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THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM Friday 25th February, 2022 CLICK TO NAVIGATE SCHOOL MESSAGES SCHOOL EVENTS THIS WEEK AT SCHOOL SPORTS REPORT FRENSHAM KITCHEN NEXT WEEK A MESSAGE FROM RICK WATCH RICK'S VIDEO MESSAGE A MESSAGE FROM KATHERINE Dear parents, It has been so lovely to see the sun this week and our children have been out and about as normal at Frensham. We had a lovely delayed Christmas swap shop this week and I want to thank all the parents for going out to buy such thoughtful items. Who knew we would still be celebrating Christmas in February? Our children have also got the exciting Toy sale this afternoon in aid of Malawi, thank you Sally for coordinating. Next week we have the Teatime concert for the Y4-6 children on Wednesday at 3pm and all the children will be taking part. Please do come and join us to watch them if you can. The Junior School class teachers will take all the children over and then hand them over to you as parents. Anyone who needs to be in Late Stay will be taken back to the Y4-6 area as normal. I am sad to miss the event as I am on a conference next week. I look forward to hearing all about this from the staff and children when I return. I hope you all enjoy a lovely weekend, Katherine NOTICES SCHOOL MESSAGES DONATIONS FOR FARNHAM HELP FOR REFUGEES Sarah Cull’s tutor group Year 7 – would like any donations you can spare. Please drop off from 7am – 9am on Wed 9th, Thur 10th and Fri 11th March - the school’s silver van will be in the main car park for any donations you can provide. Please find a list here of items they can accept. MALAWI INFORMATION EVENING - TUESDAY 29TH MARCH I am pleased to say that there will now be a Malawi Information Evening on March 29th at school in the Ballroom. Students and parents who are interested in the trip, or who have already signed up for the trip next year, are invited to join us for drinks and canapes at 7pm. It will be a chance to come and hear about the trip from the Frensham point of view. I am also hoping that some of the students who came on the last trip will be able to share their experiences during the evening. The trip is open to those students who will be in Year 11 and above in September this year. Please have a think about joining the team – it is a trip that stands out for everyone who goes on it. In addition, it is good for a personal statement when the time comes. Any issues, please email me – sallyheighington@frensham.org Sally WORLD BOOK DAY: SENIOR SCHOOL GET YOUR BONNETS ON! World Book Day is fast approaching us! On Thursday 3rd March, we invite the Senior School community to dust off their Regency dress and enter into the spirit of the day. Our morning talk is from Dr Kim Simpson, who has been the Postdoctoral Fellow at Chawton House since 2016. She will be embracing all things Jane Austen and the social etiquette of the time. JUNIOR SCHOOL: DON'T FORGET TO DRESS UP! World Book Day is fast approaching and takes place on Thursday 3rd March. We would love for your child to dress up as their favourite character on this day. On WBD, we will be having lots of storytelling activities and opportunities to share favourite books. As an optional extra, we would love children to create a mystery box/bag (they can put items, pictures, and written clues inside) all about a book that the class can work as detectives to identify together. We will be running the Frensham Book Swap for any children that would like to take part, they can bring in a book that they have read and think others might enjoy and swap it for one from another student. CALLING ALL POTENTIAL POETS - FARNHAM NEEDS YOU! Write a poem for Farnham and be in with a chance of winning £25! Could you write a poem about Farnham – what you like about the town, your favourite places and things, what it means to you? If so, enter theFarnham Literary Festival’s new Poetry Competition which the parish is running, and you could win a prize of £25 or £10 for a runner up. Shortlisted entrants will be invited to our poetry evening on March 12th at St Mark’s Church, Upper Hale. There’s a competition for under-16s and an adultone. The under-16s poetry will be judged by poet Coral Rumble and the adult one by poet Ellora Sutton. All you have to do is write your poem about Farnham and send it to poetry@badshotleaandhale.org or by post to Poetry, St Mark’s Church and Community Centre, Alma Lane, Farnham, GU9 0LT to reach us by Monday, February 14th at 5pm. Please send your poems typed and double-spaced. Have fun and good luck! You can find out more about the Farnham Literary Festival here: https://farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/ HAVE YOU GOT THE “X-FACTOR” TO ENTER THE “DRAGON’S DEN”? Here at Frensham, we’re all about giving our students the opportunities to challenge themselves and gain valuable experience. And in our values, we’re also keen to be a valuable part of our wider community. So why not give them something just a little bit better than the normal? In the summer term we’re planning to host an event providing our Year 9s with a look at the world of work. The Year 9s will be form small teams and be asked to pitch a product or service that either has environment or the benefit of society at its heart. What’s happening A competition that’s loosely based around Dragon’s Den, with hints of X-Factor. In our school, teams will create their idea, put together a presentation – maybe even create a prototype – and pitch it to a panel of judges. They can work on it at break, lunch, after school, at home, and with some dedicated time in tutor sessions. We’re inviting other local schools to take part; with each school putting forward their winners to compete on a grand final hosted in our Aldridge Theatre. But how’s this different? This is where you come in. We’d like to offer a mentor/sounding board to each group and have expert judges on hand for the finals. When students come up with their idea, we’d love you to offer feedback, guidance, and advice on their plans. The commitment from you can be minimal, the impact and excitement you’ll be helping to support will be immense and tangible. And the grand final? If you’re able to give up some time (I’m sure we’ll get you a tea and coffee!) to watch the pitches and help judge a winner – then get in touch. You may even be able to put this against your company’s CSR policy. In short? If you’re interested in helping, or simply want to find out more before you can put your name down, then please email Lyall, our Head of Careers . You don’t specifically have to be a parent of a participant – we’d happily receive interest from all parents able to offer their time. YEAR 6 FLEXI-BOARDING IN HAMILTON HOUSE Year 6 parents will have received an email from Sian today announcing that we are now offering flexi-boarding to Year 6 children. There will be some trial evenings in Hamilton House on Monday 28th February and Monday 7th March. Please check your email and get in touch with Sian if your child is interested. SCHOOL EVENTS - see all upcoming events here EVENTS YEARS 4-6 TEATIME CONCERT Wednesday 2nd March Parents are invited for tea and cake from 3 o’clock in the Ballroom with the concert starting at 3:30 and ending around 4:15. DANCE CONCERT Wednesday 16th March The theme this year is Growth and there will be a lot of activities planned throughout the school so keep an eye out for more information closer to the event. BOOK TICKETS A NIGHT AT THE WEST END 22nd March A wonderful array of musical theatre numbers that have been directed and choreographed by Frensham Sixth Formers for a committed group of Year 7-12 to perform for you. BOOK TICKETS TEDxFRENSHAM 30th April An inspiring local community event bringing together a diverse array of speakers to share ideas and stories. Tickets are on sale now! BOOK TICKETS THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM THIS WEEK Climate Coalition Campaign And here are the green hearts students in the Junior School and Early Years, which were donated (alongside our green heart aerial photo taken before half term) to Zero Carbon Guildford as part of the Show the Love campaign. Hearts will be up all around the local area in the coming weeks - look out for yours! Please find out more and write to your local MP to show your support by using the link below. Show The Love — The Climate Coalition Outreach at Bordon Junior School Outreach at Bordon Junior School Students from yr 9 & 10 volunteer to mentor yr 5 students at Bordon Junior School led by Tim Tester to learn coding. They all enjoy using Robots to learn these skills. Frensham Heights outreach Frensham Heights outreach Frensham Heights outreach 1/2 Behind the Scenes We always share loads of photos of our productions, but they couldn't happen without everyone who is hidden behind the scenes. Here are a couple of photos behind the scenes at Midsummer Night's Dream. Behind the theatre scenes Frensham Heights Behind the theatre scenes Frensham Heights Behind the theatre scenes Frensham Heights 1/2 Children's Mental Health Week Before half-term, for Children’s Mental Health week Years 8, 10 and 11 and some Sixth Formers took part in a variety of activities aimed at giving them a chance to relax at the end of the half term and find some calm. The students made the most of these opportunities to engage in some self-care and really enjoyed having a Morning Talk devoted to their wellbeing. Some took part in yoga, some decorated biscuits, some went for a walk outside and some enjoyed mindful colouring or just reading a book. All of these activities help us to be a bit more mindful and take a break from all the demands of every day life. Taking time for ourselves and finding out what enables us to relax is really important we hope they continued with some of these activities over the half term. Frensham Heights Mental health Week Frensham Heights Mental health Week Frensham Heights Mental health Week Frensham Heights Mental health Week 1/14 Greenpower This week our communications team worked on installing communications to remaining helmets. Everyone tried on the helmets and race suits so our team leader Olivia could record the correct sizes, we needed to order a few smaller sizes. Some of us worked on designing custom hoodies and t-shirts for our team clothing and the others looked at electrics to see what needed to be done, they then attached new cables and connectors to batteries and assembled gearing more accurately as there was an issue with the original alignment. The engineering team started to put the front steering end together and will continue with this next week as Its quite a fiddly time-consuming job! Frensham Heights Greenpower Frensham Heights Greenpower Frensham Heights Greenpower Frensham Heights Greenpower 1/4 Informal Acoustic Concert This week saw another wonderful informal acoustic concert in the recital room. Another full audience and another wonderful line up of very brave and talented performers. Thank you to everyone who performed this week. Frensham Heights acoustic concert Frensham Heights acoustic concert Frensham Heights acoustic concert Frensham Heights acoustic concert 1/13 Year 4 Science As part of Science this week the children had an introduction to our topic ‘Electricity’ by exploring different electronic devices/ toys and trying to work out how they work. The children did a carousel of activities and wrote post-it notes with their theories about how they thought each one worked. Frensham Heights Year 4 Science Frensham Heights Year 4 Science Frensham Heights Year 4 Science Frensham Heights Year 4 Science 1/8 Climate March To mark Fair Trade Fortnight students in Years 7-13 investigated how Fair Trade works and the benefits this can bring to farmers across the world producing products and also to the climate as a whole. They also looked at how climate change will unfairly affect those in developing countries, such as the many farmers whose crops we rely on, while the cause of this is predominantly from developed countries. After learning about this, students were encouraged to make placards and join a Climate Change Demonstration outside Neville Hall and march through the campus calling for change and promoting environmental causes. Students enjoyed this introduction to activism and it we hope that it may one day help the students to stand up for what they believe in and embody the Frensham value of ‘Courage to Try’ as they become global citizens of tomorrow. 