News @ Ratton School

Community Rewards Week ending Friday 3rd February 2012

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

You can now see the totals for rewards in graph form via Learning Communities on the home page/Community Competition. Please click here to view the results.

Lyceum Community have received the most reward this week, as did Year 7.

Jessica Hipgrave from Lyric and Louise Etwell from Lyceum both received the highest amount of rewards this week with 11 each.

Mrs Thomas in Welfare gave out the most rewards.

Year 9 What's My Line? - Monday 23rd January

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

On Monday 23 January as part of the Pathways process a ‘What’s My Line’ event was held for Yr 9 students. The event involved nine employees from a variety of local businesses coming in to discuss their job with our yr 9 students. These roles included Zoo Keeper, Health & Safety Officer, and Dog Welfare Officer and Radiographer.Students asked the individual several questions with the aim of trying to guess the job they did. Once they had guessed this they then discussed the job with the students who were able to learn about a variety of jobs, including qualifications required and routes into the employment.

Year 9 Cross Curriculr Day - Friday 20th January

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

On Friday 20 January yr9 students took part in a Cross Curricular Day with the theme of CSI. The students were divided into nine groups and then into teams of five or six. They were challenged with the task of solving a crime that had been committed.The teams were given evidence and based on the skill required for their job were asked to put together a compelling case against four suspects that they believed committed the crime.At the end of the day each team presented their conclusions to the rest of their group and the best team were awarded a prize. They were judged by how they worked as a team during the day and on their final presentation.

Community Trust Cup Results

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Points Awarded for December and overall totals.

Adelphi: Rewards 1 Attendance 5 Behaviour -4 Total/December 2 Total to date 18.5

Apollo: Rewards 2 Attendance 1 Behaviour -2.5 Total/December 0.5 Total to date 22

Globe: Rewards 3 Attendance 2 Behaviour -2.5 Total/December 2.5 Total to date 35

Lyceum: Rewards 4.5 Attendance 3 Behaviour -1 Total/December 6.5 Total to date 27

Lyric: Rewards 4.5 Attendance 5 Behaviour 0 Total/December 8.5 Total to date 37.5

Gary Hart & Gully visit Christmas Fayre

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Brighton & Hove Albion legend Gary Hart and club mascot 'Gully' spend Friday afternoon taking and saving penalties at the Ratton School Fayre helping raise money for six charities chosen by the students. Gary will begin working at the School in 2012 in comjunction with Albion in the Community(AITC),the charitable arm of the high flying Brighton and Hove Albion FC.Using his vast experience as a professional sportsman, Gary will be passing on his sporting knowledge to students and staff at Ratton and other local schools and youth organisations in the area.Since he retired from professional football, Gary has been working for AITC as well as playing for Eastbourne Borough.Neil Avard, Ratton’s charity link co-ordinator explained; "The work that AITC do for local people is amazing, and when Gary spoke at a recent assembly the students were just blown away and wanted to help. Our target is £2,000 and we have already raised £500. Hopefully, with Gary's continued involvement with the school, we can reach our target and really help people."

PFA "100" Club Christmas Draw

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Christmas draw of the 100 Club took place on Saturday 10th December to the following members:

1st Prize - Mrs Kate Carter

2nd Prize - Mrs Morthy Muntanga

3rd Prize - Mr Patrick Owens

The second draw will take place in term 6.

Christmas Market trip to Brighton University

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

On Thursday December 8th, Miss Dean and Mrs Fitzpatrick plus 14 students studying German in year 9 visited a Christmas Market in Falmer.These students joined other schools who read poems or sang songs in German about Christmas. They were also given some cultural information as well about Christmas. The evening ended with students being able to use their German to speak to the stall holders at the markets and take part in quizzes and competition. Our students put on a wonderful rendition of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in German and it was a thoroughly enjoyable and worthwhile experience.

Apollo's Fund Raising Achuievements for Tuesday O'Hara Appeal

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

At Ratton the school is split into five separate communities, one of these communities Apollo, have been raising money for the Tuesday O'Hara fund.We recently had an assembly run by Craig Brown, Anastasia Bray, Yasmin McAndrew, Amir Kishawi, Eneo Kalemi and Hannah Robinson. These students discussed all the fund raising that we have been committed to in school. This includes an odd sock day, a mufti day, cake sales and some of our staff taking part in the 16 mile Hastings Pier to Eastbourne Pier walk. We were very pleased that we were able to hand to Sue Ohara, in the assembly, a cheque for £916. We are planning to raise even more this year for this fantastic charity.

Ratton Wins Schoools' Masterclass Award

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

On Thursday 24th November Mrs Peters was invited to attend The Albion in the Community and American Express Awards evening. Ratton School along with Portslade Aldridge Community Academy, Patcham High School, Dorothy Stringer School and Brighton Aldridge Community Academy were nominated for the Innovation Award for schools masterclasses sponsored by American Express Technologies. Ratton School won the award for showing outstanding creativity, innovation and flair as part of the Schools’ Masterclass programme hosted by AIC and Amex in July 2011.

Eastbourne Youth Radio

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Ratton students took to the airwaves last week as part of the Eastbourne Youth Radio Project. EYR was on air between the 16th and 18th of November. The annual broadcast gives local students the opportunity to produce and present their own radio shows.Jessica Davis, Stephanie Dale, Sarah Benaissa, Rachael Berrisford and Eric Barrell entertained Eastbourne Wednesday morning. They presented a live broadcast, which consisted of music, interviews and reviews and saw them test the general knowledge of their teachers and find out what really annoys their friends.The students worked really hard preparing the material for their broadcast and this paid off on the day. Despite the early start and initial nerves, they presented an entertaining and professional sounding broadcast and were a credit to Ratton School.