The Mountbatten School Parent Portal

9 May 2022

Mr Goodrich
Director of Business Services

It's wonderful to see so many students cycling to and from school which has multiple benefits for students' health and wellbeing as well as the environment.

It has come to our attention that a small number of students are either not wearing their helmets or are cycling in a dangerous manner causing the risk of harm to themselves and others.

Please ensure that your child wears a helmet and that it is worn with the buckle fastened, their bike is roadworthy and that they are aware of other road users.

Enjoy the sunshine this weekend and stay safe.

Click here to see what's on next week:

Monday 9 May
Nothing advised

Tuesday 10 May
Nothing advised

Wednesday 11 May
Nothing advised

Thursday 12 May
Geography Department - Azores Information Evening in the New Founder's Room 5.00pm - 5.30pm

Friday 13 May
Cricket Festival on the Mountbatten Field 10.30am - 4.00pm

INSET Days for 2021/22
Monday 20 June 2022
Thursday 21 July 2022

Every effort is made to ensure these dates are accurate. There are occasions when circumstances beyond our control may result in changes

Maths Department

Maths Stars

Poppy L-M 7PWR

Lilly B 8SNN

Ollie B 8HCS

Ethan B 10GWT

Radu T 10GWT

Geography Department

Geography Stars

Amber B 7LST/AGN

Toby S 7RLE

Hilmi W 7SHL/YDS

Bella A 8SNN

Lana B 8FHS/JSL

Megan B 8HCO/AVE

Isobel S 8NWS

Alfie W 9CPE

Eloise D 10GWT

Music Department

Trinity College Music Exams

Samuel H 10MRA Grade 6 Trombone with Merit

Louis D 11LHK/MWE Grade 6 Trombone with Merit

Oliver W 11SBS Grade 6 Trombone

Science Department

Fluid Dynamic Science/Photography Competition

Ila S 7SHL has won second play in a fluid dynamic science/photography competition through Leeds University. Please see below for the email received from the University.

'I am pleased to inform you that the entry you submitted on behalf of a student has been awarded a prize!

Ila S's "Bubbles" has been awarded 2^nd place. The judges said that "the movement of the thin soap film produces very mesmerising patterns to watch – a really cool demonstration!" and that Ila's description was a "good use of technical Fluid Dynamics vocabulary. A really impressive entry." Ila has won a £20.00 Amazon Voucher.'

Exam Stress: Tips and Techniques

Eedi will be hosting a webinar on Wednesday 11 May at 7.30pm for students to help to reduce exam stress. In this interactive session, Eedi will cover how to make a revision plan, their top revision strategies, help with motivation, methods to reduce anxiety and techniques for once you're in the exam.

University of Southampton Global Challenge

On 5 May, a team of students attended the University of Southampton Global Challenge and came first out of six teams in the research, debate and academic poster competitions. A big well done to Charlie P 10EHK for his oracy skills and Lilly T 10JGO for her preparation of the script for Charlie to deliver.

Congratulations to the Year 10 students who were involved:

Lilly T 10JGO
Ariane B 10AMN/LAD
Lucy S 10GWT
Loujayna E 10EGY
Charlie P 10EHK
Katy C 10EGY
Evelina M 10MRT
Kian H 10JGO

A message from the Library

A friendly reminder to our amazing Year 11 students that all library books need to be returned to the Library before your last day in school.

Thank you for being awesome bookworms and contributing so much enthusiasm and enjoyment of reading to the Library.

Also a big thank you to North Baddesley Community Library for donating a large quantity of fantastic YA books to our School Library. We are very grateful to Mountbatten parent, Mrs M Williams, for thinking of us.

Click the drop-down menus below to find out more about different careers opportunities coming up for our students.

Year 10 Upcoming College Open Events

We strongly encourage students to attend as many open events as they can so that they get to know all the options available to them. Please note that the open events need to be booked online, places tend to fill up fast.

14 June: Eastleigh College

16 June: Sparsholt College

21 June: Totton College

29 June: Richard Taunton College

6 & 7 July: Peter Symonds College

7 July: Barton Peveril College

Top Tip

Did you know that streaming videos on YouTube is responsible for emitting the equivalent annual carbon dioxide output of Glasgow, the Scottish city that recently hosted the Cop26 climate summit? It's not just YouTube, of course. What we stream via platforms such as Netflix, Prime Video, iPlayer, Disney+ and Spotify all add to our carbon footprint due to the amount of electricity required during the process of streaming.

Everything we do on the Internet will contribute to our carbon footprint, so it is important that we do our part in reducing the amount that we stream and send via the Internet. Looking at the graphic below, even if each of the 4.66 billion active Internet users in the world steamed one less video, documentary, movie, or song per week, it would make a collective difference!

So, we would like to challenge you take advantage of the warmer weather and longer days and go for a walk or cycle in the evenings instead of loading up the next episode on your streaming platforms!

May Half-Term Activity Camps

Please click here to view Personal Best's May half-term activity camp flyer for children ages 5 - 12. Activties take place at The Mountbatten School.

Book now

29 Apr 2022

Head of Languages & Internationalism

TLR 2c £7,017 Required for September 2022

28 Apr 2022

Teaching Assistant

Actual Salary Details: Grade B £13,461 - £13,690/Grade C £13,724 - £14,461 (depending on experience) 30.83 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.25 am to 3.15 pm – 39 weeks per annum

08 Apr 2022

Teacher of Mathematics

Permanent, Full time Main Pay Scale Required from September 2022

06 May 2022

Librarian

37 hours per week, 41 week contract (term time + 2 weeks) Grade D - Actual Salary: £19,583 to £22,009 (depending on experience)

04 Apr 2022

Caretaker

Grade C £19,265 to £20,290 plus 10% shift allowance (depending on experience) 52 week contract, 37 hours per week over a fortnightly shift pattern - 2 weeks of Shift 1 followed by 2 weeks of Shift 2: Shift 1 (Early) - 6.30 am - 2.30 pm (30 minute break) Shift 2 (Late) - 2.3...

26 Apr 2022

Y8 HPV Consent

All Y8 parents and carers have been sent a letter today outlining the Human Papillomavirus vaccination immunisation programme running on school in June. The letter has important information about how to consent online so that your child can receive this vaccination.