Priory Press, Issue 64, July 2022 : simplebooklet.com

Dear parents and carersIt is incredible to think that we are at the end of another school year with so much going on within our school community. Looking through this edition of the Priory Press, we are all reminded of the hard work, commitment and dedication we all have to ensure our students ﬂourish. Our school show, “Addams Family”, was a huge success and I couldn’t have been any prouder of the staff, students and volunteers that were involved in the performance. This is just one of the many examples of great community work within our school. I hope you enjoy looking through this edition and reﬂecting on the amazing things your children have been doing. Over the past four weeks we have been providing tours for prospective Year 5 students and their parents, carers. We showed over 460 people just why we are so proud of our students, staff and school. We have also held Year 5 taster sessions for many of our primary schools, where many children were able to experience some of the amazing facilities we have to offer. I am also pleased to announce that our new “Wellbeing and Inclusion” hub is well under way, due to the kind donations and volunteers from Unum. The hub will be ready to open at the start of September. This will be such a fantastic resource for all our students and staff. Finally, I can’t help but reﬂect on how brilliant it has been to complete a full year of schooling, uninterrupted by National COVID lockdowns. Whilst the year has still contained many challenges, not least the most recent hot weather, we have been able to return to face to face on site quality provision. Together we have continued to learn and grow together in character, knowledge and wisdom. As we now reach the end of this year I would like to simply say thank you for all your support and engagement this year. Have a good summer and we look forward to welcoming the students back in September for another successful year.Mrs TrimnellHeadteacherHeadteacher’s Letter

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The last time we had a school production our current year 10 performers were in year 7 for High School Musical!But even with three years between productions the students did a fantastic job and put their heart and soul into the performances. It was great to see students from all year groups participating to such a high standard and it makes me excited to see what we can create in the future.As always, a production like this is a team effort and my greatest thanks goes out to Mr Pohlman for his musical direction and endless patience as we make those essential changes every few days that he then has to rewrite into the score.Mrs Harrison has been my saviour for many years now and her ability to solve every problem I throw at her using 'Priory Magic' has gotten us out of many a predicament. She then runs the backstage crew like a military operation.A massive thank you to Mrs Brundish, Mrs Flanders and Mrs Lawson. When I tentatively approached them about the set I thought I might have been laughed out of the room, but what they have been able to create on stage exceeded my expectations.An enormous thank you to Mrs Hastings-Holland who choreographed the show professionally. She was able to create exactly what was required in half the time we needed. And of course thank you to all the members of staff who helped; organised costumes, covered lessons, donated props, sold tickets, put up with our disruption and the 'FOTP' for organising everything on the night.It was so good to see the audiences in again and I look forward to seeing you again next year.Mr SherringamSchool Producution returns after three yearsThe Addams Family4Costumes by TRIPLE C COSTUME HIRE www.tripleccostumehire.com

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The Greenpower teams in Year 7 and 8 raced at Goodwood and Lotus with great success.The Greenpower teams have had a busy term; we have participated in two race days at Goodwood in May and Lotus in June. We have two more races in September ahead of the season ﬁnal in October. We have also enjoyed a visit from one of our Sponsors: Regis from Broccoli Marketing, it was great to share what we do. After each race, as part of our debrief, students analyse the race data and reﬂect on areas to improve, as well as writing reports for our sponsors and this newsletter.We continue to appreciate support from Broccoli Marketing Dorking, Dorking Service Centre, Leith Acquisitions, ESS, Independent Caterering, and Cogs, and continue to welcome interest from individuals and organisations who would like to join us in this venture. Mrs A BrundishGreenpower8

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The day started early as everyone had to be at school at 5am on a Sunday! The journey was 3 hours long but we all got there in one piece. All of the scrutineering checks were good and we were ready for practice. It all went smoothly and the track was good. The track had two long straights and two hairpins at either end. All of the track was about 2.2 miles long. There were 32 cars in total and 25 kit cars in our class.Race one was off to a good start with Raptor coming in second place in competition with Phantom, Town Close’s car and Hunter coming in 19th place. The competition was close but we managed through it. Racing ﬁrst in Raptor was Danny, Callum and Ruby. Danny had a very good start putting Raptor in ﬁrst but the battery started to run out and we dropped to second. Hunter had Harry, Libby and Callen racing ﬁrst, it all started well but they unfortunately had electrical issues and had to drop out of the race and even though they dropped out they still came 19th.Race two was very good for both teams, both in the top 10. Raptor had Danny race ﬁrst with an amazing start and he gained us the fastest kit car lap of 4 mins 35 seconds. Nathan and Sam carried on the race with our battery power draining quite a bit near the end. We were at ﬁrst place until the very last lap or so and dropped to 3rd. Hunter also had a very good race with Callen, Kara and Casper moving themselves up the ranks to 5th place. All of Hunter did very well and just kept on going, their fastest lap was 5 min 3 seconds, which is amazing.The day ended very well with Raptor earning a 3rd place trophy and everyone getting medals. The drive home was long and we arrived back at school at 9:15pm all very tired. In the end it was a very long but successful day.Lotus, Sunday 19th June 20229

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The Maths ChallengeThis term, almost 70 of the best and most able Mathematicians from Years 7 and 8 were awarded their certiﬁcates for 'doing the Maths Challenge'.Earlier in the term, on the 28th April, the young participant students completed the challenge in the hall, under full examination conditions and took part in the Junior Maths Challenge here at The Priory School. The UKMT Maths Challenge is a serious competition with strict national rules in an environment that our GCSE students would recognise. The Maths Challenge is a nationally recognised competition run by the UKMT (The United Kingdom Maths Challenge) from The University of Leeds and sponsored by two technology companies All students who took part in this prestigious competition were awarded a certiﬁcate of participation during their year group assemblies while the most successful students were awarded a bronze, silver or a gold certiﬁcate.The Maths department are very proud of these students and we hope that their participation will encourage them to do the challenge again next year as well as to develop their interest in solving some more clever problems.Congratulations and well done to all those who took part.Mr McLarenName AwardDaniel Head Gold - Best in SchoolConnor Reynolds Gold - Best in SchoolSamuel Naing GoldEdward Scott GoldTilly Barnes SilverKieran Brennand SilverJamie Haynes SilverEmma Johnson SilverJacob Lock SilverCasper Martisauskas SilverAlexander Merton SilverFinley Abbott BronzeHugo Bleach BronzeGeorge Hart BronzeBetsy James BronzeEsme Jarman BronzeRijil Kuriakose BronzeEwan MacLeod BronzeTaylor Pentney BronzeReece Pople BronzeMia Stewart-Smith BronzeFleur Whitehead BronzeHarry Wisbey Bronze15

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We have had a fabulous term in the Dance Department. It always feels like it will be hard to follow our amazing Gym and Dance Show and there is a slight lull after the February Half Term! The Gym and Dance show this year was particularly lovely as we hadn’t been able to do one since Covid. You will have all seen our fantastic Priory Press article on this in our last issue.In May we staged our 15th annual BTEC Dance Showcase “Showtime”. Every year this show gets better and better and the students achieve more and more and this year is no exception!The students were all fantastic and the Year 11s created some excellent pieces for their theme “Better Together”. The theme was really apt this year as we are all most deﬁnitely “Better Together”. We had an audience of over 200 in the Harlequin Theatre Redhill. It is lovely for our students to experience a performance in a professional venue and we all thank you very much for supporting us.We have also been busy this term choreographing for the school production “The Addams Family”.All things Dance!16

