ASA TODAY - Issue 37

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Students display their dancing talent in Academy show

Students go on a trip of a lifetime!

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Students inspired by employees from around the UK

62 visitors from a wide range of professions took part in our Careers Q & A event

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Rehearsal photos and information on how to buy tickets!

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All Saints’ provides extra opportunities for students

By Mrs Edgar

PR & Communications Manager Chief Editor It has been another jam packed term here at All Saints’ Academy. Students and staff have been working hard to write fantastic articles for our bumper 20 page edition!

A few events to draw your attention to in this edition are the BBC School Report which took place on the 10th March. Students produced articles and videos that were published on our website and linked to by the BBC. Singer/songwriter Rich Cottell returned this year to provide Year 7 students with important online safety messages; please see our student report on page 6.

A couple of upcoming events to take note of is Little Shop of Horrors performances on 20th & 21st April, (make sure to get your tickets). We will also be holding another Cheltenham Summer Carnival on 9th July this year! See page 9 for more information.

If you are interested in writing for the Academy newspaper please email asatoday@asachelt.org.

ASA TODAY Editorial Team Chief Editor: Mrs Edgar Editor: Miss Smith Proof Reader: Mr Carroll

By Mr McNiffe Principal

Welcome to this term’s edition of ASA Today. This edition highlights the opportunities All Saints’ Academy provides for our students to enrich their educational experience through a range of extra-curricular activities and opportunities that inspires them to really challenge themselves both independently and in teams.

With the challenges of our modern education system, which focuses on knowledge, skills and understanding, we firmly believe that a range of different activities enhance the curriculum and learning we offer at All Saints’.

These different experiences develop the more fundamental aspects of our students’ education to help them develop empathy, spirituality and encourage students to serve and do good, practice and apply their skills and creative talents.

Our programme of enrichment has been successful in establishing good habits in all subjects, whether that is the study of literature through drama or developing a business plan to compete with other students nationally to create the best and most unique business model for a product or service.

This term our students have

had the opportunity to be involved in: The Tenner Tycoon: the nationwide competition to find the next generation of budding entrepreneurs!

BBC News Report: On 10th March our students, along with students across the UK, made and broadcasted the news.

The Dance Show: Students from all year groups performed a wonderful display of contemporary dance to a packed audience in February.

The Trip to New York: This Business Studies trip enabled our students to learn about the way the world renowned Macy’s is run on a day-to-day basis.

The Prince’s Trust Garden Project: The project has energised our students to ’Go Green’ and make a difference to an unloved garden plot in the Academy.

We look forward to seeing how this develops over the spring and on into the summer. Plenty of locally sourced vegetables and fruit to add to the menu I hope.

Rehearsals for our production of ‘The Little Shop of Horrors’: are in the final stages, ready for the curtain raiser on 20th April.

Preparing for our next trip to Tanzania: Summer 2017 will be our next expedition to make a difference to our partner school and village of Kasulu in Tanzania. Students have been applying for a place to go on this fantastic trip and fundraising has just started.

Cheltenham Festivals First Story Project: Much hard work has gone into this by our students to publish their own book of poems ready for the Literature Festival with the support of Cheltenham Festivals.

Careers Enrichment and Careers Week: Sixty-two employers and employees provided an insight into career opportunities and the world of work for all of our students.

Castles Project in History: Our Year 7 students have created a range of wonderful castle models for their project in History. Great work Year 7!

Choir and Music performances: Our choir have performed at the Cheltenham Town Hall achieving an accolade for their great performance.

Many of our students are picking up an instrument learning to play the violin, double bass, clarinet and trumpet.

Sporting success: U14 & U16 Girls Football teams and Year 7 & 8 Girls Rugby have made it through to the county finals.

I am sure you will enjoy the in-depth editorial on some of these events that have been included in this edition. May I take this opportunity to thank all the staff, parents and members of our community and business for your continued support.

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BBC School Report @ BBCSchoolReport Have a super day being #journalists and do tweet a picture of your newsroom in action. #BBCSchoolReport Alistair Smith@DrDASmith A very assured debut by @asachelt Choir. Great things ahead for you guys! #mfyregional @musicforyouth @makemusicglos @ glos_music Vicki O’Connell @VickiO_C Proud to be part of @asachelt career talks today representing @Endsleigh Very engaging students & committed teachers

All Saints’ Sixth Formers help local primary pupils reach the top!

By Mr Wilkinson Vice Principal

Seven students from All Saints’ Academy have been working with three of our local partner primary schools to support students in a variety of ways.

The students: Chloe Stephens, Sarah Astbury, Megan Roberts, Nadia Cooper, Loreal Harper, Kerryanne Bill and Shannon Large have been trained in both academic and pastoral mentoring making them very flexible when helping the primary children in a wide variety of ways.

The project lead, Mrs Parr, said ‘Our volunteer mentors have been carefully selected and are all considering joining the teaching profession. All have undertaken Pupil Peer Coaching training to become a competent mentors.’

The programme involves volunteering alongside teachers in partner primary schools. Students do not replace teachers but actively support

them in the classroom. They can work individually or in pairs, but always under the supervision and direction of class teachers. Students can participate in a whole range of activities including: • listening to pupils read and helping with basic literacy skills • working with a group of pupils within the classroom on a specific project • providing in-class support with IT work • helping pupils with basic numeracy • helping teachers organise displays of pupils’ work.

