Winners of the Charlton Chase Elite Night Navigation!
On 6 and 7 February 2010 this year’s Charlton Chase Elite Night Navigation event, set on the South Downs above Seaford College, saw ten Sackville teams competing. Sackville fielded nine standard teams and one novice team, of the 100 teams (400 students) participating. The weather was generally cold and dry, but lowering temperatures and light drizzle for a period during the night combined with tiredness caused a number of retirements. The rain and snow of the previous few weeks ensured that the ground conditions encountered by the 40 Sackville students remained difficult. Underfoot, paths were cratered with puddles and awash with mud.
Youth Parliament
have already been able to report on the outstanding achievements, behaviour and success of Sackville students and now I would like to celebrate yet another outstanding achievement: Sackville has 27 candidates standing for the forthcoming youth parliament elections. We always have at least one or two cabinet members each year and I do hope that we will have a significant number elected from those standing. I am sure that this is an indication of the school’s aim to produce: caring, creative, confident and capable students and it does bode well for the future that so many are interested at such an early age in politics.
German Geniuses
On 6 February 2010, a hoard of ‘German Geniuses’ started a long and tiring coach journey. We ventured into the ‘unknown’, also known as a ‘foreign country’, and arrived to a quiet and relaxed atmosphere, in a place called Bad Ems. We reached a small (yet cosy) little youth hostel and spent our first night there, ready for the next day. Sunday brought much excitement to our group of 50 something. We headed out into the small town of Koblenz, hoping to have a hearty meal for lunch, and to buy some postcards. As soon as we arrived back to Bad Ems, we were bombarded with work then left to go free in a fun and enjoyable arcade.
Krakow Visit - Sackville Students are Brilliant
Miss Yendell returned after a half term visit with Sackville students to Krakow. An extremely sad place but one where young people can visit to gain a sense of the magnitude of what took place during the Nazi regime in Germany. Miss Yendell thought we should all know that the trip went very well and that the NST guide commented on our students saying they were, ‘outstanding’ and that Sackville must be ‘doing something right’ to produce such students who were amongst the best he has ever guided. Likewise, the guide at Auschwitz described them as, ‘respectful’ whilst the guide at the Saltmines said they were one of the best groups of students she had guided - they were silent and listening throughout.