The picture on the Home page, shows a wave machine. A motor with a cam, oscillates a bar, which creates waves in the water bath. We tried various shaped barriers which directed the waves, it was really clever the way a curved one bounced all the waves in different directions! The picture here shows a spectrometer directed at a mercury lamp. All the different colours of ‘mercury’s’ light were split up, as it was a white light, most of the rainbow’s colours were there., however, when we tried a sodium lamp, the spectrometer mainly showed reds, oranges and yellows because the sodium light was an orange colour.

Jonathan Sutton

Tickets avialable from:  preeves@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk

Tickets are still available from Mr P Reeves in the school Print room 01263 733270

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Or preeves@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk

Mrs Tanya Wiseman

Congratulations to our Year 10 Rugby team. They had  a brilliant game this evening, winning  48 – 0 against Thetford Grammar in the Norfolk County Cup Quarter Finals. They are now expecting to play Langley in the Semi – Finals.

Well done to the team and to Mr Keats - we are really proud of you.

Many performers waited nervously backstage, whilst waiting to take to the stage in their own unique way during the recent Concert at Aylsham High. Performances included Christmas classics from the Snowman and Mariah Carey, combined with more recent songs from The Goo Goo Dolls and Adele. Refreshments and a vast array of stalls selling items including calendars and handmade jewellery adorned the dining hall during the interval. The concert was a great success, with many people including parents and students of the school came to watch the evening’s performance. The concert would not have run so smoothly without the help of Miss Allan and Mrs Fordham. Overall, it was a real success and was enjoyed by performers and the audience alike.

Review by: Katie Newman & Isabel Snell

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2011 was a great success for our Young Chamber. We expanded our reach, explored new ideas, engaged with more local businesses, visited establishments near and far, created more enterprise events, developed more competitions, hosted some important people and truly strived to develop the confidence and enterprising nature of all pupils at AHS.

So what for 2012? Well in our eyes we want it to be better than ever. It’s already really busy….

We’re always looking to engage with as many pupils as possible so if you really enjoy enterprise, have a business idea, keen to build up your confidence or fancy a challenge then please get involved. Pop in to see Mr Turrell and he can explain all.

Shaun Taylor

AHS YC Chairperson

Mr Turrell

AHS YC Coordinator

Our group worked really well together, always helping each other out to meet deadlines, though we did struggle a bit.

I really enjoyed this challenge and I learned a lot from it.  I now realise that working in the ‘real world’ isn’t as simple as they sometimes make it out to be.  

Ellen Groom

Year 10 Business Studies

The event was a fantastic opportunity for students to develop a real business concept in a simulated environment.  The chance to work with leading professionals from such a dynamic market was fantastic.  The group’s link Cocoa Cola executive who worked with the group praised their team work and professionalism to the task. 

The Head of Customer Services and Sales from Cocoa Cola UK said “Aylsham High School’s presentation to the judges was one of the most professional I have seen”. 

The students worked really well and we were tremendously proud to be named Runners Up in the East Anglia Regional Final. 

Emmalucy Auber

Head of Business and Enterprise

The challenge is to raise as much money as possible for the charity through an enterprising idea. Room to Read works in 9 different countries across Asia and Africa, improving the lives of thousands of children, by empowering them through education.

As students ourselves we know just how much of an impact school has on us and to think that some children don’t get a chance just because of the culture or country they were born into is shocking and we want to make a change. Our idea was to harness the support of local chefs and celebrities in creating a calendar on which each month features a different recipe from them.

After a long process we are proud to present our final calendar which is now for sale from school and various local businesses. Please help to support us through purchasing a calendar for just £4 of which all proceeds will contribute to the amazing work of Room to Read.

Thank you,
Team Perspective

Calendars are available from:

Barnwells, Market Place, Aylsham.

The Little Clothes Shop, Red Lion Street, Aylsham

The Shop on Red Lion Street, Red Lion Street , Aylsham

Keys, Market Place, Aylsham.

Icarus Hines Butchers in Cromer and Sheringham

Or email: j.stimpson@live.co.uk

Last week, a group of inspirational students competed in the third annual public speaking competition, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Aylsham. The students in the final had won their place though competing in a series of heats during the last few weeks. Their subject was ‘Olympic Values’.

All of the speakers were confident and articulated their points with great maturity. We are all really proud of everyone who took part in this event and would like to thank the Rotary Club of Aylsham for their support.

First place was awarded to Lydia Whiting in Year 8, second to Dominic Harvey in Year 7 and third place to Victoria Ing, also in Year 7.

Mrs Wade, who had been responsible for organising the event was sadly not well enough to attend the final and we wish her a speedy recovery. Many thanks to Mrs Chalk for her help.

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The cast were asked to go along to sing songs from and promote  our forthcoming musical ‘Annie’  which will be performed from  14th to 17th March 2012 at Aylsham High School. Tickets are now on sale and selling extremely quickly.