The Sixth Form students themselves will benefit from developing their own skills and confidence in working in a professional capacity with the younger children and alongside members of staff at Hester’s Way School, Rowanfield Junior School and Springbank Primary Academy. This helps to provide essential work experience for all of them.

Mr Davidson, Headteacher at Hester’s Way said ‘Chloe and Sarah have been brilliant! They come twice per week and Chloe has asked

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if she can do more. They are helping the children with their work and have been very mature and professional.’

At Rowanfield, Miss Lockyer said ‘Kerryanne and Shannon have been working effectively with our Year 5 pupil premium students to support with extra literacy project work which has been very helpful to them and the staff.’

ASA student Megan Roberts said ‘With the children, we have been creating a PowerPoint each week on what All Saints Academy is like. The children include the differences between primary and secondary school, and they look at the school website, as well as asking ourselves for any ques-

tions they may have. Our aim is to help the children with any anxieties they may have about the upcoming transition in September. Along with this it has helped my skills in working with young children, which is beneficial to me as I aspire to teach later in life.’

Nadia Cooper said ‘I am enjoying mentoring young children as it has allowed me to learn new skills as well as preparing them for their next stage in life.’

This initiative is another of the ways in which All Saints’ Academy is collaborating more closely with our neighbouring primary schools to benefit all of our staff and students.

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Students pirouette their way to success in the annual Dance Show

By Charis Pardoe Student Reporter

Over the last 10 weeks the Year 13 dance class were tasked with creating and organising a Dance Showcase, ready for their assessment. The group faced many challenges when planning the show, from promoting the event and creating the programme, to choreographing the dances and organising the younger students on the night.

The show featured dancers from various year groups, to perform in a range of dance styles, including street and contemporary. The night ended with a spectacular group performance from the Year 13 girls. Thanks to all of their hard work the show was a great success! There was a brilliant turn out, of staff, students and family members in the audience to support them.

Well done to all of the Year 13 class for putting on a great show, and to all those that took part. On behalf of the students I would like to thank Miss Tominey for doing a fantastic job in leading the class of students to success.

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Mother’s Day Daffodil Tea

By Mrs Spence

Roman Catholic Lay Chaplain To celebrate Mothering Sunday, ASA Chaplaincy hosted our third annual Daffodil Tea on Friday 4th March at 11.30am. Parents and carers were invited to come along, some had attended before while for many it was their first time. Students met with their guests in reception and escorted them to the Dance Studio, where they were invited to sit back and relax while being served

tea, coffee, cake and biscuits by the students. Students then came forward and received their own refreshments. I must say the students were very attentive and looked after their guests most diligently.

The event lasted for an hour and provided a great opportunity for all present to chat and enjoy their time together and there was a real buzz in the room. The Academy Principal Mr McNiffe also dropped in for a cup of tea. At the end of the tea the students presented their guests with a bunch of daffodils tied with ribbon. There were many positive comments by both students and guests.

My thanks to Miss Wellington for her help with the event.

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Lent Stations

Four stations each of which had an activity were set up on the themes of journeying, prayer, reflection and giving (which for this term is supporting the CAFOD Lenten Campaign to provide clean water wells). Tutor groups were invited to come along for their extended collective worship Form Time to visit each of the stations, thus providing an opportunity for quiet personal reflection during this time of preparation for Easter.

Fairtrade Fortnight

To celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight assemblies were taken by myself on the topic of the importance of fair trade for farmers and farm workers in developing countries.

A Fairtrade sale was held on Thursday 3rd March during both break and lunch in the Loaves and Fishes and members of the Chaplaincy Team helped run the sales. There was a variety of chocolate bars and biscuits, friendship bracelets and beautiful little trinket boxes. The sale was well supported by both students and staff.

Celebrations Mass Fr P Brandon celebrated Mass on Thursday 4th February for staff and students.

Anglican Communion Services Rev P. Smith from St Aidan and St Silas celebrated Communion Services on Wed 24th Feb and Wed 2nd March.

Future dates Anglican Communion Thurs 10th March, 8.15am, Thurs 17th March 8.15am Catholic Mass Thurs 28th April, 12.10pm, Thurs 7th July, 12.10pm

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ASA make news with the help of the BBC

By Mrs Edgar

PR & Communications Manager Thirteen students from All Saints’ Academy took part in the annual BBC School Report this year. This is our fifth year of taking part in the project and it is always a fantastic day.

Students started the day looking for news in newspapers and online, they then gathered information from

different sources, interviewed staff and students and wrote a report at the end.

Some students chose to make a video report instead. The students had very strict deadlines to meet and needed to submit their articles by 2pm so they could be uploaded to our website by 4pm along with a video report using a green screen.

Ex-teacher and BBC News presenter, Huw Edwards, is lending his support to the project. He says: “I'm involved because I want to give young

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people the chance to make the news themselves, and I want to share the principles of good journalism.”

It has been an amazing project to oversee, the students have really taken ownership of their work. I have definitely seen some budding journalists and presenters today. The students were very enthusiastic about being reporters, fully embracing the day. This is the 10th year the BBC have ran this project for young people and our students look forward to it every year.

To see the brilliant articles created http://www.asachelt.org/950/bbc-school-report-2016 You can watch their short video report here https://youtu.be/C-zF8gCDJEo

Wilson Trip for First Story

By Mr Fredrickson English Teacher

All Saints’ writers, who are taking part in the Cheltenham Literature Festival and First Story project recently visited the Wilson Gallery.

