Opportunities for our most
able students
2014 - 15
Dear Parent/Carer of:
Your child has been identified as one of our “most able” students at Farlingaye High
School within their year group.
The most able is a list of approximately the top 10% of students in each year group
based on criteria using a variety of data such as reading scores, Key Stage 2 scores,
Fischer Family Trust data, CAT scores and PIM/PIE tests.
To support our most able students at Farlingaye all students are monitored to ensure
they are making the required progress based on their ability and intervention provided
where necessary. All teaching staff are aware of the students who appear on “most
able” register and plan lessons accordingly to ensure there are opportunities suitable for
the ability of your child.
In addition to this there is a range of additional opportunities for most able students. The
purpose of this booklet is to outline the planned activities for the coming year which your
child may be able to take part in. Specific information relating to any of these
opportunities will be provided by teaching staff at appropriate times throughout the year
and students should also check the daily bulletin for any details. The activities outlined
in this book are correct at the time of printing.
Finally, may I also take this opportunity to draw your attention to our ‘Resources’ section
at the end of this booklet. This will include the description of our dedicated website for
“most able” students and twitter account as well as external links of interest.
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us or a faculty link
teacher at the school.
Yours sincerely
Barry Hawtin
Gifted & Talented Co-ordinator
Charlotte Baldwin & Maddy Chapman
Gifted & Talented Assistant Co-ordinators
bhawtin@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk
cbaldwin@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk
mchapman@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk
English Faculty (including opportunities available through the library)
Link Teacher: To be appointed
What?
Writing Competition
Snippet Magazine: students can enjoy
When?
Ongoing
Monday 4-5pm
Where?
Library
E3
Who?
All years
Yr8-10
Every Tuesday
Lunchtime
Library
All years
Every Friday
Lunchtime
Library
All years
September 2014
Library
Year 7
October 2014
Library
All years
November 2014
Library
Years 7,8 & 9
contributing to a published magazine on a regular
basis. They will learn about leadership, how to
improve circulation figures and how publishing
works. Anyone with a passion for writing and
publishing is strongly recommended to attend
Carnegie Reading Group: a book group that
focuses on reading the Carnegie award
shortlist
Writing Group: students who enjoy writing
have the opportunity to write on a variety of
topics
Bookmark Competition: a competition to
design effective bookmarks that inspire
students to read
Owen Johnson Poetry Competition: a poetry
competition based a specific theme that
changes annually
Book Mastermind: based on the popular TV
quiz show, students have to demonstrate their
knowledge of books
Aldeburgh Documentary Film Festival
Book Fair Writing Competition: a writing
competition where prizes will be some books
from the book fair
Book Mastermind Area Final
Poster Competition: a poster competition
based around a theme that will be announced
later
Readathon
Carnegie Medal Meeting
Battle of the books: a continuation of the
above reading group
National Novel and Writing Month: specific
details of this competition are not yet available
The Crucible: a trip to see the long running
and frightening classic theatrical production
The British Library: a trip to see and
understand the work of this important institution
Child Language Acquisition: as part of AS
and A2 Level English Language studies
student will get the chance to learning about
language acquisition.
Sunday 16th
November 2014
December 2014
Year 12
Library
All years
February 2015
April 2015
Library
Library
All years
All years
May 2015
June 2015
TBA
Library
Library
Library
All years
All years
All years
TBA
Library
All years
TBA
GCSE students
TBA
Year 12 & 13
TBA
Woodbri
dge
Primary
School
Year 12 & 13
Maths Faculty
Link teacher:
Mrs J Palmer j.palmer@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk (maternity leave until March)
Miss M Chapman mchapman@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk (until March)
What?
Gifted and Talented Club: every week
we solve a variety of maths problems
and extend mathematical knowledge of
various concepts
Cypher Club: cracking codes and
decrypting cyphers in a competitive
environment.
Senior Maths Challenge: A multiple
choice organised by the further maths
trust
Intermediate Maths Challenge: A
multiple choice organised by the further
maths trust
Mathematics Photography
Competition: submit a photograph of
mathematics accompanied by a
description of the maths that can be
seen.
