ASA TODAY Issue 32 2015 by All Saints' Academy

Dance Show

Gymnastics and dance routines showcase talented students. Page 4 & 5

St Thomas More Primary visit

Articles written by pupils. Page 11

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Issue 32, Term 5, 2015

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New Bishop of Gloucester visits All Saints’ Academy

By Mr McNiffe Principal

The Venerable Rachel Treweek visited All Saints’ Academy on the day of the announcement that she will be the first female Church of England Diocesan Bishop of Gloucester. We are indeed honoured and proud that All Saints’ Academy was selected as the venue for such a historic announcement. Venerable Rachel Treweek was greeted and welcomed by students and staff when she arrived on the 26th March along with the BBC, local news media and journalists. The All Saints’ Academy choir performed for Rachel and her accompanying guests, which included her husband Reverend Guy Treweek and Archdeacon Robert Springett. The Bishop was deeply touched by the reception she received from our students and choir and we certainly felt her warmth and genuine nature through her conversations and during the blessing of our Hunger Cloth, which our students had made, in the Academy Chapel.

Above: Asraf Khan, Mrs Scarfe, Rhiannon Watts, Eloise Taylor, Emily Bond, Chair of Governors Anthony McClaran,Venerable Rachel Treweek, Mr McNiffe, Alex Regan, Josh Domm, Poppy Slack, Emily Towle and Kerryanne Bill.

Fast raises £1577.58 for Cafod

On 14th May we presented Cafod with a cheque for £1577.58. The money had been raised by students and staff taking part in a 24 hour fast at the Academy. Throughout the event students participated in activities that highlighted the effects of Ebola. Ann Hayes came in from the official aid agency Cafod to recieve the cheque. Seamus Bonner was chosen to help present the donation on behalf of the students as

he had raised the most individually. Ann explained what the students’ money would do for the families in Sierra Leone. She discussed what has been done so far to eradicate Ebola and what still needs to be done. A big congratulations to all of the students and staff that took part in the 24 hour fast; it was a tremendous achievement for all involved. Particular thanks go to Mrs Scarfe for organising an inspiring charity fundraiser.

Continued on page 3

Parent survey results are in! See Page 8

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Miss Skelding

PR & Communications Manager

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Chief Editor for ASA Today Another busy term has passed here at All Saints’ Academy. There have been lots of events and competitions that have taken place all of which are explored in this issue. Some of the biggest events are the Student Review Day Careers Fair, the fantastic Gymnastics & Dance Show and the brilliant community gardening project at Springbank Academy. In this issue we worked with Year 5 pupils from St Thomas More Primary to create a page for themselves. Please turn to page 11 to see their amazing work. Next issue will be a bumper edition featuring important dates for the next academic year, department articles and end of year events such as the Year 11 & Year 13 prom. Thank you to the students and staff that have written articles in this edition. If you are interested in writing for our newspaper then please send me an email: kskelding@asachelt.org

ASA TODAY Editorial Team Chief Editor: Miss Skelding Editor: Miss Smith

Jim Roberson @jimroberson1 Yo fantastic time in Cheltenham All Saints’ Academy today thanks

ASA student Jess Knight & Martin Horwood digPupils from St Thomas More using ging in and helping out with Springbank Primary’s All Saints’ catering facilities garden our primary schools. We have set up and every student’s needs and aspiraMr McNiffe strong links with Hester’s Way Pri- tions and it is our aim to develop that Principal mary, St Thomas More RC Primary, knowledge of each child joining us in Springbank Primary, Rowanfield Pri- September through the collaborative mary, St Gregory’s RC Primary and planning with our primary schools. Swindon Village Primary. As a fam- As a result of this great Our aim at All Saints’ Academy is ily of schools we are keen to ensure work, there are many new projects to be respected as an active partner that progression for all Year 6 pupils in development such as sharing rein our local community, working is smooth and well planned, so that sources between our schools that with families, parents, our primary any young person joining All Saints’ will benefit students at All Saints’ schools, other schools, local comAcademy in Year 7 will build on their Academy and the students in all munity groups churches and other primary education and continue to our partner feeder primary schools. organisations from the business and succeed at the rate they were accus- Fun projects are being developed industry sectors. To be outstanding tomed to. To this end, members of for enterprise, careers, numeracy, we have invested time in broadening my staff team have met with our pri- literacy, science and community an outward looking approach to work mary colleagues to produce a plan for initiatives and events. One of these with our partners so that we can deprimary transition and to share the events will be the Cheltenham Sumvelop as a centre of educational exbest educational practice between our mer Carnival, which will be held on cellence. Over this academic year schools. We are proud to be compli- the 11th July at All Saints’ Academy. we have worked very closely with mented for thoroughly knowing each

The Academy needs you! Parent Forum needs you!

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All Saints’ Academy Parental Forum meets once a term to discuss a whole variety of issues related to life at the Academy. This year these topics have included Catering, Enrichment, ILTs, Student Review Days and Online Safety. The final meeting this year is on Thursday 11th June 2015 at 6pm The group is open to all parents so if you are interested in attending please email Mrs Crawford (Assistant Principal, House ) at acrawford@asachelt.org.

JobSmart @GCJobSmart Really lovely day representing @ Gloscol Traineeships at @asachelt careers fair yesterday - thank you for having us! The DREAM JOB COACH @ LouiseJenner1 It’s #Careers Fair today @asachelt I’m looking forward to meeting you all and hearing about #YourDreamJob #Chelt All Saints’ Academy @asachelt Well done to our Year 10 CCF students who took part in a field day at Dean Close yesterday! StPeter’s Chaplaincy @ChaplainsStPetes Great day @asachelt today! Chaplaincy Teams working together! TescoCheltCommunity @CheltTescoCC @asachelt Tesco community project , together we make a difference @ mikeyb371 @DJRheady @lauriewills

Calendar dates Monday 1st June Photography Exhibition Tuesday 2nd June Anthology launch for First Story Tuesday 9th June The Piano Guys Music Trip Thursday 11th June Parent Forum Friday 12th June Year 7 & 8 Disco Wednesday 17th June Internet Safety Evening for Parents Friday 19th June Year 13 Ball Wednesday 24th June Year 10 Business Studies Trip to Longleat Friday 26th June Sports Day

Monday 29th June Year 11 Leavers Service Year 11 Prom Wednesday 1st July Year 6 Induction Day Thursday 2nd July Mass at Clifton Cathedral Friday 3rd July Musical Theatre Revue Wednesday 8th July Learning for Living Day Thursday 9th July Learning for Living Day French Trip Saturday 11th July Cheltenham Summer Carnival

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New Bishop Rachel Invites All Saints’ Students to her Formal Enthronement

Rachel said: "I am looking forward to encouraging Christians to speak out with confidence about their faith and the good news that the Gospel brings. It will be my privilege to work with churches as we connect with people, wherever they are and whatever their concerns." All Saints’ Academy is truly blessed to be jointly sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Clifton and the Anglican Diocese of Gloucester. Both Bishop Declan Lang of Clifton and The Venerable Rachel Treweek care deeply about the education of young people and they are passionate that

the schools in their Diocese provide an education that promotes the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of all students. We are indeed proud to be recognised as an Academy that does this to an outstanding level. Since her visit to All Saints’ Academy, The Venerable Rachel Treweek has invited our choir to perform at her formal enthronement at Gloucester Cathedral in June. It will certainly be another historic and memorable occasion for our students at All Saints’ Academy.

