Primary Edition
Year 11 Leavers
St Mark’s Junior School & Gardners Lane Primary pages
A summary of Year 11 and their leaving day Leavers Page 5
ASA TODAY
Issue 21, Term 6, 2013
The All Saints’ Academy Newspaper
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Science comes to life By Miss Metcalfe Science Teacher
On Thursday 6th June, 18 students from Year 7 and 8 spent a busy and exciting day at Cheltenham Science Festival. The students who took part were selected by their science teachers for their outstanding attitude to learning and all the hard work they put into their ILT’s. The day began with a hands on workshop run by BT and the STEM network all about code cracking. In groups the students had to build a communication tower, devise a code and then send a message to a member of their team. Their aim was to get the message received correctly with-
out any other team cracking their code. After a quick look around at some of the free activities going on at the festival, students then watched an exciting and very visual demonstration about the Magic of Chemistry. This demonstration tions and the magic of liquid nitrogen. The afternoon was then spent going around the hands on exhibits in the town hall. The feedback from students has been great, with one student commenting that they ‘learnt so much and didn’t realise science could be so much fun’. Another student said she ‘really hoped to be selected to go on the trip again next year’. The science festival really does bring science alive, so work hard and you may be selected to go next year.
Above: Lucky Science students pause for a quick rest inbetween Science Festival stalls. Right: Cory, Mia and Casey with their invention.
Students teach for the day By Miss Skelding PR & Communication Manager All Saints’ Academy students have been exploring the world of teaching this week. Year 12 Music students held a workshop at local primary school St Thomas More as part of their Music BTEC. As part of level 3 Music BTEC students are required to be able to use the more advanced features of electronic keyboards such as multi-tracking. These students have learnt how to use the keyboards and prepared tutorial presentations. Year 6 students at St Thomas More took part in keyboard workshops. Left: Anisha Selvin, 17 of All Saints’ Academy with St Thomas More pupils Bryony and Maddi.
The Year 6s listened really well and impressed the Year 12s. Year 12 student Justine Marfo said “I was very surprised at how quickly they learnt.” Year 12 student Anisha Selvin said that she was very worried beforehand but it was a “good experience and I have enjoyed it.” Both groups of students bennumber of joint collaborations between the music department at All Saints’ Academy and local primary schools. Head of Music Naomi Austin said “It is great to be able to give primary school students a taste of the sort of music lessons that they will do at secondary level. One of the key aspects of BTEC is making sure that knowledge and learning is related to real work situations rather than just being theoretical.” Charlotte Blanch, Headteacher of St Thomas More said “Our Year 6 children thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to work alongside All Saints’ students to make music.”
All Saints’ Academy has teamed up with Yamaha Music Education to offer you Yamaha Keyboard courses Classes run on Saturday mornings and last for 1 hr. There are a limited number of vacancies at the moment. If you are interested in attending or having a trial session please email: naustin@asachelt.org Lessons will be one hour at a cost of £10.
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B u s y , busy, busy! Miss Skelding PR & Communications Manager Chief Editor for ASA Today It has been a very hectic Term 6 so far. This edition is particularly exciting as myself and Mr Hamilton have been working with local Primary Schools to create a page for our newspaper. On 4th June we took Sixth Form students Chelsea Craven and Keiran Bates to help give a Newspaper Workshop to St. Mark’s Junior School. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience and you can see the pupils brilliant work on page 8 and 9 of the ASA TODAY. On 5th June a Year 6 class from Gardners Lane Primary came into All Saints’ for the same workshop. Year 11 student Jake Sollars helped out along with Sixth Form students Demi Wheeler and Lucie Jelfs. We are very excited to be working with more primaries in the new academic year. With Year 11 and Year 13 students leaving and doing exams this term we are all looking forward to celebrating with them at the Year 13 Dinner Dance and the Year 11 Prom. I have thoroughly enjoyed working with tails and hope to do a report on this for the next edition in the new academic year.
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HOW TO ORDER SCHOOL UNIFORM REPLACEMENT ITEMS FOR EXISTING STUDENTS 1. You will need to access the Price & Buckland website: www.pbparentsonline.co.uk/ allsaintsacademy or use the link on our Academy website to order the items. Payment will be needed at the time of the order. If you do not have access to the internet you can post your order to Price & Buckland and pay be cheque. 2. Parents should opt to have uniform delivered to the Academy; this will save you the delivery costs. 3. Orders should be placed by 16th August 2013 to qualify for delivery to Academy in time for collection on the following dates. 4.Collection arrangements: 28th August and 29th August from 9am – 2pm each day. Should you have any queries, please contact Mrs Amanda Matthews on 01242 711201 or amatthews@asachelt.org
Meet our new Business Manager - Mrs Peck What does your job entail? I am responsible for the functions Pride & Prejudice and Grease. Community. I will work with Peter Kingham, SALT and Governors supporting the management of the Acadwhilst ensuring that the Academy is well supported on a daily basis too. What is favourite thing about your job? The variety, from dealing with disconnected mobile phones to presenting 5
What was your favourite subject at school? Physics Tell us something interesting about yourself? I don’t like my photo being taken! I have been out drinking with Jim Carter (the butler in Downtown Abbey!)
who tirelessly proofs each newspaper for me.