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So much is happening and it is so exciting!We had a fabulous time welcoming Year 5 Primary students from all around the area to our Priory taster sessions over June and July.The Amareece School of Dance (run by Mrs Hastings-Holland) has opened a Dorking branch in The Priory School Dance studio and street dance classes for all ages are run on a Monday evening. Priory students have joined the dance school and now have even more performance opportunities. Dance club is run on Friday lunchtimes and students have the opportunity to take IDTA Street Dance and Freestyle exams Bronze, Silver and Gold during their time at the Priory through The Amareece and can be entered by Mrs Hastings-Holland to achieve these.Our current Year 11s are the ﬁrst set of students to have completed all 3 in both solo and duet exams. They took their last exam in April this year completing their set. So very proud of them all!We are looking forward to September and all the new things we can experience together as a school and “All things Dance”!Mrs Hastings-Holland17

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Year 9s get to stretch their brains!Our Year 9 High Prior Attainers enjoyed a day of critical thinking, problem solving and considering their study habitsOn June 9th, 10 students from Year 9 went to Reigate College where we met with a few other schools. It taught us many different skills to use in the future and feedback on when doing schoolwork.There were 4 different sessions throughout the day. Beforehand, everyone did a general knowledge test with a partner to start off the day. After this, we split off into groups of 20 people (2 schools).In the ﬁrst session, we were each given a sheet of paper with a debate question on. In either partners or on your own, you were given time to think of a reason for and a reason against the statement ensuring you gave your overall opinion. After this time, each group reported back to the class. This taught us not only more about quick thinking during debates but also to think of corresponding opinions and a counter argument.During the second session, we had a sheet of paper with many different words on. For example: surroundings, time, anger, opinion. We were then asked to circle the most important and least important things needed when working. This gave us a new understanding as to how each little thing is important while studying and each little thing can help the outcome. One of the other students thought ‘We will take things away from this session that will help us in the future with our schoolwork and revision.’In the third session, there was a sheet of mini quizzes reﬂecting on your work habits. After answering the questions, it gave us a better idea of what we need to improve on. We were given things to do to help us when trying to improve on these things. I found this helpful as it eliminates a lot of what keeps us from doing our work. It was also very motivational due to all of the new ideas it gave you.The fourth session was mainly based on teamwork and working under pressure. We split into 4 groups and attempted to create the tallest tower possible using string, paper and tape. I liked how practical it was and how the time limit made you really work with the team you were in and show how you would do under pressure in teams. It not only put across leadership but also gave different roles to each person. For example, one person for tape and one for string etc. Another student said ‘By the end, I was much closer with the others in my team and we had a lot of fun. It was a fun end to the day.’After being supplied lunch, we went back to Priory. Overall, I think the day was very interactive and taught us a lot. It also felt very welcoming and all of the teachers were very understanding and helpful. It was a very fun opportunity and everyone enjoyed it a lot.Elizabeth Sparks Year 918

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Crowning GloryDuring the Queen’s 70th year reign her husband, The Duke of Edinburgh, created The DofE Award.The Award develops and empowers young people through a series of challenges that brings anawareness of passions, talents, values, resilience and fun. Responding to the community is the coreof the award scheme. Year 10 Priory DofE students responded to this call by attending a PlatinumJubilee Workshop at Charlwood Village Primary School on Friday May 27 th . Our students, TillyBanton, Holly Abbott, Masie Tyrrell and Emma Roberts heartily threw themselves into helping the primary school children make crowns and learn about the forthcoming Platinum Jubilee celebration.The afternoon was great fun and all students went home with a crown to wear over the jubileecelebrations. Our Priory students were a credit to our school and this was commented on by theCharlwood school staff and volunteers. I am very proud of them and wish them well with the rest oftheir silver DofE award.Mrs HallSilver DofE students attend Charlwood Primary SchoolWinners of our Christmas Rae visit LegolandWe took advantage of the inset day to use our VIP tickets that we won in the Christmas Rafﬂe. Our friend’s Mia & Will came with us. We had lots of fun on the different rides. We particularly enjoyed the Pirates Fall Treasure ride as we all got soaking wet. We soon dried out as the weather was lovely and sunny. Callum & Kieran, Year 819

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Yr10 get a glimpse of the future on their Post16 colleges taster daysOnce again this term our Year 10 students have had the opportunity to visit our Post 16 partner colleges to try out some of the subjects and courses they may wish to study after their GCSEs. In October of this year they Year 10s will be applying for their Post16 colleges, courses and apprenticeships so it is incredibly important that they have time to visit and explore the huge variety of options that East Surrey and Reigate College can offer.At the East Surrey College day, students could sign up for tasters in Travel and Aviation, Film Making, Photography, Business, Accountancy, Public Services, Engineering, Carpentry, Motor Vehicle, Hair and Beauty and many, many more.“Motor Vehicle was amazing. We had a race to see which team could change the wheels over on a car the quickest and our team won!”Year 10 students explore their futureStudents opting for the Public Services taster had to practise the phonetic alphabet before attending a mock crime scene for a forensic investigation. In Film, the students were let loose around the campus to create their own short ﬁlm which was then shared with them. Art students had the option to look at ﬁne art drawing or 3D design and many took work home to add to their GCSE portfolio. “In Engineering we were using design software that we use for GCSE DT at The Priory so we were way ahead of the other students.”Following this, the students have had a chance to visit Reigate College. Reigate College is more focused on academic subjects so many of the courses are familiar to our students such as Maths, English, the Humanities and Physical Education. In addition subjects like Criminology, Psychology, Photography and Business Studies also proved popular.Representatives from both colleges will be back in the Autumn to help students with the application process. Students and families can also sign up to the college open evenings, dates and booking for which can be ﬁnd on the college websites.Mr Harrison20

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Making bird feeders out of recycled bottlesThis year Year 8 made bird feeders out of old plastic bottles. Our Eco group conducted research that in 1 week they saw 1000 plastic bottles around the school. That’s roughly 2 per person. We tried to repurpose some of these bottles and give them another life to prevent them from going to landﬁll. The Geography department facilitated this with Year 8 tutor groups during lessons. Thank you Mr White and Mr Harrington! In tutor time the Year 8 team went through the life cycle of a plastic bottle. Plastic bottles will often take 400 years to decompose. Whilst Year 8 had some speciﬁc activities to do, the rest of the school had an assembly that introduced them to some key quotes from ecological thinkers and innovative ecological businesses. Next year we’ll be really focusing on encouraging everyone to use reusable bottles rather than buying single use plastic from the shops.Miss BaileyMen in Sheds dig deep Community action project gets students to paint and make planters for the Jubilee celebrations in DorkingPriory was approached by Dorkings Mens Shed to collaborate on some planters for the town center. The pieces were cut by the Mens shed, delivered to school where a small team painted and assembled the planters to return to the community to plant up and install. We negotiated to have a third planter to be kept here at school which was planted by Mrs Weeden. This has made a lovely addition to the school entrance.Mrs BrundishAt the start of July, Priory students were once again given the opportunity to head to the West End. 60 students and 5 staff made their way to London to enjoy a performance of the highly aclaimed musical Wicked. It was a great evening with a wonderful cast receiving a thunderous standing ovation at the end. Let Mr Pohlman know if you have a favourite musical you would like us to organise a trip for.Priory students enjoy another "Wicked" theatre trip!21