1/5 Year 10 Kartoffelpuffer Year 10 German students made Kartoffelpuffer today! They followed the recipe in German and learnt some new cooking skills along the way. They also had to request every new ingredient from the recipe in German to practise some speaking skills too! They looked and tasted delicious! As part of the German food experience they also tried some traditional Bayerische Brezeln which went down a treat. 1/9 Ceramic Clocks In our ceramics ECA, senior school students have been creating clocks. They're in the initial stages with glazing and firing still to come. 1/6 Yrs N to 3 Express Themselves On the Friday before half term, our youngest students expressed their happiest selves with lots of rainbows, glitter, wings, unicorn horns and princess dresses. 1/5 SPORTS REPORT THIS WEEK'S SPORTS REPORT Under 16s Netball The U16's played another match this week in a bid to get some more great GCSE footage. The first quarter ended 6-6 was some competitive play by all. Some girls had to play out of position to match the strength of the opposition. Read More U18 Basketball v Morehouse We had another close match against Morehouse with the lead changing hands many times. We are starting to pass the ball better and controlling the play on offense. Both Martin and AJ controlled the tempo of the game well when dribbling especially near the end of the game. Read More U11/10 v Duke of Kent Brilliant afternoon of fixtures with over 20 U11/10’s out on the hockey pitch. The camaraderie and team spirit shined through, despite facing a tough Duke of Kent side. Superb defensive pressure from both sides, meant that DOK had to fight through the circle to get any shots off. Some great passages of attacking play meant that Frensham had plenty of shots at goal. A fantastic afternoon of sport! U15 Girls Hockey vs Duke of Kent In a 6 a-side game against a strong Duke of Kent team, it proved to be a game of two halves for the U15 girls on Tuesday. Despite the opposition starting brightly and enjoying 90% of possession, heroic defence from the Frensham girls kept the attacks at bay. Read More U13 Basketball v Heath End This was a very competitive match that was played at a tremendous pace throughout the 40 mins. We had several players playing their first Basketball game for the school whereas Heath End had played plenty of matches before. Read More Under 14s Girls Rugby v Heath End I was so proud of the girls for their performance in their first ever game of competitive contact rugby. Even more so after several of the girls had already played in a hockey match before this, showing great commitment to sport at Frensham. Read More Swimming – Surrey County Championships Last weekend we had three students from Frensham who took part in the Surrey County Swimming championships at the London Aquatic centre. The home of swimming for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Read More NEWS FROM FRENSHAM KITCHEN CATERING Food for thought There was a sugar display this week showing how much sugar was in our everyday foods, which lots of students found very interesting. We now have an allergy awareness display, to show hidden allergies that aren’t always obvious. Street food Vietnamese crispy style pork with noodles and stir fry vegetables were the street food offering this Friday. There was of course the traditional fish and chips, bubble and squeak cake with a poached eggs, pea and mint soup and delicious salads and sides. Tasting table Kale was the vegetable to try this week in the form of smoothie, crispy kale, salad and frittata. To play, press and hold the enter key. To stop, release the enter key. 1/6 MENUS WHAT'S ON NEXT WEEK NEXT WEEK Monday 28 February Year 12 Politics Trip to the Houses of Parliament 14:30: U11 Hockey v More House School (Home) 16:30: U12 & U13 Mixed Hockey v Alton School (Home) 17:30: Year 11 Creative Arts Parents’ Evening on Teams 18:30: Parent Voice Meeting (Billiard Room) Tuesday 1 March Age 12 to 15 Year Old Covid Vaccinations 14:30: U15 Rugby 7s Tournament at Ditcham Park School 14:30: U14 & U15 Mixed Hockey v Duke of Kent School (Home) Wednesday 2 March 14:30: U18 Hockey v Bedales (Home) 15:30: Year 4 to 6 Teatime Concert (Ballroom) 15:50: U18 Basketball v Bedales (Home) Thursday 3 March World Book Day U12 Rugby 7s Tournament at Ditcham Park School (Time TBC) 09:30: Morning Talk: World Book Day – Jane Austen Talk 11:00: Year 13 British Film Institute Online Course: ‘Amy’ 14:30: U12 & U13 Mixed Hockey v The Royal School (Home) 15:30: U8 & U9 Hockey v Alton School (Home) 17:30: Year 10 Academic Parents’ Evening on Teams 18:00: Scholars’ Trip: ‘Small Island’ at the National Theatre, London Friday 4 March Netball Training Tour to Manchester Maths Competition (Aldridge Theatre) Saturday 5 March Netball Training Tour to Manchester Sunday 6 March Netball Training Tour to Manchester 13:00: Outreach: Farnham Assist Lunch (Central Farnham) FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL You can follow us on Instagram and Facebook . We also have several Twitter accounts around the school where you can find resources and school info: Main School account - @FrenshamHeights Rick - @rickclarke72 Becks - @becksscullion Business/Economics - @getontheeconbus Careers - @FrenshamCareers Creative Arts - @ArtsFrensham Charity, Outreach and Community - @FrenshamCharity Design & Technology - @FrenshamDT Junior School - @FrenshamJuniors Geography - @FrenshamGeog Maths - @Frensham_Maths Modern Foreign Languages - @Frensham_MFL Music - @FHMusicSchool Outdoor Ed - @Frensham_OE PE & Sport - @Frensham_PE PRE - @FrenshamPRE PSME/PSHE - @FrenshamPSME Science = @FrenshamScience

THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM Thursday 16th December, 2021 CLICK TO NAVIGATE SCHOOL MESSAGES THIS WEEK AT SCHOOL SPORTS REPORT A MESSAGE FROM RICK Dear Parents The view from my office of the Surrey Hills has provided much needed relief as we have limped to the end of term. After the high in the last two weeks of being able to host the wonderful ‘Peter Pan’ and the spectacular dance and music concert in the Aldridge Theatre, to having to postpone and cancel all events this week, it has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride. I want to thank all those parents who have been supportive of the difficult decisions we have had to make, juggling our desire to run as many events as possible with the pressing need to protect the health and safety of the whole community. Plans for January Looking ahead to next term, we are planning for the worst, but hoping for the best! There is talk of a January lockdown, but what shape this may take is unknown. In the Senior School, we have asked all students to ensure that they take as many of their books, files and notes home as possible in case we have to revert to online learning. Staff are planning for this, in both the Senior and Junior Schools, but we are hopeful that this does not happen. I want to reassure you that we will do all we can to ensure that no learning is disrupted, building on the successes of our last period of online teaching and learning. Calendar Hopefully, you will have seen by now that we have published on our website the term dates up until the end of Summer 2023. As we are on the border of Surrey and Hampshire, we always need to look carefully at their published dates before we publish ours, balancing this with the HMC school dates too. We ask that parents stick to these dates when booking holidays and avoid as far as possible removing children from school. I want to mention, and I apologise for the short notice of this, that there will be an extra day's holiday at the end of February half term next term. We have a staff training day on Monday 21 February, so lessons resume on Tuesday 22 February. We have already written to boarding parents to say that if you are unable to change flights then boarders are welcome to return as usual on Sunday 20th February, and they will be supervised in the boarding houses on the 21st. Fee Invoices An important message from the Bursar and the Finance team. You will shortly be receiving your Spring term fee invoices by email and we want to remind you that we will never change our bank account details without plenty of prior notification. If you are ever unsure of the school’s bank account details or would just like to confirm them before you make a payment, please don’t hesitate to call the Finance Department on 01252 792299 or email us. We would also like to let you know that paying your child’s school fees by direct debit remains one of the safest ways to pay. If you do not have a direct debit set up and would like to arrange this for the Summer term fees, please get in touch via FeesAdmin@frensham.org If you do pay by direct debit, total fees (per your invoice) will be taken from your chosen bank account on the first day of every term. School Values You will be aware that we launched the new school values this term. We have been working hard behind the scenes on a number of ways of instilling these values across the school. On a practical level, we have used them in the Junior School to help with the creation of a new behaviour charter to help children understand their rights and responsibilities both in and out of the classroom. In the Senior School, we draw attention to them in weekly notices, departments have been looking at ways of incorporating them into their curriculum planning, and we have made them a part of any staff recruitment processes we have conducted this term, with specific focus on asking values-based questions of candidates. We sincerely hope that parents embrace our values too and on the whole, interactions with parents are nearly always positive and in the spirit of togetherness and mutual respect that is at the heart of Frensham. On rare occasions, these interactions aren’t as positive and I wanted to reassure you that we always aim to do the very best for the children in our care. Of course, we get things wrong sometimes, but by approaching issues with generosity of spirit the school, and the community around it will be enhanced and enriched. I want to end by thanking you again for your support. We are pleased that for the majority of the term we have been able to run things as close to normal as possible, and we have really enjoyed the opportunity to interact with parents on a number of occasions. We are planning further opportunities next term, COVID-dependent, and we look forward to seeing you all again soon. Have a wonderful (COVID-free) Christmas and New Year with loved ones. Best wishes Rick RICK A MESSAGE FROM KATHERINE Dear Parents, I want to thank you for your support in what has personally and professionally been a tough term, we got there! I am so very sad that we are not finishing the term with all the children onsite. I want to wish all of our Year 5 and other children who are not in school well and we hope we can be back together in the New Year. Today we say goodbye to Louise Dixon who has been working in our Early Years at Frensham for almost 6 years. She is a kind, thoughtful and much-loved member of staff who we will miss terribly as she moves back in Nursing in the new year. Thank you for everything Louise and we will welcome you back to say a full goodbye with a full cohort of children and staff in January. I am looking forward to spending next term as a hand over with Nick as he will be taking over as Head of the Junior School at Easter when I move on. This time will support a smooth transition in what is an ever-changing national picture. Lastly, I wholeheartedly hope that each every one of our community gets to spend their Christmas with the ones they love because it really has been a challenging few years. Take care one and all! Take care, Katherine NOTICES SCHOOL MESSAGES Year 7 to 13 Lateral Flow Home Testing Kits and New Covid Guidelines Unfortunately, the lateral flow home testing kits have not arrived before the end of term. They will, however, be here for the start of next term and we will be able to hand out kits to students on their return. Students will also be tested on site before they return to lessons, unless exempt. More details to follow from Becks. You can get LFD kits from: https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests Please Look Carefully at the Covid Flowcharts Below Communication Regarding January Start Times We will communicate with you on 6th January regarding any staggered start times for our January return. Please keep an eye on your email. Year 10/11 GCSE History trip 11-12 March 2022 Sadly, the increasing Covid regulations have meant two significant changes to the History GCSE trip this year. Firstly the dates have changed from 17-19 March to 11-12 March 2022 . Secondly it has become a UK-based trip rather than to France and Belgium. Read More GCSE Drama students & BTEC Performing Arts student PLEASE GET YOUR