Foldr | HP Email | Teams | Wisepay | Staff Home About Information School Life Enrichment Sixth Form School DIrect Contact Digital Learning A school is more than just a place where students come to learn. It is also a place where a community develops and thrives. It is a place where we come together to support each other achieve. Our digital strategy has been an enabling factor in making this happen. 21st Century learners Digital Learning Digital Pedagogy Digital Leaders iPad Insurance Our aim is that our students leave us with 21st Century learner skills including problem solving, leadership, communication, team working and resilience. It is no coincidence that student confidence in these areas has grown as a result of us embracing the use of technology. Our students go into the communities they live in and the wider world ready and able to make a positive contribution. Our community, Brighton & Hove, is part of a national digital hub. It is our goal to ensure our students leave Hove Park School & Sixth Form with the skills they need to work in our city, and to upscale those skills, enabling them to work nationally and globally in the confidence they are digitally prepared for the challenges that face them. With this goal in mind, we have started to work with the digital community to ensure our model stays relevant and sustainable. Code and Rescue! This week at jr STEM club, students continued their work on coding using the ‘code and rescue’ pack. This included using sensors to detect water for a life jacket which activates when submerged and sending messages via morse code. We were really impressed with how students showed initiative, worked well in teams and helped each other to complete the challenges. Well done you were brilliant. Mr Hamblin and Mrs McCutcheon Show More Facebook feed Latest News Music Enrichment Day Our second Curriculum Enrichment Day was themed as Music from Around the World. Students participated in a range of workshops from external companies on genres such as the music and dance of China, African drumming and samba. There were also many classroom-based activities such as using the app Garageband to create music and the Year 7s enjoyed making their own rap music. Our very own Mr Miles and Mr Barbour also organised and led sessions to whole year groups, which students clearly found both fascinating and engaging. Mr Miles’ session, for example, was a very loud samba extravaganza! Students really enjoyed the day and were fully engaged in these enrichment activities which are designed to supplement the breadth and depth of our curriculum offer. The curriculum days later in the year will look to develop these areas, as well as a focus on supporting other areas of the Key Stage 3 curriculum. Christmas Market & Ice Rink Thursday 2nd December - Hove Park Valley Campus - Christmas Market & Ice Rink Book your Ice Skating tickets here > www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/192260194417 ﻿ Hove Park School for the first time ever, will have a 10m x 10m synthetic ice rink at our annual Christmas Market, complete with music, lights and a snow machine to add to the fun! Tickets are £6 per adult or child, for 20 minutes skating (price includes skate hire). There are 3 penguin aids available per session for our younger skaters, these can be reserved on a first come first served basis for an extra charge of £2.50. To book visit - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/192260194417 If you would like to advertise your business, we are selling advertising space around the ice rink’s barriers – please contact ksalter@hovepark.org.uk with your advertising enquiries. If you would like to run a stall contact dwillard@hovepark.org.uk All profits from our Christmas Market and Ice rink will be going to The Sussex Cancer Fund. Equalities Enrichment day All students in Years 7 to 11 enjoyed a range of activities and learning experiences outside of their normal timetabled lessons on Friday 15th October. This was the first of our Project Days this year and the focus was on Equalities. We had a variety of external agencies and companies who presented to the students on topics around Equalities and Diversity including Disability in Sport, Race and Racism, LGBTU presentations including a talk from Sophie Cook, who presented on trans-gender themes. At the Valley Campus some of our students also participated in a talk about the refugee status of people who enter the country at Gatwick airport. This talk was really interesting as it highlighted the situation and context of many of these refugees, including their welfare, human rights and many other issues. Our aim is for the annual Equalities Day to supplement the thorough and comprehensive education we offer around the Equalities Agenda in Learning for Life sessions. In future editions of Parklife lookout for information about our upcoming Project Days, where we will be focusing on key aspects of the curriculum, including Music Around the World and other Creative Arts themed days. Helpdesk Contacts Nevill Campus Nevill Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 7BN Nevill Office: 01273 082817 Valley Campus Hangleton Way, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 8AA Valley Office: 01273 082857 Sixth Form Office: 01273 082870 office@hovepark.org.uk