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Dear Year 11,It does not seem 5 years ago that we were welcoming you to the Priory at the end of Year 6. The time has ﬂown by and it has been a real pleasure and privilege to be your Head of Year since the beginning of Year 10.There have been many ups and downs over the last two years but ultimately you have all shown great resilience and perseverance through testing times to get through it. I have been lucky enough to have taught you over the years or seen you succeed in the Duke of Edinburgh expeditions or competing in the House competitions and seen you all grow in conﬁdence and maturity. You have been a real credit to the school and despite adversity, challenges and setbacks you have all picked yourselves up, brushed yourselves down and continued to strive forward, becoming a cohort of well rounded young adults ready to ﬁnd new challenges in life with renewed guile and determination.School life is easy for some but much harder for others. Whatever you feel about school you should feel pride in yourself and look back with joy and fondness with (mostly) great memories.All of you, in some way or another have embraced the four virtues of the school; community, dignity, wisdom and hope at some time. The lockdowns experienced and the continued Covid restrictions have only increased the community and cohesion across the year group, ensuring the friends that have been made through the last few years will be the friendships for life.I have seen plenty of tears, barrel loads of laughing and plenty of disagreements (...and that’s just in the staffroom) over the years and this has brought about a sense of unity and camaraderie in this year group. You have proved that with hard work and determination you can go on to achieve great things. I wish you all the very best in whatever path you choose to go down and wish you a fulﬁlling and happy life.My last comment relates to my very ﬁrst tutor group all those many years ago. On the last day and at the end of the Year 11 assembly one of the students turned to me and asked “what do we do now?” I looked at the student and said ……”Anything you want!” Go into the world, held high, as good citizens and ambassadors for the Priory. All the best and good luckMr JoyEx Priory studentFarewell to our Year 11sHead of Year 11 - Mr Joy22

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My time at The Priory has been ﬁlled with so many happy memories that will stay with me for the rest of my life. I hope all of year 11 feels the same way. I can still remember my ﬁrst day at Priory, my bag bigger than me, thinking that this school was huge and full of scary people. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Everyone welcomes and helps you out until the last minute when you leave the school at the end of year 11.Over the past ﬁve years, even with the two year Covid disruption, there have been many high points like the trip to Germany and the Olympic park, burning crisps with bunsen burners in science, face painting in geography lessons and our year 11 prom. Collectively these moments and many more in our time at the Priory have helped us become closer as a year group. Also being involved in sports teams, for many of us, has helped improve skills like teamwork, communication and competitiveness to carry into our lives. At Priory there are many yearly traditions like RAG week, sports day and many house competitions (come on Westminster!). Not forgetting the long sponsored walks done at speed with marmite sandwiches to avoid missing the doughnuts and to start half term early (!). The amazing productions and shows put on by the dancers, gymnasts and actors are all a part of Priory life and will hopefully remain for years to come.On behalf of all year 11 I would like to thank all the teachers and staff for all they do for the students at The Priory, especially over the past couple of years when remote learning stopped normal school life. Without their support many of us would not have been able to feel as conﬁdent going into our exams this summer and beyond. Anna Lewis, Year 11 student23

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PromI would like to start off with a massive thank you to everyone who took part and helped within the organisation for prom!When going to prom I didn’t know what to expect, however knowing that it was being held at Denbies, I had high hopes. We were incredibly lucky to have such a beautiful venue with exceptional hosting which included a three course meal, 2 photo booths, a DJ and a courtyard with seating. When coming into the venue we were greeted with a cold beverage and were ushered to the courtyard where we had a chance to see and talk to everyone as well as taking lots of photos. Shortly after, we were asked to head to the dining hall where we seated at our designated tables; they were beautifully decorated with white table cloths and name plates to our allocated seats, there were two boards of bread and two sheets of around 10 images of different teachers as babies where each table took part in the quiz. We had a chance to vote for The Prom Royalty, who we thought were best dressed and the winners were awarded with a sash and a crown. From handmade dresses to sparkles and pink suits, everyone was dressed incredibly smart and were done up to the nines.The Winners were Jess Harrington and Owen Gibb.Our three course meal was extremely well prepared and in advance we had the chance to choose from the menu which included Fishcakes, Chicken in a Mushroom Sauce and A lovely Vegetarian Risotto and a mega rich Chocolate Torte One of the best parts of the evening was witnessing people’s arrivals, this varied from Tandem bikes to Ferraris, Mobility scooters as well a horse and cart and an American School bus. Overall it was an incredible experience with a great way to share our ﬁnal goodbyes. Again a huge thank you to Denbies for hosting us , the teachers who planned this experience and any others who helped the organisation, it was unforgettable. Phoebe Bernal Y1124

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This term we have had the pleasure of welcoming 225 Year 5 students to come in for a morning or an afternoon to experience some taster sessions. St Johns, St Pauls, St Martins, The Weald and Powell Corderoy were amongst the schools that attended. The students were able to experience our excellent school facilities. They were given excellent sessions in Dance, Science, Music, Drama, PE (Trampolining, Badminton and Football), Food Technology, DT.It was a pleasure to hear so many of the staff from each primary school commenting on how engaged and enthusiastic their students were.“Thank you for a lovely day, the sessions were fantastic”“We had a great day, thank you for all your hard work”“The children enjoyed every session - thank you so much.Mrs Hastings-HollandPrimary School Taster Sessions28

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Duke of Edinburgh's Award successes this summerPriory students have been busy working to complete their awards this summer. Here are some of the highlights. Bronze AwardOver the Autumn and Spring terms students have been working on their volunteering, physical and skill sections. Students made some really interesting choices and all have learnt so much from taking part in these new opportunities. The aim is to have all assessors reports for these sections uploaded before the expedition season starts in the summer term. Expeditions this year ran very smoothly and were well supported by an excellent volunteer team of adults. The practice took place on the South Downs in May, when it was a bit chilly. The journey started at the Devils Dyke, staying overnight at Streamside campsite near Lancing. Day 2 took the students past Chanctonbury Ring and ﬁnishing in Washington, West Sussex.Silver AwardWe have just returned from a successful expedition in the Peak District. You might have seen the assembly video made by Ms Taylor and presented by Y10 students. The theme was based around acts of kindness and the expedition gave lots to reﬂect on this topic. (Watch here.) We were again, very grateful for the support of a great volunteer adult team. The Students have not quite ﬁnished their Silver award, their expedition presentation needs ﬁnishing and a few students have some assessors reports to get uploaded. The portal for assessors is www.dofe.org/assessor and they will need the students eDofE ID number.Ms Tanton30

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DofE Students Raise £2,300 for Poppy’s PathTwo students raised funds for Poppy’s Path for their Bronze DofE. Below is the report fromone of their assessors and some pictures of the fundraising activities.The student has been committed from day one and continued her commitment throughout. The target was to raise £200 for ‘Poppy’s Path’ and the girls totally smashed this by raising over £2300 in the 4 months.She was so determined to keep going in all her tasks and really focusing on Poppy. The moremoney the girls raised the more determined they became to raise even more. Being focused and pushing through pain and discomfort in the sponsored walks she was incredible. Running a car boot sale, pricing and setting up the stall took great organisation.She learnt new baking skills, planning and costs involved and how to make proﬁt. She learnt someselling techniques at the bake sales and car boot sale and how to interact with a wide range ofpeople. At least an hour every week and many full weekends spent walking or baking and selling.A snapshot of some of the other amazing volunteering reports that have been submitted this year:After many weeks of supporting this team football team, his assessor summarized with ‘He was a positive role model for the players from the side-line and his presence helped the manager of the under 12s by giving team talks which helped them win their last 2 matches to secure the leaguetitle’.‘He is an asset to our charity, the children adore his input and we hope he stays a long time! Activitiesinclude assisting at our charity by delivering fun activities to vulnerable young children who areyoung carers aged 7-11 years. He approaches his role with energy and enthusiasm, delighting thechildren with his fun ideas.’31