Important Dates
Address: Blaisdon Way Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL51 0WH Phone: 01242 711200 Absences: 01242 711203 Email: admin@asachelt.org www.asachelt.org www.facebook.com/asachelt www.twitter.com/asachelt
15th August - A Level Results Day Year 13 - 10am - 11am Year 12 - 10.45 - 12pm 22nd August - Year 11 Results Day
Principal’s Thank you By Mr Kingham Principal
As we come to the end of another school year – Year 2 for All Saints’ Academy I wanted to say thank you! Thank you to all our staff who have gone above and beyond at ASA. Thank you to our students who contribute, work with and are a pleasure to be with. Thank you to our Governors for support and advise. Thank you to parents for trusting your child’s education to us.
The new Parents’ Forum has met! Academy Parents’ Forum met on June 10th 2013. Topics discussed on this occasion were many and various and included Enrichment, ILTs, Student Review Days and School Uniform. The aim is to hold these meetings on a regular basis, with the next meeting to be held on Tuesday September 17th at 6pm. The group is open to all parents so if you are interested in attending please email Mrs Crawford (Assistant Principal, House Achievement Leader) on acrawford@asachelt.org We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting on 17th September 2013.
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Caring students throw a tea party for the elderly By Bethany Newman Student Reporter
Sixth form Health and Social Care students from All Saints’ Academy practice the faith schools ‘OCIC’ trademark Above: Ivy playing Bingo They were invited to a tea party that was gave some of the students a chance to say thank you to Monkscroft staff and residents for letting them take part in a the students to interact with service using of individual needs as a requirement Students
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what was a joyous and successful occater Kingham also came to welcome the 5 the local area coming into the Academy Students showed their apColeman’s AS Level catering class; the refreshments included a tantalising se-
Above: Jackie Clarke, Sheeba Thomas, Ivy Warrington, student Laura Walker, Janet Witter, Bryan Hayes and student Amy Rushby Some of the girls from the Health and Social care class event for the welcomed visitors from told me after the Monkscroft party left how much they had enjoyed
Above: Chloe, Ivy, Jackie and Laura learnt that all residents had different individual care needs that I had to
Above: Cakes made by catering students
for their help and support with the orand getting to know an individual a litwith a happy heart that All Saints’ thank
and Social care group commented “if ers that joined the Health and Social care girls reported “all of the pupils are a resident from Monkscroft Care Centre told many of the students that spoke
mented “Having an insight opens your eyes to see what they’re like Georgia Mills said “I en-
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On Saturday 8th June All Saints’ Young Regent Arcade and claim their prize After winning the Love to Shop’s ‘Young Retailer of the year award’ -
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Celebrating Pentecost at All Saints’ By Mrs Spence Roman Catholic Lay Chaplain
To celebrate the feast of Pentecost, the Chaplains with the assistance of Year surrounding the feast which is also
Above: Some students attaching bunting onto the display This station focused on receiving. It re- Wind which is a symbol of the Holy Spirit is invisible and yet can move things the disciples received the gift of God’s in new and different directions. Students were invited to write a Holy Spirit. “Suddenly there was a noise from the sky which sounded like prayer on a piece of bunting about something they would like to be different in whole house where they were sitting.” the world and then attach it to the display.
Above: Students wrote their name on a footprint and placed it on the road It takes courage to step up and make on how sometimes you have to be brave a difference and there are many exto do what you believe God wants you amples through history of people who to do. It is the power of the Holy Spir- have, often at a cost to themselves. Students were invited to write their name Students read the story of the on a footprint and place it on the road lame man healed by Peter in Acts 3:1-9. as a sign of their commitment to help When asked for money Peter replied, other people they meet along the way. Spirit, give us cour“I don’t have silver or gold but what “Holy I have I will give you. In the name of age and power to do something to Jesus of Nazareth, get up and walk.” make a difference in our world.” Amen Left: The boxes which students were invited to look in This station focused on growing, it and today there are around two billion Christians throughout the world. The early church had to overcome many
Above: Students place doves on branches This station focused on waiting, it rerusalem after the Ascension to await the coming of the gift of the Holy Spirit which Jesus had promised. Students were given a dove shape, which is one of the symbols of the Holy Spirit, to place on the branches while inviting them to think about what it is like to have to wait for something and to offer a prayer.
and many including St Stephen were put to death. The disciples showed great courage and everywhere they went continued to tell people about Jesus. They were missionaries and so the Good News began to travel across the world. Students were invited to look in the boxes which contained artefacts and information about different countries and discover some-
Above: The candles burning bright after students lit them This station focused on telling. It re- 3000 people were added to their group. Students were invited to light ceiving the Holy Spirit went out to share the Good News, telling every- of the Holy Spirit, and as the word of one about Jesus. On that day of Pentecost the crowds heard the disciples being passed on, spreading the light. speak in their own languages and about
thing about church in other places.