PERMISSIONS AND MONEY IN FOR THE TRIP ASAP!! The trip is on 17th March 2022. Year 11/13 Exam Prep Resources Here's a free online resource that can help all students make their revision and exam preparation more effective, Effective Revision Skills Booster is a free self-paced online course which draws on learning research to provide a highly practical, step-by-step guide for students to help make their study and revision more effective throughout their courses. Read More THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM THIS WEEK FRENSHAM CHRISTMAS ELF The Frensham Christmas elf has been entertaining the staff and students this week with naughty antics all over the school. Have a look at what he's been up this week. Enjoy! The videos will be available to watch until the new year. CLICK FOR THE ADVENT CALENDAR MUSIC & DANCE CONCERT We are so proud of all the students who performed in last week’s Performing Arts Concert. A welcome celebration and what better way to bring our theatre back to life. They were all stars, shining through a dismal and uncertain time to bring us some holiday cheer and make us all smile. Thanks to all involved, for your hard work, perseverance, and fabulousness!! N to 3: LIGHTS, CAMEL, ACTION - THE SEQUIN! On Monday Nursery – Year 3 performed their Christmas production to the children in Years 4, 5 and 6. The children had put so much effort into practising and learning their lines, the songs and all the moves – they were fantastic! They thoroughly enjoyed getting dressed up in their costumes and showing the results of their hard work. All the regular nativity characters were on stage in a Strictly style performance. There was certainly some razzle and dazzle as each group performed a song or a dance for the judges - the Smallest Sheep, the Funky Camel and Caesar and Augustus. A final ceilidh involved all the children celebrating the Christmas story together. YEARS 4 TO 6 CHRISTMAS SHOWCASE Although we were unable to have parents in the audience for our Years 4 to 6 Christmas Showcase, the children put on a great show for each other and their friends in Years N to 3. Year 4 put on a wonderful ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree!' and explained ‘How to Trap a Christmas Dragon’ with their funny poem recital! Year 5 enjoyed a ‘Hollie Jolly’ Christmas dance and recited some amusing letters to Santa! Folowed up with a wonderful musical rendition of ‘Frosty the Snowman’ - has a very shiny Ukulele! Year 6 delighted with a magical performance of 'Winter Wonderland' and performed their Winter Poems – written, choreographed, and performed by the children! Our junior ECA singers brought the show to close with their delightful rendition of ‘Turn down the lights’! MOSAICS ECA Here are the remarkable results from our Year 7 ECA. We've had a great time smashing tiles, making clay treasure and carefully aligning the mosaic pieces. Great work! Amy and Sonia TRIP TO HAMPTON COURT Years 1 to 3 went on a trip to Hampton Court last week! EARLY YEARS CERAMICS Early years went to the ceramics department and made Christmas tree decorations last week! YEAR 7 GERMAN Year 7 German students have been writing to Father Christmas (der Weihnachtsmann) in their lessons this week. Let's hope he writes back! JUNIOR SCHOOL FOOD BANK COLLECTION Thank you to the whole Junior School who have been bringing in food items for our local food bank. Members of Year 6 helped to pack and deliver the bags and boxes to Rowledge Church, our nearest food bank drop-off point. Reverend Russ was very pleased to receive them all and thanked the children for their help and generosity. CERAMICS ECAs Some wonderful final pieces from Ceramics ECAs including candle holders, animal coil pots and mugs. JUNIOR SCHOOL CHRISTMAS Today the Junior School all had a chance to meet Father Christmas in the outdoor classroom area. He answered lots of important questions - like how he gets into houses without chimneys - apparently by squeezing through cat and dog flaps. The teachers were asked to confirm that the children had been good this term, which they obviously all have. Father Christmas then quizzed them on the names of his reindeer and in return the Year 6 children tested his knowledge of languages (as he’d need them to travel around the world). He managed French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese and Russian, but struggled with Malay and Icelandic! They were sent back to their classrooms to finish off their Christmas lists with small presents that could fit in his sleigh. The children then had homemade Christmas biscuits and Father Christmas headed off through the woods to finish getting ready for the big day. SHAKESPEARE BOXES Year 8 have been creative in English producing their Shakespeare memory boxes. They were all outstanding. Becks, Alison and Noel had a tough job judging them! The over all winner for the Year 8 Shakespeare project was Luca (from Kate’s class). Runners up were: Olivia (the winner from Sam’s class). Scarlett (the winner from Amelia’s class). James (the winner from Zoe’s class). Well done everyone! FARNHAM HELP FOR REFUGEES Trish, from Farnham Help for Refugees, has just collected all of your numerous kind donations of food, stationary, clothing and even a bicycle to be taken to a local group of refugees. Your thoughtfulness and quick action on this will make others have a brighter Christmas. THIS WEEK'S SPORTS REPORT SPORTS REPORT Inter House Sport Week Over the past week we have completed several house events in Football, Netball, Dodgeball and Fitness. We take part in house events and points are awarded and contribute to the house cup at the end of the school year. Inter House Football Last Thursday, the year 7 and year 8 pupils took part in the annual end of season house football competition. The house competitions require a great deal of teamwork, leadership, organisation, and commitment from the pupils, and it is always great to see pupils demonstrate this when they come together in their houses. In the year 7 tournament, Douglas started strongly and continued this form to remain unbeaten in all their fixtures. Ensor and King battled it out for the runners up spot and it was taken by Ensor on goal difference. In the year 8 tournament, It was incredibly tight between Douglas, Ensor and King, all finishing the group stages on 6 points. Douglas and King progressed to the final on goal difference and Douglas took the top spot once again. Ensor took a well-deserved 3rd spot following a play-off to Nevill. Well done to Douglas on the two wins and well done to all houses on a great afternoon of football. Year 8 1st - Douglas 2nd - King 3rd - Ensor 4th - Nevill Year 7 1st - Douglas 2nd - Ensor 3rd - King 4th – Nevill House Fitness Challenge The inter house fitness challenge consisted of a circuit of the Astro as a house team taking part in various activities. This included Agility poles, speed ladders, burpees, hurdles, tricep dips before around a 1km run around the campus. Every time of every student was taken and an average team time was created. The students put in a phenomenal effort and not only embraced the event but our school values of courage to try and spirit of togetherness. Students seen to be helping each other at workstations and supporting on the sprint finish. Results Year 7 Nevill - 4.61 Ensor - 4.84 Douglas - 5.11 King - 5.64 Year 8 King - 4.50 Nevill - 4.51 Douglas - 4.926 Ensor - 4.928 Year 9 King - 4.42 Nevill - 4.63 Ensor - 4.85 Douglas - 4.95 Year 10 Nevill - 4.27 King - 4.28 Douglas - 4.77 Ensor - 5.49

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THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM Friday 14th January, 2022 CLICK TO NAVIGATE SCHOOL MESSAGES THIS WEEK AT SCHOOL SPORTS REPORT MENUS NEXT WEEK A MESSAGE FROM RICK Dear Parents Happy New Year to all of you. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with your families and that you managed to avoid Covid wherever possible! We appreciate your support for the additional measures we've had to put in place to manage the COVID pandemic, particularly the new measures that the government has asked us to implement. We believe but these measures will be reviewed by the government in about 2 weeks' time, so look out for further information from Becks in due course. We are delighted, of course, that so many of our normal activities are able to happen with sports, music, dance and drama and all other ECAs all happening as usual. Last night saw the first of our senior school postponed dinner dances for Years 7 and 8 and I was delighted to see so many of them having so much fun together at the start of this term. Events for other senior school year groups continue next week. School surveys You will have seen a letter from me this morning containing some links to two surveys. Between now and half term this term, we are going to be sending out short surveys each week to get your views on various areas of the school. This week it is boarding and school transport, and we would appreciate as many responses as possible to help us improve our provision. Inspection It is worth me mentioning that we are anticipating being inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) this term. The focus is on educational quality, and the inspectors will be in school for four days, looking closely at everything we do. Part of this will be asking parents to fill in a questionnaire, with a fairly quick turnaround, on your child’s experience at the school, and on your experience as a parent. We will let you know as soon as this is requested, and you will receive a letter from me with a link to the ISI survey. We are rightly proud of the many things we do well at the school, and of the distinctive nature of Frensham, which we hope to demonstrate when the inspectors are here. Of course, the greatest adverts for the school are our wonderful students, who we know will be open, honest and engaging advocates for a school of which I know they are justifiably proud. Have a wonderful weekend. Best wishes Rick RICK KATHERINE A MESSAGE FROM KATHERINE CLICK FOR KATHERINE'S MESSAGE NOTICES SCHOOL MESSAGES Midsummer Night's Dream We are looking ahead to our production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream later this term and are in need of some set dressing. Do you have any artificial trees in pots, or any artificial plants, ivy, flowers etc that could be used to help create our forest? We’d also welcome real trees in pots if you were happy to donate rather than lend to us! If you have these or any other items you think might be useful and could bring into school in the next couple of weeks, we would be very grateful. Please could you contact me directly: amandaliddle@frensham.org Many thanks, Amanda Singing Distinction Jasmine in Year 10 received a distinction in her Grade 5 Singing Exam. Well done Jasmine! Fee Invoice A quick reminder that fees are due on or before the first day of term. If you’ve yet to settle this term’s bill, please could you make a bank transfer as soon as possible. We want to remind you that we will never change our bank account details without plenty of prior notification. If you are ever unsure of the school’s bank account details or would just like to confirm them before you make a payment, please don’t hesitate to call the Finance Department on 01252 792299 or email us at FeesAdmin@frensham.org . We would also like to let you know that paying your child’s school fees by direct debit remains one of the safest and easiest ways to pay as total fees (per your invoice) will be taken from your chosen bank account on the first day of every term. If you do not have a direct debit set up and would like to arrange this for the Summer term fees, please do get in touch. Malawi 2023 Calling On Thursday 27th January we are holding a Malawi 2023 meeting in the Ballroom and hopefully on-line for those students who have already signed up for the trip and any who are still undecided. Remember, you need to be in Year 11 or above in September 2022 to take part. I am going to be talking about the trip itself from a Frensham point of view. Hopefully there will be a couple of students who will also speak of their trip there in 2019. Please do join us at 7pm for a glass of wine and more detailed information. Sally Music and Dance Concert We'll be sharing the recording of the Music and Dance Concert in next week's newsletter. So keep an eye out! EVENTS THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM THIS WEEK MAIN HOUSE BOARDERS Main House made guacamole in Main House using Belize 's very own avocados from her home in Tanzania. YEAR 7 & 8 DINNER DANCE What a great evening we had! Everyone made an