Open Evening 2016 Programme

OPEN EVENINGThursday 29 September 2016 5.30 – 8.30pm Hillview School for Girls Brionne Gardens Tonbridge Kent TN9 2HE Tel: 01732 352793 www.hillview.kent.sch.uk

Hilary Burkett, Headteacher, and RuthMakepeace, Assistant Head, KS3 will talkto girls and parents in the School Hall at6.00pm, 6.45pm and 7.30pm.Entry to each talk will be by ticket only.The school bell will be rung at 5.55pm,6.40pm and 7.25pm to allow time forvisitors to be seated.There will be an introduction from HeadGirl, Kelsey Sowerby, and an address byYear 7 speakers, Molly Frances & AiméeClarke.The canteen will be open for CANTEENrefreshments, including cakes andsavoury snacks prepared by Hillview’s “Food for thought is noPTA. There will also be an opportunity to substitute for the real thing.” ~ Walt Kellysee what food choices will be available toyour daughter during the day at HillviewSchool for Girls. Staff will be on hand toanswer any questions you may have.

LEVEL 1GT6 Business Studies BUSINESS STUDIES Students' work and coursework will be displayed from Years 9-13. “To be successful, you have to have your heart in Join in the Business quizzes. your business, and your business in yourGT6 Childcare heart.” ~ Thomas Watson, Sr. CACHE Level 2 Award in Child Development and Care. CHILDCARE Did you know that any baby in a “Children are one third of childcare setting from as young as our population and all of birth is required to follow a our future.” curriculum? HEALTH & SOCIALGT6 Health & Social Care CARE See how much you know about “A healthy outside starts your body! from the inside.” ~ Robert UrichGT6 Psychology & Sociology PSYCHOLOGY Psychology and Sociology both & SOCIOLOGY involve human interaction. Come and look at the work our students “Man can alter his life by have been doing as well as the altering his thinking.” resources used in both these subjects.

The Science Department are taking you on a tour ofsome of the topics that students will study in KeyStage 3 Science at Hillview.Room GT5 Biology: Explore the world of living organisms. Have a look at tiny microbes under a microscope and SCIENCE decide who eats who in the food chain game. See what is inside your body “The important thing in and how cells work. science is not so much to obtain new facts as to Chemistry: Get your hands wet and discover new ways of play with fireballs in a surreal thinking about experiment with washing-up liquid and them.” ~ William methane gas. See how many different Lawrence Bragg colours can be made by using only three chemicals. Physics: Get fascinated by a fantastic world of light and sound. Explore different energy stores by looking at some every-day objects. Investigate how waves move by using jelly babies.Room GT7 Look at some student work and the books that they use in their studies. Talk to the teachers about our KS3, 4 and 5 programmes.

LEVEL 2Sports Physical Education PHYSICALHall EDUCATION Displays of trampolining and cheerleading. “Sport is human life in microcosm.” The Fitness Suite is open for you to ~Howard Cosell see all the equipment available to students. CLUBS & ENRICHMENT Clubs & Enrichment The “Enrichment Zone” will be showcasing the range of lunchtime and after-school clubs on offer to students at Hillview. There will be work and displays from sports, fashion and language clubs, amongst others.

LEVEL 3 ARTRoom 303 Art “Every child is an Display of art and sketchbooks artist. The problem isRoom 304 throughout the Department. how to remain anRoom 305 artist once we grow Live studio photo shoot . Photography up.” ~ Pablo Picasso exhibition book display. Year 11 GCSE Art: Light workshop Year 10 & 12 artists working and a visitors’ drawing workshop run by Art students.Room 302 Fashion & Textiles Fashion Ambassadors will be leading a workshop in fashion illustration using mathematical shapes for prospective students. They will also be making Vogue badges to take away. Work will be on display from Years 9 to FASHION & 13. TEXTILES In the Textiles Room 425 on Level 4, there are displays of Years 7 to 11 “Of course I make Textiles. mistakes. I’m human. If I didn’t make mistakes, I’d never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes.” ~ Alexander McQueenRoom 301 Media Arts MEDIA ARTS An exhibition of A-Level film and media “Fiction reveals truths creative work, including magazines, short that reality obscures.” films and music videos. There will also be ~ Jessamyn West student workshops taking place.

LEVEL 4Room 408 Admissions A chance to discuss any questions you ADMISSIONS may have about admission to Hillview School for Girls with our Admissions Secretary, Mrs Gill Blacklee.Room 404 Computing COMPUTINGRoom 423 Come and see examples of student work “Computing is not through the different age groups. Have a about computers any look around our VLE on screen to find out more. It is about what topics students are working on and living.” ~ how they use this. Experience the newly- Nicholas Negroponte developed Raspberry Pi and see how we are trialling it at KS3. You will also be shown our new method of teaching students essential computing skills. Students’ work and coursework will be displayed. Have a look at the facilities that are available to all of our students and see a summary of the courses on offer throughout the school.Room 421 Design DESIGN Displays of students’ Design work. “You know you’ve achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away.” ~ Antoine De Saint- ExuperyRoom 424 Healthy Living Come and sample a range of baked products prepared by our KS3&4 students.

