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27/03/24

👀 Watch this space... ☀️Coming soon the FHS Summer Reading Challenge! pic.twitter.com/McUXIaob4r

08/03/24

On we’re celebrating Kayleigh Trainor 🙌 NQT ➡️ Head of Humanities at Burnt Mill Academy ➡️ Assistant Head at Forest Hall School 💛#IWD2024 pic.twitter.com/MSw68rFA3o

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08/03/24

On we’re celebrating Kayleigh Trainor 🙌 NQT ➡️ Head of Humanities at Burnt Mill Academy ➡️ Assistant Head at Forest Hall School 💛#IWD2024 pic.twitter.com/MSw68rFA3o

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26/02/24

📣 Year 9, 10 and 11📣 Make the most of the Summer School opportunities available from Imperial College London.https://t.co/Jd6y1BblcE

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15/02/24

📚 Are you book ready? 📚 Share your love of reading this World Book Day! 📚 The more creative the better... pic.twitter.com/Vqjoh9FBdd

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10/02/24

🏙️ Jack the Ripper Walking Tour enhances learning. Year 10 pupils enjoyed the Jack the Ripper walking tour bringing their classroom learning beyond the school environment. pic.twitter.com/1SCbR7tlEX

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10/02/24

A successful collapsed timetbale day allowed Year 11 students to gain interview experience from Wendy at Clinical pic.twitter.com/kZKFkOeSv5

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26/01/24

Interactive WW1 workshop brings the curriculum alive.Year 9 pupils experienced a whistle stop tour of the Great War, covering the start, the old empires, alliances, assassination, revolution and battles. pic.twitter.com/l3W3mpthJY

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22/01/24

We look forward to welcoming Parents/Carers, Pupils and the local community to the 'FHS Wellbeing Fete' pic.twitter.com/gmcoUGsvqz

15/01/24

🌟 Cambridge Teaching AwardsThe Cambridge Teaching Awards are now open for nominatins. If you would like to nominate a teacher for an award please use the following link where you can also find information: https://t.co/TTGdSIePEY

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12/01/24

❤️Thank you to for sponsoring Forest Hall School with two Mega Paint Sets.All the students are excited to use your products at Warhammer Club. pic.twitter.com/62iDFVTxdm

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11/01/24

🍞 The best masterclass since sliced bread! 🍞 Year 10 got to learn the skills and tips from an expert baker. 🍞Alan Ackroyd, a retired baker, visited Year 10 GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition students for a masterclass in bread-making. pic.twitter.com/lyr19tPJg8

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07/01/24

We look forward to welcoming the FHS community to this incredibly informative event. pic.twitter.com/lxGmnIRAtQ

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21/12/23

🎄🎅🤶An exceptional end to the Autumn term...Eagle Charity Week ✔️Christmas dinner 🍽️✔️PTA Sweet stall 🍬✔️Food Bank donations delivered 🥫✔️Acts of Kindness provided to many families ❤️ ✔️Wishing all families a safe and peaceful Christmas break. pic.twitter.com/ffqaCmmcfR

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09/12/23

🧁Cake sale is a spooky success. 🧁Year 11 students held a charity cake sale to raise money for local charity. 🧁Mrs Down states, 'The pupils done all of the hard work, and made sure the Halloween theme had lots of entertainment for students who attended the cake sale!' pic.twitter.com/9jo1uuHpTX

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08/12/23

🎄🤶🎅 THANK YOU 🎅🤶🎄🎄 Thank you to everyone who bought tickets for the PTA Christmas raffle. 🤶 The draw has taken place and all winners have been notified.🎅 The PTA would like to extend a very special thank you to everyone who donated prizes. pic.twitter.com/IJJt718Q8r

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04/12/23

📣Food Bank Collection Reminder.🥫 All donations towards the Uttlesford Food Bank Collection must be received by Friday 8th December. 💚 Thank you in advance for your continued support in the local community. pic.twitter.com/8Ik03SXI5j

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03/12/23

🎟️🎄FINAL REMINDER🎫 ALL ticket stubs and money must be returned by Monday 4th December to be added to the draw. pic.twitter.com/MAtlXhWicq

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28/11/23

🎅🎄 December Advent Calendar of Kindness🤶🎅 Show kindness to yourself and others this December by ticking off each act of kindness. pic.twitter.com/PQ6SbpcqSW

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27/11/23

🎟️ PTA Raffle Tickets🎫 Please ensure all ticket stubs are returned with money no later than Monday 4th December. 🎟️ If you require any additional tickets, contact Miss Trainor pic.twitter.com/JAw2bQi8WT

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GCSE Case Studies 2022

GCSE Case Studies 2022

Posted: 25th August 2022

A diagnosis of a rare cancer did not stop Jack Tilstone from prioritising his studies and achieving top GCSE results.

When Jack suffered shoulder pain in December 2019, his doctor, physiotherapist and osteopath put it down to fast growth or playing on his Xbox.

When a lump then developed in February 2020, his mother Nichola – a children’s nurse – knew immediately what it was.

Jack, from Stansted, was diagnosed with a rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma – cancer of the immune system – which led to immediate chemotherapy, immunotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, with a five-month stay in hospital.

As a result, Jack missed almost two years of schooling at Forest Hall School.

But, despite it all, he achieved a grade 9 in photography and grade 8 in geography early, as well as today picking up two grade 9, one grade 8, two grade 7, three grade 6 and one grade 5.

He will now go on to Saffron Walden County High to study further maths, maths, economics and politics.

He said: “I am proud.

“When I returned to school, there were some weeks when I could only manage four days. The school were good and gave me extra time to complete my work when I needed it.

“My teachers have been great and the school has been very good at supporting me.”

Jack is now considered in remission and is returning to hospital every two months to be monitored.

Proud mum Nichola said it has been Jack’s determination which has got him his results today.

She said: “With what he has been through, these results are amazing.

“We have always said he is naturally clever, but actually he is really determined. If he wants something, he does it.

“He was incredibly poorly, so we just wanted him to focus on getting better. But, he did not use it as an excuse to not do his GCSEs, he worked really, really hard.

“The school has been absolutely brilliant. They were just so supportive. Anything he wanted, they granted it, they didn’t question anything at all.

“We just wanted him to get the results he wanted. He deserves to be able to choose what he does next. He has done really well and that is down to his determination.”

 

 

Finding a school where teachers understood Oscar Perry’s needs has enabled him toFHS GCSE Oscar Perry flourish.

He collected one grade 8, two grade 7, two grade 6, four grade 5, a Merit and a Distinction on GCSE results day.

Having been expelled from a primary school for his angry outbursts, Oscar – who has communication disorder – is looking forward to a bright future.

Oscar, who will study maths, further maths and physics at fellow BMAT sixth form Sir Frederick Gibberd College in Harlow, said: “I am really excited about my grades.

“My teachers gave me extra sessions after school which was a really big help. All of my teachers have been really supportive.”

Proud mum Samantha, from Little Canfield, said all Oscar needed was for a school to take the time to get to know him and understand his needs for him to achieve.

She said: “He had the determination to just do it. When he joined Forest Hall, he was meant to go into the nurture group, but instead he started in set four for everything – he soon moved up and ended up in set one for maths and science.

“He needed to be treated as a human being. We do not want children to all be the same and to conform to everything. He soon realised that it is okay to be different.

“Forest Hall has supported his needs. Oscar helped his teachers to recognise his needs and they allowed him to be himself. He just wants the very best for himself. The school has never told him he can’t do something. He knows what he wants to do, he just has to be allowed to do it.

“He has turned his life around. He has grown up to be such a lovely young man. We are so, so proud.”

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