West Hill Park School

Scholarship Awards 2012

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:52:28 PST

Safer Internet Day 2012

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:11:53 PST

Safer Internet Day is organised by Insafe each year in February to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world.

This year, Safer Internet Day (SID) will take place on Tuesday 7 February 2012 and will be centred around the theme Connecting generations and educating each other, with the slogan: "Discover the digital world together... safely!"

Mr Adam will be taking an Internet Safety Day assembly for pupils on Tuesday 7th February as well as talking about internet safety in his ICT lessons.

There will be a presentation for parents on Thursday 9th February at 7:00pm in the Old Library.

Community Choir

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:23:10 PST

An exciting new venture for adults of all ages

to come and sing together!

Thursday evenings may never be the same again!

Don’t worry if you can’t read music –
it is not necessary!

Enjoy taking part in our lively weekly rehearsals
and some amazing concert opportunities.

Run by our new Director of Music, award-winning choral director
Wendy Blunn alongside her musician husband Nick Blunn,
singers will experience amazing warm-ups, singing a wide selection
of choral music ranging from show tunes, rock, pop and jazz pieces
alongside some sacred and spiritual works.

Come along on
Thursdays at 7.30pm

£35 per term

For further information please contact Wendy Blunn

Pond Design Exhibition

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:49:19 PST

Below are just some of the fantastic designs for the new school pond created by pupils from the Nursery, Pre-Prep and Prep School.

Singing Teacher

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:32:36 PST

Required Part time singing teacher (currently one full day)

We are looking for a qualified, dynamic teacher to join our thriving music department. We currently run two school choirs and a community choir and singing is encouraged at all levels. The successful candidate will be required to teach a variety of styles to pupils in Pre Prep through to Year 8.

For more information please contact our Director of Music, Wendy Blunn

w.blunn@westhillpark.com 01329 840407

Pupils Designing School Pond

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:43:44 PST

Through the development of a school pond we aim to extend our outdoor facilities, creating a safe and stimulating resource for learning which again will be open to schools and nurseries in the wider community. Funding has been raised by parents at a Pre-Prep Spring Fayre, a donation from the Friends of West Hill Park association and £3,000 from a successful Fareham and Hampshire councils Community Action Team Funding application.
A very important aspect of this project is to fully involve the pupils, incorporating their ideas into the plans. Every child in the school has been working on individual, group or class projects during our recent Pond Design Fortnight and the resulting designs will be on display in school.
Pupils have already made a head start on some of the furniture by building benches out of wood from the woodland area. Grace Rowe, 13, who helped make the benches, said: ‘It’s going to be brilliant area where we can explore wildlife as well as enjoy the outdoors.’
Hamish Cameron-Eveleigh, nine, has designed a model with a rowing boat in the 12m by 9m pond and a shed for people to take shelter. He said: ‘I want the area to be used all year round.’
Eleanor Parry, 10, came up with the idea of a gazebo with decking leading out into the centre of the pond. She said: ‘It would be nice to walk across the pond and explore all the wildlife. ‘I’m so pleased we’ve had an input – I hope other schools like it!’
Emma Simpson, 10, made a computer illustration of the pond with a drawbridge across it and an island in the middle for ducks to sit on. She explained: ‘I wanted to be able to pull up the bridge so foxes wouldn’t get to the ducks at night! ‘This pond means so much to us. It will increase our wildlife and our opportunities to learn from it.’
Alastair Ramsay, headmaster, said: ‘The children will be using the facility so we thought it made sense for them to have a say in what it looks like and give them ownership of it. ‘The ideas I’ve seen so far are fantastic. We’re looking forward to opening it up for the whole community to enjoy.’ Building works are due to start in Easter.

Wonderland at West Hill Park

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:38:21 PST

Lewis Carroll’s literary classics Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass unfolded to spellbound audiences on the 8^th, 9^th and 10^th December at West Hill Park School.

Alice (Phoebe Devonshire) deserves the highest praise, not just for her exquisite diction and realistically quaint portrayal of the Victorian Alice, but for the herculean task of memorising ‘such quantities’ of words. Gabriella Heathcote made a convincing and endearing White Rabbit and the Queen of Hearts (Rosanna Verdon-Roe) was satisfyingly maniacal.