We met students from a number of local schools including Gloucester Academy and Millbrook.

Ali Mawle, Jane Bailey and Emily Webb then explained the exhibits that we would view and how we would be using these to help us write.

A guide gave us a brilliant tour of the gallery.

Our Academy was given a particular image to write about. This was a portrait of a teenager staring piercingly into the middle distance which suggested an intense longing, disaffection, anger or independence –

this mystery was part of the picture’s appeal. We then had to write a piece which tried to echo the emotions that we imagined the subject might have been feeling.

The highlight of the visit was when we shared our writing by reading it aloud to a hundred-strong audience of visitors and students from other schools.

Thanks so much to the Cheltenham Literature Festival and First Story for organising and providing us with the opportunity to visit the gallery.

Although the gallery is local to Cheltenham, most of our students had not been there and we were all inspired by the connection that it gave us and our town along with its rich culture.

“We were all inspired by the connection that it gave us to our town’s and its rich culture”.

- Mr Fredrickson

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If you snooze, do you lose?

By Reece Attwood & Sophie Porter Student Reporters

Online Safety

By Harry Kempson & Satwinder Liddar Student Reporters On 9th March a singer/songwriter called Rich Cottell visited All Saints’ Academy because he wanted to talk to people about his own experiences with cyber-bullying. He was very interactive with the students and most of them had a great time. This was an excellent opportunity for students to be more aware of what is happening on the internet.

Students said: “Very different”- Jasmine “Very funny and happy person”- Sonny “He was very new and original” – Emma When asked whether they had changed how they act on the internet after the talk, most people said yes but some had already been cautious of how they use the internet.

One story he shared with us was when he was at a school to perform his music. He noticed a girl, nobody

was sitting near her. He asked a member of staff, who then told him this girl had been off for nearly three-and-a half months. She was in hospital recovering from two broken kneecaps. She was pressurised to send an inappropriate image via Snapchat to her boyfriend. It then went viral. As a result, she became so embarrassed and depressed she tried to take her own life by jumping off a bridge. Luckily, she survived but was in hospital hence the long absence. Once he heard this story, he started to change the way he uses the internet and campaigns against cyber-bullying.

He gave some tips about how to keep safe on social media so we can stay happy and so can others.

His advice: Put your personal accounts on private, think about what you are posting and ask yourself before posting anything, would you be happy if it went public. He also said if you are experiencing bullying online, do not respond, tell someone or you can always phone CEOP (NCA’s Child Exploitation Online Protection Centre) at: 0870 000 3344, or Childline on 0800 1111.

Many people are curious about sleep.

How much sleep should you get? How much does it actually effect you if you don’t get enough sleep? Does a daytime nap effect you? To investigate this we conducted a survey and interviewed teachers and students about how many hours of sleep they get and their opinions on sleep.

The research suggests that the correct amount of sleep you should get according to the NHS is 9 hours for 14-16 years. Also, scientists have discovered that a lack of sleep leads to

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poor performance at work and disrupts family life. Plus, a 2008 study found that a 45 minute daytime nap can improve memory function. But if you have some sort of sleep disorder, even if a nap seems good for you, it actually is bad. It is counterproductive, so before you curl up on your bed for a little nap think about what you are doing and stop. Natalia, a student from All Saints’ Academy stated “I think that not having enough sleep makes you lose energy throughout the day and sleep is important in school life to help you concentrate in your lessons.”

Our survey implies that most students aged 11- 16 get 6-10 hours of sleep which is the same as NHS sleep recommendations but some get 0-5 hours of sleep. This can affect how you act and speak towards others and also

See Tamzyn Regan & Lottie Farmer interview some of the cast for our upcoming production of Little Shop of Horrors. http://www.asachelt.org/1188/little-shop-isback

Does celebrity culture have a positive or negative impact?

By Oliwia Jaszczura, Nicole Garus & Jackson French Student Reporters Celebrity culture and their life are increasingly impacting on young adults by setting a false example of their body image and their life choices. We have been interviewing young adolescents to adults which have their own opinion on celebrity culture and how they’re impacting the society with their actions and choices.

We spoke to three teachers, one year eight student and also a Sixth Former.

Mr Aitchison said, “Celebrity culture is a travesty and damaging our society. I don’t follow celebrities online because I am too busy leading my own life instead of following the false shallowness of people.”

We also asked him for his opinion on Miley Cyrus’ transformation; this is what he replied with, “She will do anything sensible as a business woman. She did something to get back when her career was over. She did it with a BANG! Celebrities do have an effect on my daily life personally because they create low self esteem in our young people, which discourages students to be confident.”

Another teacher had a different view on celebrity culture. This was Mr Wright said, “They become too obsessed, they end up becoming celebrities without actually achieving anything. My opinion about Miley Cyrus’ transformation is that because she was brought up in Disney she was expected to be perfect and no one expected her becoming a rebel, so fair play to her.”

There was also one Sixth Former that had a different opinion to both of the teachers. Tom said, “I think that celebrity culture is stupid and they are only good at their own thing. The only reason why I follow the celebrities is because there are few interesting things

like how they live their rich life and get to do exciting things.”

We asked him a couple of questions based on Miley Cyrus’ transformation and how celebrity life effects his life. This was Tom’s answer, “It’s not nice and she was better and prettier before. Now she is weird and has a bad influence on young people. Celebrities don’t have an effect on my life because I’m not really bothered about them.”