Year 7 Retreats to The Rock! By Rev Samuel

Anglican Chaplain

The start of the Summer Term at All Saints’ Academy also marks the start of Year 7 retreats to The Rock. Each Year 7 student is invited, along with their RE class and teacher, to attend a full day of activities at The Rock led by Andy Maculy. This year students were welcomed at 8.30am and put into teams. During the morning activity, students were invited to visit each of the five prayer stations in the church. Each prayer station

encouraged the students to think and reflect on a different aspect of life, big questions, for example or hopes for the future, and then add their thoughts to a visual display. In the second part of the morning students were then asked to create their own prayer station in their small groups for the other students to then visit. After lunch students then had the opportunity to take part in a range of more energetic activities such as, dodge ball and four square. All of the students seemed to enjoy the day and we are very grateful to The Rock for making their facilities and expertise available to our students.

All Saints’ Choir perform

By Rev Samuel

Anglican Chaplain

The Academy Choir has grown from strength to strength since their debut concert in December. There was a further concert on Tuesday 24th March to mark Christ’s Passion in the lead up to Holy Week. The Way of the Cross, a

Easter

musical setting of the Passion of Christ, was performed beautifully by the choir incorporating both readings from the Bible and hymns into a reflection on the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. The choir also performed ‘The Lord is My Shepherd’ at the end of term service in the Sports Hall on Friday 27th March. This was a wonderful occasion in which the whole School gathered together before Easter and the Easter Holidays to

Service

remember the events of Holy Week. The service was led by Mr Pinless with reflective readings and prayers from Mr Griffin, Mrs Hamblin, Mr Neely, Mrs Taylor and Mr Powell. The day before the end of term the choir were invited to welcome the Venerable Rachel Treweek to All Saints’ Academy as she made her first visit around the diocese after it was announced that she would be the next Bishop of Gloucester.

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Dance & Gymnastics Show a tremendous success

By Miss Skelding

PR & Communications Manager On 29th April we invited students and parents/carers to enjoy the Gymnastics & Dance Show. Dance and Gymnastics students from Years 7 – 13 took part. There were 21 acts in total; some students study BTEC Dance Level 2 and Level 3 and others attend an after school gymnastics or dance class. This was the second Gymnastics and Dance Show following a successful one last year. Even more students took part in this year’s show and there was a great deal of support from the 100+ audience. Staff, fellow students, parents/carers and families came to see the show. PE Teacher Miss Oldham and Dance Teacher Miss Smith organised the show and were thrilled with the performances. Miss Oldham runs an after school gymnastics class for students wanting to learn moves and routines and Miss Smith teaches BTEC Dance and also holds a Dance enrichment club.

.’ ed team t a ic d e ch a d t of su lack r a p g e in oppy S ow b P d e v sh ‘I lo r in the e c n a 1d Year 1 All of the students that took part in the Gymnastics & Dance Show

Year 9 students dance to ‘End of time’

Poppy’s impressive split leap during a solo to ‘Style’ Cameron wowed the audience with her flips

Jas, Yindia & Jade performed a gymnastics routine

‘It was great to see talent from such a wide age range.’ Josh Domm Year 12 Dance students Head Boy

Sophie danced to a mix of songs

s and their routine n o rd a h ally u to ts worked re ey achieved. Thank yo ‘The studen th for ud of what d the show e ro rt p o o p s p u re s a d .’ we e along an us success m o a d c n e t a m e th tr e ith everyon It was a Miss S Sm ar running. e y d n o c e s cher the Dance Tea

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5 ‘It was an excellent production which incorporated a wide range of dance genres.’ Bethany Halford Year 11 Student

Above: Year 11 group dance to ‘Black Widow’

lay at commitment on disp d an ity tiv ea cr ch see su essional“It was wonderful to e dedication and prof Th . se ca ow sh ics st ent na ed audience. This ev the Dance and Gym ck pa a by d ye jo en d it was hat ism shone through an I can’t wait to see w d an ar ye is th el lev her in store for has gone up to anot s and gymnasts have er nc da e th , ith Sm Miss Oldham, Miss Mr Wilkinson us next year!” Vice Principal Poppy performing a solo to ‘Concrete Angel’

Ellie & Emily performing a gymnastics routine to ‘Lay me down’

Year 12 BTEC Dance group choregraphed a routine to a mix of songs

Ryley & Ollie interpreting gymnastics to ‘Cheerleader’

Shannon & Popp y danced to ‘D

Cam & Ellie’s energetic performance to ‘Take me to church’

irty Diana’

Millie, Chloe, Shanique, Millie created a routine to ‘Let it go’

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GCSE Timetable - 2015

Revision Breakfast 8.00am Start 05/05/2015

Morning 9.00am Exam Start

Revision Period 3/4

07/05/2015

Booster Sessions and May School Afternooon 13.30pm Exam Start

Assistant Principal

RE Walking Talking Mock - (Cotswold Hall)

08/05/2015

English (Bredon Ground Floor)

11/05/2015

Religious Education (RE Rooms)

11/05/2015

Health & Social Care (MG01 7am)

12/05/2015

French (M105)

French (Listening & Reading)

13/05/2015

ICT (M106)

ICT (Living in the digital world)

13/05/2015

Music (H202)

Music (Music Industry)

14/05/2015

Chemistry (Class Room)

Chemistry (Unit 2)

15/05/2015

Spanish (M105)

Spanish (Listening and Reading)

18/05/2015

English (Bredon Ground Floor)

English (Drama & Prose)

19/05/2015

Engineering (CG01)

Engineering (Unit 1)

19/05/2015

Geography (MG05)

Geography A (Unit 1)

20/05/2015

Physics (C103)

Physics (Unit 2)

21/05/2015

Maths Foundation (Maths classrooms)

Maths (KMA0 1F)

22/05/2015

English Literature (Bredon Ground Rooms)

English (Unseen texts/poetry)

01/06/2015

History (MG04)

History (American West)

03/06/2015

Computer Science (B101)

Computer Science

03/06/2015

Geography (MG05)

04/06/0215

Maths Foundation (Maths classrooms)

Maths (KMA0 2F)

04/06/2015

Maths Higher (Maths classrooms)

Maths (1MA0 1H)

05/06/2015

Biology (Class Room)

08/06/2015

Maths Higher (Maths classrooms)

English (English SL) Religious Education Health & Social Care Biology (Unit 2)

Biology

Hospitality (CG03)

Child Development (Unit 1)

10/06/2015

History (MG04)

History Public Health

10/06/2015

Film (BG03)

11/06/2015

Religious Education (RE Rooms)

12/06/2015

Physics (C103)

Chemistry (C101)

Catering Hospitality & Catering

(Unit 2)

Chemistry (unit 1)

Film Studies (Paper 1) Religious Education (St Marks Gospel) Physics (unit 1)

16/06/2015

Film Studies (Paper 2) Design Technology (CG03)

Design Technology (Unit 1)

The light at the end of the tunnel is there, reach out and drive through!!