Junior Maths Challenge: A multiple
choice test organised by the further
maths trust
Maths Team Competition: A team
competition against other schools in
Suffolk. The competition involves
challenging relay questions and a
group crossword.
Maths Quiz: A group of Farlingaye
students will compete against other
teams from schools across the county.
Infographics Competition: submit an
infographic poster where you have
represented data in an interesting and
imaginative way.
When?
Monday
lunchtimes
Where?
M3
Who?
Year 7 and 8
Friday
lunchtimes
M4
All years
6th
November
2014
5th February
2015
New hall
Year 11, 12 and 13
New hall
Year 9 and 10
February
2015
All years
30th April
2015
New hall
Year 7 and 8
April 2015
Various high
schools in
Suffolk
Year 10
Summer
2015
Sixth form
common
room
Year 7
October
2015
All years
Science Faculty
Link Teacher: Miss N Rai nrai@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk
What?
Science Club
Students take part in activities run by various
teachers from the department. So far we have made
vortex cannons and also extracted our own DNA.
Each week will be something different that you
wouldn’t get to do in your normal science lessons.
Chemistry 6
When?
Every
Tuesday
4-5pm
Where?
S2
Who
Years 7-9
Monthly
All
chemistry
labs
Years 12
& 13
October
2014
Science
dept.
All years
March
2015
Science
All years
department
March
2015
Science
dept.
All years
Summer
term
TBA
All years
TBA
University
of East
Anglia
Years 12
& 13
TBA
TBA
Year 12
A competition run by FHS’s very own chemistry
department, students must answer questions using
the clues and submit their answers in the hope of
claiming the voucher reward!
Biology Week
Range of fun activities including dissections!
National Science & Engineering Week
After the success of last year, NSEW will be back with
another set of week-long workshops and activities
centred around a topic. Last year saw Science
Busking, Fruity Mario and making sparklers so this
year has a lot to live up to!
Discovery workshop
As part of National Science & Engineering Week we
will be recreating experiments from famous
discoveries and inventions to see what those eureka
moments are all about!
Royal Society of Chemistry Bill Bryson prize
This is a competition where students submit a
communication on a topic. This could be as simple as
an essay or as diverse as a song or play.
Chemistry analyst competition
Chemistry students take part in an annual competition
at UEA.
Physics Olympiad
Modern Foreign Languages Faculty
Link Teacher: Mr A Craig acraig@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk
What?
Extended reading resources
Students can order a language magazine
in their chosen language; they come in 5
issues throughout the year and contain
articles, cartoons and activities in the
language which appeal to their age range.
Talented Linguists Programme
This is a selected group that meets
regularly to put an imaginative language
project together.
Opportunities for bi-lingual students
The students concerned have a regular
time slot to talk and do other work with the
assistant.
Support from Language Assistants
The assistant visits lessons and gives
students extra support to further their
knowledge and language skills.
Going Global
This is a county-wide project between
different schools, where students work in a
team to put a short film in their chosen
language together following a specific
theme.
French in Primary Schools
Year 9 students visit local primary schools
and teach the students there some
French.
German, French Exchanges and
Spanish Study Trip
These are annual trips to our partner
schools in the countries and the students
from there come and visit our school as
well. Everyone stays in host families.
Language Days
These are days held by various
universities which aim to generate interest
in studying languages.
When?
Where?
Subscription in In school
September
Who?
All years
Throughout
the year
L1 with Mr
Adams
Years 7-9
Throughout
the year
In school
All years
Throughout
the year
In school
Years
10,11,12,13
On going
(annual starting in
November)
Northgate
High School
Year 11
October 2014
At local
primary school
Year 9
Recruitment in
May/June
France,
Germany,
Spain
Years 9, 10
and 12
At various
times
throughout
year
Cambridge,
Colchester
Year 10, 12
and 13
Humanities Faculty
Link Teacher: Mrs H Plumb hplumb@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk
What?
Geography in the news discussion group
Following the big stories! Whether it’s conflict, natural
disaster or economics – look out in the bulletin for
meeting times when the news breaks.
Mentoring
A student partnership programme to guide and advise
GCSE students by those who have been through it all
before!
