Upper Shirley High School, Southampton, Hampshire

Virtual Open Morning Launch

Tomorrow we start to release footage and films as part of
the USH Virtual Open Morning experience for 2020.

Every day, over the next week, we will be releasing brand
new films to share the USH experience with you.

Today, we encourage you to read the HEADTEACHER'S BLOG on
the USH website, entitled ‘Virtual Open Morning 2020: Behind the scenes’

Check back into Facebook tomorrow, for the pre-recorded
Headteacher’s Address.

Please pass this on to friends and family considering USH
for their child in September 2021.

Afternoon Tea on US(H)

As you may remember at the end of the summer term we held a socially distanced, end of term fund raising event.

We were delighted to use the monies raised to buy afternoon tea for two local care homes. These were delivered last week and as you can see from the photographs they were thrilled to receive it.

Thank you too Heidi from Cherry On The Cake for making up two fantastic afternoon tea gift boxes.

European Day of Languages

"The limits of my language are the limits
of my universe" (Ludwig Wittgenstein)

We celebrated the European Day of Languages this
week which like every year takes place on the 26th September. As the new Head
of Languages, it was my job to record a video assembly to raise awareness of
the importance of learning languages and how key languages are a tool to open
doors to different experiences and opportunities. We looked at some quotes from
Nelson Mandela and my favourite one from the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. I
feel really identified with this quote as I feel that learning languages have
given me life opportunities that I could not have even dreamt about when I was
growing as a young person in a small town in the North of Spain. I want all our
learners at USH, all our community to have access to new ways of looking at the
world so they become more open to others and their different ways of doing
things. Learning Languages is about learning about other people's culture and
become more tolerant and understanding of differences. We also had the
opportunity to do a Languages escape room during tutor time to learn more about
different languages and traditions, I hope that was fun!

USH Houses - Which House Are You In?

We are excited to re-launch our four USH houses next week.

Our Heads of Houses are Mr O'Farrell for Aviators, Miss Way for Engineers, Mr Collins for Mariners and Miss Suffling for Venturers

On Monday they will be emailing all tutor groups to welcome them into their house and launching an exciting competition, or two. Competition details will be displayed on the television screen in the Exhibition Hall and there are house display and information boards there too, so take a look when you next walk through.

College Open Days

Your son/daughter has been
issued with a college open day/evening calendar. As you will see some
colleges are planning virtual open days while others are planning to be open
for you and your son/daughter to visit. It is important that you
check the college website as changes may be made and you may have to book a
place/parking.

City College Virtual Open
Events

City College will be holding "Virtual" Open
Events on the following dates. it is advisable to book a place
in advance. Register at https://www.southampton-city.ac.uk/events/

·
Virtual Open Event - Tuesday 13th October 2020,
5pm – 7:30pm

·
Virtual Open Event - Thursday 12th November 2020,
5pm – 7:30pm

Eastleigh College Virtual
Open Events

Eastleigh college will be holding their Online Open Events on the
following dates. Book your place at https://eastleighcollege.onlineopendays.com/

·
Online Open Event – Tuesday 29^th September 2020

·
Online Open Event – Thursday 15^th October 2020