MP Martin Horwood visits Year 9 RE class on abortion By Mrs Allen Assistant Head of RE
We invited Martin Horwood, our local MP, to visit All Saints Academy to watch our presentation on abortion by my year 9 RE class. The class initially studied the topic of abortion in great detail the previous term. We were aware of the big debates happening in Parliament regarding a proposal to change current abortion law last October and we thought it was a great time us to put forward our case for lowering the current abortion limit to 12 weeks. Martin Horwood accepted our invitation and listened to a very impressive and persuasive ‘Prezi’ presentation put together by members of the class. Martin was very impressed with the
quality of arguments and evidence put forward in the debate and how the class provoked serious thinking on the current abortion law. The experience helped us to see that we had only made an effective case for lowering the current limit to 20 weeks and not our target of 12 weeks. Our best argument focused on cases of the viability of the foetus before 24 weeks. The experience really challenged and tested the class in how to construct, present and argue. The class really valued the time that Martin gave and appreciated that he argued with them as if they were adults in parliament and not a group of 13 and 14 year old students. He even asked for a copy of their presentation. In a tweet sent on 10th June Martin Horwood said “I was really impressed. Well thought-out arguments brilliantly presented.”
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Congratulations to all Y11 students for working so hard in lessons, during halfterm holidays, and in the recent exams. Nearly 50% of Y11s have achieved 95%+ attendance – testament to their determination to succeed in lessons At the time of writing, there are still many GCSE exams left and the fantastic Prom to look forward to on 26th June – my thanks to Miss Skelding for organising the evening! those students with 100% attendance tion Jack Lane who has 100% and 0 lates all year – a fantastic achievement. Please enjoy the rest over the summore hard work whether you return to AS Level here, or elsewhere; Remember: GCSE Results Day is Thursday 22nd August – information will come out as to what time you can collect the results – see you there! Above: Year 11 gather before leaving to go on study leave
Above left to right: Students signing shirts, girls wearing leavers hoodies and Mr Rollason’s PE class Below left to right: Will showing his strength lifting Mr Ferguson, shirts line up and group of girls get ready to leave
DEPARTMENT NEWS
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English By Miss Robinson Head of Drama
It has been an exceptionally busy time for the English Department of late. No doubt many of the students were heaving sighs of relief as the English GCSE, AS and A2 exams came and went, and we congratulate them for their hard work and dedication. Now the long wait for results begins! It has also been a term tinged with sadness, as we bade farewell to Mr into the Academy and as well as being an outstanding teacher, he was a strong advocate for English with both staff and students. In September we will welcome Mr Nicklin, who joins us from Millbrook Academy, with a great deal of experience and I’m sure we will continue to go from strength to strength under his leadership.
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Numeracy: Making life add up By Miss Wife Maths Teacher
Numeracy is all about the ability to use your mathematical skills in your everyday life. Being numerate is important to help maximise your chances in life. help you develop your numeracy skills and to make them relevant in all subjects. This term we are working closely with all your teachers to help build com-
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This year it won’t just be the upper school taking exams. Y7, Y8 and Y9 are all going to have an exam experience, and I hope you will support them as they prepare. Internal examinations are essential to help us make sure the students understand and can use the many and varied skills of the English language. If you have any questions regarding the exams, please get in touch. we are covering a great many topics in class. Year 7 are studying Dickens’ Oliver Twist, Y8 are tackling a Shakespeare play, Y9 are beginning their GCSE preparation and Y10 are working on Romeo and Juliet. The challenges are many, but with the hard work of staff, students dents can make outstanding progress. Finally, a word to our departing Y11 students. You have been wonderful role models for the younger students, and I hope to see many of you returning to the Academy for your A-Levels. In the words of the great Latin poet Catullus (c.60BC): ave atque vale. Look it up. mon approaches to dealing with number problems. To help with this we are asking you to create some videos of common mathematical methods. Can you describe the grid method of multiplication? Are you a budding Spielberg? You can be the one to create the perfect numeracy video! Prizes will be awarded to the best and most imaginative videos. Later this term there will be a numeracy house competition for years 7 -10, represent your tutor group and show the numeracy champions your maths skills! In tutor times we will also start having some numeracy activities, so if you have any great ideas for what might help with your maths skills, then let me know! Remember maths is not just for your maths classroom – take it with you wherever you go!