effort to dress smartly which was lovely to see. The food was enjoyed and plates were left empty. The students chose the playlist so the music seemed to go down well. We have never before had children ask for a disco to be turned down as it was too loud, but for many we believe this was the first disco they had been to! FOREST SCHOOL AND JUNIOR OUTDOOR ED This week, the Juniors have had an amazing time in Forest School and Outdoor Education. Nursery experimented with what different sounds objects or natural materials make, leading into making music and thinking about how we can play instruments softly or hard, slowly or fast, changing our patterns or trying to play in time with others. Both Reception, Year 2 and Year 3 looked at connecting with Nature, selecting a natural item from the forest and using all of our senses to examine it. We wrote descriptive words down and used them to make short stories, rhymes, or poems. Year 4 completed a sound map. This involved sitting in a hidden spot in the forest and listening to all the different sounds they could hear, picking them apart and representing them on paper. Finally, for their Outdoor Education lesson Year 5 and 6 did amazingly well and explored how to pitch a tent. We discussed some factors to consider such as site, weather conditions, proximity to other tents, how far to cook from the tents. CLIMBING AT SURREY SPORTS PARK It was great to see Climbing resume at Surrey Sports Park this week where we had a focus on body movement, balance and an introduction to dynoing. Each and every week our climbers are showing good progression by continually adding new tools to their toolbox enabling them to climb in a more fluid and controlled manner. THIS WEEK'S SPORTS REPORT SPORTS REPORT Basketball Workshop On Saturday 22nd January we have a special workshop taking place in the sports hall from our local professional BBL team Surrey Scorchers! Read More Under 14s Girls Hockey Frensham 0 - 1 Alton College A tough ask for the under 14s who played a match on the very first day of school! With no hockey last year due to the lockdown its been a long time since the team have been out on this pitch. Click Read More to watch team manager David Lloyd’s full match report: Read More NEWS FROM FRENSHAM KITCHEN CATERING MENUS NEXT WEEK'S MENUS breakfast break time supper breakfast 1/6 THEME DAY We enjoyed some dishes from Italy on Thursday for our theme day. Students could try gnocchi, lasagne, Tuscan bean stew, lemon polenta cake and baked ricotta cheesecake TASTING TABLE Beetroot was on our tasting table for the children to try this week. There was risotto, salad, quiche and smoothies! STREET FOOD On our street food counter this week we had Mexican chicken with rice in a tortilla boat with rice sour cream and guacamole, for the more traditional we had fish and chips a bubble and squeak cake and an assortment of salads, soup and delicious brownies. NEXT WEEK WHAT'S ON NEXT WEEK Monday, 17 January Year 13 Mock Exams (including Arts) Year 11 Mock Exams (excluding Arts) 14:30 – U10 Mixed Hockey v St Ives School (Home) 16:30 – School Health and Safety Committee Meeting Tuesday 18 January Year 13 Mock Exams (including Arts) Year 11 Mock Exams (excluding Arts) 14:30 – U14 & U15 Hockey v Duke of Kent School (Away) 15:50 – U14 & U15 Basketball v St Edmund’s School (Home) 18:30 – Year 9 and 10 Dinner Dance Wednesday 19 January Year 13 Mock Exams (including Arts) Year 11 Mock Exams (excluding Arts) 14:00 – Year 13 A Level Dance Practical Exams (Aldridge Theatre) 15:20 – U9 Mixed Hockey v Bedales (Home) 15:50 – U18 Basketball v The Royal School (Home) 16:40 – U16 Hockey v Alton School (Home) 18:30 – Year 9 GCSE Information Evening (Studios and Theatre) Thursday 20 January Year 13 Mock Exams (including Arts) Year 11 Mock Exams (excluding Arts) 14:00 – Year 11 Dance GCSE Practical Exams (Aldridge Theatre) 16:30 – A Midsummer Night’s Dream Rehearsals 16:45 – U12 & U13 Mixed Hockey v Duke of Kent School (Away) Friday 21 January Year 13 Mock Exams (including Arts) Year 11 Mock Exams (excluding Arts) Saturday 22 January 09:00 – Year 7 and 8 Surrey Scorchers Basketball Workshop (Sports Hall) 10:30 – Year 9 to 13 Surrey Scorchers Basketball Workshop (Sports Hall)

THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM Friday 10th December, 2021 CLICK TO NAVIGATE SCHOOL MESSAGES THIS WEEK AT SCHOOL SPORTS REPORT MENUS NEXT WEEK A MESSAGE FROM RICK Watch Rick's Video Message RICK A MESSAGE FROM KATHERINE Dear Frensham community, With only four more days before we break up, we intend to put in as much festive fun as possible in the run up to the holiday! It has been a real treat to welcome the children into school today in their PJs. Frensham is such a friendly special place, but even more so when everyone is in their snuggly outfits. I am sorry that we are having to make last minute changes to our plans for next week, but I really do hope you understand we do not want the events to influence anyone's Christmas plans as we are so close to the big day. With isolation periods of 10 days we want to ensure everyone can have an enjoyable time. Our Years 4-6 showcase and Years N-3 play started to take form today with some technical rehearsals. All the children will have the opportunity to watch each other on Monday for their Dress rehearsals. Years 4 to 6 Christmas Showcase On Tuesday, we start with our Years 4 to 6 Christmas showcase, and we do ask that parents bring along their singing voices because we will be asking you to join in a few numbers! As we will be outside, please wrap up warm and seating will be available for those who are unable to stand. This will take place in the front courtyard outside of Main House after drop off at 8.45am. The event is expected to last no longer than 45 minutes. Years N to 3 Lights Camel Action: The Sequin Followed hot on its heels is Lights Camel Action: The Sequin with Nursery to Year 3. As this event could not be moved outside, we have made the decision to continue this event in the Theatre but move to two performances to further reduce the amount of people watching. Performance one - 9.30am you are welcome to pop home and arrive at 9.15am or you can make your way over to the front of Main House for hot chocolate and mince pies, after Drop off, before being taken to the Theatre for 9.15am to be shown to your seats. Performance two - 2.30pm as planned and will be without refreshments. Please do arrive at 2.15pm to be shown to your seats. We still ask that only two people per child come and watch across the two performances to limit numbers. Please fill in the form below to confirm you can attend and which performance as we are ideally trying to split the adults in attendance across the two productions. Thank you so much for your flexibility. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=eAZCpZbL5k6HffgdfK3cA_5aTwAMJEdFpPY8skfwEOVUMkVPRFNLVFFXQlFVQkk5VzlMUUQwT09ESy4u Just a reminder that Late Stay on Thursday will only run until 4.10pm to support parents with children in Year 7 and above. I do hope you all have a restful weekend in preparation for the busy last few days of term because we already have some tired children and staff. Take care all, Katherine NOTICES SCHOOL MESSAGES Christmas Dates to Remember! We're planning lots of festive things, big and little, things for the students in the run up to the Christmas break. Many will be a surprise, but here are a few dates to remember: Tuesday 14th - Yrs 4-6 Christmas Showcase Wednesday 15th - Christmas Sparkle (clothing / outfits) + Yrs N-3 Christmas Play Thursday 16th - Junior School Christmas Lunch + Rock and Pop Concert at 3.15pm under the Art Canopy FoF and Music Department Event At 3.15pm on Thursday under the Art Canopy, musicians from Year 7-13 will be showcasing some of their work this term (performances which were originally planned for Fireworks Evening) and FoF will be selling mulled wine and mince pies from the Aldridge Theatre Foyer. Parents are welcome to come and watch but please do wear a face covering and maintain social distancing. Christmas Trees Thank you for buying your Christmas Trees from us this year. We have 6 more to deliver this weekend and a few to be collected from school. If collecting please park in Main House Quad and got to reception. They are stored outside in Main House Quad and labelled with names. Merry Christmas Lynn Farnham Christmas Farmers' Market Performance Molly Hunter and Bailey Britt are performing at the Farnham Christmas Farmers’ Market on Sunday 12th December at 12:15 – 12:45. They have both been working hard, and it is their first ever professional booking. Can you help? Collection for Farnham Help for Refugees I would like to be able to deliver 180 pens, 180 pencils, 180 notebooks and 180 bars of chocolate to a group of refugees who have recently been located in our area with nothing, nothing to their name. These will be given to them as part of a Christmas present for each refugee from our friends … PLEASE DROP YOUR DONATIONS TO JUNIOR SCHOOL OFFICE or RECEPTION . Thank you! Year 10/11 GCSE History trip 11-12 March 2022 Sadly, the increasing Covid regulations have meant two significant changes to the History GCSE trip this year. Firstly the dates have changed from 17-19 March to 11-12 March 2022 . Secondly it has become a UK-based trip rather than to France and Belgium. Read More GCSE Drama students & BTEC Performing Arts student PLEASE GET YOUR PERMISSIONS AND MONEY IN FOR THE TRIP ASAP!! The trip is on 17th March 2022. Christmas Raffle It is nearly time for us to complete the draw for our Christmas raffle. Our raffle concludes on Monday 13th at 17.00. There are some amazing events and gifts donated to us from some of our parents, from festival tickets for a family of 4 to Shynefest, a case of wine, to gifts from the Universal Soul company, who sell a stunning range of non-toxic vegan fragrance products of candles and room fragrances and we also have a Christmas hamper, wine gifts and much more. The raffle tickets can be bought on the link here: Christmas Raffle Tickets Christmas Puddings Well the Friends of Frensham Christmas puddings have arrived, and we are busy putting on the labels and getting them bagged up ready for collection. The junior school supply will be taken to the junior school office, where they can be distributed to the class teachers from Tuesday. Middle and senior school puddings will be available in the Aldridge theatre on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at morning drop off and afternoon pick up times. If you missed making your order, we have a small stock that you can purchase on these days too at the Aldridge theatre. If you have any further queries to this please drop me an email at louisewheeler15@hotmail.com Thank you and we wish you and your families a great seasonal break Louise Wheeler Friends of Frensham Year 11/13 Exam Prep Resources Here's a free online resource that can help all students make their revision and exam preparation more effective, Effective Revision Skills Booster is a free self-paced online course which draws on learning research to provide a highly practical, step-by-step guide for students to help make their study and revision more effective throughout their courses. Read More THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM THIS WEEK FRENSHAM CHRISTMAS ELF The Frensham Christmas elf has been entertaining the staff and students this week with naughty antics all over the school. Have a look at what he's been up to so far. A new video will be added every school day until term ends. Enjoy! CLICK FOR THE ADVENT CALENDAR YEAR 5 TUDOR BANQUET Our Year 5 children were treated to a Tudor banquet to continue bringing their topic to life (after flying a kestrel last week). Complete with roast fowl, mead (ginger beer) and a court jester - their lunch was the envy of the rest of the dining room! PETER PAN It was exciting and delightful to be back in our wonderful Aldridge Theatre performing Peter Pan last week. The children worked hard to create and find costumes from recycled and re-used clothing and the set was mainly created from reclaimed wood and items that live in the school, in an attempt to make everyone think more about our common learnt expectations versus current possible actions in a wish to protect our planet. YEAR 8 SHAKESPEARE IN A BOX COMPETITION The culmination of the study of a Shakespeare play in Year 8 this term is a memory box presentation. These have been happening across each of the classes ready for the grand final to be judged next week! The competition is really hotting up as these pictures from Zoe’s group prove! SATURDAY CERAMICS WORKSHOP Michele and Ashley led a really successful ceramics workshop on Saturday. YEAR 8 ART BOOKS Great work over the term is all held inside a collaged book cover. Watch out Year 8 parents as these should all be coming home sometime soon. Thank you for all your creative energies! YEAR 9 MASTER COPIERS Our Year 9 students have been making copies of Van Gogh drawings. Really lively responses which will be presented in a sketchbook page. ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS IN YEAR 6 Over the last 6 weeks, Year 6 have been testing different electrical circuits and completing different challenges. They have been working towards building a working prototype of a festive light design of their choice. These were presented in a Dragon’s Den-esque style! The children were able to show these as a scientific illustration, drawing and physical prototype with lights, motors, and buzzers. They worked incredibly hard and were able to answer the Dragon’s tricky questions! CYBERFIRST GIRLS COMPETITION Our two teams have been taking part in the CyberFirst Girls competition over the past week. The competition closes this week and both teams working hard during every break, lunch and after school to become Super Cyber Sleuths. Both teams managed to achieve very respectable scores of around 1100 points which is incredible and they have all learnt some great skills. Lily said she has most enjoyed getting the opportunity to do something different with friends whilst building her teamwork and cyber skills. YEAR 4 - 3D CHRISTMAS CARDS Year 4 have worked hard to create beautiful Christmas cards to send out to local residential homes. The 3D Christmas tree inside the card was pretty tricky for them, but the children persisted and achieved these lovely cards. Some local residents will be pleased! ECOHEIGHTS BIRD BOXES On Wednesday Year 6 were invited to make birdboxes. The Eco Heights team, specifically Maxi and Sebastien, had been hard at work creating packs including detailed instructions and labelled wood. Year 6 were split into small groups and worked alongside Year 8 students to create a bird box, overseen by Neil and a few sixth formers. They were able to use an electric drill to secure the parts and then sanded the outside. After they completed the bird box, the groups went out onto the school grounds to find a suitable tree. They had to ensure that the tree was wide and tall enough whilst looking for a location that was easily accessible by the birds. Look out for these popping up, we are hoping to see birds using them in the new year! Thank you for all the hard work that was put into this project! A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION EVENT Today, our A Level Psychology students have had the amazing opportuntiy, thanks to Andrew Moore, to get involved in the online event "Psychology in Action". This event had a wide-ranging programme examining the theories and applications of psychology in the modern world. Five incredibly engaging sessions with speakers from academia and industry helped the students realise their potential and discover the impact they can have on the world - also complemented by a special session on examination success. Sessions included: How to Engineer an Extreme Emotion with Brendan Walker, Professor of Creative Industries at Middlesex University The Gendered Brain with Gina Rippon, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuroimaging at the Aston Brain Centre The Psychology of a Magician with Dr Matt Pritchard, award-winning magician The Perils of Perception: Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything with Bobby Duffy, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute at King’s College London Mastering Memory with Alina Ivan, part of the Braintastic! Science team EARLY YEARS CHRISTMAS CRAFT AND SONG SESSION On Tuesday parents in Nursery and Reception joined us in an outdoor, socially distanced Christmas Craft and Song session. Everyone made a Christmas tree with their parent using sticks and twine. We then battled storm Barra as Judith accompanied us to 'Jingle Bells' and some other songs. We value process, content and relationships in Early Years and this event enabled our families to enjoy that. Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces demonstrated how much just spending time together in this way is critical for our youngest children's development and happiness. Thank you for coming in such weather! STUDENT TEACHING ASSISTANTS Each Wednesday a group of our Sixth Formers are visiting Rowledge C of E School and working in an individual classroom to learn about life in another school in a supportive capacity. Next term, we are planning to deliver workshops on well-being, Dance, Drama, Geography and Languages - a true partnership. SNUGGLY PJ DAY It was snuggly PJ today and students and staff could be spotted around the site keeping warm in their snuggly pjs and onesies. CLAY AQUARIUMS Beautiful clay aquariums fresh out of the kiln in the ceramics workshop. THIS WEEK'S SPORTS REPORT SPORTS REPORT U14/15s Football On Tuesday afternoon the U15/14 football teams entertained Duke of Kent School in the last fixtures of the football season. Despite Storm Barra doing its best to cancel our fixture we managed to get a festival of football on the Astro with 3 small sided games happening simultaneously against Duke of Kent. Read More U13s Football The U13 football team finished the season strongly winning their last game of the season against Bedales on the Astro. It's been a successful season for the team, winning all but one of their fixtures and lifting some silverware at the Bedales prep tournament. Read More U9s Football The U9 football team played their last game of the football season on Thursday afternoon against Bedales on the Astro. All our previous fixtures have been on the grass pitches, so the team were looking forward to playing a game on the Astro under the floodlights. Read More U13s Football On Wednesday we welcomed Bedales to Frensham once again for our last fixture of the season. This game was a 7 a side match and both teams played with great spirit. The boys started strongly and quickly got into their paces, moving and passing with ease for the first 10 mins which made plenty of chances. However, we didn’t manage to convert any strong plays into goals. Read More ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL Guildford City Qualifier On 4th Dec, Elijah took part in the Guildford City County Qualifier and achieved silver in the 50m freestyle and bronze in the 200m freestyle, 200m IM and 50m backstroke in his first gala in the 11 year old age category. Isla achieved gold in the 200m breaststroke (in 3:01.58) and bronze in the 50m and 100m breaststroke. Grade 1 Piano Exam Adam in year 3 passed his Grade 1 Piano exam with Merit on Tuesday NEWS FROM FRENSHAM KITCHEN CATERING Theme day We were virtually whisked off to Greece for lunch on Thursday. Delicious chicken gyros, meat free mince stuffed eggplant, chicken noodle soup and a Greek custard pie. Tasting table We encouraged the children to try some grains this week with a Power of Grains taster table. There were some delicious salads to try. Street food Tacos were on offer on the Street food stand this Friday, as well as freshly battered hoki, macaroni cheese with crispy cauliflower, tomato soup, vegan fish fingers and New York cheesecake. Mince pie making We had the pleasure of helping Nursery and Reception classes to make mince pies this week, I think we had as much fun as them. 1/1 MENUS NEXT WEEK'S MENUS 1/6 NEXT WEEK WHAT'S ON NEXT WEEK Monday, 13 December 12:30 - 14:30 – Year 13 EPQ Presentations (Assessed) 16:30 - 18:00 – Year 13 EPQ Presentations (Assessed) 16:30 - 19:00 – Hamilton House Trip Tuesday, 14 December 8:45 – Year 4 to 6 Christmas Performance MOVED TO MAIN HOUSE QUAD 18:30 - 21:30 – Year 7 to 9 Christmas Dinner Dance POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY Wednesday, 15 December 9:30 - 10:30 – Year N to 3 Christmas Performance (Aldridge Theatre) - performance one 14:30 - 15:30 – Year N to 3 Christmas Performance (Aldridge Theatre) - performance two 18:30 - 22:00 – Year 10 to 13 Christmas Dinner Dance POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY 19:00 - 21:00 – Hamilton House Party Thursday, 16 December 12:00 - 13:00 – Junior School Christmas Lunch 14:15 - 16:00 – Year 7 to 13 Tutor Time and End of Term Message (Tutor Bases and Aldridge Theatre) 16:10 – Term Ends Friday, 10 December 10:00 Boarding Houses close

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THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM Friday 26th November, 2021 CLICK TO NAVIGATE SCHOOL MESSAGES SCHOOL EVENTS THIS WEEK AT SCHOOL SPORTS REPORT MENUS NEXT WEEK A MESSAGE FROM RICK Watch Rick's Video Message RICK KATHERINE A MESSAGE FROM KATHERINE Spotlight on the Junior School Dear Frensham Community, Well, that was a busy week! As you will see there have been birds of prey flying at Frensham and a fabulous author visiting to talk to our children about refugees. The children in the Junior School have been inspired by so many things this week and it was wonderful to share them in our assembly today. We also spoke about how it is important to have a go, make mistakes and turn them into a positive. I shared the amazing book ‘Beautiful oops’ with them which is all about how a mistake might actually open up a new possibility. At Frensham we want our children to be happy to take risks, make mistakes and grow from them just like us as grown-ups! We're also wondering if anyone in our amazing community knows someone lovely who lives locally and would be able to join our team in January to work in our Nursery – Year 3 Late Stay. It would suit someone who would love to come and play, laugh and create things for just two hours every afternoon from 3:30-5:30. They do not need qualifications but experience with younger children would be great even if that's not in a school setting. Perhaps a wonderful grandparent in the local area would be interested in some company (the teachers and children are a delightful bunch who will always brighten up anyone’s day!). Do please push our advert out to anyone you think would be suitable, thank you in advance for any help you can give. www.frensham.org/working-at-frensham Lastly, a big thank you to FoF for your secret squirrel mission to make Christmas special for the children in the Junior School. Thank you for everything you are doing. Have a lovely stormy weekend! Katherine NOTICES SCHOOL MESSAGES Dropping Off at Reception If you're dropping off or picking up your child at Reception, please drive really carefully and slowly in the area in front of Main House - students and staff are crossing this area at all times of the day. Also, please don't park right in front of the glass Reception doors. Thank you! Christmas Dates to Remember! We're planning lots of festive things, big and little, things for the students in the run up to the Christmas break. Many will be a surprise, but here are a few dates to remember: Friday 3rd - Christmas Jumper Day Friday 10th - Snuggly PJ Day Tuesday 14th - Yrs 4-6 Christmas Showcase + Yrs 7-9 Dinner Dance Wednesday 15th - Christmas Sparkle (clothing / outfits) + Yrs N-3 Chrismas Play + Yrs 10-13 Dinner Dance Thursday 16th - Junior School Christmas Lunch Malawi 2023 On Tuesday evening we officially launched the trip online to Malawi in 2023. Tom from True Adventure presented details of the trip, pinpointing the area, identifying some of the activities we will be undertaking and giving information about this small but beautiful part of Africa. We are opening the trip to any student who is in this years Year 10 and above. Below are the links to the presentation slides shown on Tuesday evening and the parents information pack. PRESENTATION SLIDES PARENTS' INFORMATION PACK If you decide that this unique trip is for you, please fill in the application form by Friday 3rd December. I am hoping that we will be able to have a team get together before we stop for Christmas to start the ball rolling! If anyone has any questions, I have set up a Malawi 2023 team on Teams. I am so looking forward to forming the team and putting plans into action with everyone. Have a great weekend and I hope to hear from you soon, Sally Elevate Memorisation Webinar If you missed the Elevate Memorisation Webinar on Tuesday, you have 10 days to watch the session here - Memorisation Webinar A Big Thank You From Friends of Frensham A big thank you to some of our parents who have been so generous in their donations to our Christmas raffle. Shyne (Year 7 parent) who runs the annual music festival in Guildford on June 3rd & 4th has given us a voucher worth £150 to