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Name Last name Volunteering Physical SkillsGeorge Alexander Litter Picking Mountain biking Learning a languageRonnie Barker Litter Picking Football GuitarEden Beggs Litter Picking Walking Playing an InstrumentEliza Bennett Litter Picking WalkingDisability awareness courseSophie Bibby Litter PickingSnow sports (Skiing, Snowboarding, Snowkiting)Computing and programmingGeorgina Bibby Litter pickingSnow sports (Skiing, Snowboarding, Snowkiting)CodingDaniel Blair Charity Shop JudoComputing and roboticsScott Booth Litter Picking Football First AidAmy Brett Fundraising Exercise bike Learning spanishKeeley Christmas-Baxell Helping the disabled Run 5k CookingLily Davies Delivering Parish magazines Learn how to kayak Up-cyclingAnnabel Dowling Helping at Beavers Swimming Creative WritingRomilly Fountain Litter Picking Dance Disability awarnessOliver FranksSorting donations, serving customers, using the till, tidying storage and helping the young adults who work in the charity shopMountain Biking CookingJosh FranksSorting donations, serving customers, using the till, tidying storage and helping the young adults who work in the charity shopMountain Biking CookingAxton Gladysz Supporting lunchtime badminton clubs Playing Rugby CookingShay Glover Coaching Under 7 football team Football Disabling barriersSusie Goodman Litter Picking Dance DrawingPhilippa GreenRaising awareness about speeding limits and helping my communityWalking, running, cyclingCookingLucy Harford Volunteering at a Nursery School Walking Playing an InstrumentBen Harrington Litterpicking and Terracycle Sorting Football CookingEwan Harris Lunch time badminton club support Football PhotographyJames Hart Missing maps Golf Money ManagementFlorence Johnson Counting penguins/eggs Contempory dance CookingNoah Kempshall Lunch time badminton club support Badminton Playing an InstrumentDaniella Kent Litter Picking Walking ReadingFrankie Manton Helping football team mountin biking Cooking/bakingLuca Mazewski Lunch time badminton club supportWeightlifting and gym workDrawingCompleted AwardsCongratulations to the following students for completing their Awards.Bronze32

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Name Last name Volunteering Physical SkillsBrooke Millett Fundraising Peleton Learning FrenchVaughan Newman Young carers Kickboxing CookingJoseph Perrin Football coachDorking wanderers football club u14Cooking/BakingFelix Perry Scout Association Indoor climbing Playing an InstrumentEmilia Petervari Litter Picking Swimming ComputingGerta Pirani Manco Fundraising Tennis Playing an InstrumentJack Powell Lunch time badminton club support Club Football team Cooking/BakingFinlay Reed Litter picking Cycling CookingMegan Russell Sports Leadership Keep fit CookingConnor Smith Lunch time badminton club support Squash Sign LanguageElizabeth Sparks Litter Picking Couch to 5K Disability courseChristos Thoukydides Helping my disabled person Running cookingAbbie Venn Help the local community by baking goods TrampoliningDog training and handlingHemrosh Vinothan Neighbourhood watch Swimming Disabling barriersFinn Wooding Litter Picking Football CookingRhys Worsfold Cooking meals for a family Gym sessions Keyboard and singingSilverName Last name Volunteering Physical SkillsHolly AbbottHelping with projects in the LRC, including the Christmas charity shoe boxesTo hike every weekendArtMaxwell Bailey Young leader for scouts/cubs Mountain bikingAgriculture (Keeping livestock)Mathilda BantonHelping with projects in the LRC, including the Christmas charity shoe boxesNetballHorses - handling and careKeeley Christmas-Baxell Helping children DanceHorses - handling and careJoseph Collins Dog walking for the Cinnamon Trust Football PhotographyAlfie Duerden ZSL - Instant Wild WalkingLearning Adobe Premiere ProPhilippa Green Front of house at Gatwick Aviation Museum Walking CrochetingJoshua Harris Swimmers Navigater Football Nature PhotographyElise Hollis Coaching and teaching my mum to runCross country runningSingingGeorge Johnson Litter picking Brazilian Jiu-jitsu CookingBenjamin Long General Support at a family centre Cricket CodingAshleigh Matcham Litter picking Walking Pet careDaniel Newman My time Dorking Persanal trainer NHS cadet coursseVaughan Newman Young carer helper Personal trainer NHS courseMolly Palmer Litter Picking Walking Knitting33

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Name Last name Volunteering Physical SkillsLaura Pusey Rainbows Netball & RoundersPlaying an InstrumentFinlay Reed Litter picking Football CookingEmma Roberts Helping out in library/charity Tennis CrochetingLeona Robertshaw Charity Administration Walking my dog Cooking foodMegan Russell Helping out at football training Netball Cooking/BakingJamie Sharpe Charity Shop TennisLearn about pet care within the RSPCAJack Street Outdoor Leadership Walking PhotographyMegan Sumner Working in an After School Club lane swimming CookingMaisie TyrrellHelping with projects in the LRC, including the Christmas charity shoe boxesLyrical and Street Dance lessons each weekBakingScarlet West Helping at an animal shelter Table tennisCooking a range of foods, sweet and savourySebastian Whitehead Scout Association TennisPlaying an InstrumentGoldName Last name Volunteering Physical SkillsCamilla Banton Mentoring / Tutoring KickboxingDriving - car road skillsThomas Harrington Youth work CyclingBike Maintenance & DIYSilver34

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Year 7 have completed their Five Fridays challenge! From 17th June to the 15th July each Year 7 form was given the opportunity to run a café during P5 on a Friday. The students were quickly introduced to the demands of a working café. Greeting guests, taking their orders and relaying them correctly the prep team in the kitchen. What a steep learning curve! We learnt how to serve scones (not as a sandwich!), make a lovely cup of tea (not too much milk!!) and wash up (don't use a soggy tea towel!) Many thanks to all the staff who were doing Quality Control, to Food Tech who warmed our scones and Steve and the rest of the chaplaincy team for providing much needed backstage support. And many thanks to the parents who came as guests! Well done Year 7! Miss BaileyFive Fridays Pop up community cafe run by Year 7 Forms36

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Zoom across the playgroundYear 7 students took part in the Race to the Line competition.The DT department is proud to report on the return of the Race to the Line competition. Older students and parents may remember this competition from the last few years, which was stopped due to Covid., but back this year.Year 7 students have been working together as teams to create their own model cars. In a few weeks, with their tutors, the students have designed, and manufactured their creations hoping to be the fastest car.The Learning Partnership have updated the race rules and materials, this year adopting an eco-friendly Compostablock for the main body and CO2 powered launch system.Students came out of tutor time and lessons on Monday 11th July to watch the race. We were joined by Mrs S Jones for the CAA who have sponsored the purchasing of the car kits. Some cars were more successful than others, the occasional car lost a wheel as it sped along the guide wire, and some veered off course and hit the timing gate, but all cars were launched. Times were recorded by Mr Sherringham and Mr Lambert using a micro bit timing gate. Mr Hadler also judged the design work and build of the teams prior to the race, and house points were awarded to the following:Design work: Team 19: Reuben, Henco, Jacob and BenTeam 37: Micheal, Evie Rose, Isabelle and HarryTeam 19: Esmay, Logan, Summer and AliceMaking:Team 6: Fleur, Lilli,and MatildaTeam 35:Ashley, Lara, Isla and, CharlieTeam 22: Dylan, Oscar, Charlie and AlﬁeSpeed of car:Team 36: James and MarcusTeam 19: Reuben, Henco, Jacob and BenTeam 8: HarveyMrs Brundish37