Tuesday 26th

Wednesday 27th

Thursday 28th

Maths 9.30 - 3.00

History 10.00 - 3.00

Religious Education Mark’s Gospel 9.30 - 12.30

Science 12.30 - 3.00

ICT catch up 9.00 - 3.30

Geography Higher 1.00 - 3.00

Friday 29th

Saturday 30th

Computer Science 9.00 - 12.00

History 12.00 - 2.00

Film Studies 10.00 - 1.00 Science 1.00 - 4.00

ALL STUDENTS SHOULD ATTEND THESE SESSIONS! If you have any questions regarding these sessions please email nferguson@asachelt.org

Motivational Speaker Jim Roberson Visits

Maths (1MA0 2H)

Child Development (C101)

Monday 25th

Booster sessions will continue to run until they have completed that subject examination. In addition to these regular sessions, staff are running a May School. Students should attend these sessions and use their own revision timetable to maximise the time remaining.

Geography Foundation 3.00 - 5.00

Biology (Unit 1)

09/06/2015

The Year 11s are taking their ﬁnal exams at the moment. We wish them well with all their courses and hope that all the hard work and preparation they have put in allows them to achieve their full potential.

Bank Holiday

Geography (Unit 2)

08/06/2015

22/06/2015

By Mr Ferguson

English (Reading & Writing)

English (Bredon Ground Floor)

By Mr Wilkinson Vice Principal

On Friday 8th May we were host to Mr Jim Roberson, author of the “The Discipline Coach”, who is a noted motivational speaker to talk to our Year 11 and Sixth Form students. He was extremely funny and engaging while making his powerful message about the need to respect yourself enough to do what it takes to be successful.

Jim is a former successful American Footballer from New York, who has worked as a teacher for many years and now works with young offenders as well as school groups. By the time he ﬁnished, all students (and teachers!) had been thoroughly entertained and made to think in-depth about what their next steps are. I’m sure that this weekend was a weekend of action for those who participated and that this will help to spur them on to even greater achievments this summer.

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CARNIVAL

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BREAKING NEWS: Cheltenham Summer Carnival is coming to All Saints’ Academy Saturday July 11th 2015 will see the first ever Carnival held at All Saints’ Academy with a massive range of exciting activities, fun events and entertainment for the whole family to enjoy. The day’s entertainment will run from 10am until 4pm and what’s even better is that entry is FREE to all. So whether it’s trying new sports (fencing, go-karting or crazy golf), learning new skills (circus skills, beat camp, arts and crafts) or simply enjoying the live music and refreshments from our entertainment marquee and food court, the difficulty will be fitting everything in! We are hosting the Carnival to celebrate the end of an extremely successful year at the Academy and are extending an invitation to the whole of Cheltenham to come and join us. We will be taking the opportunity to showcase some of the fabulous skills and qualities of our students, of whom we are so proud. In addition our students will be encouraging you to part with your loose change in a variety of creative fair ground games in a house competition with all proceeds going to charity. See the event flier for full listings of the fantastic day that awaits you, your friends and family. We look forward to seeing you all on the day!

Marquee Running Order 2015 10.30 – 11.00 11.00 – 11.20 11.20 – 11.35 11.35 – 11.50 11.50 – 12.10 12.10 – 12.45

Jake Sheppard (Acoustic Solo)

Punch & Judy Meet Olaf Circus Show Punch & Judy Meet Snow Queen Elsa, Princess Anna & Olaf 12.45 – 13.10 Matt Coldrey (Acoustic Solo) 13.10 – 13.30 Punch & Judy 13.20 – 13.35 Circus Show 13.35 – 13.50 Meet Olaf 13.50 – 14.35 Priori Band (Live performance) 14.35 – 14.50 Circus Show 14.50 - 15.40 Scott James & The Revolution (Live performance)

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Parent Survey Results By Mr Bradley

Assistant Principal

very high which shows the high level of support we receive from parents/carers. As you know, the main part of the day is to hold important conversations with tutors, parents and students to ' M y c hild is ta ught we ll a t this s chool'

Thank you to all parents/carers that attended the recent Student Review Day in April. Attendance, once again, was ' M y c hild fe e ls s a fe a t this s chool'

‘My child feels safe at this school’ 96% Strongly Agree / Agree

‘My child is taught well at this school’ 91 % Strongly Agree / Agree Strongly Agree / Agree Disagree

Strongly Disagree Don't know

Strongly Agree / Agree Disagree

Strongly Disagree Don't know

‘Attendance, once again, was very high!’

Careers Fair By Mrs Parr

Pastoral Manager Post 16 As part of Student Review Day we held a Careers Fair to give all students a chance to discuss career opportunities with local, national and global employers. Choices - lots of them! And people telling you what they think you should do next. But how do you know what is right for you? Choosing your career path can be a daunting prospect. With so many possible careers out there, students must decide which subjects to take to reach their dream job. Yet few people know exactly what they want to do from an early age, and for most, there comes a time when they It is important for all young people to research their futures. Careers events offer an opportunity for all students to reflect on the various pathways that are open to them. If I could condense the advice from all of the visiting organisations into one message, it would be ‘Try your hardest and be the best you can be in everything you do. Set yourself high targets and never give up.’ Mrs Parr (Careers)

discuss progress and targets. In addition to this, we ask that parents/carers kindly provide us with some feedback about their child at the Academy. We are grateful for the time that parents/carers have given to this survey as we take every response seriously in our quest to be even better as we move towards to being an outstanding Academy. On the whole, the results are very pleasing but we acknowledge that there is room for improvement in some areas. Here is just a short summary of some of the positive feedback we have received. Although it is pleasing to see,

for example, that over 92% of parents/ carers say their child is well looked after at All Saints’, we won’t rest until this is 100%. Thanks again and remember, if you can spare the time, we would be delighted to hear more of your thoughts at the next Parent Forum session in Term 6. ' M y c hild is we ll looked a fte r a t this s chool'

‘My child is well looked after at this school’ 92% Strong Agree / Agree Strongly Agree / Agree Disagree

Strongly Disagree Don't know

and qualiﬁcations and, of course, what they might expect in terms of salary. The children also completed our “Guess the Logo” business quiz and enjoyed a tour of the Academy facilities. ASA students have been introduced to employers from the world of work at Student Review Day to help them ﬁnd their way through the maze of careers. Our careers fair offered students, their parents/carers and staff the chance to meet a wide range of employ-

Improving the Safety of Students By Mr Simcox

Director of Post 16

391 adults signed the petition on Student Review day support our campaign to see an improvement in road safety in the area near All Saints’ Academy by the introduction of a twenty mile speed limit and/or other appropriate road safety measures. The petition will be submitted to the Cheltenham Town Council and Gloucestershire County Council.