There were so many beautifully crafted cameo roles that it is impossible to name every single thespian. Suffice it to say that a host of favourite scenes and characters sprang to life as the nonsense alternately bewildered and charmed; we met the elegant Cheshire Cat (Maleah Stewart), the hippyesque Caterpillar (Emily Johnson), the ridiculous Duchess (Ellie Double), the zany Cook (Hilary Vulliamy), the droll Gryphon (Hugo Marshall), the lugubrious Mock Turtle (Isa Surran), the ‘geeky’ King of Hearts (Alec Damley-Jones), the egregious Frog Footman (Joseph Gowers) and the obnoxious son of Father William (Jessica Blunn). Moreover, we laughed at the comedic antics of the Mad Hatter (Christopher Hurren), March Hare (Laurie Gardner) and the Dormouse (Madeline Pendle).

Act Two brought a darker note as the Old Man (Bailey Barnes) exhorted the Son (Liam Saw) to beware the Jabberwock (Owen Pastides). However, the liveliness of Tweedledum (Nick Jonas) and Tweedledee (Jonathan Kyd), the buffoonery of the White Knight (Hugo Wybourne), the eccentricity of the White Queen (Megan Truscott) and the muddle-headedness of the White King (Alex Lower) prevented the darkness from overpowering the action.

Both Acts were further enhanced by the excellent enunciation of Oliver Wright (Lewis Carroll), Charlotte Given (Prima) and Daisy Cameron-Eveleigh (Secunda) and the beautifully melodious ‘Alice’ choir (Years 5 and 6) who encapsulated the play by floating us back to reality at the end of the ‘golden afternoon’.

The entire show was a tour de force. The scenery (ex-pupil Jess Ringelberg) reproduced Tenniel’s illustrations but, at the same time, gave them an inspired twist, and the costumes (created by gifted and incredibly dedicated parents) would have done credit to a West End production.

This was an extremely difficult play to stage and the young actors from Years 7 and 8 should be congratulated for rising so brilliantly to the many challenges and for delivering such an intelligent, entertaining and visually spectacular performance.

Learning Support

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:44:46 PST

Learning Support

We have searched the Internet for famous people with dyslexia. So far we have found the following:

Jamie Oliver, Benjamin Zephaniah,Orlando Bloom, Albert Einstein, Tom Cruise, Duncan Goodhew, Keanu Reeves, Robin Williams, Eddie Izzard, Charles Darwin, Nick Thorp, George W Bush, Henry Ford, Tommy Hilfiger, Zoe Wanamaker, Leonardo da Vinci, Michaelangelo, Steve Redgrave, Thomas Edison, John Lennon, Alex Thorp, Winston Churchill, Hans Christian Andersen, Walt Disney, Richard Branson and F W Woolworth.

Do you know any more? If so, come and tell us.

How do you learn your spellings or facts for tests?

Some people learn words and listsby making up strange sentences to help them remember the correct order (mnemonics). Please send in some more.

Here are some favourites:

beautiful - bad eggs are ugly

does - do ostriches eat snails or do ostriches eat salads

goes - good ostriches eat salads

should, would, could - o u little devil or o u lucky duck

because - big elephants can always understand small elephants

said - silly ants in dresses/discos

Links

BBC dyslexic Colour patterns Frogs and ladders Power lines Number bonds Months of the year

Spacey Maths fairground spelling Equivalent Fractions Name the fraction Blocks & rods ict games

Woodlands MathsIsFun.com Fraction Flags Equivalent fraction harder Learn to read

Practice Maths Fraction Monkeys Show the fraction Balloons Base block addition Primary Maths

Base block subtraction Base block add Math X 10 Frosty fractions Bite size maths Add fractions

Useful maths games Fun with spot

Life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you're going to get...... but for you, life is like a box of active HAND GRENADES!!!

Spring Ball

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:18:57 PST

The ticket request form can be downloaded here.

Silent Auction

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:42:27 PST

This year Shop 'til You Drop will be holding a Silent Auction.
To see the wonderful range of treats available to bid on please click here.