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SportsIt was a very hot day on Thursday 12th May when the PE department took a team of Year 10 students to compete at District Athletics. All the students who attended and competed represented the school proudly and all students tried their best in what proved to be very challenging conditions.Congratulations go to the following students who all ﬁnished in the top 8 of their events.Age group Event Name of student Distance/Time PositionU17 Girls 800m Elise Hollis 2:43.5 minutes 4thU17 Girls 1500m Elise Hollis 5:46.5 minutes 4thU17 Girls Long Jump Evie Turner 3.97 metres 7thU17 Girls High Jump Jessica Harrington 1.30 metres 8thU17 Boys 100m Ronnie Barker 12.9 seconds 7thU17 Boys 200m Ronnie Barker 25.7 seconds 4thU17 Boys 1500m Thomas Harper 5:01.1 minutes 8thU17 Boys Long Jump Archie Clipperton 4.95 metres 4thwU17 Boys Discus Ronnie Barker 19.02 metres 5thParticular mentions to Ronnie Barker who had to qualify through challenging heat’s to make the ﬁnal for both the 100m and 200m ﬁnals; and Elise Hollis who ﬁnished 2nd in her 800m heat to qualify for the 800m ﬁnal.District athleticsCricket - Priory is unbeaten for the seasonThe U15 cricket team started their season off with a local derby against Ashcombe on Tuesday 24th June. Due to predicted rain we decided to move the game to indoors, which after 5 minutes of play we could hear the rain pelting down on the dome with crashes of thunder! Correct decision to play inside. Captain Zach De Vlieg won the toss and opted to bowl ﬁrst. A very good innings from priory limited Ashcombe to 70 runs off of 12 overs. Setting priory a target of 71 off of 72 balls. In a game environment where singles were difﬁcult to come by this game was going to go to the last over.Priory started their bowling innings with solid bowling from both Ben Long and Max Bailey limiting the visitors to 9 runs from the 1st two overs. The ﬁrst wicket of the match was taken by Seb Whitehead bowling out their opener breaking the Ashcombe opening partnership at 13 runs. Ashcombe then remained stubborn in bat through the next 4 overs taking their total runs tally to 50 through 7 overs. Upsteps Seb for his ﬁnal over of the game taking another wicket that was caught in the ﬁeld. This was the turning point for Priory after a few bad judgement calls from Ashcombe in the next over resulted in Zach De Vlieg taking a three wicket maiden over (all batsman run out). The back end of the Aschombe batmsman where only able to pick up a further 9 runs from the ﬁnal 3 overs setting Priory a target of 71 to win.Priory’s opening batsman Zach and Josh started slowly picking up much needed runs against two lightning quick bowlers scoring 8 runs from the ﬁrst 2 overs being just short of the 1 run per ball required to win. Zach eventually was bowled in what was an expensive over for Aschombe conceeding 10 runs in the 4th over. Josh franks was eventually bowled out after scoring 10 runs giving Priory a solid opening batsman scoring of 27. It was down to the middle batsman to try and chase down the remaining 44 runs required to win. In a very close match it came down to the ﬁnal over. Priory needed 4 runs from the ﬁnal over to win. In bat was Jimmy Dawes who hit a thundering 6 to win the match in a Hollywood fashion. 38

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After checking the scores it was clear how close this match was. Both sets of batsman scored 48 runs. The decisive factor was the number of extras given by both teams and on this occasion; priory conceeded 3 fewer extras which proved to be the desisive factor in deciding this cricket match. Team: Z. De Vlieg (c), R. Attritdge, T. Harper, R. Pilbeam, J Franks, O. Franks, S. Stephens, F. Wooding, B. Long, S. Whitehead, M. BaileyResult: Priory win by 4 WicketsThe second U15 Cricket match The Priory were keen to continue their run of good form against St Andrews. Priory won the toss and elected to bowl. Captain Zach give the responsibility of opening the bowling to Rory Attridge, who bowled out St Andrews’ opening batsman taking a wicket maiden opening over. Priory were off to a great start. Ben Long supported Rory in the attack and took a wicket for himself with an excellent delivery that was caught by Josh Franks. 4 overs down and St Andrews were 6 for 2. St Andrews found their rythm in the middle overs of the match with the batsman forming a solid partnership until the 7th over where Josh Franks added a wicket to his early catch; two overs later Josh took another wicket with the help of Reuben Pilbeam who made a solid catch to put St Andrews under pressure. 9 overs in to this 16 over match and St Andrews had been limited to 33 for 4. A solid start was replicated in the back end of the bowling order with further wickets taken by Tom Harper (x2). Fin Wooding, Amy Hinton and Zach De Vlieg. An excellent ﬁelding performance all round had St Andrews all out for 48 in 14.1 overs.Priory had a very good opportuntiy to capatilise on the excellent ﬁelding performance and they undoubtedly delivered. Rory and Zach opened the batting and both had to be retired on 22 and 13 respectively combined with extras/no balls priory ﬁnished the 6th over with 48 runs and no outs. In came Tom Harper and Samuel Stephens needing 1 run to win off of 60 balls remaining. This was achieved with the ﬁrst ball of the over giving Priory a remarkable win of 10 wickets. Player of the match was Rory Attridge with bowling ﬁgures of 18 balls bowled, 6 runs, 1 wicket, 1 maiden over, average run rate of 2 per over; and batting ﬁgures of 22 runs off of 14 balls faced. Team: Z. De Vlieg (c), R. Attritdge, F. Wooding, J Franks, A. Hinton, R. Pilbeam, B. Long, S. Whitehead, S. Stephens, T. Harper, M. Bailey.Result: Priory win by 10 wicketsThese two results put Priory unbeaten for the season who now await the winners of the other pool in the NSSSA partnership.39

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RoundersOn Wednesday 29th June The Priory rounders team played an amazing game and won by half a point against Boxhill. Ella King was player of the match because of her kindness and helpfulness by playing for the other team as they were a player down. Grace Tabb and Evie Turner had two amazing rounders with great hits both times which helped us up our points. In our ﬁrst half we were losing by 4 - 4 1/2 points. A lot of us got caught out in the batting, but the team dug deep and we managed to even it out by getting loads of the opposing team out with some great ﬁelding from Amy Hinton, Evie Ward, Evie Bullen and Jemimah Taylor. In the second half we all upped our game a lot and tried to go for the win, with Betsy James as our bowler who was accurate and constant throughout the match. Lily-Kay made two brilliant catches which helped so much, she also got one rounder to help us out even more, Maria Peskett got a great rounder too and risked it to get more points for the team. After all of our hard work I am very proud to say that we won by 10 ½ - 10 points with Grace Tabb being our team captain and encouraging everyone to try their best.Grace TabbOn Wednesday 22nd of June The Priory Hosted the NSSSA year 8 Boys Rounders Tournament. The tournament consisted of a waterfall knockout tournament which resulted in 4 different ﬁnals taking place amongst 7 participating schools. Priory started off exceptionally well in the Cup Quarter ﬁnal beating St Andrews with solid batting from Alex Merton helping the team secure a dominating victory.Unfortunately in the semi ﬁnal of the Cup Priory faces a very resiliant and well drilled Esher Side who’s ﬁelding dominance made it very difﬁcult for the Priory to achieve the rounders required to progress to the ﬁnal.This meant due to the nature of the waterfall knockout Priory would play the loser of the other Cup Semi Final in the shield (3rd place playoff) ﬁnal against Three Rivers Academy. Lust like the game against Esher the Three Rivers Acadmey ﬁelding proved if very difﬁcult for the Priory to achieve the required runs to win the match. Overall a good performance with Priory ﬁnishing 4th out of the 7 competing schools.Full results:1st = Hinchley Wood, 2nd = Esher High, 3rd = Three Rivers Academy, 4th = The Priory School, 5th = St Andrews, 6th = Blenheim, 7th = Ashcombe.40