Thank you for inviting us to the careers and community fair. It was a great opportunity to meet aspiring young students. All the students were mature and polite and a credit to the school. We look forward to returning next year and wish all the students the best of luck during the summer period. Ryan Godwin (Cheltenham Town FC)

must ﬁnd out what options there are and decide which they will pursue. Children in Year 5 at The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great and Springbank Academy came to visit our Careers Fair to help them explore career paths. From banking, construction, intelligence and the armed forces, youngsters were able to ask questions about numerous careers. The children challenged our stand holders with some really searching questions about job satisfaction, necessary skills I was impressed with the range of employers and training providers at the Careers Fair on Student Review Day. I was inspired by the range of opportunities I discussed with representatives from GCHQ. Year 10 student

We were fortunate to have many new employers joining us for our 2015 Careers Fair, some of whom offer apprenticeships in their different areas of work.

Exhibitors included:

I was inspired to think about my future plans. I particularly enjoyed the practical activities on offer from Prospect Training Services and am considering a career in Health & Social care. Charlotte Sharpe (Year 10 student) ers and organisations to consider options for the future This busy event provided the opportunity to think about life beyond school and help make important decisions about their future. Local training providers ran a range of different activities during the day including bricklaying and vehicle inspections; their representatives were able to talk about working in the industry and future opportunities for training and employment within the local area An additional attraction included hairdressing mannequin heads, but the real buzz was the construction of a BBQ and cooking lunch on it! It was great to see the students getting involved and it made the day a real success. Alongside this a representative from the National Careers Service provided impartial careers information, advice and guidance

on a wide range of jobs, training course resources and funding. The companies were all superb and really willing to come in and talk with students. We’d like to say a huge thank you to them for giving up their time and the positive twitter posts following the event. “Gloucestershire College staff were keen to attend the impressive ASA Community Day offering advice to pupils and parents on all of the options available after school. College tutors from vocational courses including Motor Vehicle, Catering, Hairdressing and Bricklaying enjoyed giving pupils a chance to get involved with hands on activities. Academy pupils asked the team good questions about the different educational routes on offer including apprenticeships and traineeships as well as finding out about the National Citizen Service programme. ASA provides its pupils with a strong package of careers education and we are delighted that the good relationship between the Academy and Gloucestershire College enables us to support this.” Steve Weldon (Advice & Guidance Manager)

Army Barclays Life Skills Superdry Spirax Sarco Clarkson Evans Ecclesiastical Insurance Cambray Catering Louise Jenner Dream job coach Expectations Recruitment Chelt Borough Homes CTFC RAF Careers EF Host families EF Au Pair Gap Year USA Prospect Training Services - Construction - Health, Social Care Pitman Training South Worcestershire College Gloscol - Advice and Guidance Team - Motor Vehicle Team - Bricklaying Team - Hair & Beauty - Catering Team - Traineeship Team - Apprenticeship Team HIT Training National Citizen Service yes2jobs

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Careers Day Dear Sir, Thank you for inviting us to your amazing careers day, it was so much fun. At All Saints’ we had to go round ﬁnd logos and match them up with their names, after we went outside for lunch. GCHQ was my favourite part of the day. Yours Sincerely, Jacob

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Visit to Oxford University (LMH College) The careers department are always looking to raise the aspirations of our students. We have arranged a visit for selected Gifted and Talented students to visit Oxford University. Visiting Lady Margaret Hall is a great way for our students to ﬁnd out ﬁrst-hand what it would be like to live and study here. The visiting programmes includes tours of the college and city, academic sessions, application support, and lunch in the Dining Hall.

Year 10 Work Shadowing Volunteers Required

10.30 - 11.30

University Explained Talk and Q&A with the Outreach Ofﬁcer

11.30 - 12.20

Tour of college and 20 minute Q&A with current students

12.20 - 13.00

Lunch in hall

13.00-13.45

Academic session with graduates/undergraduates – in either a lecture or discussion group format. Graduates present and discuss their research and undergraduates facilitate discussions based around their tutorial work.

13.45-15:30

Tour of Oxford, allowing students to see other colleges and departments, as well as libraries, museums and the High Street. We make a series of stops at particularly interesting points.

As part of our careers programme all Year 10 students will attend a work placement for one day. This is a meaningful opportunity that will involve shadowing an employee in their workplace, it is intended to introduce students to the “World of Work”. If you feel you/your employer can support our students or require further information, please contact us at: careers@asachelt.org

Venue: All Saints’ Academy Date: 8th and/or 9th July 2015 Time: Flexible

Meeting Government guidelines We continually review our careers guidance programme to meet the needs of individual students. We work in partnership with local employers and other education and training providers like colleges, universities and apprenticeship providers. This ensures that young people can benefit from direct, motivating and exciting experience of the world of work to inform decisions about future education and training options. We have met with a representative from the National Careers Service to discuss, evaluate and review our provision; our provision has been identified as “Outstanding” and a great example of best practice in the county. We have also hosted meetings for county wide Careers professionals.

Year 10 Mock Interviews Volunteers Required As part of our careers programme all year 10 students will be having a mock interview. Students will be provided with a job advert to apply for. Interview scripts will be provided (no preparation required). If you feel you can support our students or require further information, please contact us at: careers@asachelt.org

Venue: All Saints’ Academy Date: 8th and/or 9th July 2015 Time: Flexible

University Summer School

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Unsure whether university is right for you? Keen to try a wide range of subjects not available at school? Would you like to meet current university students? Want to stay in university halls of residence? Interested in making new friends?

Chefs on Tour Chefs on Tour demonstrations deliver the cooking skills of the GC catering department directly to the classroom. This provided Year 9 students with cooking tips, the opportunity to taste the sort of food they would make as catering students at GC, and the inspiration to get cooking!