As you can see from the photograph King Henry VIII and  Anne Boleyn both have their tickets!!

Tickets can be purchased tickets from the School or from boxoffice@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk

Thanks to Peter Engelsen, James Hubbard, Georgina Kemp & Millie Sawyer-Stone .

Mrs Tanya Wiseman

On Friday 18th we had a very special guest, Mark Prisk, Minister for Business and Enterprise. He spent half of the morning with us discovering what we do at Aylsham High School.  Not only was this a great achievement for our school to be selected but he also gave us lots of advice.   He said “I have been inspired today. To meet your generation and see what you are doing is brilliant.” Those words mean a lot to Aylsham High School and they leave us all feeling very proud. The importance of this visit has been recognised by the media and articles have appeared in many papers including the Eastern Daily Press, the Norwich Evening News, and the North Norfolk News as well as featuring on BBC Radio Norfolk.

This has been a busy week for me and one I have thoroughly enjoyed.  I really enjoy enterprise because I do lots of fun and motivational actives that allow me to improve my enterprise skills; these help me in all of my other lessons.  The day was a chance in a million and the Minister loved exploring Business and Enterprise at our school. However, we also wanted to know about how we can take our Business and Enterprise skills further and one of my Young Chamber colleagues, Alex Ridgway asked “I don’t want to go to college; I want to get straight out there and do an aircraft apprenticeship. But why is it so hard to find one in Norfolk?” Mark Prisk replied by saying he knows there has been a shortage in apprenticeships but the Government is committed to increasing this number. 

I am proud to be a member of the Aylsham High School Young Chamber and the aim for us is to continue to develop and support the links between business and our school.  I see the importance of the work we do and so do our teachers who motivate us.  

Our teachers, Miss Auber and Mr Turrell said “Enterprise is special at our school. The work of the Business and Enterprise department team and our outstanding Young Chamber allows the entrepreneurial spirit to flourish”. 

The week was a massive success, the Business and Enterprise activities made the whole school buzz and we were so glad we got to impress the Minister with what we do. 

By Amelia Sawyer-Stone

Please click here to see a letter written to the school from Mr Prisk

Annabel was one of 6 contestants from high schools at  Stowmarket, Bungay, Sir John Leman, Cliff Park and Samuel Ward Academy (Haverhill) and they all cooked to a very high standard. But there could only be one winner!

Her dishes consisted of a Chicken Tagine and her highly acclaimed Cinnamon Pear Cake with fudge sauce  to a budget of just £6. Judged by College chef Nigel Crane and industry professional/development consultant chef Rob Oberhoffer, they were impressed with her flair and menu.

Mr Oberhoffer, who has worked alongside Michel Roux Jnr and is himself a Hotelympia Master Chef Gold winner, then spend a considerable amount of time assisting Annabel with development ideas for her dishes for the next round, to be held in Bedford in February 2012. We are also working with City College to provide Annie with a mentor to further support her in the next round. Well done Annabel!

The guests commented on how delicious the biscuits were, although we were accused of being very cruel by the ladies leaving their weigh-ins at the fitness session, as they had to walk past them!

Although 10 Schools were invited to take part, only 3 seized the opportunity resulting in 6 competitors being selected.

I am delighted to report that Annabel came runner up; the judges from Brasteds raving about her Dessert.

Elise astounded them with her Main Course and was announced as Winner.

Elise now goes on to the wider county finals where she will be pitted against other very capable students!

It’s not the end of the road for Annabel, however as she will now go to another national competition next week, the Springboard FutureChef event at City College, Norwich.

Mr Baxter

Well done Elise and Annabel,we are really proud of you.

Well done everyone and best wishes for the finals.

The choir was conducted by Richard Allain and we sang various genres of songs; from Handel to Snow Patrol. Overall, the young choir performed 7 songs and a medley of ‘Les Miserables’. As well as singing in the choir, Kiesha Rice also performed in the Norfolk Symphonic Wind Band playing 6 songs within 3 breaks.

The choir pupils from Aylsham High School are-

Year 7s: Gabriella Elia, Annabel Rowe, Daisy Finch, Hoshi Morris, Lily Wilson, Rachel Gee, Rebecca Welsh, Olivia Watson, Ruby Morris, Faith Jones

Year 10s:

Ruby Norris and Kiesha Rice

Well done to our brilliant choir. We are really proud of you.

Huge credit must go to the English teacher Mrs Valya Vassikova at School No3. Zhukovsky for the warm welcome we received from the School and host families. Our students were able to experience the full range of what Moscow had to offer – The ballet, the Moscow State Circus, museums, art galleries, shopping in Oxhodni  Riad, and the cheap DVD’s from Zhukovsky’s Universam. Ten days was not long enough but the farewell concert and goodbyes that followed saw a few tears between the students of the two schools. Thank heavens for face book!