In conclusion, celebrity culture divides opinion amongst youngsters and adults.

What do you think? Do you indulge in celebrity culture?

how much work you get done. One of the students, Alex, said “I think it is important that you get 8+ hours of sleep because you can focus in class and feel refreshed. One of our science teachers Mr Mudge stated “I think sleep is very important, it affects your mood and how you act, you struggle to concentrate without enough sleep.” Teachers mostly get 6-10 hours of sleep and a few get 0-5. This can therefore affect their mood and how well they teach their lessons. It will also affect their tolerance of bad behaviour. We asked teachers and students what jobs they thought people needed to sleep the most for and Mrs Gibbs said “I think sleep is important for engineering and types of work in power plants.”

Is Trump really all that?

By Mary Villaflor, Erykah Cameron & Lewis Brooks Student Reporters Many people don’t think so kindly of Trump. We interviewed staff and students at our school and their overall opinion showed a more negative approach to his ideas. For instance, many people were concerned about his views and the effects he would have on the USA if he became president. Not only that, he had some controversial things to say about his daughter, Ivanka Trump.

He had said ‘Yeah, she’s really something, and what a beauty, that one. If I weren’t happily married and, ya know, her father…’

Some people were neutral on the subject of Trump while others just “didn’t care”.

On the other hand, some people find him worthy of the role for president. Despite the fact that lots of people do not like Trump, for the reasons such as racism and the fact that he’d have a sexual relationship with his own daughter (if she wasn’t his daughter), some people still find him admirable. For example, if he is elected for president, he’d be the first in around about 100 years that’s not taking in sponsorships from big companies. This is because he is “so rich that he doesn’t need people to like him” due to the fact that he got a “small loan of a million dollars” from his father.

An article from The Guardian stated that even though they were disgusted by the things he had said, the topics that Trump had been discussing were legitimate issues.

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A2 Product Design Update

By Miss Holland

WordSearch

Assistant Head of Design and Technology

The manufacturing process stage of the plane is still in full swing. After testing the plane outside on the school field, Shawn realised that the battery was too heavy for the amount of lift required during flight, and it would nose dive into the ground. Now he has ordered a new battery weighing a quarter of the original battery’s weight and will be testing the plane again this week. To make the cockpit, Shawn used plaster of paris to create a mould and then vacuum formed this mould with a sheet of high impact polystyrene. To create the black effect on the HIPs mould, a transparent black paint was used to create a tinted look.

The next stage for Shawn is to ensure the plane will fly and then to apply a grey film all over the foam board to improve the aesthetics of the model plane.

Shawn has his own YouTube channel where you can view videos of the model plane. Just search ‘Shawn Jelfs’ and his selection of testing videos will come up. By the next edition of ASA Today, the plane should be completed!

By the next edition of ASA Today, the plane should be completed!

The Tenner Challenge First 20 word searches returned to Miss Holland in CG03 will be awarded with 10 star points.

By Miss Petitt Business Studies Teacher

On 9th February, ASA welcomed an array of guests to participate in an entrepreneurial event led by both Young Enterprise and external business consultants from Spirax Sarco.

The event consisted of 25 of our brightest business minded Year 9 students along with pupils from

both Bournside and Lakers school.

All pupils were given creative tasks to try to become the most profitable, money making teams and they did not disappoint. The enthusiasm and confidence that was shown from the pupils, especially those from ASA, was exceptional.

This event will now become the basis for the next Business Studies Interhouse competition at All Saints’ Academy- so watch this space for the next Richard Branson!

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PERFORMING ARTS

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Wednesday 20th April, 7pm Thursday 21st April, 7pm Ticket price: £5 Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children): £15 If you are a parent/carer buy your ticket

by Parentmail or cheque to finance.

If you are a member of the public please use the following link to book tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/ event/123914

Congratulations to Marnie Farnacio who won the ‘Design a Little Shop Poster Competition’

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Rehearsals are underway Grab your ticket now!

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SUMMER CARNIVAL Issue 37, Term 4, 2016

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Would you like to have a stall at our carnival?

Please email kedgar@asachelt.org

Saturday 9th July 12 - 3pm FREE ENTRY

@All Saints’ Academy Pony r a rides B & c si u Bouncy castles M e v i L and other inFlatables Roaming R eptiles Face painting Go Karting an, v m a e r Ice c & sweets rter a u q d foo

Football

Meet Snow Queen Elsa, Princess Anna and Olaf

Teddy Bear Zip Wire

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Discount Columbo to perform at the Cheltenham Summer Carnival This year our headline music act is Discount Columbo. We like to support our Sixth Form alumni. Jake Sheppard who is the ryhthm guitarist, vocalsist and songwriter for the band, graduated our Sixth Form in 2014. Jake is currently at BIMM University studying BA Professional Musicianship.

Discount Columbo have just released their debut EP ‘Take As Much Time” available on iTunes/Apple Music and Spotify among other major platforms. This groove laden Britpop is the most refreshing effort of its kind in recent years. The five song release features melodies that exist to soar and rhythms that beg to be danced to.

Discount Columbo have been likened to Oasis, much to the delight of songwriter Jake Sheppard for whom the Gallagher brothers form a core in his musical influences. The infectious optimism that is apparent from the off is one of the most endearing traits of this group as they attempt to bring the fun back to being in a guitar band.