Girton Writing Competition
This competition is an opportunity for research and
writing beyond the curriculum using one or more of the
six objects given as your focus. Essays or creative
responses (such as dramatic monologues or short
stories) are equally welcome.
Sociology Conference
A day for year 12 students to discover what studying
Sociology is like at university. They will be given
information about student life as well as exam advice by
examiners for the upcoming AS Level exam.
Historical Anniversaries Competition
2015 is a year of anniversaries – Magna Carta,
Agincourt, Waterloo, Gallipoli and the first Zeppelin
raids on Britain, for example. We would like you to
produce a remembrance poster for an anniversary that
has a special meaning for you.
Psychology trip to Colchester Zoo
Students will attend a lecture on learning behaviour and
phobias linking directly to the exam specification and
scheme of work being followed in the summer term. A
great opportunity.
Psychology trip to London
Students will visit the science museum to look at the
Wellcome area, focusing on genetics and brain structure
in order to enhance their understanding of the biological
approach in psychology. In addition students will visit
the Freud museum to investigate a contrasting approach.
To finish the day there will be a fantastic guided tour
around Whitechapel investigating criminology!
Exploring Norwich Castle
Details of this exciting opportunity will soon be available
When?
On-going
Where?
H9
Who?
All
years
January
2015
Farlingaye
High
School
Years
10,11,1
2,13
January –
March
2015
Year 12
March
2015
Year 12
AprilMay 2015
Year
7,8,9
June
2015
Colchester
Zoo
Year 10
June
2015
London
Year 12
June
2015
Norwich
Castle
Years
7,8,9
Technology Faculty
Link Teacher: Mrs L Cornell lcornell@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk
What?
Clubs
Textile Club ‘Threads’
When?
Wednesdays
4-5pm
Where?
T5 with Mrs
Cornell &
Mrs Fisk
Co-Space
Online programming competition.
The Rotary Chef Competition
Students submit a three course menu; the best
are selected to compete against each other.
The outcomes are judged by an external body
and the winner goes through to regional finals.
The Clothes Show Live
This is an invaluable opportunity to view
exhibition stands from leading universities
offering Fashion and Textile related courses
and careers (such as buying, design,
merchandising), alongside the chance to meet
and chat to fashion designers. There are live
graduate fashion shows and the opportunity for
students to visit retail stands and view
innovative fashion exhibits.
Year 10 Inter-form Bake off
Students bring baked good into their form and
the class chooses their Star Baker. The Star
Baker from each form then competes in school
to win the title.
The D&T London Trip
Students are taken to London to help them
gather inspiration for their GCSE coursework
projects.
G&T Enrichment Morning
Students are selected to take part in a
specialised session of technology with outside
speakers, mini projects and new technology to
experiment with.
The V&A
Sixth Form Students are taken to the V&A in
London to help them inspiration for their ALevel Product Design projects.
Activities Week:
October
2014
BT with Mr
White
November
2014
T1 & T2 with
Mrs Fisk and
Mrs Ewers
All Years
December
2014
NEC
Birmingham
with Mrs
Cornell
Years 9, 10,
11, 12 & 13
Autumn
Term
T1 & T2 with
Mrs Ewers
Year 10
May 2015
London with
Mr Hawtin&
Mr White
Year 10
June 2015
Technology
Block
Years 7, 8 &
9
Summer
Term
London with
Mr Hatfield &
Mr Hawtin
Year 12 & 13
Last Week of T5
Who?
A variety of
Years –
check daily
notices
Years 8 & 9
All Years
TEXTILES: The Great British Sewing Bee
School
Students will all design and make their own
garment from scratch.
GRAPHICS: Students are given the opportunity
to learn about and create their own animations.
Ready Steady Cook Competition
TBC
T3
Mrs Cornell
& Mr Hatfield
T1 & T2 with
Mrs Ewers &
Mrs Fisk
Years 10,
11, 12 & 13
Creative Arts Faculty
Link Teacher: Miss C Baldwin cbaldwin@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk
What?
Drama Club
When?
On going
Dance GCSE Club
On going
Where?
Who?
KS3 students
KS4 students
Arts Award - Art, Drama, Creative Writing, On going
Dance, Music.
