on Tuesday 30 April ~ 270 students attended from 20 different schools from the Worthing and Adur area.

Visitors included The Mayor and Mayoress of Worthing, Cllr Charles James and Mrs James, Tim Loughton MP and Youth Mayor, Cam Hughes.

We are very proud that Davison musicians and singers have been invited to take part in this year's Skoolfest gig at the Worthing Pavillion Theatre on 22nd May at 7pm. This is an amazing opportunity to join musicians and bands from local schools in a concert at a professional theatre run by current students at Northbrook College.

Davison choir will be opening the show with a performance of Gospel songs which we will be working on with the expert help of gospel singer and choir leader Siggy Mwasote. The gig will also feature performances from singers and musicians at Davison and should be a really memorable and exciting evening.

Tickets are available in advance for the gig from the Worthing Theatres website. Please see www.worthingtheatres.co.uk for more detail.

Check out the Skoolfest facebook page for further information and a special sneak preview of the Davison choir and other performers. www.facebook.com/skoolfest

Davison Music is also on Twitter - follow us at @Davison_Music for updates on rehearsals and concerts.

At the end of last term, Alice and her sister Florence wrote, directed and staged a magnificent play based on the Vietnam War called "All Shook Up" in the school hall. Attracting a paying audience of approximately 100 people, the play raised £151.87 for their selected charity "Help for Heroes" and attracted coverage from the Worthing Herald (see article below). A cheque for the donation was despatched to "Help for Heroes" and an acknowledgement letter and certificate is winging its way back to the girls and the school, thanking them for their support. Alice and Florence would like to say a big thank you to the 24 member cast, which comprised of drama students from the school, and all those who helped to make the evening a success, especially the two tea ladies on the night, Mrs West and Mrs Scales!

In 2013, Davison students were awarded:

64 certificates: 4 gold, 20 silver, 40 bronze

In the Intermediate Challenge: 38% of students entered gained a certificate

41 certificates: 2 gold, 10 silver, 29 bronze,

In the Junior Challenge: 43% of girls entered gained a certificate

23 certificates: 2 gold, 10 silver, 11 bronze

Intermediate Maths Challenge ~ 7th February 2013

Year 11
Gold: Eleanor Harris (best in year)
Silver: Claire Winter, Kimberle Roberts, Eleanor Chilvers, Raadiyah Olajire, Leah Harris
Bronze: Alannah Morley, Elham Hussain, Sophie Grand, Lydia Burley, Charlott Cozens, Katie Martin, Jennifer Hirst, Molly Allwright, Claire Smith, Florence Dennis.

Year 10
Gold: Verity Bennett (best in year/best in school)
Bronze: Samphire Cassidy, Laura Brooker, Eleanor Bunce, Rosie Scordoulis, Heather Luff, Lois Capel, Ella Quayle, Lois Harrison.

Year 9
Silver: Olivia Carrington (best in year), Indigo Douglas, Megan Mccready, Caroline Etchells, Antonia Heater.
Bronze: Sofia Taylor, Danielle Baguley, Bethany Shaw, Abigail Slater, Olivia Bolger, Robyn Collins, Bethany Duncan, Matilda Rhodes, Amy Johnson, Emily Langrish, Leah Keiley

Junior Maths Challenge ~ 25th April 2013

Year 8
Gold: Abigail Heath (best in year/best in school), Rachel Cochrane.
Silver: Tashi Playle, Lucy Quayle, Margaret Peek, Hannah Jones, Lola Fijalkowska, Emily Collings, Fiona Burton, Sophie Upward, Rebekah Haggar, Elena Attwood.
Bronze: Belle Taylor, Daisy Durrant, Georgia Ryan, Daina Brook, Martha Caddick, Rafaela Perilli, Lucy Reynold, Elspeth Ellwood, Martha Keiley, Marium Ahmad, Anna Wills.

On Wednesday 15th May, 25 students took part in the District Athletics at Worthing Leisure Centre - despite filling in lots of events at the last minute and the random hailstorm at the start, the students did exceptionally well!

At the end of the day, the Junior students came 2nd out of the thirteen schools competing and the Intermediate students also took 2nd place. Overall in the Girls Competition, Davison came a very respectable 2nd!

In the overall competition, including boys' scores courtesy of St Andrews, Davison came 2nd as well.

Special mention to Leah Harris, Emma Collins, Megan Close, Emelia Williams and Emily Marchant for qualifying for the next round of competitions for Sussex.

Congratulations to the Year 9 Netball Team who have had a very successful season. Having already come 2nd in the Area League last term, the Team were looking forward to taking part in the Year 9 Area Netball Tournament.

Out of 8 teams entered, the students eventually finished in 3rd place after beating Shoreham Academy 12-0 in the 3rd/4th place play off. The students then narrowly missed out on making the final after a 5-3 defeat to Sion in the semi finals.

They have been incredibly committed this year and their hard work has paid off. Well done to Megan Close, Kina Garratt, Emelia Challen, Georgie Coppin, Eliska Forman, Saffron Gordon, Alicia Hurst, Charlotte Lloyd, Rebecca Lloyd, Yasmin Payne, Lauren Thompson and Sabah Kahn.

Miss Baker

the best young singers, songwriters, musicians and bands from local schools came together last night for a big gig ~ Skoolfest ~ sponsored by Music at Northbrook College. Students from Davison scooped the top two prizes!

Alice Wheatley won the 'Most ready to roll' Award and her prize is three days in a recording studio to produce an EP recording

The Canaries (Lena Paul, Tia Benbow Hart, Molly Mckinna & Martha Scott) won 'A star is born' prize which means they will open Northbrook's end of term gig on the pier in June

The Davison Choir also opened the show by singing two Gospel songs and the whole event was Judged by TV's Malcolm in the Middle.

Congratulations!