Business Roadshow By Daniel Whelan Student Reporter
By Taylor Crossan Student Reporter
By Dean Williams Student Reporter
On Wednesday 5th June a group of year 9 and 10 business students were selected for a Business Roadshow. We were set the challenge of organising a music event. We were then asked to create a mascot, slogan, pitch and Japan
The winning country was because they had the idea
Maths By Mr Wilkinson Head of Maths
End of year assessments in year 7, 8 and 9 I’m sure that your children will have mentioned that they have been sitting some formal exams in the last two weeks at ASA. The purpose of the end of year assessments is to check the progress made this year for all students in the formal setting and conditions that they will need to perform under in their GCSE exams. This process has been preceded by introducing the students to the notion of revision in lesson time and in independent learning. While all results are not yet in, I am delighted to say that the process has been observed extremely well by all year groups and we are pleased to see that the students are have been really keen to show what they can do.
Year 10 doing GCSE exams? Why?
At ASA exam season is well underway and 13. In maths, our Yr 10 students have
Above: Students presenting worthwhile. We developed lots of business skills such as communication, countries and trying to win the vote of the other countries was really competitive which made it even more fun. Some of us even dressed up as girls. Overall the day gave us a chance to learn more about other countries around the world alongside using business skills. The enterprise workshop was great and I think I would do it again.
full GCSE. This has been planned to give them a full experience of the exams as part of the long term preparation to help them realise their full potential next year. We will use their results to plan their teaching next year in order to make the experience as useful as possible. And of course the students will have the chance to see exactly how close to their target they are with one year to go. The approach from the year 10s has been that they are cultivating the correct attitudes to help them all succeed next year. Well done year 10.
Above: A student doing a sum on the whiteboard.
Mathstastic! In maths we are launching a new enrichment club open to all students called Mathstastic. This will offer opportunities for ASA students to explore more deeply in to maths through a variety of projects, games and puzzles and even to represent ASA at maths in competitions against other schools. The club will run on a Tuesday after school from 3pm and interested students should look at the noticeboard on Bredon 2nd Floor for more information, or ask their teacher.
Introducing our new English Teacher - Miss Mazonowicz What led you into teaching? Did you always want to be a teacher? When I was at school I wanted to be an actress and went to an amateur dramatup on the dream at around 16. After that I wanted to do all sorts of jobs, including physiotherapy, law and fashion designing! I never thought I’d end up teaching, but then I spent a year in Istanbul working in a school for Turkish people learning English, and it all went from there! What degree did you do? My degree was a joint in English Language and Philosophy. Both challenging and brilliant but very different.
burn. It holds great sentimental value for me and I know the words to all the songs!! What was your favourite subject at school? To be honest I enjoyed all subjects at school, but especially English and P.E. esting about yourself? Last year I spent the summer travelling around South America, and trekked to Machu Picchu in Peru. Who was your idol growing up and why? ful, graceful and classy and starred in
What is your favourite thing about teaching English? Seeing young people enjoying learning, and being able to talk to students about books and subjects I enjoy myself.
Teacher and then Principal of a school in everyone and was a lovely, wise man.
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GLPS
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By Sam, Rheiss and Liam Sam Meredith will be going to Pittville, Liam Pulley is going to Cleeve and Rheiss Mitchell is going to All Saints’ Academy. We are happy about leaving to go to a new school and getting on with our lives, so we can make new friends in our secondary school. One of our favourite memories is going to cattle country and having an ecstatic time. A thing we are looking forward to is residential ing, mountain biking, abseiling etc. We are looking forward to different science labs, different work, different art lessons, different sports and more people in our year.
Above: Miss Skelding with interviewers Ryan, Kyle, Kaci and Millie
Interview with Miss Skelding By Ryan, Kaci, Millie and Kyle Miss Skelding is a PR and Communications Manager at All Saints’ Academy. Alongside working her normal responsibilites at ASA, Miss Skelding has to edit the ASA Today. How many pupils are in All Saints? About 1000 What do you think of All Saints Academy? It is a fantastic place to work and to study at. There are so many brilliant
teachers and facilities that allow you to reach your full potential. How many clubs are there? About 40. What would you like to improve at A.S.A? More people to join in clubs after school. What is your dream job? Presenting TV shows. What is your favourite car? A Beetle. Who is your favourite celebrity? Ian Somerhalder What is the most annoying thing in A.S.A? The school bell. Who is your favourite footballer? David Beckham. What is your favourite sport? Tennis.
This week it is healthy week at Gardeners Lane Primary School. We have been on the climbing wall it was very high and we were all scared except a few people .
picks up loads of bacteria. Later today we have vegetable Olympics we will do radish relay, lettuce long-jump and many more things. We also did smoothies with Mrs Jones they were very nice.
The Rock Climbing Experience On Tuesday and Wednesday Gardners Lane pupils went on the climbing wall. Although the walls were very high, nearly all the Class 7 pupils reached the top of the climbing wall. There were four types of climbing walls, there was a blue and black, red and black, green and black, and yellow and black. My experience of the climbing wall was very good as I managed to climb all of them to their highest point. The hardest one I did was the red and black one as there were loose grips so your hands kept slipping. Some people who were very good at climbing to the top were blindfolded on their last goes. Although some people took the blindfolds off halfway up, Goncalo and Brandon managed to climb all the way to the top with them still on. The climbing wall was very fun and we are sad we will not be at Gardners Lane to do it again next year.