‘Take As Much Time’ is the first of a four-strong EP collection and a statement of intent with its strong songs and bold lyrics. The four piece band are

made up of BIMM Bristol students each studying their instrument and bringing their experience into the practice room where ego is left at the door. The EP was produced by fellow BIMM student Michael Stubbings and created independently of any label support. The EP is the first and sadly the last that will feature the bass prowess of Mike Chapman-Hill after leaving the band on amicable terms. Connor Llewellyn is now a proud member of Discount Columbo and with him on board this band are raring to bring their unmistakable brand of energy and optimism to the Bristol scene in which they are already establishing themselves as a great live act.

“They bring catchy choruses, acoustic guitars and killer solos to get the job done. There is no doubt about it, this band are on to something” - Creation Press Full live review at http://creationpress. co.uk/2016/02/01/live-review-discountcolumbo-the-crofters-rights-bristol/

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‘Trip of a lifetime’

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By Charis Pardoe Student Reporter

DAY 1 4am Thursday morning students and staff were waved off at the gates of All Saints’ by parents and carers, as they headed off on the annual trip to New York, which is led by Mr Kelly. By 10 o’clock we had boarded our flight and we were now only an eight hour plane journey between us and New York. The flight landed at JFK (5pm UK time), and from the airport we headed to the hotel. On the way into the city we travelled through outer suburbs of New York. On arrival at the hotel students were assigned to their room, we had the chance to freshen up before going out to explore the city. We travelled into Manhattan, for many students this was their first experience of traveling on the subway, where we went for dinner at an all you can eat Pizzeria. From there, we travelled to Brooklyn to the new Barclays Centre – the home of New York Islanders ice hockey team – where we watched them play against LA Rangers.

DAY 2 After breakfast, we set out to Macy’s where we were given a tour of the store and its history, before having some free time to shop in the store. After lunch we dropped our shopping at the hotel and headed back out for a boat ride across to Staten Island, where we were able to see the Statue of Liberty. As dusk fell we made our way to the Empire State Building. We were given some free time to look out across the city and take in the amazing views, before heading off to dinner at the Hard Rock Café. After food we were given some more free time to explore Times Square.

DAY 3 To start the day we headed to the top of the Rockefeller, where we got to look at the views across city in daylight. For many students this was a highlight of the trip. We were then given more free time to shop in the area around Macy’s.

Afterwards we travelled to the Apple Store. We then went for food at Planet Hollywood. From there we went to central park where we went ice skating.

DAY 4 On the final day we visited the church that was the first place to respond to the twin tower attacks. From there we headed out to Ground zero and Freedom Tower. We then visited Grand Central Station. Our final stop for the day, before going back to the hotel to collect our bags, was Times Square where we were given a final chance to go shopping.

‘My favourite part was going up to the top of the Empire State Building and seeing the view over Manhattan during the night.’

Dawid Zyra

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‘Overall the trip was amazing. It was seeing New York City from the top of the Empire State Building and the top of the Rockefeller that took my breath away. Being able to spend that with amazing friends and my twin made it even more memorable.

One of my favourite parts, although it was the coldest it had been in NYC in 20 years, was ice skating in Central Park; it was so enjoyable even though most of us fell over a few times.

Thanks to the teachers who made it amazing, especially Mrs Edgar since our Skelgar squad was clearly the best.’

Aiesha Burge ‘New York is a very exciting city with so much to do and see. On our short trip to the city we managed to get a real sense of what New York has to offer, for example the view from the top of the Empire State Building and ice skating in one of the most famous parks in the world is a memory that I will never forget and probably the two best things about the trip.

The trip was beneficial to me as a business student. Learning about how Macy’s became one of the largest departments stores in the United States was fascinating!’

Hagan Burge

‘Showing off my dance moves in front of the Hard Rock Café was definitely a highlight for me. The atmosphere created was immense. ’ Poppy Slack

‘The New York trip has truely been one of the best experiences of my life. I loved seeing all of the different tourist attractions like the Empire State Building as well as Ground Zero. My favourite part was the amount of free time we got to look around and SHOP! The people were so nice to us whilst we were there. Also the ice hockey game was AMAZING, english sports matches are never going to be the same compared to the atmosphere in the Barclays Centre.’

Ellie-Louise Fewings

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Easter Revision Sessions First Week Monday 28th Morning Afternoon

Tuesday 29th English Language Closed for (9-12) Bank Holiday History (1-4)

Wednesday 30th Science (9-12) Health and Social (12-3)

Thursday 31st Maths (9-12) Computing (12 – 3)

Friday 1st English Literature (9-12)

Monday 4th Geography (9 – 12)

Wednesday 6th Art (9-12)

Thursday 7th Maths (9 – 12)

Friday 8th

Art (12 – 3)

Business (12 – 3)

Second Week Morning

Tuesday 5th MFL French and Spanish (9-12)

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ASA’s Orchestra

By Jose Lumactod, Hope Jones & Ellie Davage On Friday 4th March groups of music students participated in an informal performance for visitors. We performed pieces on instruments that we were introduced to in January. Before this we had never held the instruments let alone played.

Year 9 have learnt how to use orchestral string instruments, for example violins and cello, while Year 7 were introduced to Brass instruments e.g. trumpet, french horn and the clarinet, a woodwind instrument.

The performance was very nerve wracking for all of us and some people were panicking prior to the performance. However all of us were extremely relieved after we performed. All of our pieces were very successful and we enjoyed performing a lot, we have learnt that it is natural to be nervous before a performance, just like before an exam.