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The cricket team comprising of both year 7 and year 8 students were looking to have a positive start to the Cricket season with a win over Three Rivers Acacemy. Due to bad weather a last minute change of venue meant Three River made the journey down to the Priory to play an adapted hard ball game in the dome. With the short boundaries, the ruthless batting from Three Rivers batters and the open spaces which would have been occupied by missing ﬁelders set an amazing score of 112 runs in 12 overs. The Priory attack were unable to take any wickets with the two opening batters of TRA needing retirement having scored a combined 51 runs.Despite an exceptionally high target the Priory students were optimistic of achieveing the required runs. Opening batters Luke and Henco made a solid start picking up singles in a very difﬁcult environment to keep the run rate ticking over. Unfortunately a miss communication between the batters meant Luke lost his wicket via a run out. After this the Priory batters were unable to cope with the speed and accuracy of the Three Rivers bowling but still achieveing a very respectable 75 runs from the 12 overs bowled. Well done to Henco who scored 14 runs; not out. The two less players proved to be decisive in this form of Cricket. Match Result Three Rivers Win by 36 runs.The Priory Team: L. Birch, H. Swanepoel, K. Brennand, C. Brennand, N. Bailey, T. Stevens, S. Naing, J. Taylor, M. Deloford.Up next for the U13 Cricket team was St Andrews on Wednesday 13th July. Under the boiling sun Priory won the toss and elected to bat ﬁrst. The Priory batters were slow to get off the mark having scored zero runs off of the ﬁrst over. The second over saw the wicket of co-captain Keiran fall for a golden duck. Co-Captain Luke came in to bat to support Andrew who in total achieved 22 runs; not out. Luke started very slowly before ﬁnding his groove and hitting consecutive 4’s before being bamboozled by the leg spinning bowler trampolining him for LBW. The remainder of the Priory batting put in maximum effort but unfortunately did not achieve the run rate to match the effort and enthusiasm. Jamie made his cricket debut for the school and scored a very healthy 11. Overall Priory ﬁnished their batting innings being bowled out in 13 overs and hitting 72 runs.St Andrews came into bat optimistic of getting the required runs but did not expect to face the speed and accuracy of Luke and Kieran who took two wickets in the ﬁrst 4 overs. But unfortunately, like against Three Rivers there were too many spaces in the ﬁeld for the 7 student team of the Priory to ﬁll which St Andrews took full advantage of. On their way to achieve the required run of 72 they hit 13 4’s and achieved 74 runs in just 7 overs. Unfortuately for The Priory there was too much space to ﬁll. But nonetheless it was a spirited performance with the game played in good jest. The two teams continued to play to promote participation which gave Connor the opportunity to take a wicket in his ﬁrst game for the Priory bowling a medium pace ball that hit the centre of leg stump. Well done to all who played.Match Result – St Andrews win by 8 wickets.Priory Team: L. Birch (c), K. Brennand (c), C. Brennand, C. Deacon, J. Reeves, R. Pople, A. Wyatt.Under 13 Cricket41

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Sports DayIt was hit and miss to whether The Priory would have a Sports Day this year as the original day was scheduled for Tuesday 19th July, which due to the Amber weather warning of extreme heat meant the day had to be postponed to the reserve date of Thursday 21st July.Despite being much cooler it was still a very hot day with adaptations of the day still needed to be implemented which gave the Egg and Spoon obstacle relay its ﬁrst outting at a Priory Sports Day.All student competed with the upmost respect and for the honour of representing their house. Results are as follows:Well done to Daisy Haring (7A2 and Coventry) who broke the Schools year 7 Girls Discus record which has been standing since 1977.Fixtures already booked and competitions entered for next yearWednesday 14th September Yr 9 v Boxhill (Home)Wednesday 28th September Yr 10 v Boxhill (Home)Wednesday 23rd November yr 11 v Ewell Castle (TBC)All Boys football teams have been entered into the Surrey and National (ESFA) Cups, draws and ﬁxtures will be arranged in September.42

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Guildford are maintaining their small lead over Canterbury in second place, but with 2 weeks of term still to go (at the time of writing) and Sports Day as the ﬁnal House Competition, there is all still to play for. Who will be the ﬁnal winners and get to go to the House BBQ at the end of term?These are the current Housepoint totals as of 10th July 2022.House Update July 2022CongratulationsThe students have achieved a huge number of house points this year, in lessons, in extra-curricular activities, sporting events and the various house competitions. The following students received the most house points within their year group (students in green scored highest overall in their house). A massive well done to all of you, you should feel very proud. It is great to see that all the students who achieved this position did so for the ﬁrst time, with the exception of Kieran Brennand, who has now achieved this two years running. Kieran is also (by some considerable margin) the top house point score in the whole school - a fabulous achievement.46

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School Mental Health AwardWe are proud to announce that The Priory School has been awarded ‘Bronze Status’ for its excellent whole school approach to the mental health and wellbeing of its students, staff and wider community.Our students’ mental health and wellbeing are of paramount importance. We have created a safe place where students are not only encouraged to ﬂourish academically but are also supported throughout all of the challenges they might experience.The Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools aims to strengthen pupils’ mental health by supporting schools to make a positive change at all levels of the UK’s education system, improving students’ outcomes and life chances.Schools are assessed against eight key criteria, with inspectors looking for examples of evidence-based approaches that align to the latest professional guidance surrounding mental health.The eight areas are:• Leadership and strategy • Organisational structure and culture – staff• Organisational structure and culture – pupils • Support for staff • Support for pupils • Staff professional development and learning • Working with parents and carers • Working with external servicesSchools must demonstrate that they not only have the proper structures, strategy and support in place to care for the mental health and wellbeing of their own community, but that they are also sharing knowledge, resources and best practice nationally, and internationally, with other school and external agencies.The Priory C of E School Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools School Mental Health Award June 2022 47

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PTA UpdateYour PTA Needs YouDo you like cycling or know someone who does?FOTPS organize several events over the year to raise money to help support our school. We are always looking for new volunteers to join the committee. We are aware that parents of year 7 & 8 pupils may have missed out on an invitation to join us due to Covid restrictions at the time. We would like to invite anyone interested to get in touch. Every little helps.fotps@priorycofe.comDo you like cycling, or know someone who does?FOTPS are organizing a Bike Ride from Dorking to Brighton on Sunday 4th September. We are letting you know now, so you can sign up. This will make sure you have a goal for your ﬁtness, plus don’t lose track of time over the summer holidays as it’s the ﬁrst weekend back to school. It’s a lovely day out, where you meet new friends and it will give you a fantastic sense of achievement.Drop us an email to register or to ﬁnd out more about the ride. fotps@priorycofe.com48

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Second hand Uniform SaleDo you shop online?Save the dateWe would like to appeal for donations of your pre-loved uniform. In doing so, you will help raise funds for the school and keep perfectly lovely clothing from becoming landﬁll. We appreciate your support! You are welcome to drop items off at the school reception.Shop as normal with over 7,000 retailers, just start your shopping journey ﬁrst at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/invite/yb4626/ or get the easyfundraising AppHow it works. Once you make a purchase, easyfundraising retailer partners will make a small donation to our school to say 'thank you'. It doesn't cost you a penny, so get started now!We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who purchased rafﬂe tickets in The Big PTA Summer Rafﬂe.  you're one of thewinners. Friday, 14th October - Line Dancing + Fish & Chips EveningMore details when we come back in September.Have a great SummerThe FOTPS Team49