If yes, then this FREE residential will be perfect for you! This FREE 5 day residential is the perfect chance to try out university ﬁrst hand, even if you have never thought about it, and a chance to make some new friends along the way. Summer schools offer a great opportunity for students to gain conﬁdence, independence, try new subjects and to make new friends.

During the day participants will attend a number of subject taster sessions from all disciplines across the university. As more jobs require higher level qualiﬁcations, we also provide general study workshops where participants will learn about the transferable skills that employers will be looking for in the future. Summer School programmes were launched at Year group assemblies. A record number of students have applied for places and are currently waiting to hear if they have secured a place.

By Mrs Parr

Pastoral Manager Post 16

By Mrs Taylor

Personal Education Coordinator

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The DOME Chris & Harvey

Student Reporters from St Thomas More

Year 5 Class! Kay & Kaitlyn

Student Reporters from St Thomas More

In Year 5 at St Thomas More we have recently been learning about Dr Who, space, biographies, poems and Neil Armstrong. On these topics we have learnt that, Neil Armstrong was the ﬁrst man on the moon and that in space there are 8 planets in our solar system. The sun is the biggest star in the solar system and that there are four different poems: an acrostic, haiku, kenning and rhyme. Before visiting All Saints’ today we wrote our own poem to do with

In Year 5 we get on with our work. We... Always get our name up onto green! Are fabulous at being quiet! Listen to the teacher! Always do as we are told! Always have our heads down! Finish all our tasks on time! When we go on school trips we are well behaved and good listeners as we represent our school.

space.

The Dome is a space themed Dome the people that worked there told facts to us about space. They told us about star consolations like Leo the Lion and the Big Dipper, they are a bunch of stars made in to a shape. We learnt that the sun will swallow us in about six billion years. The sun can ﬁt 99% of the Solar System and in about 15 gazillion years it will explode. The outside of the Sun is 6 million degrees so I wouldn’t go anywhere near it! We were taught that the blue stars are the hottest stars and the red stars are the coldest. We thought this was strange! But if you look at the very bottom of a hot ﬂame it is blue and the top is red/orange. I liked it when we heard a big bang, or a Nova explosion it was really loud and made us jump! My favourite bit was when we got in because we had to go through a tunnel to actually get in the Dome and they played Dr Who music! Our whole class enjoyed it so

STM Football Team Brandon & Sonny

Student Reporters from St Thomas More At Saint Thomas More we have been training as a team for over a couple of weeks now. In our ﬁrst game we won 3-2 but our second game we lost 7-2 the third game we drew. When we were training we learnt more tricks very fast, our coach is called Mr Preece, he is the best coach in the world and we are looking forward to our next match. On our last training session we had fun and after that we had KFC! We had an assembly for our coach, he loved it! We were happy at the end of the assembly as received a certiﬁcate for our hard work. We hope we will win our next match!

much we didn’t want to leave!

Our Music Work Shop Schools Outside Of Schools PGL Trip Kayla & Sophie

Student Reporters from St Thomas More One morning a talented man called Michael came into our lovely school and said he was going to help us to become mini musicians. It felt amazing knowing we are going to be famous in our little school in front of everyone. Our Year 5 class wrote some interesting lyrics that would be useful for our song. Music is our inspiration and we all love it so much. After only an hour of practice, we

performed an amazing song in assembly in front of the whole entire school. We felt nervous but we did it in the end. We all put a lot of effort into this and are so proud of each another we think we did a great job. In the future we would like to perform in front of a bigger audience because we think we have done amazing and would like to show people we are good musicians. Without Michael we wouldn’t have performed so well, he taught us so much and he was very kind to us and deserves a big thank you. We hope he comes back and teaches us more about music in the future.

Vanessa & Kuba

Student Reporters from St Thomas More Did you know if you come from a different country and speak a different language you probably go to school on a Saturday! My name is Kuba Bres and I am from Poland. On a Saturday I go to Polish school, there are about 30 children in my class. We study Polish history, Polish language and Polish nature. Every week we have homework. I don’t like homework! But I have to do it. I am lucky I can speak two languages.

My name is Vanessa Canhoto I come from Portugal. I went to lessons when I was young in Portugal. When I ﬁrst started at St Thomas More School I could not speak English and I had a set picture cards to help tell the teacher how I was feeling. It’s very hard to learn two languages at once. Both Kuba and I need to be able to speak out native languages so that when we visit our home countries we can talk to our families as they don’t speak English. We are very lucky at St Thomas More school we have a teacher called Mrs Pollard who helps us with our English and lots of help in our class. Here are some of our words: Portuguese: Hello – Ola How are you? – Como e que estas? Thank you – Obrigado Please – Faz favour Goodbye – Adeus Polish: Hello – ces Thank you – cenkuje Please – Prase Goodbye - Pa

Emily, McCauley, Owen & Riley

Student Reporters from St Thomas More In a weeks’ time approximately 30 children from Year 5 and Year 6 from Saint Thomas More will be going to PGL. We will be staying in Swindon in groups of 4 per room with 2 bunk beds in each room. With 3 days of awesome indoor and outdoor activities we are really looking forward to going to PGL as it will be really really fun!

Editorial Team Editor Kayla

Designer Emily

Photographer Joe

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The Real Asia Patrick Bremer Art By Cleona Rae Aston Student Reporter

The yed my meal! “I really enjo side d an rent mains range of diffe ” ve pressi dishes was im

from Thailand, India, China, Korea, Philippines and Japan. Guests were greeted by Chinese and Japanese start-

By Miss Ward Art Teacher

“A very enjoyable m eal”

Well done to Year 7s for completing outstanding work in art lessons and ILTs in the style of the artist Patrick Bremer. He was very impressed , check out his facebook page below!

To view his proﬁle visit:

www.facebook.com/ patrickbremerart

“AMAZING” On Friday 24th April, we, the Year 12 Hospitality group, delivered a staff buffet to celebrate the early ﬁnish. Our group of 7 started off bright and early, knowing that we would have a long day ahead. Preparing ourselves before we began, we dressed in Chef’s whites ready to cook. Within the group, roles were allocated to make sure that all of the 16 dishes were cooked and timed to suit when they needed to be out onto the buffet table. Our buffet was inspired by Asian Culture and we included dishes

ers: prawn toast and sushi. There were a range of main dishes, which were all cooked to perfection, examples of the mains were: Chicken Teriyaki, Rogan Josh, Pad Thai, Chow Mein and Sticky Chicken Sticks. Side dishes were available, these included, Onion Bhaji’s, Tempura Prawns, Spring Rolls, Plain and Egg Fried Rice. Our desserts ranged from sweet fried bananas, to creamy coconut rice. Our event was very successful. All the staff thoroughly enjoyed the event.