Learning string instruments has many benefits for all of us. It has improved hand – eye coordination, reduced stress and anxiety levels and has help us multitask.

We have all enjoyed this unit and hope to do something like this again.

Music For Youth Regional Festival

By Tamsyn Lewis & Julia Obrebska On Sunday the 6th of March, the All Saints’ Academy Choir took part in the Music For Youth Regional Festival at Cheltenham Town Hall.

The Music For Youth Regional Festival is a platform to share your music, listen to performances from other local groups, meet other musicians and learn new skills as well as receive advice on how to improve. In addition to this, certain acts will be chosen to perform at a National Festival in Birmingham in July and the winners of this will go onto performing at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall in London in September.

The pieces that we sang were: Light a Candle, Love Grows Here and Ave Verum Corpus. I think that the experience was scary but fun, from the feedback we got, we now realise how we can still improve and what we did well. Furthermore, we really enjoyed listening to the other really talented choirs and orchestras because it showed us how good you can be with more practice and experience. We were the only choir to perform where nobody has singing lessons. We are really proud of ourselves because we have achieved a great deal and the choir has really grown and improved over the last few months.

“They handled their challenging repertoire of songs really well and it was obvious that they had worked hard on their diction as we heard every word! It was great to see a good number of boys in the choir, as this provided a good warm tone to the lovely sound.”

Lisa Mayo Head of Gloucestershire Music

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Example History GCSE Question Why did people still use quack doctors in the nineteenth century? Use the source and your own knowledge to answer the question. [7] There were many different views of quack doctors in this period. This source shows one opinion: that they were dreadful, that they were liars and cheats and should not be believed. This was often true of quack doctors and indeed many did more harm than good. Poor people who could not afford the high prices that doctors charged often had to use quacks and other barber surgeons, or even wise women, as they were the only doctors that they could afford. As well as this, many quack doctors who

did make a difference, and sometimes even competent barber surgeons like Paré, were also called quacks. This highlights a key issue; patients did not know how to tell the difference between a trained doctor and an untrained one.

The term ‘quack’ originally referred to anyone selling medicines on the street and only later became an insult towards any untrained, mistrusted physician.

The person who wrote this source is typical of some opposition to quacks.

This doctor would likely be afraid that he might lose money if people went to quacks instead of a ‘properly trained’ doctor like him.

Year 7 Castle Project

By Miss Cameron Head of History

Term 3 has once again seen some wonderful castle models created by Year 7 students. The variety of castles has been amazing, with many including detailed labels and explanations as to why their castles contained the defensive features. The history department have been really impressed with the attention to detail and amount of effort which has gone into producing these homework projects. Logan Clifford in 7a2 said “I really enjoyed building my

Joint First Top Right: Marnie Farnacio’s Castle Right: Logan Clifford’s Castle Second Place Top left: Robert Chacinski’s Castle

castle. The hardest part was deciding whether to build a Concentric Castle or a Motte and Bailey Castle. In the end I decided to build a Motte and Bailey Castle. It was not hard to get the supplies, it was quite hard to build it, but when it was finished it looked amazing.” This homework task is also part of the Academy’s inter house competition; students are graded and scored on their ‘effort’ and the points are talled up across all 6 classes. This year the champion house, with the highest number of ‘outstanding’ projects was Durham. A special mention to Logan Clifford (D2) and Marnie Farnacio (W2) who came joint first, and Robert Chacinski (Y1) who came in a close second.

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Outward Bound Experience Alumni

By Zoe Straw

Student Reporter

During the final week of last term I went on an outdoor course with Gloucester Constabulary called Outward Bound in Aberdovey. Outward Bound is a charity that encourages young people to spend more time outdoors.

When we arrived at the centre in Aberdovey on Monday morning, we were separated into three teams; MacArthur, Bonington and Tenzing.

I was put into team Tenzing. The first thing we did as a team was pack a rucksack full with clothes, drinks and food rations to take with us for our night at a log cabin and for the hike back to the minibus the next day.

Once we arrived back at the cabin, for our evening activity, we went out to the small lake nearby and skimmed rocks.

It was bright and early when we set off on our hike on Tuesday morning. During the hike we faced quite a challenge to say the least. We had to go through extremely muddy patches and faced many steep inclines. We faced the freezing snow being painfully blasted in our faces which made the hike even more challenging as sight was limited.

During our evening activity one thing we did was a sling chal-

lenge, where we had to try to get all of team Tenzing through an elastic sling as quickly as possible, our quickest time was 19.85 seconds.

On Wednesday, we went jetty jumping. One thing that made the jetty jumping more of a challenge was the freezing water.

Later in the day the team went gorge walking and stargazing, I started 10 minutes after the rest of the team which meant that Jo (one of the instructors) and I had to try and play catch up to find them. After realising we wouldn’t catch up in time, the two of us went back to our equipment cage to make sure that we had everything we needed.

Kayaking was Thursday’s activity. Before we could get set off in our kayaks, we had to get them onto the trailer, it turns out that kayaks are really heavy, it took 3-4 of us just to lift one of them! Whilst kayaking, we ended up getting stuck on sand as the tide had gone out. This led to us burying Luke up to his knees with sand using our paddles to dig the holes.

Once Luke had managed to un-bury himself, we got back out on the water.