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Lydia Adams 7A1 Always trying to be her bestBrooke Young 7B1 Great effort with housepointsMaelena Djedovic 7B2 Got onto the leaderboard for housepointsRijil Kariakose 7A1 Quietly positiveCharley Butcher 7A3 Settling into the tutor group well Ben Drulia 7B1 Getting plenty of housepoints, no demerits - well done.Kai Gregg 7B2 Got onto the leaderboard for housepointsFreya Nearn 7A1 Always trying her bestEmma Johnson 7A2 Excellent behaviour and attitudeJacob Lock 7A3 For being positive and cheerful Isabella Stacey 7B1 For helping othersKalver Roberts 7B2 Showing ingenuity and responsibilty Mason Kincey-Hen-drick7A1 Consideration of othersKaitlin Crispin 7A2Tuniz Hayrettin 7A3 Excellent behaviour and attitudeEdward Scott 7B1 Excellent behaviour and attitudeElla Korbel 7B2 Excellent attitude Matilda MIddleton 7A1 Always positiveKokubas Blazevicius. 7A2Ben Sanders-Broad 7A3 Lots of housepoints and thinking of others Joe Mahboobani 7B1 Excellent attitude Summer-Rae 7B2 Increasing housepoint %George Hart 7A1 Willingness to participateEloise McLear 7A3 Resilience Chloe Foy 7B1 Improvement in behavourAshley Atﬁeld 7B2 Dedication to readingMason Kincey-Hen-drick7A1 Above and beyond on 5 FridaysNoah Miller 7A3 Unsung heroRuby Aylward 7B1 Consistently shows the highest standards of behaviourSummer Tierney 7B2 Outstanding work in English Hayley Sexton 7A1 Always tries her bestSummer Abel-Pett-man7B1 Really good work in lots of subjects this weekSummer Tierney 7B2 Improvement in behaviour Neveah Smith 7A1 Quietly constructiveDillon Hubbard 7A3 ResilienceRuby Aylward 7B1 For showing kindness to othersEvie-Rose Bullen 7B2 Modelling outstanding behaviour on the Geography tripStars of the Week & YearYear 750

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Aston Tabb 7A1 A real team playerToby Nicholls 7A2Evie Ward 7A3 Positive person, helping others and lots of housepoints Seb Ireland 7B1 Always 100% reliable and trustworthyJames Copus 7B2 Shows great resilience Tommy Deluce 7A3 For settling in wellMadison Barrett For working hard in all lessonsPhoebe Muckle 8A2 Contribution to the tutor groupHarry Stanley 8B1Katie Coppard 8B2 Hard work in HumanitiesLily Tate 8A1 For great work in history and PEDarcey Foster 8A2 Contribution to the tutor groupEwan McLeod 8B1 Being helpful in tutor timeConnor Deacon 8B2 For being reﬂective and making positive decisionsAlﬁe Bates 8A1 For improvements in behaviourBethan Watkins 8A2 Being a super school council representativeRuby Gollicker and Mia Stewart-Smith8B1 Helping to transform the LRC in their free timePeter London 8B2 Striving to succeed in HumanitiesXander Sellings 8A1 For excellent work in history this weekSarah Alexander 8A2 Being a super school council representativeAva-Mae Baines 8B1 9 house points - a fantastic week!Max Bates 8B2 Up three reading ages!Will Haines 8A1 For a really positive weekNathan Cullinan 8A2 For quietly working well and being helpful and courteousCharlotte Palmer 7A1 Contribution and commitmentCasper Martisauskas 7A2 Getting involved in school lifeHenco Swanepoel 7A3 Commitment and attitudeEsme Jarman 7B1 Commitment and general positivityTilly Barnes 7B2 All round super starElena Scanlon HoY Commitment and contributionCharlie Mcginnis-Ralph HoY Resilience and positivityYear 8Stars of the Year Y751

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Holly Kempster 8A1 Exceptional effort and attitude to learning in all subjects.Daniel Head 8A2 Exceptional effort and contribution to the life of the schoolDanny Minarcik 8B1 Yet another outstanding year - zero demerits, over 200 house points.Connor Deacon 8B2 Exceptional personal developmentDouglas Bates HoY Outstanding effort in all his subjectsRuby Golliker HoY Quietly getting on with business to a high standardStars of the Year Y8Year 9Rebecca Flatt 9A1 Increase in house pointsAbbie Venn 9A2 Is working really hard and successfully in Maths.Vihaan Shah 9B1 Most number of HPs in the tutor group last week.Jamie De Vlieg 9B2 Maintaining high standards across all areasMia Petervari 9A1 Always trying hard and gaining a large amount of house points every weekChloe Smith 9A2 Highest number of house points and for showing great improvement in mathsGrace Tabb 9B1 Good start to Priory Life- over 6hp for 2 weekRomilly Fountain 9B2 Maintaining high standards across all areasDaniel Williams 9A1 Good start to the priory- house point every dayLouize Crawford 9A2 Being an example to othersJake Waller 9B1 Consistent high HP (3 weeks)Eliza Bennett 9B2 Most house points last week in the tutor group, always helping othersEmily Buttle 9A1 Always being friendly to others and trying hard in every aspect of school lifeAma Thalagala 9A2 Her outstanding mindset and determination towards her educationJessica Buttle 9B1 Signiﬁcant increase in HP this week (increase from 5 to 10 HP)Harrison Clements 9B2 Maintaining a positive attitude in lessonsWill Ashton-Rees 8B1 For improvements in behaviourSam Winstone 8B2 Increased positivityTom Stevens 8A1 Working well under the radarAnnabel Wigntman 8A2 Excellent progress and hard work in lessonsMia McGinnis Ralph 8B1 Positive attitude, and 12 house points in a week!Meghan Murphy 8B2 Excellent start to your new journey at the Priory52

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Year 10Mia Oliver 10A1 3 Housepoints and100% attendanceOlivia Chart 10A2 Excellent improvement in attitude and effort!Bella Baker 10A3 Excellent executive skills and for all her help with the showMaisie Smith , Jess Thomas, Leona Rob-ertshaw10B1 Fantastic performance in the dance show!Ella King 10B2 For her in depth and insightful work in Sociology class last weekKayla Gregg 10A1 4 Housepoints and 100% attendanceMille Shepherd 10A2 A consistently positive attitude to school and tutor timeJosh Wise 10A3 6 House points and an improved attitude to learningArchie Clipperton 10B1 For his efforts and achievements at District Sports last weekEleanor Swain 10B2 For most housepoints achieved last weekHarry Brett 10A1 100% attendanceJames Dawes 10A2 For showing great improvement and having a consistently positive week in lessonsImogen Hunter-Lee 10A3 For house points and great attitude to learningEmily Brown 10B1 For consistent effortLiudvik Drulia 10B2Jamie Sharpe 10A1 100% attendance and 7 HousepointsOliver Weller 10A2 An excellent week with good attendance and housepointsEmma Roberts 10A3 For being awesomeMillie Deloford 10B1 Consistent hard work across all subjectsIsaac Coram 10B2 A huge increase in house points and for continued hard work in all of his subjectsRosie Woodvine 10A1 100% attendance 5 HousepointsAnna Barﬁeld 10A2 A great week and alway works extreley wellBen Stevens 10A3 6 Housepoints and an excellent attitude towards his studiesElliot Campbell Bur-chett 10B1 Effort in Science and improvements in a number of subjectsEden Muckle 10B2 For a huge increase in housepoints and always being delightful in tutor timeRocco Stratford 10A1 100% attendance and 4 housepointsJemima Dixon 10A2 For a really positive weekBenji Clarke 10A3 For 3 Housepoints, no demerits and demonstrating resilienceJosh Ralph 10B1 Achieving a merit in his Speaking and Listening examEleanor Swain 10B2 For hard work and dedication across all of her GCSE subjectsSeb Whitehead 10A1 4 Housepoints and 100% attendanceAnna Barﬁeld 10A2 For being an amazing, hardworking student and lovely personBella Baker 10A3 7 Housepoints and gaining a place on fantasy wings Rory Attridge, Tobe Atuanya, HarveyMaxwell, Samuel Stephens 10B1 For warmly welcoming and looking after a new student to the form53