attend the 2 day event. For more information go to the website http://www.shynefest.uk/ Also Sara (Year 7 parnet) has donated some of her fragrant vegan and cruelty free candles which smell amazing. www.theuniversalsoulcompany.com Another big thank you is to parents in Junior school who are working together to deliver the “swap shop” where the JS students can chose presents for their parents and have them gift wrapped ready for Christmas Day, and a super decorated Santa’s grotto where Santa will greet the students ready to check they are ready for the big day. We have also had a Christmas tree to make the area more festive donated by Castle Street Flowers in Farnham. Christmas Raffle As we approach Christmas, Friends of Frensham are running our fundraising raffle. We have been incredibly lucky to have some amazing events and gifts donated to us from some of our parents, from festival tickets for a family of 4 to Shynefest, to gifts from the Universal Soul company, who sell a stunning range of non-toxic vegan fragrance products of candles and room fragrances. We also have a Christmas hamper, wine gifts and much more. The raffle tickets can be bought on the link here: Christmas Raffle Tickets Christmas Puddings Thank you for your support with Friends of Frensham Christmas puddings this year. We have beaten the past 2 years figures! If you have not ordered your puddings in the set timeline, do not worry. We have ordered some additional puddings to sell in the last week of term in the Aldridge theatre during the Junior School Christmas performances, and also at the music and dance performance on 9th December at the Aldridge theatre. Rowledge Community Choir If you would like to join a friendly choir (no auditions required), Rowledge Community Choir rehearses every Tuesday evening at 7.30pm in the Music School. The choir is currently rehearsing pieces of Christmas music for our Christmas concert on 14th December in St James’ Church, Rowledge. The choir is led by Sam Rolles, a former Frensham pupil, and his father, Edwin, who was formerly Director of Music at Frensham Heights. The cost is £5 per session. Come along for a free taster session. Any tenors or basses particularly welcome. Please see our website: rowledgecommunitychoir.co.uk or contact Liz Bownass-Clark: liz@frensham.org . UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS EVENTS PETER PAN - THURS 2 & FRI 3 DECEMBER We began exploring the story of Peter Pan in our Yr 7 & 8 Drama club and we are now bringing you a creative play that the teachers and children have developed whilst meeting together. We have tried to bring this to the stage at a minimal cost to the environment asking the children to make their costumes from re-using, recycling or buying items from charity shops. The set has been designed by Dolly Moon-Kilner in Year 8 and is being built by Shaun and Nicky from our very own Aldridge Theatre using as few new items as possible. Please look out for wood reclaimed from the outdoor theatre and old pieces of set that have been altered to suit this play. All in all - a production with everyone sharing ideas and thinking of the planet whilst enjoying being together rehearsing and performing. Monies raised will be going to Great Ormond Street Hospital, an extremely worthwhile cause. Buy tickets here MUSIC & DANCE CONCERT - 9TH DECEMBER It's time for our Music and Dance Concert. Come along and see the Aldridge alive again with Music and Dance Performances from our Years 7 and up students. Tickets are free, but please book a place below. Also, be sure to let us know if your child is performing and needs to be booked in for supper - you can do this when you reserve your ticket. Book a place here OLD FRENSHAMIAN ON THE LONDON STAGE Old Frenshamian and talented Drama student Lukwesa Mwamba has recently been seen in Doctors, Eastenders and Carnivale Row. Last week she made her (COVID postponed!) debut on a major London stage. She is playing Nina in the production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at the Charing Cross Theatre - she can be seen on the poster in the pink dress. The production is running until 8th January. Lukwesa sends her love to the Frensham community and hopes that some of you will be able to see the show. SAVE THE DATE: JUNIOR SCHOOL PERFORMANCES Tuesday 14th December at 2:30pm: Aldridge Theatre Year 4-6 Christmas Showcase Wednesday 15th December at 2:30pm: Aldridge Theatre Nursery - Year 3 Christmas play ‘Lights Camel action - The sequin’ TEDxFRENSHAM TEDxFrensham is coming back to the Aldridge on 30th April, 2022. Tickets have not been released yet, but save the date or head to their website - www.tedxfrensham.org - to sign up for news. There is a great line up of speakers but they still need volunteers to bring everything together. If you would like to get involved supporting the speakers - reading outlines/drafts and coaching where necessary - or with fundraising and getting local businesses involved - please contact the event team on hello@tedxfrensham.org THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM THIS WEEK A-LEVEL TRIP TO WAR OF THE WORLDS On Friday, A Level Drama and Music students went to the War of the Worlds Immersive Experience in Leadenhall, London. Set to Jeff Wayne’s iconic soundtrack, this part live-action, part VR/AR production amazed, amused and terrified students in equal measure. Here’s a photo of those that survived the experience! A BIT OF BAKING WITH THE BOARDERS Some of our boarders made some delicious looking cookies with Stef over the weekend. CYBERFIRST GIRLS COMPETITION Starting on Monday, 2 teams of girls are going to be taking part in the National Cyber Security Centre CyberFirst Girls competition. The competition takes place over a period of 10 days and the teams will face a series of online challenges aimed at testing their skills on different areas of cyber security, such as cracking code and working through logic problems. With less than 15% of the workforce in cyber security being female, the primary objective of the competition is to inspire girls to consider career options they may not have thought about. Sarah Cull (Head of IT and Computer Science) has been working alongside a school mum, Paula Page, who is the director of her own Cyber Security company to inspire the girls and to make them aware of potential exciting career opportunities available to them if they enjoy the competition. “This is an incredible opportunity for the girls to try something new and I am hoping they will enjoy the challenges the face over the next 10 days and build some resilience and teamwork skills, as well as their technical skills” explained Sarah. To find out more about the NCSC and what they can offer to all students, visit https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/cyberfirst/overview HADRIAN'S WALL MEDALS To celebrate the success of their trip to Hadrian's Wall in September and the amazing Time Traveller's Guides to Roman Britain, Year 7 students were all awarded with gold ceramic medals made by Amy and Sonia. The students also really enjoyed seeing some of the photos they captured on the trip. MFL PLAYS The MFL department have organised for students studying French, Spanish and German to watch plays performed by Onatti Productions. French students watched Mon Père Ne Me Comprend Pas on 5th November. Spanish students were set to watch En el Campamento today (but this has been postponed for a bit due to postive Covid cases in the cast) and German students will get to watch Horoskop in March. YEAR 8 ART Making decisions this week about how to arrange collage pieces to get best visual results. Considering balance, chaos, jumbles and more. YEAR 7 ART Absolutely amazing work from Year7 whilst we draw our animals and consider how best to simplify shapes and add pattern. We'll done year7. YEAR 5 KESTRELS On Thursday Year 5 welcomed Andy Crowle from Urban Wings to Frensham. Andy is a falconer and he brought two kestrels called Tee-ki and Gizmo with him. He also brought a peregrine falcon called Gus. As part of their Tudor topic this term, the children have been listening to a story set in Tudor times called ‘Treason’ by Berlie Doherty. The main character is given a kestrel by Henry VIII. Andy talked to the children about the stunning birds of prey. He explained that many phrases and words we have such as ‘hoodwinked,’ ‘fed up,’ ‘under your thumb,’ ‘wrapped around your little finger,’ and ‘end of my tether’ originate from the world of falconry. He also explained that servants would have had kestrels, but Royalty would have had the more expensive birds such as the peregrine. He told the children that people would be seen walking in the street with a bird of prey on their hand. The children asked Andy many questions and they were able to wear a thick gauntlet so that Tee-ki could fly and land on them to take a morsel of chicken or Gus could perch comfortably. It was a super afternoon, sunny but cold. We hope that it will be possible to welcome Urban Wings back to Frensham in the future. Please flick through the photos taken during the afternoon. THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE Year 7s have been investigating types of waves. They used slinkies to demonstrate the motion of these types of waves. Year 8 are exploring density and pressure. We constructed a Cartesian diver and observed the effects of increased pressure on buoyancy. Some of our Year 9s have been discovering osmosis and how the mass of potatoes change depending on the concentration of the solution they’re in. Year 11s have dived into learning about the inheritance of genetic traits by building reebop marshmallow organisms based on the genes inherited. YEAR 9 HORIZONS - CAREERS AND GCSE OPTIONS On 17th and 24th November in their Developing Horizons lessons, Year 9 spent time thinking about careers and their future pathway at Frensham. As part of this, they heard from the teachers who lead the 'new' options that will be on offer for them in September 2023. These subjects are Esports, Business, Performing Arts, Sports Studies, Computer Science, Graphic Communication and Photography. The Year 9 students were engaged throughout and asked a number of excellent questions. There was a definite buzz around school following this as they excitedly looked through the options booklets and digested what they had learned. The student feedback was very positive: "The sessions were good, the options session helped me understand about the process and how it works. It was interesting to learn about the new courses that I haven't studied." "I enjoyed it because I learned more about the subjects I could do." – Lexie "I definitely think it was useful as it widened my views on what I can take." – Heidi YR R & 1 FRENCH A group of dinosaurs came to French last week! Inspired by our one third story “How the dinosaur got it’s shoes”, Years R and 1 put on their masks for a video performance where they introduced themselves in French and talked about their own chaussures. The have been learning numbers, colours, introductions, simple instructions and adjectives whilst reading about Terrance T-Rex, designing masks and running around the playground hunting for my shoes! They have been fantastique!! TEALIGHTS IN CERAMICS Years 6 - 9 have been making animal tea light/candle holders, ready to light up the dark evenings. ADVENT CALENDAR Hamilton House is getting festive with the addition of Debbie's fantastic handmade advent calendar! YEAR 6 AUTHOR VISIT In Year 6 we have been learning about refugees. Last week we were joined by Danielle (Draven’s mum) who talked to us about her work in Calais, shared lots of her own experiences as well as those of people she has worked with along the way. She shared several stories with us, including one about her friend who is a UN worker and had to return to England in a refrigeration van. Year 6 really enjoyed this and were able to link lots of their learning from topic, English and art lessons. We have been inspired by our learning and want to support local refugee families and have been in touch with Farnham help for Refugees and Farnham Foodbank. We discussed this with Olivia, who was hoping to complete a reverse advent calendar, and have decided to put our ideas together. From the 1st – 10th December we will be collecting items, we would love it if the children in the Junior school could bring a different item in each day and there will be collection spots in the Junior School Hall and 4-6 atrium. We have asked what they would find most useful, and they have said: UHT cows’ milk, long life fruit juice, orange squash, chocolate bars, sweets, snacks (not nuts), tinned carrots, tinned peas and tinned