Senior Choir
Monday 1:30pm
KS3 students
Junior Boys
Monday 1:30pm
KS3, KS4
students
Years 7, 8 & 9
Barbershop Choir
Wednesday 1:30
All years
Brass Band
Wednesday 4-5pm
All students
Sinfonia
Wednesday 56:30pm
All students
Junior Choir
Thursday 1:30pm
KS3 students
Art is the Cure Club - Art club run by 6th Thursday 4-5pm
form students open to all who want to extend
and share skills.
Flute Choir
Friday 1:30pm
A2
All students
All students
Senior Boys
Friday 1:30
KS3, KS4
students
All students
Chamber Choir
Friday 4-5pm
Drama Showcase
Autumn Term
Dance G&T Day
Autumn Term
Super Rock
4th Nov 2014
Years 10, 11,
12 & 13
Years 9, 10 &
11
All years
Christmas Concert at St. Mary’s
10th Dec 2014
All years
Senior citizens xmas concert
11th Dec 2014
All years
Christmas Concert in School
15th Dec 2014
All years
Whole School Production
10th – 12th Feb
2015
New Hall
Choral Concert with Primary Schools
1st & 2nd April
2014
Sports Hall
Art G&T workshop - Activities creating
communal artworks with problem solving
skills.
Gym and Dance show
Spring Term
Art Rooms
Summer Concert
7th July 2015
Lower School Production
Summer Term
New Hall
GCSE art trip to London - To support
Coursework development.
Art Photography trip to Landguard Fort
Summer term
London
Summer term
Felixstowe
Percussion & String Ensemble
TBC
All dance
students
Music
students all
years
Lower school
students
Year 10 Art
students
KS5 Art
Photography
students
All students
Annual Artist in Residence workshops
TBC
All years
Spring Term
Drama,
Dance &
Music
students all
years
Music
students all
years
KS3 students
Physical Education Faculty
Link Teacher: Mr A Steed asteed@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk
What?
Football – girls
When?
Basketball
Netball Training
Monday Lunchtime
GCSE Fitness
Where?
PE department
Who?
Years 7-9
PE department
Years 7-9
PE department
Years 7 & 8
Fitness studio
Years 10 &
(On going)
11
Gymnastics
PE department
All students
Year 10 Inter-form competition
Various
Year 10
Netball Training
PE department
Years 9 - 11
Football – boys
PE department
Years 10
Basketball – boys
Sports Hall
Years 10 &
Tuesday lunchtime
Rugby – boys
11
PE department
Years 7 - 9
Rugby – girls
PE department
Years 7 - 8
Discovery club
PE department
All students
Girls Fitness
Fitness Studio
All years
Sports Hall
Years 7-9
Badminton
(On going)
Tuesday afterschool
(On going)
Running club
Wednesday
Fitness studio
All students
Rugby – boys
lunchtime
PE department
Years 10-13
Fitness
(On going)
Fitness Studio
All students
Netball - girls
Wednesday
PE department
Years 8 - 13
Discovery club
afterschool
PE department
All students
Sports field
Years 7-9
Sports Hall
Years 7 – 9
PE department
Sixth form
Fitness Studio
All students
PE department
All students
(On going)
Football – boys
Basketball – girls
Netball
Thursday lunchtime
(On going)
Fitness
Trampolining
Thursday afterschool
(On going)
Basketball – girls
PE department
Years 10 &
11
Year 7 Inter-form competition
Various
Year 7
PE department
Years 11 – 13
Netball
PE department
Year 7
Fitness
Fitness studio
All students
Football
Friday lunchtime
(On going)
Other opportunities will arise throughout the year (interschool competitions, cross
country, etc.), which will be communicated to parents in due course. Students should
regularly check form notice boards for changes to planned activities.
Other whole-school opportunities
Farlingaye also offers other opportunities for Gifted and Talented students which are not
linked to a specific subject.
What?
Young Enterprise
When?
Tuesday 45pm
Wednesday
4-5pm
Where?
SF8 with Mr
Edge
H3 with Mr
Saunders
Who?
Year 12
Friday
lunchtime
S2 with Mr
MacDonald
All years
Ongoing
Farlingaye
High School –
regular
meetings with
Mr Shaw
Be the best you can be!: Coaching skills.