For our last evening activity, we went to the beach and had a campfire. While team Tenzing and I were sat around the campfire, we had s’mores and spoke about what we found to be our biggest challenge and our favourite part of the week was. For me, the most challenging part was the hike

and my favourite part was meeting everyone in team Tenzing, including our instructors Jo, Richard and Roger.

On Friday, our last day, we had a few small activities to do instead of having one big one. One of the activities was planning our team presentation and then presenting it to the teams.

Overall Outward Bound was such an amazing experience and if you get offered the opportunity to go, you should take it as you’ll gain memories and skills that will last a lifetime.

Alex Chalk Visits ASA

By Ciara Austin

Student Reporter

On the morning of the 12th of February, local MP for Cheltenham, Alex Chalk of the Conservative Party lead a discussion with the Sixth Form Students, in a valiant bid to encourage young

voters. According to Sky News, only an approximate 6 in 10 ‘Young Voters’ actually voted in the General Election which took place in May 2015, despite the fact that the turn out for voters was the highest since 1997, with a turnout of 66% of eligible voters (according to the Independent). Mr. Chalk, a Barrister in addition to his role as the MP for Cheltenham, received the questions respectfully, listening attentively to the concerns raised by the Sixth Formers. He

answered most of our questions, with the trademark slick eloquence of a politician and barrister. Naturally, as he had not been prepared for all the questions, and had not had an opportunity to be as well read as those of us with particular issues which we took to him. The polished veneer of the professional occasionally sustained cracks, however, this is part of the learning curve that all local politicians must make. It has perhaps given Mr. Chalk some things to think about, and given him an insight into the issues that matter to young voters.

It was inspiring to have had a politician, especially a politician who truly has the citizens of Cheltenham’s best interests at heart, come and talk to us. The passion shown by Mr. Chalk on those subjects which he held dearest and was best versed in was incredible, and it was very exciting, as a future voter, to be able to talk to someone steeped in political knowledge, and I’m sure I speak on behalf of my fellow sixth formers when I express my gratitude to Mr. Chalk for coming to speak with us about what we are most interested in.

Izaak Falzon Age: 21 Course you are studying: Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, studying to become a licensed engineer University: University of South Wales What is your biggest achievement so far at University?

Creating a successful replica of an insert repair.

What advice would you give our Sixth Form students when looking at their next steps?

To try new experiences, make the most of every opportunity and not be afraid to take a risk.

How did All Saints’ help you in reaching your goals for University?

I was encouraged by All Saints to take the academic route after A levels and go to university and it has easily been the best decision of my life. I’m studying for a course I am very passionate about as well as getting a license for engineering in the long run but without that push from ASA I would have never applied for university.

Positive Moves Project

By Mrs Parr

Head of Careers

The Everyman theatre, in partnership with Cheltenham Police, work with 11 and 12 year olds in after school activities, to reduce anti-social behaviour, encouraging young people to mix with children from other schools and help the transition from primary to secondary school. This project develops skills, confidence and community responsibility through the performing arts and is another example of the work we do at All Saints’ to link with our local community.

The theme for 2016 performances is Cyber Safety.

Four students are supporting drama “after school” clubs every week from January to March at the following primary schools; Gardners Lane (Mia Price-Greaves), Springbank Primary Academy (Shanice Cheal), Rowanfield Juniors (Annie Skog) and Gloucester Road Primary (Carmella RatcliffeSmith). Each after school club is run

by an Everyman Practitioner who will help the primary children devise a performance of 10 minutes which they will perform at their school assembly and also at the showcase at All Saints’ Academy on Thursday 26th March.

“Being able to teach drama to young children at Rowanfield Primary School is very interesting and a lot of fun. I get to experience what it’s like to be in the role of a teacher and to teach and learn about drama in a new way. We’re all very excited about the big performance at All Saints Academy in a few weeks.”

Annie Skog (EF overseas student)

22nd March Positive Moves Showcase

at All Saints’ Academy Cotswold Hall 17:00-18:30pm

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62 visitors attend Careers Q&A

By Mrs Parr

Head of Careers

On 4th March we welcomed 62 visitors from all over the UK to take part in our Careers Q & A event. Professionals ranging from Civil Engineers, nurses to TV Presenters visited the academy and engaged with students.

Our guests were assigned to tutor groups where they were questioned by students on how they got into their field of choice.

All Saints’ Academy’s Head of Careers, Julie Parr said “Our young people need to be able to have the right experiences, information and guidance to be able to find out what careers are best for them. Employers put exposure to work and employability skills like team working, determination, and the ability to communicate effectively, at the top of their wish list when looking to recruit. National Careers Week is an excellent opportunity to highlight the range of careers available to young people entering the workforce, the variety of qualification pathways and the skills that are at the top of the wish list for employers.”

Sixth Form student Ines Barouk, 18, said ‘TV presenter Ali was so helpful and inspired me to become a presenter even more than before!’

Year 10 student Magdalena Kroliczak,15, commented ‘I found it very interesting and educational. I’ve learnt a lot more about career paths. We had a lot of questions to ask the people that came in.’

Year 7 student Millie Johnson

said ‘Ollie Smith (Skydiver from the RAF) gave up his morning to talk to us about his job. It was an inspiring experience and something I would consider as a job in the future. He spoke to us about the history of parachuting and the first person to try it out. He explained how to jump and the positions in the air, then he showed us the equipment and safety procedure. It was very interesting and sounded very exciting. After that we watched a video clip of his team jumping from the Hercules and gave us leaflets. Overall it was very fun and it would be great to learn more about the RAF!’