tomatoes. Look out for our posters around school for any more information. Today Ele Fountain, author of Boy87, came to speak with us as part of the enrichment programme. She shared information about her time in Ethiopia and how that inspired her writing. She also talked about the process involved to publish a book and the children had a chance to ask her lots of questions. We then took part in a creative writing workshop. This involved them creating a ‘tree’ plan, they are all enthused about writing these stories and left the workshop with the challenge to return after lunch with their first line ready to engage a reader. YEAR 10 CHARITY STALL Last Friday Jeff’s tutor group in Year 10 created a hot chocolate and cookies stall with the help of a few Year 7 & 8 outreach volunteers. They raised £75 in aid of Lymphoma Action. Thank you to you for raising our awareness and adding to Hugo’s fundraising total overall. AUTUMN TERM CLIMBING It’s fantastic to see that Climbing is as popular as ever! Due to long waiting lists for our regular climbing club we have managed to expand opportunities by offering climbing at Surrey Sports Park during games afternoons. FIRST AID: SIXTH FORM & DofE This week saw our Sixth Formers and Bronze DofE students learn the essential life skills of how to perform CPR and use a defibrillator on a non breathing casualty’ Our year 12’s are currently working hard towards gaining their Emergency First Aid At Work Qualification’ whilst our Bronze DofE Students are covering this as part of their DofE first aid training an integral aspect of our expeditions program. SATURDAY CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON Congratulations to Molly and Bailey (Yr 10), who represented Frensham Heights last weekend. They both sang solo in front of a crowd, on a large outdoor stage – with superb style – a fabulous effort from both young ladies and their first public performance for such a long time! THIS WEEK'S SPORTS REPORT SPORTS REPORT U18s Netball Frensham 26 - 26 Salesian The U18’s showed great determination and teamwork in the most exciting fixture of the season. Both teams were evenly matched, going goal for goal each quarter and when the final whistle blew it was 26 apiece. Read More U11s Netball Frensham 12 - 2 St Ives Monday afternoon the U11’s travelled away to St Ives to participate in a game of High-5. Overall a very successful afternoon. Read More U14s Football Frensham 7 - 1 St Edmunds On Tuesday afternoon the U14 football team played St Edmunds in a return fixture following a defeat to them last time out. Read More U10s Football Frensham 6 - 0 Sherfield The U10 football team played their final game of the season on Wednesday after school with Sherfield the visitors. Read More U16s Netball Frensham 5 - 17 Salesian Today we played a home match against Salesian college. We played their U18 team so it was always going to be a challenging match. Read More U15s Football Frensham 5 - 3 St Edmunds This was the game the boys have been looking forward to all season as we welcomed our former teacher Lewis back to Frensham for this match. Read More U11s Football Frensham 7 - 1 Sherfield A fantastic performance from the Under 11s who ensured they finished the football season undefeated which is a fantastic achievement. Read More Mouthguards Next terms competitive sports options of Rugby Union and Hockey which will both require a mouth guard as a condition of play. Read More GUILDFORD CITY SWIM MEET On 21st November, Isla took part in the Guildford City SC L2 Winter Open Meet and achieved gold in the 200m backstroke, 200m freestyle and 400m freestyle; silver in the 100m backstroke and bronze in the 50m freestyle in her age category. NEWS FROM FRENSHAM KITCHEN CATERING Theme day Thursdays tend to be a theme day in the servery at Frensham, this week it happened to fall on Thanksgiving Day. What better excuse is there for Roast Turkey and all the trimmings, pumpkin cheesecake and an apple caramel slab cake. Street food This week on offer at the street food counter we had some delicious Frensham fried chicken. Tasting table This week the students got to try Clementines on the tasting table. They could try it in the form of shortbread, jelly, ice cream, smoothies and soup! 1/1 MENUS NEXT WEEK'S MENUS 1/6 NEXT WEEK WHAT'S ON NEXT WEEK Monday, 29 November 08:30 - 15:15 – Year 11 Expanding Horizons Drop Down Day ADDITION 14:30 - 15:30 – U10 & U11 Football v More House School (Home) ADDITION Tuesday, 30 November 08:45 - 15:25 – Year 4 Trip to Ufton Court (Reading) ADDITION 14:30 - 16:00 – U14 & U15 Football v Sherfield School (Home) CANCELLED 14:30 - 16:00 – U14 Netball v Sherfield School (Home) CANCELLED 14:30 - 16:00 – U15 Football v More House School (Home) 14:30 - 17:00 – U15 Netball v Sherfield School (Away) CANCELLED Wednesday, 1 December 14:30 - 16:00 – U18 Football v Bedales (Home) 14:30 - 16:30 – U18 Netball v Salesian College (Home) 15:20 - 16:30 – U9 Football v Bedales (Home) MOVED TO 8 DECEMBER 19:00 - 21:00 – Year 11 Event (Main House) Thursday, 2 December 13:10 - 13:50 – Informal Rock and Pop Concert (MRR) 16:15 - 18:00 – U15 Swimming v King Edward's School Witley (Away) 19:15 - 21:00 – Peter Pan Performance (Aldridge Theatre) ADDITION Friday, 3 December 08:30 - 11:30 – Year 12 NCS Skills Booster Workshops (Staff Dining Room and MRR) 19:15 - 21:00 – Peter Pan Performance (Aldridge Theatre) ADDITION Saturday, 4 December U18 Football v Winchester College (Away) 10:00 - 13:00 – Stretch and Challenge Ceramics Workshop

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THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM Friday 19th November, 2021 CLICK TO NAVIGATE RICK'S MESSAGE SCHOOL MESSAGES SCHOOL EVENTS THIS WEEK AT SCHOOL SPORTS REPORT MENUS NEXT WEEK A MESSAGE FROM RICK A MESSAGE FROM KATHERINE Spotlight on the Junior School This week we have had a focus on Anti-bullying week which as we know is not just a week but is something we believe should be a focus everyday. In their Emerging Horizons lessons with Nick this week they have been learning about the four main types of Bullying (Physical, Verbal, Social and Cyber). They have explored what these can look like and empowered them to stand up and know who to go to for support to make it stop. It was lovely to have an assembly this week to round up the week with all our children from Reception to Year 6. We even had the treat of lovely performance from a group of Year 5 & 6 students from the Drama ECA who have scripted their own piece called ‘The Golden Crayon’. Thank you for cheering up our day! The theme this year was ‘one kind word' and our children came up with some absolute crackers to share with others to uplift each other and show their strengths. Perseverance, Spirit, Happiness and Independence. What word would you use as an inspirational kind word? Have a lovely weekend, Katherine RICK KATHERINE Dear Parents I have spent time this week thinking about our school values and the importance of being a values-led organisation. I enjoyed chatting to one of our parents a week ago about his experiences in another organisation of resetting values and then embedding them across everything they do, and this is the journey we are now on. Two examples of this in action: with new appointments of staff pending, we are using the values to underpin our recruitment process, and we have used the values to help draft a Junior School approach to behaviour inside and outside the classroom. I am also working with the Senior School student council on how they would like to use the new values to underpin the student experience in the school. As you will expect, with the end of term not far away, we have a number of community events coming up that we are excited to be running. We will be sending out separate communications about these events and I look forward to seeing many of you on site in due course. Have a wonderful weekend. Best wishes Rick NOTICES SCHOOL MESSAGES Anti-Bullying Week 2021 It’s been a highly impactful week at Frensham in promoting the Anti-Bully theme across the Whole School. From Early Years all the way through to our Sixth Form, all children will have been a part of important discussion, assemblies, talks and activities that have strongly reenforced our response to any of the four major types of bullying. The work does not stop here though! The children have been challenged to continue to support and promote this message of ‘Anti-Bullying’ across all of the spaces they inhabitant, whether that be on or off-line. If you didn’t manage to see the ‘Anti-Bullying’ Sway that went out last week which shared lots of key information then please do engage with it through this link: Anti-Bullying Sway In there, there is also a very supportive Parent Pack that has loads of guidance for you as parents / carers. The link for this is in Sway yet also below as well: Parent Pack Take care and have a lovely weekend, Nick O-T and Jack MALAWI 2023! I am so pleased that we can finally launch the information meeting for the proposed trip to Malawi in 2023. Tom Trueman and I are hosting a virtual meeting, explaining all about the trip, when it will happen, the costs, what we will be doing, visas, injections etc. We would like to see parents and students join us via the link below on Tuesday 23rd November at 7pm. Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer or mobile app Click here to join the meeting Everybody's Talking About Jamie - Drama Trip For BTEC Performing Arts Students and GCSE Drama Students, please get your payments in for the up-coming trip to see ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ on March 17th 2022. We need to purchase the tickets ASAP to get our fantastic schools rate. Many Thanks (any questions please get in touch clareesterhuysen@frensham.org ) Christmas Trees Once again, the Charity Committee of Frensham Heights School will be selling fantastic Nordmann fir non-drop Christmas trees, with prices ranging from £32 - £55 dependent on the size between 5 – 8 foot. Please place order by Wednesday 24th November. More information here You can order here Rowledge Community Choir If you would like to join a friendly choir (no auditions required), Rowledge Community Choir rehearses every Tuesday evening at 7.30pm in the Music School. The choir is currently rehearsing pieces of Christmas music for our Christmas concert on 14th December in St James’ Church, Rowledge. The choir is led by Sam Rolles, a former Frensham pupil, and his father, Edwin, who was formerly Director of Music at Frensham Heights. The cost is £5 per session. Come along for a free taster session. Any tenors or basses particularly welcome. Please see our website: rowledgecommunitychoir.co.uk or contact Liz Bownass-Clark: liz@frensham.org . For Parents of Year 11 and Year 13 Students The timetables for the mock exams in January have been published and have been given to your son/daughter today via Teams. If you have any queries, please email Liz Bownass-Clark in the first instance: liz@frensham.org Friends of Frensham - Christmas Raffle Dear all We are getting ready for our Christmas raffle, and already have had some fantastic donations from parents for this event, including festival tickets and wine. If you would like to donate to this fundraiser, please email me at louisewheeler15@hotmail.com , with details of your contribution. Ideas of gifts are book vouchers, hampers, beauty treatment vouchers, food and drink gifts. Thank you for your continued support Louise Wheeler, Friends of Frensham Friends of Frensham - Christmas Puddings Thank you for your support with Friends of Frensham Christmas puddings this year. We have beaten the past 2 years figures! If you have not ordered your puddings in the set timeline, do not worry. We have ordered some additional puddings to sell in the last week of term in the Aldridge theatre during the Junior School Christmas performances, and also at the music and dance performance on 9th December at the Aldridge theatre. UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS EVENTS PETER PAN - THURS 2 & FRI 3 DECEMBER We began exploring the story of Peter Pan in our Yr 7 & 8 Drama club and we are now bringing you a creative play that the teachers and children have developed whilst meeting together. We have tried to bring this to the stage at a minimal cost to the environment asking the children to make their costumes from re-using, recycling or buying items from charity shops. The set has been designed by Dolly Moon-Kilner in Year 8 and is being built by Shaun and Nicky from our very own Aldridge Theatre using as few new items as possible. Please look out for wood reclaimed from the outdoor theatre and old pieces of set