By Jade Pearce
second rule and that if food falls on the
Left: On the 5th of June, GLPS Year 6s visited All Saints’ Academy for the Newspaper Workshop
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Healthy Week
Residential By Jamie and Shane
SATs Party By Khusbu, Folk, Yazmin and Millie After a stressful week of tests (SATs) we end if the tests. Everyone brought some delicious food, such as chocolate cake, and pineapple chunks and we ate whilst watching ‘How to train your dragon’. The teachers were like servants to the students, coming round with drinks and serving food (no change since then). This was a well-earned rest after 6 hard tests. On Monday we did a reading test, Tuesday was the punctuation and grammar test followed by the spelling test, on Wednesday was the mathematics paper and the mental maths test, on Thursday we had mathematics paper b. On Friday we had no tests.
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Next Monday class 7 will be going for a week on residential and will have a ton of fun on tightropes, caclimbing and a lot more fun things. On the way to the manor we can take electronics such as mp3, iPods, psvita mos. It will take about two and a half In our cabin we have got some of our best friends like the people we play with at break and lunchtime. We will have to do the activities in groups with our mates that are different from our cabin groups. We have 3 large activity groups which are different to our roommates and at the end we will go home and see our family.
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The St Mark’s C.E Junior School
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Year 6 Round Up By Finlay, Ben, Alex, John and Kai
Above: A picture we took on our visit to France
France 2013
During year 6 we had the opportunity to learn about WWII, Hitler and his ambition to take over the world. He didn’t like the Jews and people that didn’t have blonde hair and blue eyes. We went on an amazing trip to France where we visited the Blockhaus and the Flanders cemetery. We have all enjoyed year 6. The activities we’ve done have been fun and we’ve really learned a lot from them.
By Dylan, Deri, Finley
Right: Class 6PS with some of the logos for the news page and on the right class teacher Mrs Prouse
Wizard Trip: Harry Potter Studios
In France we went to Block Haus, a huge bunker where Germans launched v1 and v2 rockets. We saw some trains and we were told they were slave trains and we saw how compact it was. The bombs varied in shapes and sizes but probably the most powerful one was the Tallboy. At the sweet factory, called Becasuc, we learnt that the windows that smash in the movies are actually made of sugar glass. Next we learnt how to make sweets and we saw a machine that made quite a few in not long and we got to sample some at the end. We went to the beach quite a few times but the last time was the best because it was actually sunny. At the beach we dug really deep holes and played games.
Above: Hogwarts Castle
By Shauna and Phoenix
Above: Pupils get to dress as Pirates for the day
On October 11th 2012, we arrived in London, were we went to the Science Museum and we saw old fashioned cars hanging from wires from WWII. Then later on we went
Arr! It’s Pirate Day Interview By Joe, Georgina and Katie
On Monday 3rd June Year 6 at St Marks C of E Junior School became swashbuckling pirates for the day! We had lots of fun arts and crafts activities to choose from including: pirate biscuits, treasure chests and eye patches. We also played fun games like Danish Long Ball and Cricket in our pirate costumes!
their own rowdy class! In the afternoon we danced to a sea shanty doing rather erratic dance moves lead by our teachers. Some of us had eye patches, scars and swords, miraculously disappearing the next day. After lunch we split into groups acting out scripts we had written the week before. These included lots of dead bodies, blood, guts and one very fat person! Don’t worry though, it was all pretence! The plays were hilarious and greatly enjoyed by all with strange characters like Pasty Dave, Polly Parrot and Pirate Fussy. We greatly enjoyed being scurvy dogs for the day!
to Planet Hollywood for dinner, most of us had burgers. Then we went to the Premier Inn where my roommates and I were messing around with popcorn. Then in the morning we went to the Warner Bros to see how they created Harry Potter, which was really enjoyable. Then made our way back home.
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By Kendra, Sophie and Laura
Mrs Prouse will never forget trying to make Sophie eat spaghetti. Her favourite lesson to teach is Topic.
Below: Interviewing Mrs Prouse Over the last year at St Marks C of E Junior School we have had lots of great teachers one of which was Mrs Prouse. We were lucky enough to get a question and answer session with her. This is what she said: Mrs Prouse happiest moment was when she was with us in the France for the weekend. Ben Ford made Mrs Prouse laugh when we were in France because he mistook horses for peacocks. That was her funniest moment.
Above: Jacob planning the layout of the page
Editorial Team Edited by: Benjamin F, Andrew F and Lilly S Designed by: Zac T and Jacob Y Photographers: Miles V and Molly Z
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The Big Interviews
Above: Mr Sims
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By Ryan, Gyles, Alex and Louis We had a quick interivew with Mr Sims, who is the Deputy Head of St Mark’s. What was your funniest moment in year 6? “On the France trip watching some of the children paddling in the sea when the waves came up to their waist, they fell in the water!”