Room 418 Drama & Musical Theatre DRAMA &Room 419 Recording of students’ work within the Performing Arts, including clips of last MUSICAL year’s school musical ‘Cats’ and Frantic Assembly inspired pieces. THEATRE Selection of Drama games, activities and “Drama is life with the rehearsals run by our Drama Subject dull bits cut out.” ~ Ambassadors. Alfred HitchcockRooms Geography GEOGRAPHY410/411 Come and discover how good your “Everywhere’s been planning and superhero skills are by where it is ever since it saving communities from the threat of was first put there. It’s wildfires and tsunamis. Using the called geography.” ~ department tablets, test your Terry Pratchett knowledge of countries and places and see just how good your geography skills are already.Rooms History405/406 Come and immerse yourself in all things history. Dress up and have your HISTORY photograph taken at our vintage photo booth, sort the cards in our “History is the version chronological challenge, cast your vote of past events that in our Best of British survey or simply people have decided to agree upon.” come and enjoy music from the past. There is something for everyone in the History Department and the team are on standby to answer your questions and show you what history means at Hillview. RE Displays of student work and curriculum materials.

Room 409 Personal & Spiritual Development PERSONAL & SPIRITUAL Personal & Spiritual Development DEVELOPMENT incorporates citizenship, personal social health education and personal “It’s not who you are finance. Come along, play some that holds you back, games and see what it’s all about! it’s who you think you’re not.”Room 402 Music MUSIC Mixed performances from different “Without music life groups including Show Choir, Hillview would be a mistake.” ~ Singers, small ensembles and Friedrich Wilhelm soloists. Nietzsche

LEVEL 5Room 521 Dance Dance students will be performing examples of their choreographic and DANCE performance work. “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” ~ Martha GrahamRoom 509 English ENGLISH Introduction to Key Stage 3 View examples of work and resources. “While thought exists, words are Share your hopes and dreams about alive and literature secondary school. becomes an escape, not from, but intoRoom 510 Introduction to Key Stages 4 and 5 living.” ~ View examples of work and resources. Read some of the texts we explore at Cyril Connolly GCSE and A Level.Room 514 Library LIBRARY Meet the Librarian and find out about “Books let us into Year 7 library lessons and all the their souls and lay activities and events offered by the open to us the Library. secrets of our own.”

Room 519 Maths If you want to see what maths you will MATHS be doing in Year 7, come and have a “Mathematics is the look in Room 519 where there is a sister, as well as the display of Year 7 work. There is also servant, of the arts work from Year 8 up to Year 13 so you and is touched with can see how your maths will develop the same madness during your time at Hillview. and genius.” ~ Harold MarstonRoom 516 Maths is taught using a variety of both Morse Room 505 traditional methods and modern technologies. Come to Room 516 to MODERN see some examples of the types of FOREIGN tasks you will be doing in lessons, LANGUAGES including the use of interactive whiteboards, laptops and digital “Language is the learner response systems. Try as many roadmap of a culture. as you can. It tells you where its people came from and Modern Foreign Languages where they are going.” ~ Rita Mae Brown Come and look at the work that our students have been doing in the different courses we offer.Room 506 Enjoy looking at photos from our trips and clubs. Join in the fun with our students playing board games as well as interactive games on the computers! Watch films and listen to music.Room 552 SEN SEN Our Director for Inclusion, (SENDCO), “If you can find a Miss Kirsty Seaton, and Curriculum path with no Support staff will be in the Sixth Form obstacles, it probably Study Room for any questions you may doesn’t lead anywhere.” ~ Frank A Clark

The school is divided into five levels starting with Level 1 at the bottom of the site.Subject Level RoomAdmissions 4 408Art 3 303, 304,305Business Studies 1 GT6Childcare 1 GT6Clubs & Enrichment 2 Sports HallComputing 4 404,423Dance 5 521Design 4 421Drama & Musical Theatre 4 418,419English 5 509/510Fashion & Textiles 3/4 302/425GeographyHealth & Social Care 4 410/411Healthy Living 1 GT6History 4 424Library 4 405/406Maths 5 514Media Arts 5 516/519Modern Foreign Languages 3 301 5 505,506MusicPersonal & Spiritual Development 4 402 4 409Physical EducationPsychology & Sociology 2 Sports HallReligious Education 1 GT6Science 4 405/406SEN 1 GT5, GT7 5 552