MUSICAL THEATRE REVUE On July 3rd ASA will be presenting its first Musical Theatre Revue, with scenes and songs from the hit West End Shows Matilda, Billy Elliot, Bye Bye Birdie and Blood Brothers; the entertainment will finish with an abridged performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. This exciting event will take place in the Cotswold Hall at 7pm with performances from the school choir, staff choir, Year 10 drama group and the cast of Joseph. Students and staff have been working tirelessly since February to bring you this revue. So get your ticket as soon as you can.

The BOX OFFICE opens on June 1st.

CCF Field Day By Sandro Nogueira

Student Reporter On the 22nd of April some of the All Saints’ Year 10 students who have joined the R.A.F. went on a ﬁeld day to Dean Close School. We started the day by taking control of some weapons and putting them together. After all the weapons were put together and checked with an NSP, which stands for Normal Safety Precaution. We then went with Squadron leader Robbie to learn what to do when there is an unattended weapon, and how

to take control of the weapon when told to, we had to see how to handle the weapon over to someone else. After all the training we were tested on the drills that we were learning. We then ﬁnished the day by stripping the weapon and cleaned it with a cloth. We also learned why it is important to clean the weapon after being used, this is to prevent any accidents. This was quite a good day because we had to learn new things but in a different way, so it was quite a good experience. It was also good because I got to spend time with some other students that I got to meet when I started R.A.F.

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Go Karting Regionals By Christian Bessell

Student Reporter So we made it through to the regionals, which were held at a huge outdoor karting track called Thruxton Karting. So to aid our learning of the track, we participated in the Team Endurance, which was a 30 minute practice and a two hour race. There were 8 teams and we qualified 6th. Both Jack and Ollie were within 3 seconds of the lap record that was a 1:01.1 which was fantastic considering it was their first time on an out-door track. The regulars had set the fastest lap time of 1:02.08 but with 10 minutes to go I started to put my foot down and was getting ever closer to the fastest time. I was in my element and was getting every corner and to my surprise I managed to achieve a time of 1:01.433, 3 tenths of the LAP RECORD!!!!! And 6 tenths faster than the regular drivers. Achieving this time on my first ever go at the track was very promising and set us up well for the BSKC. So 19 teams arrived at the

Students to test out new app

track to see who would become Regional champions. Our first race we started 5th and finished 6th, then our 2nd race is where we lost our spot in the final. Ollie was doing everything right and was in 2nd place, but the an inexperienced driver crashed into the back of Ollie and subsequently came 10th. Jack then had his races and came in a respectful 7th and an unfortunate 14th. Then it was my turn. Both races I started in 10th knowing that I would need to come in the top 3 each time. My first race went exceptionally well and I finished the race in 2nd, only 2 tenths behind first. Then came the last race. This race was one of the dirtiest races I have ever been in. On the first corner I went from 10th to 6th but was then catapulted across the grass and that sums up my race. I was hit every time I overtook someone and was T-boned off the track two times. I subsequently came 4th. The end result was 9th out of 19 teams, which meant we did not qualify to the National Final. We now know where we went wrong and next year we will come back stronger.

ICT Teacher Second in House

We have been asked to be part of a testing team for a new social networking app. Tagstr will be visiting the Academy to work with Miss Wellington’s Year 12 AS ICT group to test a new iPhone app. This developmental relationship should grow over time beneﬁtting the students by enabling them to see how ICT companies function in the real world, and also giving the company insight into what the pupils of ASA want from their apps.

BBC Bristol Project By Curtis Mansﬁeld

Student Reporter Over the last few weeks, BBC Bristol has been running a project designed to reach out to students with a hunger to learn about the interrelated worlds of media and politics. Representing All Saints’ Academy, (and Cheltenham for that matter) I was one of the lucky few to be accepted onto the project, which taught me basic television and radio skills that I can use in the future, as well as political knowledge. There were opportunities in front of and behind the camera, facilitating the multitude of personalities that were involved with the project, as well as their strong political opinions. The eventual end to the project will see the production of a short television piece regarding the importance of voting, which may be uploaded to the BBC Points West Facebook page or YouTube channel post-election.

ASA at University By Mr Carroll

Sixth Form/UCAS

Making the decision about what to do after Sixth form is not an easy one. There are so many factors to consider. Do I want to go to University? Is it right for me? Will I regret it if I do not apply? How will I afford it?

By Miss Wellington

For our Year 12 the answer to some, if not all, of these questions was found at the UCAS Conference at the University of the West of England’s Frenchay Campus on 13th April, where hundreds of universities, employers, and apprenticeship providers were represented. For our Year 12 students his was the perfect opportunity to see what was available and quiz the people with the answers. Dan Whelan, who is considering studying Business Management at UCF Wembley, said “it gave me an insight into university and showed that there are a lot of opportunities out there.” Hagan Burge commented that “it is crucial because any questions that students

have about university can be answered and it helps to expand your knowledge about university.” Although he found it useful, Hagan is still undecided about what he will do after Sixth Form. Charis Pardoe and Nicole Morrisey felt that the whole experience made the prospect of going to university less daunting and they were much more positive about the whole thing. Nicole is keen to study Modern Languages at the University of Birmingham and Charis wants to go to Liverpool to do a degree in Media and Communication. The event was very well organised this year with electronic scanners on hand at every stand to so that staff and students could record their interest in a course simply by scanning a bar code. However, the whole experience is one of sensory overload – the noises, sound, colour and bustle of hundreds of young people milling around. But within this apparent chaos I was aware of our young people going around with a purpose; seeking out particular courses or particular universities, asking questions about what was good about the course and checking advice on

what to include on personal statements. The common theme from all the representatives was to prepare well. Do your research about the kinds of courses available and the way they are taught and assessed. Of equal importance is the environment where you will ﬁnd yourself living for three or four years. Will you live at home and study locally or move away, and if so, how far away. Getting your independence is both important and frightening. “All of our students were brilliant and a great asset to the Academy and Cheltenham” said Head of Year 12 Mr Kelly. “They didn’t just sit in a corner but went around actively engaging with their futures by talking to different representatives from further education.” We are seeing a major culture change with our young people at All Saints’ Academy. We have gone from a stage where it was considered unusual to apply to university to making it the most common destination for our Sixth Form students. University is not for everyone but considering university is broadening horizons and raising expectations.

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Student of the term

Canterbury

Jose Lumactod

Durham

Samuel Knight

portunities whenever possible. He is fully immersed in Academy life and can be relied on for his participation in many areas. In addition he offers help and support to other students. He is an excellent role model for the rest of the House. I am proud to have him in Canterbury House.

