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txt[0] = "In every year group we have students who represent their county in golf, rugby, football, biathlon and swimming to name but a few.";
txt[1] = "Year 8 ran a highly successful fair-trade challenge!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[2] = "Bigfoot was spotted in Sackville in 2009… find out more in the maths department!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[3] = "Bucking the national trend; over 160 students sat AS or A levels in science in 2009!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[4] = "Sackville is one of only 30 schools designated as &quot;Leaders in Space Education&quot; in the country!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[5] = "Six year 9 students won the national &quot;Mission Virgin Galactic&quot; competition and are going to the Mojave Desert Space Port to see &quot;Spaceshiptwo&quot; launch!";
txt[6] = "230 year 7 students visited the Science Museum in 2009.<br />&nbsp;";
txt[7] = "Year 9 students can follow a GCSE astronomy course after school!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[8] = "Our geography department runs residential field trips in year 10 and year 12!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[9] = "Our geography department has taken students to Iceland and Morocco!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[10] = "We celebrate students&#39; achievements in years 7 and 8 with the annual Brunel Awards!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[11] = "Over 250 students auditioned for the school production of Grease!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[12] = "Year 10 performing arts students have performed &quot;Blood Brothers&quot; and will perform &quot;Sweeney Todd&quot; this year !";
txt[13] = "New York will be hosting a party of our performing arts students next Easter!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[14] = "Our year 12 students won the regional final of the &quot;Big Bang&quot; competition and will be taking part in the national final next year!";
txt[15] = "Over 200 year 7 students went to France in July 2009!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[16] = "Over 100 year 7 students went to Chessington on a Saturday in June 2009!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[17] = "That Sackville is one of a select few schools in the UK to have received the ‘International School Award&#39; from the British Council on four occasions!";
txt[18] = "Digital Diary Dialogues is a project that links Sackville with schools in Scotland, Finland and Afghanistan. It has been recognised as one of the most innovative and creative projects in the UK!";
txt[19] = "As part of &quot;World Challenge&quot; Sackville students have taught in a school in Zambia; renovated an orphanage in Botswana and volunteered in Buddhist monastery in China!";
txt[20] = "Sackville won the &quot;Good Schools Guide&quot; award for the best girls&#39; results at AS physics at an English comprehensive school!";
txt[21] = "10 year 13 students achieved straight As at A Level in 2009!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[22] = "Psychology students visit the zoo to study chimps!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[23] = "We offer support to potential Oxbridge students as early as year 10!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[24] = "On average Sackville students enjoy at least one competitive sporting fixture every night of the school year.";
txt[25] = "88 year 9 students will visit the Somme battlefields in October 2009.<br />&nbsp;";
txt[26] = "44 Sackville students will lay a wreath at the Menin Gate at Ypres on October 17th.<br />&nbsp;";
txt[27] = "Year 7 students fired a trebuchet as part of medieval activities day in curriculum enhancement day<br />&nbsp;";
txt[28] = "27 students went to New York and Washington with the beliefs and values department in 2009!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[29] = "36 students are going to Auschwitz and Krakow with the beliefs and values department!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[30] = "All students have the chance visit a Mosque, a Temple and Gurdwara!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[31] = "Our senior swimming team came fourth in the National Finals!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[32] = "Our junior and senior athletes have reached the regional finals for the last four years!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[33] = "Every year Sackville students tour Barbados playing basketball, hockey and netball!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[34] = "Over 500 students regularly take part in extra curricular sport!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[35] = "That last year, 15 year 13 students took part in the Crawley Business Challenge. They competed against other schools in West Sussex and were placed first and second out of twelve teams in total.";
txt[36] = "<a href='documents/snews/S_News_1st_october_2009.htm#china'>As Part of &quot;World Challenge&quot; Sackville students went to China in 2009</a><br />&nbsp;";
txt[37] = "<a href='documents/snews/S_News_17th_september_2009.htm#music'>Over 40 musicians toured the Italian Lakes, playing concerts late summer.</a><br />&nbsp;";
txt[38] = "Sackville&#39;s samba band was part of the bonfire celebrations in Edenbridge.<br />&nbsp;";
txt[39] = "Sackville will perform &quot;Little Shop of Horrors&quot; Spring 2010.<br />&nbsp;";
txt[40] = "Over 100 performers take part in our termly music concerts.<br />&nbsp;";
txt[41] = "We regularly run &quot;Practical Parenting Workshops&quot; aimed at helping parents manage teenagers!<br />&nbsp;";
txt[42] = "Over 200 year 11 students attended a &quot;prom&quot; in Tunbridge Wells to celebrate the end of their exams.";
txt[43] = "Sackville students raised over &pound;3500 for red nose day this year.<br />&nbsp;";
txt[44] = "Sackville students regularly raise over &pound;2500 for Children in Need each November.<br />&nbsp;";
txt[45] = "<a href='documents/snews/S_News_1st_october_2009.htm#peace'>In September 2009 Sackville supported the international &quot;Peace One Day&quot; event.</a><br />&nbsp;";
txt[46] = "<a href='documents/snews/S_News_15th_october_2009.htm#jumping'>In September 2009 Sackville School entered its first teams into an Interschool&#39;s team Show Jumping competition.</a>";
txt[47] = "<a href='documents/snews/S_News_5th_november_2009.htm#peace'>In 2009 Sackville School won the peace one day video competition becoming an ambassador to the world for Peace One Day.</a>";

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