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Soﬁa Schifano 10B2 For reﬂecting the school values of community and kindness by support-ing new students entering our schoolGracie Willis 10A1 7 Housepoints and 100% attendance.Oliver Weller 10A2 For having an outstanding week with double ﬁgure housepoints!Luna Fer-nandes-White10A3 For 6 house points and demonstrating a mature attitude to her studiesTobé Atuanya 10B1 For increased House pointsRobyn Wooding and Ella King10B2 For making such a huge effort settling Dunja into 10B2 and the PrioryAnnabelle Hitchcock 10A1 4 Housepoints and 100% attendanceRuby Moore-Dominguez10A2 For having a faultless week!Reuben Pilbeam 10A3 5 Housepoints and 100%attendance again!Felix Perry, Leona Robertshaw & Dan Newman10B1 For successful completion of the Silver Duke of Edinburgh awardDavi Awdziej Da Con-ceicao10B2 For a positive increase in housepoints for the weekGeorge Johnson 10A1 Water carrier and recycling kingMillie Hall 10A2 For an excellent clarinet performance in the schoool showBella Baker 10A3 For the highest Housepoints and her performance in the Adam’s familyJoe Miller & Felix Perry 10B1 For contributions to the school play - they rehearsed and played in the bandVaughan Newman 10B2 For consistently working hard in all subjects.Star of the TermRuby Barrett 10A1 For sustained effort, helpfulness and excellent attendanceBen Long 10A2 For having an entire term with 100% attendance and only 1 demerit! Amazing effort!Emma Roberts 10A3 For her consistent effort and achievement and willingness to help at anytimeDan Newman 10B1 Contributions to school life - Duke of Edinburgh and YearbookAlex Angus 10B2 For always turning up with a smile, being polite and showing great resil-ience.Liudvik Drulia For settling into Priory so well, working extremely diligently and being incredibly polite and respectful to both staff and his peers. Reuben Pilbeam For being such a polite, friendly, supportive and valued member of the Year group and always having a smile on his face.Year 10Stars of the Year Y1054

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Do you want to discover how you can support your children’s mental health and wellbeing whilstthey are home?The webinars combine both theory and practical strategies, they offer a range of accessible ideas forparents to choose from, and to ﬁnd those that will best suit their family. The webinars last for aboutan hour with time for questions and answers. The webinars are free to attend and are open to allparents living in Surrey or with children attending school within Surrey.Please ﬁnd the dates and topics of the upcoming webinars below. The links to register for eachwebinar are in the headings. Your presenters for the evening will be Caroline Blake and HelenRobertson, Eikon’s Schools Project Coordinators. All webinars will run from7pm to 8pm.Workshops for parentsTuesday 11th October 2022Topics Covered: f How the teenage brain develops and the connection between brain and body f 5 ways to wellbeing f Positive communication f Supporting healthy online behaviour f The importance of sleepSupporting your Child’s Wellbeing and Mental Health (Secondary)Supporting your Child through Year 10 & 11Thursday 3rd November 2022Topics Covered: f Identifying signs of stress and worry f Strategies for supporting stress and worry f Relaxation techniques f Supporting revision f Motivation f Supporting decision making for life after Year 11If you need any assistance, please contact Caitlyn van der Brugge, the Schools Team Administrator & Marketing Support Ofﬁcer viaschools@eikon.org.uk55

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During recent PSHCE lessons, year 8 have had a water safety lesson. The session was led by Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. As part of their prevention work, to teach young people key safety skills to reduce the risks when in and around water. They want all families to be safe when enjoying time spent by a river, lake, or at the sea. These lessons were funded by Surrey County Council and covered elements including: Risk-taking behaviour; The unseen dangers of water; Cold Water Shock and Swim Failure; How to reduce risks when in and around water; How to help someone in trouble in the water. A letter from Surrey Fire and Rescue is included below with more information. Year 7 had a Performance in Education production regarding road safety. The presentation focused on the potential consequences of lapses in concentration and risk-taking behaviour around roads including distractions such as using phones and listening to music, as well as 'messing about' with friends. Water and Road SafetyYear 8 had Surrey Fire and Rescue speak to them about water safety. Year 7 had a Performance in Education production on road safety Dear Parent or Carer This week your child took part in a water safety session led by Surrey Fire and Rescue Service. As part of our prevention work, we visit schools to teach young people key safety skills to reduce the risks when in and around water. We want all families to be safe when enjoying time spent by a river, lake, or at the sea, so please take a few minutes to talk to them about what they learnt today. In the session, we covered: o Risk-taking behaviour o The unseen dangers of water o Cold Water Shock and Swim Failure o How to reduce risks when in and around water o How to help someone in trouble in the water The unseen dangers of water include o Submerged rubbish including rusty metals o Hidden tree roots that could injure or trap you o Currents and Riptides o Cold water temperatures o Bacteria and Pollutants that could cause sickness such as Weil’s diseaseAll of these hazards can make water extremely dangerous and can lead to injury, illness or even death. Cold Water Shock is a reaction our bodies have when entering cold water (below 15°C). It causes us to panic, gasp for breath and thrash our arms in the water to stay upright. It lasts for approx. 30-60 seconds and can cause drowning if you swallow too much water or fail to control the panic. To counteract cold water shock, you should lie back and float until your breathing is under control. This initial panic phase is often followed by Swim Failure (or Short-Term Immersion) for up to ten minutes after cold water shock has set in. During this period, your limbs and hands feel numb, and it is hard to use them to swim. Your breathing is often still out of control which can mean you swallow water and are unable to call out for help. The same advice applies to lie back and float so that your body can acclimatise, and you can focus on breathing steadily. Remember, Float to Live. For more information, visit Cold Water Shock - Water Safety Tips - Know The Risks (rnli.org) Sadly, teenagers comprise a high percentage of drowning victims across the UK for a number of different reasons. We have advised your child to remember: it is safer not to get in, as you might not get out. We are aware that some young people will still play in or around water, and therefore we also taught them how to reduce the risks when in and around water. Many of these strategies require little more than common sense and good judgement. For example, young children should always be supervised in the water. When it comes to helping someone who is in trouble in the water, every second counts. Drowning can happen in as little as 30 seconds and is often a lot quieter and faster than we may expect. But there is a lot you can do to help someone swiftly and effectively. Your actions might save their life or help us to. See the tables overleaf for top tips on water safety and helping someone in trouble. 56

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Reducing Risks in when in and around water o never swim alone o swim in designated areas or where there is a lifeguard on duty o wear buoyancy aids if needed, or have a throwline or buoyancy aid to hand o at least one person should always remain on the side and out of the water o that person should also have a phone handy, ready to call 999 if needed o check for rubbish and/or signs of pollution before entering the water o do not swim when it is cold and avoid frozen water – the ice may be thinner than you think o never swim when tired, drunk or under the influence of drugs Helping someone who is in trouble in the water o call 999 as soon as you see they are in trouble o keep an eye on the person at all times (or the spot where you last saw them above water) o talk to them, keep them calm o throw them a buoyancy aid (or something similar) to help them stay afloat o encourage them to float on their back o if within range, throw a throwline/rope or reach them with a pole/stick/belt and pull them to the side o call to others for help so you can focus on the person whilst they look for potential aids o never get in the water yourself Further information: Following our session, your child may ask questions that you cannot answer. If you would like further information about our education programme, please visit www.surreycc.gov.uk/fire-safety-education or visit the Water Safety section of Surrey Fire & Rescue Service’s website www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/fire-and-rescue/community-safety/water for further water safety advice. Fire safety at home is just as important as water safety. If you would like further information about how to make your home fire safe, or to request your free Safe and Well Visit, please go to www.surreycc.gov.uk/people-and-community/fire-and-rescue/home-safety. 57

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