Ongoing
Councils: Variety of different councils
(School council, Year council, Green
council, Sports council) where student voice
plays a big role.
Reflection & Resolution: A range of
activities themed around the centenary of
WW1.
G&T Day Moments that shaped the
world: Students form teams and present to
a judging panel. Builds presentation,
communication and team work skills.
Careers Convention: Wide ranging
organisations and career providers fair and
talks.
Magistrates’ Mock trial: Two teams of 13
students prepare different roles based
around a court case and present these in a
national competition, against different
schools.
Enterprise Day: A day where year 9
students must work as a form and show all
of their entrepreneurial skills. Money is
raised for charity.
Ongoing
Various
venues with
Mr Harris
Various
venues at
school
Year 10 –
Bronze Award
Year 11 – Silver
Award
Year 12 – Gold
Award
Year 8
Critical Thinking: Club that will give you
tools by which you can make reasoned
conclusions based on a reasoned process.
Students can be entered for a Critical
Thinking exam and get an A-level
qualification.
Board Game Club: An opportunity for all
students to devise strategies on their own
and/or learn how to work as a team.
Duke of Edinburgh Award: Programme
which allows you to attend
activities/expeditions and create new
projects – leading to a Bronze, Silver or
Gold award.
Autumn term
2014
October 2014
5th November
2014
January to
June 2015 –
dependant on
qualification
rounds
Summer 2015
Year 12
All years
Various
venues at
school
Various
venues at
school
All years
New Hall
Year 10
Years 8 & 9
Year 9
TBA
Year 9
Resources
Website
Farlingaye High School has launched its first challenge website.
This website can be found on www.fhsgt.co.uk.
At the moment, the website consists of the following:
 KS3 extension: Extension tasks that can be completed during lessons.
 Literacy: A section that included the word of the week and some examples of
how to employ it.
 G&T Day: A section on the annual G&T day for KS3.
 Information: A section where students can find names of magazines, books
and other websites to complement their learning.
More content will be added to the website during the coming months.
Twitter
The Gifted and Talented staff team have also launched a Twitter account.
This can be found on www.twitter.com/fhsgandt.
External websites
 Nobel Prize (http://www.nobelprize.org)
Website dedicated to all those who have won a Nobel Prize in the different categories.
There are a lot of literature, activities and games available for students of all ages.
 The Periodic Table of videos (http://www.periodicvideos.com/index.htm)
Website which has a very good collection of videos related to the Periodic Table and
various other chemicals and molecules.
 Sixty Simbols (http://www.sixtysymbols.com/index.html)
Website that has a very good collection of videos related to Astronomy, Physics and the
science of numbers and symbols. Definitely worth a watch!
 All about History! (http://www.historyanswers.co.uk)
Website associated with the ‘All about History’ magazine. It features articles that are
very relevant and easy to follow, which are not present in the magazine.
 Duolingo (http://www.duolingo.com)
Website that offers the possibility of learning a new language for free! Choose from
Spanish, French, German, Portuguese or Italian.
 GapMinder (http://www.gapminder.org)
Unveil the beauty of statistics for a fact-based worldview. Explore data related to
countries, family, poverty, education, …
 United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (http://www.ukmt.org.uk)
A website which contains many challenges and difficult mathematical tasks with the
answers. It can be used by students of all ages.
Parents’ section
 Potential Plus UK (http://potentialplusuk.org/index.php)
A website which lists and organises activities to support children with high learning
potential (gifted and talented).
 National Association for Able Children in Education
(http://www.nace.co.uk/)
A website which contains information to support teachers and parents in providing
excellent resources and learning for able, gifted and talented pupils.
MOMENTS THAT SHAPED THE WORLD
Showcase event for KS3 Most Able students.
Teams prepare and present a chosen moment with coaching by specialist staff.
On the day students will have training on presentation technique, use of ICT and
use these skills to present to an esteemed judging panel.
The Dictionary
1604 - present
Winners 2013-14
Annabelle Cooke 9A; Polly Dawson 9A;
Andrea Hammersley 9I; Matilda Hadley 9R