Student Comment: I really enjoy Academy life. The facilities are really convenient and the lessons seem balanced out. The teachers are kind and help us learn things that will help us in the future. The range of after school activities is great and the events that happen during the year are really fun to participate in. I am glad to be a part of this school. HAL Comment: I am delighted that Jose is Canterbury’s Star Student for Term 4. He is a friendly student who has a desire to aim high, achieve success and try out new op-

Tutor Comment: Jose is assertive and unassuming all at the same time. He has developed the self-conﬁdence to express his opinions and also gets fully involved in Academy life. Jose is a helpful member of the form who can always be relied upon to carry out any task conscientiously. He has many great qualities that we regularly see, including showing determination and demonstrating a positive attitude to learning. Jose’s gentle and quiet nature makes him extremely popular with fellow students and staff - he is polite, cheerful and always smiling. He takes part in a variety of enrichment activities and is always willing to try something new. His attendance this year is outstanding. It is a privilege to be his form tutor.

Westminster

Oliver Whelan

Student Comment: Firstly, I would like to thank Mrs Farrelly for nominating me for this award and Mr Bradley for choosing me. This will help me achieve my goal of becoming a future prefect. This will also give me something to add to my personal statement for the Sixth Form. In addition, this has helped me believe in myself and also helped me realise that you can achieve whatever you put your mind to. So again, thank you!

York

HAL Comment: Oliver has proven to be an outstanding member of Westminster, he is a dedicated and motivated student, who is always

Tutor Comment: We would like to nominate Oliver Whelan for Student of the Term from W2 for his consistent outstanding attitude to learning. Oliver is a model student who is always willing to participate in inter-house competitions. As well as representing the Academy in sporting teams, Oliver has represented the Academy in the BBC School Report and demonstrates a maturity to fellow pupils within the tutor group. Oliver is always well equipped to learn and looks smart in his Academy uniform.

Tutor Comment: Since Sam started in Year 7 he has been one of the most reliable, helpful and polite members of D7. He is always quick to volunteer himself for house events and is committed to maintaining Durham’s success. Sam deserves the award of Student of the Term because he tries his hardest in all lessons and sporting events. Also his behaviour around the academy is excellent. Well done Sam, a very well deserved winner!

Student Comment: I am really happy to be student of the term. I have worked hard and tried my best in my classes and I am excited to take my options subjects next year such as Business Studies. I am proud of everything I have achieved so far at All Saints’ Academy and will make sure I maintain my commitment in the future. I’ve really enjoyed being part of Y3 and York House.

Term 4 2015

Interhouse Results Term 4

Westminster Points: 88 Position: 1st

Canterbury Points: 83 Position: 2nd

Durham

Points: 78 Position: 3rd

York

Points: 57 Position: 4th Term 5: Interhouse competitions: Attendance, Star Points, Boys softball, Girls rounders, Science, SRD Attendance.

Attendance Figures As of 11/05/2015

Westminster Percentage: 94.2 Position: 1st

Durham

Percentage: 93.9 Position: 2nd

Canterbury

Holly O’Loughlin HAL Comment: Holly is an outstanding student and a role model to others in York House. Her attitude to learning scores reﬂ ect her commitment to her academic studies. It is lovely to see Holly taking an active role within her tutor group and representing York House in Interhouse events. I am delighted that Holly is excited about starting her option subjects in Year 9 and I am sure that Holly will continue to go from strength to strength. Well done Holly.

willing to help out and get involved. An excellent ambassador for both the house and the whole school. We are proud to say Oliver is a member of our house and we congratulate him on all his hard work. You are a fantastic role model to other students and we commend you on your commitment to representing the house during Interhouse competitions, as well as your dedication to school teams. Congratulations, we look forward to what next term has to offer! Student Comment: Thank you for the nomination, I would especially like to thank my tutor Miss Ible and associate Mrs Hamblin for nominating me. I would like to use this achievement by working harder in school and being a role model to others so I can progress even more. I look forward to and will continue to represent the House and school in sporting events.

HAL Comment: Sam is most deﬁnitely a worthy winner of Student of the Term. He is a perfect role model to other students in Durham House as well as the rest of the Academy. Sam’s consistently high attitude to learning and excellent attendance has been impressive. Not only this, Sam is a kind, caring and well-mannered student that I have no doubt will make a great prefect in years to come. I believe that Sam also has the potential to go on to become a House Captain or even Head Boy. Congratulations and keep up the outstanding work!

Tutor Comment: Holly has been a fantastic student since her ﬁrst day at All Saints’ Academy and is a real asset to the tutor group. She has an outstanding attitude to learning, showing a genuine interest in whatever she does and always striving to succeed. Her involvement with tutor group activities and after school clubs demonstrate a real school spirit. She is always polite and helpful with staff and students and is generally a pleasure to have in the form. Holly really deserves this award and it is great to see her achievements recognised in this way.

Percentage: 93.6 Position: 3rd

York

Percentage: 93.0 Position: 4th

Star Points As of 11/05/2015

York

31200 Position: 1st

Westminster 30275 Position: 2nd

Canterbury 30204 Position: 3rd

Durham

28471 Position: 4th

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Catering Update It’s been a busy few weeks for Aspens and the catering team! All the new signage is in place and looks great, and the new food offers have been introduced into all catering outlets. Early feedback from the Student Council suggests Aspens is a big hit! Don’t forget about the lunch box outside now the days are get-

ting warmer. It serves a range of hot and cold snacks, sandwiches, and cold drinks and in preparation for the hot sunny days – Fruitina Slush to cool you down. They have a great range of food available so if you haven’t paid them a visit yet – pop in to see them soon.

Celebrate British Sandwich Week British Sandwich Week is a great opportunity to celebrate one of our best-loved institutions – the British Sandwich! It is thought that the humble sandwich was 'invented' by the 4th Earl of Sandwich. He was a keen gambler and didn't like to leave the gaming table - so rather than breaking for dinner while the game was in full swing, he asked that he was brought some meat between two slices of bread - and this was the birth of a great fast food which became known as a sandwich. There is a huge variety of sandwiches available - the selection of ingredients you can have in a sandwich is so vast, but Aspens would like to

Do you have concerns over the constantly changing social media, internet safety and the law? Then why not come to an information evening on showcase some of their great sandwich ﬁllings with you during the week.

Check your counters or ask a member of the Aspens team for more details.

New items will be added to the grab and go range so customers don’t miss out on the sunshine!

