Year 9 Exam Day Thursday 14th May in Sports Hall

On Thursday all Year 9 students will sit English, Maths and Science exams in the Sports Hall. These exams will be run formally to givestudents the experience of sitting exams as they will do in Key Stage 4.The times for the exams are as follows:9.00am-10.00am – Maths (line up in Street at 8.35am)11.15am-12.15pm – Science (line up in Street at 10.55am)1.45pm–3.00pm – English (line up in Street at 1.35pm)Students have all been given a number and are required to line up in number order in the Street before each exam. After the exam studentsshould return to their timetabled lesson as normal.In the exam Hall students must be in silence. Students should not bring bags or coats to the exam hall, these should be left in lockers.There will be no space for these in the PE Department. Mobile Phones are not allowed into the exam hall, these should be left at home or inlockers.Students should bring all necessary equipment with them: pens (black), pencils, protractor, compass, ruler, rubber, and calculator. Studentswill be registered in the Exam Hall for pm registration.

Mr Loomes, KS3 Coordinator

New CCTV Cameras Installed

As part of our determination to make Hayes School as safe and secure aspossible for our students, we have recently installed approximately 40 newCCTV cameras around our site. Areas now covered by CCTV include:• all entrances to the site• all entrances to buildings• areas where students meet at breaks and lunchtimes – the field, thestreet, Gadsden lawn, main corridors and the canteen• all corridors in all blocks• the LRC and common room• all toilets (monitoring entrances and sink areas only)• Both receptions in Gadsden• The bikesheds• The PE changing rooms corridorWe are confident that this will result in an even safer site. If any parentshave any concerns regarding this and wish to come in and view the system,please do contact me at school.

Mr L Preston

Teenage Cancer Trust

On Thursday 30th April 2009 a memorial concert was held in the school tocelebrate the life of Mason Gibbs. The event arranged and performed bystudents was a huge success and raised over £500 for the Teenage CancerTrust. We were all extremely pleased that Mason’s parents, sisters andother family members were able to come. The event included singing anddancing from students in all year groups and was a tribute to the immensetalent that we have at Hayes.

Special congratulations to the organising and principle performers:

Hannah Ekagha

Gyaabah Quartey

Chloe Ward

Raven Whitehorne

Glen Morrow

Ceyrone Dehaney Stokes

Harvey Bettsworth

Tom Tully

Healthy School Status

I am extremely pleased to announce that we have successfully met thecriteria to achieve Healthy School’s Status again. Congratulations to MsCarter who has led the work on healthy schools at Hayes. We will bereceiving our plaque in July at a ceremony run by the borough.

Swine Flu

We have recently received guidance from the Bromley authority on Swine Flu and the key message is for schools to operate normally and if the situation changes, further advice will be given. Symptoms are similar to seasonal flu and measures to prevent infection include
avoiding contact with people who are unwell, practice good hand hygiene e.g. wash hands with soap and water, cover nose and mouth when sneezing and dispose of tissues properly when used.
If you have recently travelled to Mexico or any other infected places could you please inform the school.

KS4/KS5 Actuary Lecture

Another Mathematics talk took place on 30th March. This time we invited Dan Bishop from RBS Insurance to talk about the ActuarialProfession. One of our students, James Cowley, wrote his impressions of the lecture:“When the Maths department says “Actuary Lecture” to a group of Year 11s and 6th Formers, one might expect a rather dreary hour tofollow – but after we all squeezed into a few dozen chairs beautifully arranged in the lecture hall (more commonly known as H1), thatprejudice had completely evaporated. An actual actuary (tongue-twister intended) took us comprehensively through the ‘ins and outs’ ofjust what one’s insurance premium goes to pay for, as well as explaining how as much as £18 million was paid out for a single accident.The talk managed to shed a fair amount of light on a somewhat mysterious profession and aroused more than a little interest, particularlywhen the wages an Actuary can earn were mentioned! Overall the lecture was an intriguing and informative hour of real-life Mathsapplied to real problems, which gave weight to the importance of our own studies”.

By James Cowley 11VB

Schools Development Award 2009

Many congratulations to Mr Stamato & Mr Hurst whose hard work and effort for Hayes School Rugby has been recognised. The RFU believes that education continues to be a key focus for the RFU and the growth of the game and by achieving this award Hayes School has shown a significant high level of commitment and high levels of quality rugby training that has added to the development of Rugby Union for Hayes students. With this award Hayes students can now apply for refereeing and coaching qualifications that they can complete at school.