Hetton School

We are all looking forward to a long summer break and a chance to spend time together with our families. An opportunity to relax and do different things before starting again in September. As a parent I know it can be nice sometimes to have other people organise activities to occupy our children and there is plenty going on at school to help you out.

As always we wish a happy and safe holiday to all our pupils and their families. For some of us it is a farewell, Year 11’s will be in on Tuesday 24th August 2010 to collect their examination results before going off to the next phase of their education. We will also be saying goodbye to Mrs. Dickinson, Mr. Blaszczyszyn, Miss Malik, Mrs Bowering, Miss Taylor and of course I will be leaving.
It has been a privilege and an honour to lead Hetton School and I know that your children are destined to achieve great things in the future.
My very best wishes.

S. Haigh

Year 11 Vocational Tasters
12 Year 11 pupils participated in a series of vocational taster courses at the City of Sunderland College. The pupils chose the courses they wanted to try and they could each choose upto 4 different courses and some gained a nationally recognised certificate at the end.

Sheffield University here we come!
37 Year 10 pupils from Sunderland (14 from Hetton School), along with others from City of Sunderland College travelled to Sheffield University to test the facilities and scrutinise its degree courses. The Sunderland crew took over The Ridge hall of residence and were pleasantly surprised to find well equipped kitchens, comfortable chill out areas, a high quality restaurant and cosy bedrooms with coffee making facilities. The crew split up to cover the various faculty areas. They visited areas as diverse as law and PE, art and physics, psychology and engineering. In all areas the facilities and provision were found to be outstanding with some students setting their sights on going to University.

Hetton School gets National Recognition with the Princess Dianna Award

A group of Hetton School pupils have worked over a long period of time to tackle bullying. As part of the long term project they produced a DVD which has gained National recognition and won the very prestigious Princess Diana Award. On behalf of the school, Daniel Alcock accepted the award from the Mayor of Sunderland. The presentation night was very successful with the Mayor of Hetton, Headteacher and staff from Hetton School and other members of the team who produced the DVD.

A Level Tasters
June saw 55 Year 10 pupils visit the City of Sunderland College and experience ‘A Level’ lessons. The students were able to choose 2 A Levels to taste and ask questions about the course and the career paths opened by those A Levels. The Students had a very enjoyable morning.

Specialist Schools

Hetton School are now a branch for DATA (Design and Technology Association). This involves local teachers meeting to discuss up to date issues with Design and Technology. First meeting will be held in early September when an executive from DATA will attend.

Teachers from local primary schools will shortly be trained at Hetton School to introduce Engineering at Primary level. Competitions will be organised at local and national level.

Year 10 Engineers will shortly visit Seaward Electronics and Rocket Medical to see Mechanical/Electrical Engineering in the workplace.

Year 9 pupils are continuing to work on the Drapers Competition Project on technical Textiles. The entries will be judged in London and the prize will be £1000 and a laptop.

Hetton Primary School completed their fashion waistcoat project when they visited Hetton School shortly after Easter. The waistcoats now are displayed at Hetton Primary.
On Wednesday 30th June Hetton hosted a MasterChef competition, this involved pupils from primaries and Hetton School cooking two dishes in 1 hour. The Chef from Seaham Hall attended as guest judge.

Year 10 Mock Interviews
Year 10 pupils completed application forms and had mock interviews. Business people from all over Sunderland gave up their time to interview our pupils.

Enterprise
Year 10 pupils all had the opportunity to work with business people on day long events about exploring enterprise.

LIBRARY CONTINUES TO FLOURISH
The library is still thriving – with a stock of over 900 books we cater for our pupils both academically and with their social reading and literacy games. Twilights are particularly popular this year!
Pupils have the use of the library during lunch hours and after school.
We’re looking forward to welcoming our new Year 7 in September. They will be given a library induction by BookBusters.
Watch this space for our re-launch a collection of quizzes and framed photos by one of our staff – wildlife theme.

Monday

Gymnastics

Circuits

Tuesday