Above: The class of Year 6A with their teacher Mr Averis Leaving school is such a shame because we’ve had so many amazing trips such as Harry Potter, Bristol zoo, Jamie Oliver’s. We are also looking forward to Drayton Manor. These are our feelings about leaving the school we are happy, nervous,
sad and very excited! What we will miss about our teachers Mr Averis, his sportiness he makes us laugh. Mr Sim, his funniness gives us a giggle. Mrs Prouse talent gives us aspiration. The fun days we’ve had like the Christmas fayre.
Visiting Bristol Zoo
What was your favourite moment in year 6? “My favourite moment was going on the Drayton Manor trip all the children were well behaved. Also putting blood all over Miss Glen for the pretend car accident” What was your embarrassing moment when you where in school? “My head teacher told me to go home and play tiddlywinks because he said there’s no point me being at school.” What made you want to become a teacher? “I had a family friend who was severely mentally disabled and I also wanted to my A levels I trained at Worcester collage I stared working at a primary school and I’ve been there ever since.”
Rugby News Above: Our football team
Football News
The school thought it would help us to learn about the animals better and we were learning about the rainforest. On Monday 4th of March we went to Bristol zoo. We held cockroaches stroked snakes, had lunch, played in the play area, jumped over a river thing and got in
sang songs on the coach there and back. We saw: Monkeys, gorillas (George liked them), meerkats and tigers (Ellie and Georgia liked them), What we learned: Snakes actually have soft skin. Meerkats are dangerThe environment was very rainforest
St. Mark’s football club played at Leckhampton school for our football tournament for the whole day. We had a mixWe had seven matches to play before were knocked out by Goverington. We James which we won, whoop whoop!!!!!
How are you enjoying yourself at St Marks? I’m just enjoying myself. Do you have any interesting qualities? I’m a good runner and I speak French What led you into teaching? Being able to have fun and learn new hobbies at the same time. What degree did you have? Business studies then a teaching one as well. How long have you been a teacher? Only two years. When you were growing up who was your idol? It was Roger Federer. What are your hobbies outside of school? Going to the gym and playing tennis with my friends.
Editorial Team
Above: One of the cockroaches that we saw at the Zoo
By George, Georgia and Ellie
We interviewed Mr Averis in person.
By George and Colby
By George and Colby trouble. We went in an underground cave to get a closer look at the meer-
We like Mr Averis because, as Alex says “he is a P.E teacher extraordinaire”. Ryan says “he adores mathematics”. And George thinks that “he has an amazing smile”.
Edited by: Leah M, Jessica M and Reuben C Above: Our rugby team In the rugby tournament at Newlands Park in Bishops Cleeve, we came second in our pool and we advanced into a division. The division we were in was all of the teams that came second in there pools. In our team we had George Roberts, Colby Harvey, Jasper Hill, Sean Murphy, Finlay Carter, Finlay Thom, Louis Bennet. In our division we came an amazing 1st place
Designed by Jasmin G and Sean M Photographers: Bethany J and Jasper H
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ASA students help assist with Newspaper Workshop By Chelsea Craven Student Reporter
I was looking forward to helping Miss Skelding teach primary students to create a newspaper page, because JournalThis experience was not only really fun but it was a really useful insight as to what an editor might do or one of students it helped me recognise my skills The school we went to, St Mark’s Junior School was a nice clean enly and helpful and the students were reby their maturity; no one questioned why they had to do articles or argued with us on what topic they would have preferred, I would like to thank All Saints’ for the
Above: ST MARK’S PUPILS WRITING THEIR STORY Left to right: Imijin, Shannon, Katie and Sixth Form student Chelsea
Above: ST MARK’S PHOTOGRAPHERS GET CREATIVE Pupil Joe with their class mascot
A big thank you to ASA students that helped assist with these workshops; Year 11 student Jake Sollars, Year 12 students Chelsea Craven, Keiran Bates, Demi Wheeler and Lucie Jelfs
All Saints’ By Eryka Cameron Above: Miss Skelding and Mr Hamilton with St Mark’s pupils, Beth, Jess and Ellie who are all joining All Saints’ in September
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I am currently in Year Seven (phase one) at All Saints’ Academy and I’m really loving it! I have only been at ASA for 10 months but I already feel like feel safe and supported by my teachers and the other students and I nevWe have many brilliant opportunities here at ASA and I have already Academy provides extracurricular activclubs already but at the moment I am going to photography club, run by Miss Skelding and Mr Hamilton on a Wednes-
Above: ASA students Melanie Townsend, Lucie Jelfs and Jake Sollars with Gardners Lane pupils
It’s a really fun and worthwhile club to go to because it helps us to work together to achieve the goal of producing some really
Above: One of the photos Erykah has taken room at the end of the club feeling proud because we have learnt something new Overall ASA is an amazing school that offers lots of new and exciting opportunities and experiences for all of its sure that every one of the pupils feels safe ers and great pupils that get on brilliantly
HOUSE ACHIEVEMENT
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House Star student of the Term Daniel Boyer 5CH
House Star student of the Term Bethany Wiltshire 7DH
Tutor Comment (Mrs Atkins) Tutor Comment (Mrs Farrelly) Beth is an outstanding member of 7DH. She is a dedicated member of the house tutor group and a positive model for all students. Beth frequently spends time ensuring that the younger students are ok and gives them advice. She is often asked to represent the academy in both academic and sporting events. Beth always participates in inter-house and is passionate about representing Durham in any way that she can. Beth’s behaviour is exemplary, she has never received a C3 since being at All Saints’ Academy and is taking some GCSE examinations early this year. Beth is the perfect role model for Durham and deserves to be student of the term! Well done Beth!
