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On Tuesday 16^th June the House Music trophy was held. Fifteen students performed individually and in group in six sections, with the winners of each section performing in a final concert for the overall prize. Abbie Hedger was the overall winner, with Michael Brown coming second overall.

Adler won the trophy on points, defeating their closest rival by 100 points.

Sophie Dick, a year 8 student attending the Sir John Colfox School, is a member of Endurance Great Britain (an organisation involved in long distance competitive horse riding).  Sophie is currently Wessex Junior Rider Champion and also won the trophy for junior rider achieving the most points, horse and rider combined, in their first season.  "Good management, lots of training and determination to succeed combined with good luck on the day and you are in with a chance."  Says Sophie.

She attended the Southern Championships recently on the Berkshire Downs, near Lambourn.  Despite high winds and rain she completed an 80 km competitive ride on her Connemara cross New Forest pony, which then passed the strict veterinary inspection for fitness and heart rate on return to the venue, rewarding Sophie for all her hard work.

A team of five Year 8 geography students recently won the UNESCO World Heritage competition, so will be representing the Jurassic Coast at the first UNESCO World Heritage Youth Summit, being held in Lyme Regis on Friday 22 May.

Following a brief to create a brochure, collage or pod cast that communicates how they feel about their local World Heritage Site based around one the World Heritage themes of tourism, identity, the environment or peace, the year 8 team produced a film, a PowerPoint presentation, two sketches and three three-dimensional collages considering the effects of tourism on our natural environment.  Their collages were strikingly original depictions of the benefits and drawbacks of tourism to our beaches and natural surroundings, urging us all to get involved to protect them. "I am very proud of what the children have achieved" said Nicki Schantz, language college coordinator.  "Developing our links with the Jurassic Coast team is one of the ways in which we are working with the wider community to bring learning to life while at the same time raising the awareness of the importance of sustainable development in our environment."

This is the 7th time that UKMT (United Kingdom Mathematics Trust) has run this Team Competition - This year's event was very enthusiastically received by all 21 schools who participated in the competition.  The competition combines mathematical, communication and teamwork skills and offers pupils another way to express and develop their enjoyment of Mathematics. It is open to year 8 and 9 mathematicians from all schools in the area.

The Sir John Colfox entered a team of two year 8 and two year 9 pupils - Leah Crabtree, Katherine Crabb, Stefan Mathews and Tom Wilson.  We were one of only four teams who had not entered the competition before.  Our final position was 14th which we were genuinely pleased with.  Millfield School came 1st, followed by Sexey's School in 2nd and Castle School came 3rd.

Maths Teacher Helen Harding, who accompanied the team, was impressed with the way the students performed.  "This was a new challenge for all the team to show off their skills in Mathematics.  The students worked excellently together, to share their knowledge making it a valuable experience for everyone involved."