in Deal.
It was a lovely sunny day and all they boys seemed to have a great time getting involved in the
activities.
They all had a go at shelter building, team building skills, camouflage and concealment trail and pond
dipping, which was a favourite with the boys! They were given nets and buckets then had to find as
many different species living in the pond as they could from dragonfly larvae to newts and leeches.
The boys were all very well behaved and enjoyed the day. Mrs Gooding
£10 Challenge
The boys of Resolution House have been doing a £10
challenge whereby each form is given £10 and they
must turn this into a profit. The total amount raised
will go to the House charity.
RJ1s World Cup kicked off on Friday 21st May 2011. The football teams
have been drawn with all matches, players and other information on the
Resolution notice board. If your son is playing, he must make sure he is
available at lunchtime and matches will start a.s.a.p. The matches will carry
on next term until there is a winner.
RJ2 have been selling iced lollies every Wednesday and this
has proved to be very popular with the warmer weather.
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Mr Dickens now has a new vocation in life as an Ice Cream man!
RJ6
On a warm, sunny Wednesday (and a cold and windy Thursday) RJ6 had
their £10 Challenge Wet Sponge Throwing Event. Donations were coming
thick and fast to drench our 3 willing volunteers (Messer’s James, Mullan
& Rynston) from staff and students alike. Some even donated enough to
chuck a whole bucket over them!!
In all £54.75 was raised. Special thanks should go to
Aaron James, Tom Mullan & Mark Rynston for being
such good sports and taking each and every wet, cold
sponge, square across the face with good humour!
Mr Walton.
In next term’s letter we will give you the final total raised by all the tutor
groups.
Harvey excel at Athletics
The Senior District Athletics Championships at the
Julie Rose Stadium saw an impressive start to the
season for The Harvey Senior Team this year, with
pupils winning 21 confirmed events out of 26.
Impressive results from Ben Shaw and James Roche
in the hurdles resulted in an invitation to Ashford Athletics Club Training and
praise from club coaches. Year 11's also did well, as they have done throughout
their time at the school from Year 7, such as Johan Ter Horst, James Canter
and Conall Forster (the latter two in Resolution House). Their continued
commitment to athletics has been the backbone to past teams and is much
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appreciated. A big thank you to all boys from Mr Beale for their efforts on the
day - well done!
Work Experience
Most Year 10 students have submitted their choices for their
work experience placements this year, and letters have gone
out to the employers who have offered places for confirmation.
Students will receive confirmation of their placements in the
first two weeks after the half-term break, and will then be
encouraged to contact the employer to introduce themselves and check any
details of the work they will be doing. Work Experience will run this year
from Monday 4th to Friday 15th July.
Cricket Averages 2011
Now that the cricket season is well underway, the averages
are starting to come together.
Leading the way in the batting department is Harry Wren
(Year 7) with an average of 106. Also in Year 7 are Josh
Woodgate-White (79) and Arthur Leaver (76). Dan Marsh RJ4 (Year 9) closely
follows with 71, whilst Joe Payne (52) Harry Dawes (49) and Jamie Hemphrey
(43) are leading the way for the 1st XI.
Bowling wise, Aidan Fox's RJ2 (Year 7) hat trick against Sandwich Tech has
helped him gain an average of 3.111 whilst Jack Diwell's RS1 (Yr13) 6
wickets and season best of 7-3 have helped him along to an average of 3!
All averages and cricket results can be viewed on the Pupils Shared Area (in the
Results folder within CAPA – PHE.
Golfers Wanted!
The PE department are putting together a golf team for
beginners that play a little but haven’t got a handicap as
a competition is coming up. Anyone who would like to be
considered needs to see Mr Castle as soon as possible.
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Credit certificates have been awarded this term to:
Bronze
Ryan Taylor
Joe Mynard
Adam Pegler
Joseph Baldwin
Ryan Williams
Hugh Champneys
Callum Dawkins
Kane Page
Callum Bell
Daniel Giltinane
Paris Smith
Ronan Taggart
Joe McCarthy
Ashley Keep
Jacob Moorcroft
Mark Rynston
Jake Saxby
Matthew Whitehead
Ashley Found
RJ1
RJ2
RJ2
RJ2
RJ2
RJ2
RJ2
RJ2
RJ3
RJ3
RJ4
RJ5
RJ6
RJ6
RJ6
RJ6
RJ6
RS6
RS4
Silver
Jacob Bowers
Sahil Limbu
James brown
Jack Lewis
Daniel Marsh
Jack Fakley
Sagar Simkhada
William Simmons
RJ1
RJ3
RJ4
RJ4
RJ4
RJ4
RJ5
RS6
Gold
Samuel Baldwin
RJ1
Phillip Thomas
RJ3
Cameron Emanuel-Burns
RJ4
Owen Smith
RJ6
Shane Smith
RS4
Platinum
Conor Guilfoyle
Simanta Adhikari
RJ3
RJ3
Some boys have yet to receive
their certificates due to our
assemblies being changed to a
different day because of the
exams. I do apologise for this and
they will receive their certificates
at the next assembly on 7th June.
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THE HARVEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL – PE & SPORT DEPARTMENT
TIME
MONDAY
BEFORE
SCHOOL
LUNCH
1
LUNCH
2
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Basketball Club KPB
High Jump Club KPB
Yr 8/9 Cricket OM MG
SCC Tutor Activities
Tennis MS
Year 7 Cricket PMC MG
Table Tennis JW
Softball JW
Btec Catch Up P67 PMC
Short Tennis PMC
Dodgeball SCC
Btec Catch Up P67 OM
Btec Catch Up P67 SCC
Tennis WD
Btec Catch Up P67 SCC
Tennis MS
Softball MS
Short Tennis JW
Year 7 Cricket PMC MG
Table Tennis MEL
Btec Catch Up P67 PMC
Btec Catch Up P67 OM
Tennis WD
Yr 8/9 Cricket MEL MG
Basketball Club KPB
Athletics Javelin/Discus KPB
AFTER- Athletics Running Events KPB
SCHOOL
Athletics Shot Putt KPB
Yr 7 & 8 Cricket League PMC
MEL
Athletics Long /Triple Jump
KPB
Badminton Club
Harvey Cricket Nets
(6.00-7.30) PMC
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Yr 9 & 10 Cricket League SCC
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The Harvey Grammar School will start term 6 on Monday 6th June and we
break up on Tuesday 19th July. The final day will be a half day and the buses
will be in place for when the boys leave.
We in Resolution House hope you all have a good half term and look forward
to the final term, with Sports day for KS3 on 14th July.
Mrs S Abu Saada
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