ASA in year 7. He always works to the best of his ability in every subject and regularly makes excellent contributions during Living Well and tutor time. Outside of school Daniel takes an active part in the Boys Brigade and competes in swimming galas, residential trips and a multitude of other activities, as well as developing his leadership skills through working with the younger members. He is a real credit to 5CH and to ASA. HAL Comment (Mrs Crawford) I am delighted that Daniel is Canterbury’s Star Student for term 5. Daniel’s quiet and studious attitude shines through at All Saints’ as does his determination to do well, he always gives his best. We are proud that he is a member of Canterbury house. Congratulations Daniel. Student Comment I am very glad to have been chosen as star student for Canterbury as I know that there are many other students who could have won so I am very grateful to have been nominated. I feel that this school is a great place to learn and there are a lot of opportunities to grab. The staff are helpful and will always assist you if you are in need of help. I have been a member of the Boys Brigade for 9 years. We do lots of different sports like dodgeball and football. We also take part in competitions like swimming galas and bowling.
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HAL Comment (Mr Bradley) Being nominated for Student of the Term is a fantastic achievement. So, well done Beth! I am really pleased to see that Beth is doing so well and getting involved with so much at ASA. Younger, and older, students can look up to Beth as a great role model in Durham House. I’m now looking forward to hearing about all of the exciting events you will be getting involved with when you are in Year 10 and beyond. Student Comment I am extremely happy to be nominated as student of the term. Ever since I started All Saints’ Academy I have always tried my hardest to be part of school teams and to make sure Durham comes out on top. I feel this is a great opportunity to be a role model to the younger students and show them what they are able to achieve. In later years to come, I hope I can encourage not only my tutor group but my house that participation is good and how far in your and motivation to others around the school.
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Molly is a dedicated and enthusiastic member of 5YH. She is the form’s council rep and does an excellent job in representing the form. Molly communicates all of the comments of the tutor group successfully and in a professional manner. Molly is hard working throughout her lessons at All Saints’ Academy and continues to arrive on time promptly. She encourages others with her happy and polite manner as well as getting involved in all tutor group activities. Molly is keen at contributing to All Saints’ Academy sports teams and is a successful member of the football and netball team. My
Matthew is an outstanding young man. He models the behaviour and work ethic expected of All Saints’ pupils. Matthew takes part in many school activities mostly sport related. He will readily help others in the form and is a willing volunteer. He has represented the school at Football. His attendance is excellent and he is never late. His uniform is always immaculate. I am proud to have Matthew as a member of my form with his quiet occasional humour. Matthew took part in the last STEM day and helped his team come FIRST!
I am pleased to have been picked to be student of the term. I am also pleased my hard work in school has been recognised. It is an honour to receive this award and I hope that I can continue to achieve in this coming term and the years to come.
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Congratulations Matthew, this is thoroughly deserved. You are a fantastic member of Westminster house. I commend you on your continued efforts and hard work. It is great to hear you are such a positive role model and get involved in all aspects of Academy life. I look forward to what next term has to offer.
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where she demonstrates excellent attendance and attitude to learning in her lessons. Great effort Molly, you deserve this award!
HAL Comment (Mrs Adsett) Molly is an asset to York House. She is always willing to participate in House events and take part in activities. She has an her Student Review Day report. Her attendance is excellent, she is always on time and she is polite and well mannered. She is always happy, smiling and has lots of great ideas. Molly represents her form as their House Council Rep and has made lots of contributions to meetings. She has represented the school at all levels from her tutor group, to her House and the Academy. Well done Molly.
Student Comment I am proud that I have won this award in York House. Part of it is the enjoyment of being a council rep representing my form and being a tutee of 5YH.