Pre-Prep

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:38:13 PST

Search for Numbers	Numbers 1 to 10	Basic Maths
Subtract to 20	Subtraction	Learning to Count
Simple Addition	Subtract Year 1	Count On
Addition Game	Subtraction Game 1	Maths Popper (Year 2)
Maths is fun- Place It!	Sum to 10	Kent Maths & English
Maths is Fun - Addition	Add to 12	Dositey Times Table
Phonic Endings	Humpty Dumpty	Jigsaws
Little Animals	Smurf's Car	Body Parts
Simple CVC	Paulys	Simple Body Parts
Missing Letters	Minus	Map Symbols
Colour Factory BBC	Digger Stories	Knight in Armour
Hangman	Poisson-Rouge	Fishing
Phonics Year 2	Interactive Stories	Creepy Colouring
Look Cover Write Check	Easter Jigsaws	Woodland
Dragon Clip Art	Super Bugs	Butterflies
Animation	Mini Beasts	Talking Books
Reception Clock	Cbeebies	Shooting Ducks
Cuisinare Rods	Muffy's Wardrobe	Pod's Home Page
Thomas the Tank	Subtraction Game	Walk the Dog
Number Bonds to 10	Darts	Barnaby Bear
Gopher	Count Up & Down	Farm Addition
Funbrain	Dynamo	Colour Book Fun
Punctuation	Basketball	Fun with Letters
Innovations Learning	Map of Titchfield	Sesame Street
Micky Talking Books	Postman Pat	Mr Bean
Time & Measure	Times Tables	Elmo Colour
Simple Measure	Science	Crickweb
Simple Map	1 to 10 Speed Test	Storybook
All About Me	Connect the Dots	The Body - Year 1
Fishing	Letter Recognition	Dance Mat Typing
Hidden Craft	Join the Dots	Famous People
Logic Games	Paint a Picture
Dottie Double	Learn to Read
Crazy Pieces	Fun School Colour
Languages	Katie Morag Seaside

Year 2 In Alfie's Den

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:47:52 PST

Year 2 had great fun in Alfie’s Den. First they learnt how to walk the stealthy fox walk. Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Hall, blindfolded and armed with water pistols, laid in wait trying to hear the children stalking up on them. Afterwards the children put their tree knowledge to use collecting wood that is safe to burn. Under Mrs.Rosling and Mrs. Beardsall guidance they used the wood to lay and set alight the campfire. After a delicious lunch of sausages cooked over our open fire there was the fun of washing up outdoors. Our energy restored we were ready to set about our group activities. Led by Mr. Ramsay and his daughter some of the children learnt how to tie a range of knots. Their concentration was palpable! Mrs. Harris and Mrs Beardsall helped another group to create a natural object map which was used to locate where useful woodland items are. Finally Mrs. Raymond’s and Mrs. Wilson’s group created bowls made from natural leaves. To end with we sat around the dying embers of the fire sharing our most treasured memories of the day. It is wonderful to see how over time the children’s outdoor skills are developing and above all what tremendous pleasure they get from being in Alfie’s Den.

Year 2 Visit HMS Victory

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:42:25 PST

Back in September, Year 2 enjoyed going back in time exploring life on board Nelson’s ship H.M.S. Victory. We admired Nelson’s office and found the very spot where Nelson was shot. Later we learnt about the hammocks, cannons and ships biscuits, which luckily we didn’t get to try as we didn’t want to eat bugs! It was very exciting imagining events during The Battle of Trafalgar and following the ships tactics. We also found time to explore several museums, make a copy of Nelson’s signature and saw many models showing the different battles. The children were a credit to the school through their behaviour, enthusiasm and knowledge.

Terms

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:25:49 PST

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by West Hill Park School and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.

Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of West Hill Park. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.

Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, we take no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.

Heads of School & Prefects

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:30:11 PST

Mr Ramsay is delighted to announce that Christopher Hurren has been appointed Head Boy and Phoebe Devonshire, Head Girl. The two of them will be supported in the first instance by a small team of Prefects, Rufus Briggs, Alec Damley-Jones, Toby Hett, and Rosanna Verdon-Roe. All six should be congratulated on this achievement.

Terms & Conditions

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:27:40 PST

Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy govern West Hill Park School’s relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website.

The term ‘West Hill Park School’ or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is West Hill Park School, St. Margaret’s Lane, Titchfield, Hampshire, PO14 4BS. Our company registration number is 633736. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:

· The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.

· Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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Privacy Policy

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:45:02 PST

This privacy policy sets out how West Hill Park School uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this website.

West Hill Park School is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

West Hill Park School may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 01/10/2011.

What we collect

We may collect the following information:

· Name

· Contact information including email address

· Your children’s names and dates of birth

· Other information relevant to applying for a prospectus

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

· Internal record keeping.

· We may use the information to improve our website and communications.

· We may periodically send information about the school which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Cookies

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:46:40 PST

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We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

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Autumn Term

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:36:50 PST

Friday 30th September

Inter-House Orienteering

Friday 21st October

House Maths Challenge

Friday 25th November

Inter-House Sports

Early Years Foundation Stage Profile Achievements 2011

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:01:36 PST

100% of the reception children at West Hill Park achieved above the level expected for their age in all 6 areas of learning.

Please see the table below, for the summary sheet click here.

* - Scale Points