that have been altered to suit this play. All in all - a production with everyone sharing ideas and thinking of the planet whilst enjoying being together rehearsing and performing. Monies raised will be going to Great Ormond Street Hospital, an extremely worthwhile cause. Buy tickets here The Orchid Project - Art Sale & Fundraising Evening - 26th November from 7pm The Orchid Project - Art Sale & Fundraising Evening on Friday 26th November from 7pm. Organised by students, the evening is to raise awareness of FGC and support for the work of The Orchid Project. There will be an art sale, guest speaker and refreshments. The evening is open to Year 11, 12 and 13 students and their families. Tickets are on sale here: Buy tickets here MUSIC & DANCE CONCERT - 9TH DECEMBER It's time for our Music and Dance Concert. Come along and see the Aldridge alive again with Music and Dance Performances from our Years 7 and up students. Tickets are free, but please book a place below. Also, be sure to let us know if your child is performing and needs to be booked in for supper - you can do this when you reserve your ticket. Book a place here SAVE THE DATE JUNIOR SCHOOL PERFORMANCES Tuesday 14th December at 2:30pm: Aldridge Theatre Year 4-6 Christmas Showcase Wednesday 15th December at 2:30pm: Aldridge Theatre Nursery - Year 3 Christmas play ‘Lights Camel action - The sequin’ FARNHAM CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON - SATURDAY 20TH NOVEMBER Bailey and Molly in Year 10 are performing songs at the Farnham Christmas Lights Switch On on a stunning outdoor stage in Gostrey Meadows, Farnham at 2.40pm. Audience members are very welcome! THIS WEEK AT FRENSHAM THIS WEEK YEAR 8 ART - PRINTING Year 8 classes have been experimenting with another print technique and our abundance of autumn leaves. Science labs have asked for some art work for their walls so this is our brief as artists. YEAR 4 SCIENCE - TEETH This week we’ve been learning about teeth within our Science lessons in Year 4. We learnt about all the different types of teeth and their functions. The children enjoyed a Science lesson in the science labs looking at different real life animal skeletons and doing some observational drawing. They tried to work out if the animal was a carnivore, herbivore and omnivore by seeing what different types of teeth it had. Year 4 Teeth Exploration Year 4 Teeth Exploration Year 4 Teeth Exploration Year 4 Teeth Exploration 1/5 COMMUNITY CLEAN UP We went to Rowledge on Saturday 13th November and worked with members of our local village to help clean up the central area – so many leaves and brambles!! YEAR 11 & 12 CASINO NIGHT On Wednesday evening we hosted our first Casino Night in the ballroom and billiard room. 70 Year 11 and 12 students attended and enjoyed an evening of mocktails (shaken, not stirred), canapes, games of Black Jack, Poker, Roulette, Yahtzee and Uno. The atmosphere was lovely, and the students put a lot of effort into dressing up for the occasion. A big thank you to the staff that helped bring the evening together: Michele, Nick, Flic, Charlie P, Becks, John, Amanda M and Louise. We all enjoyed ourselves too. Alison Bundy student casino night students in formal wear student casino night student casino night 1/22 TRANS AWARENESS WEEK This week, as part of Anti-Bullying Week, we have also been celebrating national Trans Awareness Week. Students have been learning about what being trans means, pronouns, and how to ensure that they are being kind & respectful towards others. We have also celebrated trans role models in subject areas, from Erica Rutherford in Art to Shea Diamond in Music, as well as Verity Smith in PE and Pierre Davis in Technology. Students have also reflected on how learning about the trans experience helps to express our Frensham values, of celebrating authenticity & individuality, as well as building a kind community based on respect & understanding. One of our current Y13 students, Gabe, has kindly offered the following words on why celebrating Trans Awareness Week at Frensham is so important: “Since the beginning of the LGBT rights movement, transgender women of colour have led the way despite facing extreme levels of hatred and violence from both those outside the community and within it. Nowadays those women are so often cast aside and replaced in retellings and history with more socially acceptable LGBT people- lost in time with so few even knowing their names. The quote “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” seems especially applicable here as in recent years we have seen a sharp increase in transphobia in all facets of society. For example, the BBC, a news source that has long claimed to be impartial, recently platformed and listened to a group that call for the extermination of transgender people leading to them dropping out of Stonewall’s diversity scheme. Similarly, in 2018, London pride was allowed by officials to be headed up by a group made up mainly of Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists- those who believe that transgender people are a corrupting and threatening force. In fact, transgender people are far more likely to become victims of abuse and violence than perpetrators with, according to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 2021 being one of the deadliest years for transgender people since they began recording not to mention the detrimentally high suicide rates amongst transgender people of all ages (more than ¼ having attempted and 9/10 having seriously contemplated). Transgender Awareness Week takes place between the 13th and 19th of November and culminates in Transgender Day of Remembrance, its is a time to learn about the history and struggles of transgender people as well as remember those we have lost. It is important to recognise this in school because the adults of tomorrow are created here, and the future will call for a wider acceptance and recognition of transgender issues; we aren’t something that will go away, particularly as antagonised as we are.” Click the image to see the presentation WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY The PRE department celebrated World Philosophy Day on Thursday by having a joint debate with students from King Edward’s School, Bath. Students from Y10 and above came together to discuss whether the British monarchy should die with the Queen, with people reflecting on the financial, as well as the cultural, implications. Despite a few technical issues with the microphone and feedback (the perils of 21st century education!), students were really engaged and enjoyed having the chance to share their thoughts with, and hear from, a broader range of voices. Well done to all those who participated – staff at King Edward’s commented on how fantastic the students were and how lovely Frensham is. We’re hoping to be able to make these events a more regular occurrence so keep your eyes peeled for more opportunities in future… YEAR 12 GEOGRAPHY TRIP On Friday the Year 12 Geographers braved some inclement weather and a long coach ride, to complete Coasts Fieldwork at Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. The trip aimed to expose the Year 12s to a selection of fieldwork techniques, and to partially prepare them for their NEAs, which they start at the end of Y12. It was a grey day in the morning, but we were lucky to arrive at Lulworth with blue skies and a little bit of sunshine. The Geographers were guided down to Lulworth Cove, stopping to take note of the unique geology and geomorphology along the way. They collected data samples from two different beach sites, one in Lulworth Cove and the other at Durdle Door. However, it was at Durdle Door that the weather turned, and we got soaked returning up the hill to the minibus. Fortunately, we had already recorded the data we came for, and we hopped on the minibus to return to school. Wet, but content in a job well done. Year 12 Geography Trip Durdle Door Year 12 Geography Trip Durdle Door Year 12 Geography Trip Year 12 Geography Trip Durdle Door 1/3 INFORMAL ACOUSTIC CONCERT Today we had our first informal acoustic concerts since before lockdown! It was absolutely astounding as always with a really varied group of students of all ages sharing their talents in front of a really appreciative audience. There was even a couple of really great singalongs. Definitely what Frensham is all about. Thank you to Joanna, Nell, Vaughn, Edward, Liam, Bailey, Barnaby, George, Jasmine and Serena. student playing flute student playing violin student singing playing piano student playing flute 1/10 THIS WEEK'S SPORTS REPORT SPORTS REPORT U13s Football Frensham 3 - 2 Alton School On Monday evening the U13 football team played their first evening game of the season under the lights on the Astro. Read More U14s Netball Frensham 3 - 2 Alton School On Tuesday two u14 teams were in action against Ditcham. Team 1 played first and picked up exactly where they left off at the end of the last game. Read More U13s Netball It was a fantastic away performance by the U13’s against FHES this week. It was cold conditions, but this did not affect the girls performance. Read More U14s Netball Last Tuesday the u14 netball team played against DOK at home. Overall the girls played an excellent game. Read More U13s Football B Game We had our first U13B fixture on Thursday against Morehouse where we wanted to try and put all the training we have been doing into practice. Read More Mouthguards Next terms competitive sports options of Rugby Union and Hockey which will both require a mouth guard as a condition of play. Read More U10s Football Frensham 1 - 1 Duke of Kent School Frensham U10 football team entertained Duke of Kent School on Wednesday afternoon on the field. Read More U15s Netball On Tuesday two teams played Ditcham at home. The first game was very competitive, and we led from the outset. Read More U11s Netball Our Year 6 girls played a game of high fives netball against St Ives. We haven’t played much high fives and it is quite a different game to the usual 7 aside. Read More Cross Country Last Thursday Rosie, Charlie. Jonnie, Millie, Millie, Nils, Jessica and Fran all headed to Charterhouse for the annual Waverley Cross Country trials. Read More Under 11s Football Frensham 7-1 Duke of Kent The best performance of the season from the boys in year 6 who dominated this game from start to finish. Read More Athletics Opportunity Reminded of the below opportunity for winter athletics training. The times have changed since the original advertisement. Read More NEWS FROM FRENSHAM KITCHEN CATERING Theme day This week we were whisked away (virtually) with flavours, aromas and sounds of the Mediterranean. We had some delicious char grilled chicken with cous cous, Tuscan beans, Greek salad and seeded baklava. We even had gluten free churros. Street food Ramen was back by popular demand this week on the street food stand. Tasting table Swede was our vegetable to try this week on the tasting table. Try before you buy We have for some time been encouraging students to try little tasters of dishes before they take a whole portion. This helps to reduce food waste that has been taken but then not liked but is also a great way of developing their taste buds and maybe trying something new. 1/1 MENUS NEXT WEEK'S MENUS BREAKFAST MENU LUNCH MENU BREAK SNACKS BREAKFAST MENU 1/6 NEXT WEEK WHAT'S ON NEXT WEEK Monday, 22 November Year 11 GCSE Drama Dress and Technical Rehearsal (Studios) 14:15 - 16:00 – U10 Netball v St Ives School (Away) Tuesday, 23 November Year 11 GCSE Drama Dress and Technical Rehearsal (Studios) 14:30 - 16:00 – U14 & U15 Football v St Edmund’s School (Home) 19:00 - 20:00 – Year 7 to 13 Malawi Summer 2023 Trip Launch Wednesday, 24 November 14:00 - 16:10 – U16 Netball v Salesian College (Away) 14:30 - 16:00 – U18 Netball v Salesian College (Home) 14:30 - 17:00 – U18 Football v Lord Wandsworth School (Away) 15:45 - 16:45 – U10 & U11 Football v Sherfield School (Home) 15:45 - 16:45 – U10 & U11 Netball v Sherfield School (Home) CANCELLED 17:00 – 18:15 – Year 11 GCSE Drama Performance (Studios) Thursday, 25 November 14:30 - 16:00 – U12 & U3 Football v More House School (Home) 15:45 - 17:00 – U12 & U13 Netball v All Hallows (Home) Friday, 26 November Internal and External Year 11 Scholarship Sixth Form Exams and Interviews Sixth Form Charity Committee Parent Event TBC 12:30 - 15:00 – Year 6 to 9 Cross Country Fixture at St Edmund's School 15:15 - 16:10 – Year 9 to 11 Spanish Theatre Workshop (Aldridge Theatre) 19:00 – 21:00 – Year 11 to 13 The Orchid Project Art Sale and Fundraising Evening (Main House) ADDITION

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