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ASA SIXTH FORM
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It’s time to Login and get involved with I am Learning Average result improvement using I am Learning was 8.6% When learners made regular use of I am Learning i.e. an average of at least one hour per week, average results improved by 13.5%
GCSE Improvement increases of:
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Science Summer school 2013 M u s i c History By Miss Metcalfe
Students make a phone call to a transplantation specialist
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Above: Miss Jones, a Clinical Transplantation Scientist
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On Wednesday 5th June, our class 7D were having a lesson on Organs, Tissues and Cells. We phoned Miss Jones, a Clinical Transplantation Scientist for her questions about organ transplants. We found out that people all over the UK have failing organs so they have the UK donate organs so that those people can stay alive. Many different organs can be transplanted such as: Facts about the heart: -
Head of Art one of the best educational and cultural Year 7 students have been introduced nal Art. They have learnt about the way the ancient Aborigines used natural resources to create their Art. Students have
success of this one shall surely be a catalyst to realise this prophecy for the future. If any Year 10 or past Year 11 Above: Aboriginal inspired animal design by Sophie Kent, 7L
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Above: Aboriginal inspired animal design by Viki Sereda, 7L
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Above: Another outstanding image by Chelsea Fry
quality of life for patients. 20 hours. Even though we cannot donate hearts while we are alive, we can still donate things
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Above: Aboriginal inspired animal design by Colby Kelly, 7C
blood around the body. · A heart can only be donated if the person has died. · 84% of heart transplantations are a success. · Heart transplants are the only answer if ease. · Since there are not enough heart donors, not everyone who needs one can have one.
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Right: Chelsea Fry’s third piece of artwork
boast having a solid state drive (SSD) and Intel Core i5 processors which enable the and use graphics-heavy editing software
Above: Chelsea Fry’s brilliant ILT Artwork
COMMUNITY
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All Saints’ Academy Sports & Community Centre Cheltenham
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2)If the Arc was 200m how much space did each single animal have? 3) If his Arc weighed 50 tonnes when it was empty, Noah himself weighs 50kgs and each animal weighed on average 75 kgs. What was the weight of the arc when it was full?
Just for fun (and star points if you’re a student!)
Word Sear h By Kiara Pearce Puzzle Editor
The first two students to return their completed puzzle to reprographics will receive a prize. So be quick!
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Rowing Competition By Bethany Wiltshire Student Reporter
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On Wednesday 12th June, we went to South Cerney to compete in the Gloucestershire School Games rowing competition. We won the district indoor rowing competition but had never rowed on water before! Miss Daley took us to a coaching session at Gloucester Rowing Club where we learnt some basic skills that would help us in the competition. At the competition, we took part in three races, which consisted of a relay; rowing approximately 200m which included turning around a buoy. We competed against Newent School, Sir William Romney and Ribston Hall High. In each race we came second and we are proud of that as we only had one training session! In each race our rowing technique improved, but we were consistent with smooth change overs
Condor Cup 2013 By Mr Ferguson Assistant Principal
The annual golf tournament switched venues from Brickhampton to Rodway Hill due to cost. This seemed to play right in to the hands of the Pittville park golfers with the weather and course conditions real levellers for the true golfers in the party. The open nature of the course and the meteorological forces combined to send balls left and right and make shots unpredictable to read. Ergys Berisha even tested the direction of the wind on every putt. Reading the green was also tricky as no two surfaces were the same and many of the fairways seemed to be in better condition! The pre tournament favourites were; previous winner Elliott Roberts (Yr11), Bradley Marks (Yr 9) and Nathan Parsons (Yr 12), but it really was anyone’s game to win.
Above: Coaching session at Gloucester Rowing Club
Above: The girls came second in each race they rowed and quick turning around the buoys. Overall, we did not come did and impressed with our attitude, considering we had never attempted rowing before. It was a great opportunity and we really enjoyed it.
The lead changed hands many times and with Matt Mackowiecki dropping clubs around the course (his bag must have been getting too heavy for him!), Keenan Bonner, Jay Boulden and Bradley Simms sharing a golf cart to remain fresh for every shot (and they did play a lot of shots), Ergys Berisha showing a fantastic short game but an inability to get any real distance from the tee, Nathan Parsons having all the gear but very little idea, Elliott Roberts struggling early on, Bradley Marks and Jack Vanden Wilce lacking self belief, Rory Ford suddenly realising it was a competition and Joe O’Shea enjoying the moment, it was clear that everyone was having fun despite the tricky conditions. Numeracy skills were being utilised to their full and some very creative accountancy being applied in each group and mind games being applied between each four ball, it was clear that only at the very end and by collecting all cards in would the true winners identity be established.
A big well done to Jess Harper and Billie Davies for coming 3rd in district athletics for Javelin and Bethany Wiltshire for coming 6th in the district Discus.
Year 9 Rounders By Rhiannon Watts Student Reporter
The year nine girls competed in a rounders match against Pittville. Despite the opposition being Year 10 the girls played excellently and won- scoring 16 and Pittville scoring 9 1/2. Player of the match was awarded to Hannah Whelan, due to the quality of her play on second base, and also her accurate batting. The team showed great sportsmanship throughout the game. There was some exceling skills were spot on with some great catches being made by Eloise Taylor.
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