Feedback helps Aspens to improve where they need to and gives them a greater understanding of your needs. If you would like to get in touch with them

Parental Information for Student Internet Safety

Next Month

Wednesday June 17th 2015 at 6pm here at All Saints’ Academy This is open to all parents and carers so if you are interested in attending then either please just turn up or do please email Mrs Crawford (Assistant Principal, House) on acrawford@asachelt.org if you have any questions about this event. We look forward to seeing you.

and let them know how it’s all going or have any ideas, drop them a message or email

feedback@aspens-services.co.uk

Community Project By Jessica Knight Student Reporter

On Tuesday 14th April we went to Springbank Primary Academy to participate in the community project to renovate parts of the garden. Our jobs consisted of pulling out weeds, sweeping around, cutting back overgrowing plants, and making the garden more presentable. Many visitors, including Martin Horwood, joined us and took part in the jobs that were set out for us. The members of staff actively involved with the task, were extremely friendly and had a positive attitude throughout the course of the day. We all enjoyed

the day thoroughly as it was a chance to give back to the school and community surrounding it. It was pleasing to see progress that we had made once the day was over as we had transformed the garden almost entirely. It was a delight to provide a service to the local primary school as we feel as though they deserved a presentable and welcoming garden for them to enjoy and utilise during the upcoming summer terms. We hope to partner with them in the foreseeable future as it gave All Saints’ students the utmost pleasure in helping out with the hard work and labour. Thank you to Tesco Community project for facilitating and organising the renovation project!

Cheltenham Science Festival

The Festival will inspire, challenge, surprise and entertain!

2nd -7th June 2015

Fantastic line-up of more than

165 events Featuring...

Interactive DinoZone

Search for Extra-terrestrial intelligence

An original DeLorean

LEGO Mindstorm Robots

Book your tickets now at: www.cheltenhamfestivals.com or call 0844 880 8094.

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Gymnastic County Cup Competition! By Miss Oldham PE Teacher

On March 25th a group of 20 students from All Saints’ Academy took part in the Gymnastic County Cup Competition, held at St Peter’s. An advanced and novice group were put together in order to represent the Academy at the event. Both teams did exceedingly well performing all their sections to the highest standard. We would like to take this oppurtunity to congratulate Emily Williams in Year 7 for being awarded with the Silver Medal for ﬂoor and vault in the novice groups. We are very proud of the ASA gymnastic squad and look forward to what the future holds for the team.

Pictured: ASA Gymnastic team, representing the Academy at the gymnastic county cup!

Condor Cup By Mr Ferguson

Assistant Principal

We arrived at Rodway Hill on Friday 8th May. Prizes were on offer for the longest drive challenge and closest to the pin as well as the coveted Condor cup itself. Weather conditions were good and the standard of golf matched. Two time champion Brad Marks was out to make it a hat trick of wins and set off at a good pace. The county golfer kept his composure despite the efforts of his group to get inside his head! Unfortunately for them they were unable to do so and Bradley displayed his sheer class and led from start to ﬁnish. O’Shea was a clear winner of the non-existent fair play award whilst Jay Boulden smashed a long and straight drive down the 17th! Mr Pierce failed to

By Mr Ferguson

Sixth Form Football South West League Champions!!! By Mr Ferguson

U18 South West League

Assistant Principal

The sixth form team finished top of the league despite losing to second placed Millfield in the final game of the season. Millfield had failed to complete 3 of their fixtures by the deadline set by the ESFA and so through regular participation, dedication and Mr Ferguson’s organisation all of our games were played. A really good season has been played out in this exciting new competition. Well done to the whole squad.

Pld

Won Drawn Lost Points

All Saints

Millfield

West Somerset College

Frome College

Beechm Cliff

Holyrod

Torquay

Tewkesbury

Eggbuckland

Sixth Form League Drawn

match this with his as he skewed one off right as did both Marks and Berisha. O’Shea almost came second but saw his effort trickle off the fairway despite being longer than Boulden. Both of the O’Connells also outdrove Boulden, going for power, but again failed to keep it on their own fairway. The eighteenth hole gave a clubhouse viewing opportunity for the closest to the pin challenge. With the excellent short iron work of all the competitors the pin really was well and truly peppered. The bookies would have had Marks or Ferguson as clear favourites, but it was Berisha who brought some of his magic to the dancefloor as his ball samba’d its way to within inches of the hole with others waltzing their way to the edges of the green. If we had been playing Mr Pierce’s rules of winner of the last hole wins Berisha would be a champion with the first birdie of the day from the whole field. Fortunately we were not and once again, Bradley Marks won the Condor Cup for the third year in a row.

Sixth Form District Cup: the ﬁnal games Assistant Principal

Won

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

Goal Difference

Points

Chosen Hill

All Saints’

Tewksbury

Cleeve

-4

Cotswold

-5

Bournside

-11

Chipping Campden

-8

Balcarras

-10

District Cup Results Vs Balcaras Lost 3-1 Vs Cleeve Won 2-1 Vs Chipping Campden Won 3-1 Vs Chosen Hill Drew 1-1 Vs Cotswold Won 3-1 Vs Bournside Won 6-1 Vs Tewkesbury Won 3-0

Vs Cotswold – Won 3-1

Bouncing back from the disappointment of only drawing with Chosen Hill, the boys showed their true colours. In what proved to be a very physical and skilful game, true class flowed to the top. Wave after wave of ASA creativity confused and mystified the visitors. Cotswold could find no real answer to the flamboyance of the team. The fear of losing captain Rayson after only 15 minutes (work commitments and the late arrival of the opposition) did not come to the fore as Poulson decided to put in a performance of the class he had not shown all season! First half goals from golden boot chasers Duah and Woodman left the visitors chasing shadows and trying to limit the damage. The second half changed very little with the Cotswold goal getting persistently peppered from all areas of the field. It was not until late on that man of the match Chiwetu scored after a solo run to extend the lead to three. A late consolation goal from the visitors with almost the last kick of the match pulled the scoreline up to 3-1.

Vs Bournside – Won 6-1

The game exploded into life and ASA found themselves 2-0 up after 5 minutes. The first came from Babbbage who slotted home with clinical precision from 25 yards out after a weaving run from Paterson and an excellent cut back. The second was created by Rayson who, playing his first game in midfield, ran to the by-line and crossed to

Richards who slotted home from a yard out. Richards scored his second just before half time as he curled one in almost from the corner spot – was it a shot or a cross only he will know! The second half continued in the same fashion with Mr Ferguson making frequent changes to give all players a true chance to express themselves on the game. Woodman had come off the bench and took the visitors to task, a solo run beating four players, riding tackles and keeping tight control of the ball. Would the finish match the run? Oh yes it would! He smashed the ball home leaving the keeper to pick the ball out of the net once more! Duah really needed to score to stay in touching distance of Woodman and he thought he had as he lifted the ball calmly over the advancing keeper, but what was this? A flag! Off side, he could not believe it, neither could the crowd. He continued to plug away searching for the elusive goal to pull him within one of Woodman, it must have played on his mind as he smashed chance after chance wide and high. Carbin then got in on the act heading home from a Woodman cross from all of a yard out. Duah finally showed his class as he latched onto a loose ball and smashed it into the roof of the net from three yards out. As the clock ticked down a Bournside free kick found the head of the centre forward who headed past Poulson to pull one back.

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