Ruth Hall from Prospect Training Services said ‘I think the event was well organised. It was a really good platform for meaningful engagement with learners, not people talking at them but with them. This is something you don’t get to do at careers fairs.’

Tonya Meers from Little Creative Days said ‘Thank you for inviting me to your careers week it was a pleasure to be involved. I know it can be quite daunting for students these days wondering what they might like to do for a career and I think it’s useful for them to hear how other people’s careers have developed and the variety of jobs that are out there.’

Ali Defoy, Jewellery Maker and TV Presenter said ‘I had a lovely time, it was a pleasure and great to meet so many fantastic students!’

At All Saints’ Academy we embrace National Careers Week with a full program of events aimed at raising aspirations and broadening horizons.

We will bring together students, local employers and advisers through careers events and activities throughout the

week.

National Careers Week is a celebration of careers guidance and employment opportunities across the UK. The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people when leaving education.

At a time of high youth unemployment there has never been a bigger need for careers guidance to be promoted and celebrated in education. National Careers Week is our platform to advise and inspire our next generation as they enter the world of work.

Sky Academy

More Careers events at ASA: 9th March "Working Lunch"

Employers from a variety of industries are joining us for lunch, students can sign up to come along to meet employers and gather information.

11th March Skillsfest at Growth Hub Oxstalls Campus

50 Year 9 students attending this event, an opportunity for career exploration with "have a go" sessions.

14th March Apprenticeship "Speed Dating"

A range of employers offering apprenticeship opportunities spend approximately 5 minutes talking to small groups of students about how their organisation and apprenticeship scheme.

Employers rotate to next group, so students will meet a wide range of people.

Above: Students meet Oliver Smith, RAF parachute jumping instructor

Above: Ines Barouk meets Ali Defoy

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By Hannah Whelan, Sophie Whelan & Shannon Taylor On the 29th of February, a group of sixth formers visited Sky headquarters in London. We spent the day at Sky Academy Careers Lab where we took part in practical workplace challenges and learnt about careers in Media, Business and Technology.

On arrival we were given an iPad each which had the Sky Academy Careers Lab app that we used throughout the day. The first activity was a short reflection exercise which helped us to evaluate our current skills and interests. There were students from another school taking part, we were randomly assigned into groups which gave us the opportunity to interact with each other.

We had an opportunity to look behind the scenes of Sky Sports headquarters.

Throughout the tour we were able to

consider the importance of the working environment and Sky’s approach to workplace design.

After the tour each group were given the chance to explore the Sky Interactive Careers Lab to gather information about Sky’s different business sectors. By doing this activity we were able to discover the vast range of roles that it takes to run different aspects within a company. Leading on from this an inspirational Sky Leader gave us a talk about their background and career journey to date.

Going into small groups we then created a strategy and marketing plan using Sky insights. We had to choose one of four business areas including Product design, Customer Service, Sky Retail and Sky Movies.

We concluded the day by presenting our ideas, marketing plans, strategies and reflected on the activities we did throughout the day.

With Special Thanks to: Gloscol, Cats Eye Carving, Carters, Little Creative Days, MOD, Army, SSCO, Taynton’s, Chrysalis Research, Inst of Chtd Secretaries & Administrators, Oakley Neighbourhood Project, Finance/IT, The Pop Up Coaching Co, Police, Andrews Estate Agent, Nurse, Stagecoach, Public Defender Service, Undergraduate student, Group HES, Horsebridge (Telecoms), RAF, Wholefoods, Enviroment, Bulldog Security, MS Society, Landscape Gardner, Barclays, Wilmots Litigation, Association of Project Management, Spirax, Uni of Glos Criminology, Consultant Gynaecologist - retired, Cambray Denatal Practise, COOK shop Daily Bean, GE Aviation, Moog (Aeorspace Engineer), Brian Dix Construction, Probation Officer, Computer Programmer, GCHQ, HIT Training, GE Aviation, Warner Citroen, Ali Defoy, Association of Project Management, haulage, procurement advisor to MOD, Financial Manager, Endsleigh, Gloscol, NCS, PTS, HMRC, LINC, Police, EDF, CIMA, RBS, Halifax, Serco, HIS.

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Science & Engineering Day

By Mrs Cain

Assistant Principal

All Saints’ Academy welcomed the whole of Year 5 from St Gregory the Great to a Science and Engineering Day on Thursday 11th February. Student pitted their wits and problem-solving prowess against each other as they competed in a cargo carrying and tower building challenge. Students were also able to use their Chemistry skills to design their own fireworks. The best cargo builders were able to keep their precious load (a raw egg!) safe whilst surviving a two metre drop. Tower builders had the added complication of only being able to use spaghetti and jelly babies. The tallest tower was over 30 centimetres in height and it stayed standing throughout the whole event.

We were also able to benefit from the skills of real-life Engineers from Spirax Sarco who kindly supported our event.

“The creativity and ingenuity of the Year 5 students was amazing. They were able to think outside of the box and build structures that didn’t follow everyday norms. Well done to all that took part”.

Mrs Cain

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Art trip to London

By Chantae Sellers

Student Reporter On Wednesday 10th February, selected students from All Saints’ Academy that are Gifted and Talented in Art went to The Wallace Collection in London to attend a workshop called ‘The Art of Drawing and Using a Sketchbook’. It

focused on shadow, tone and light in art.

The Wallace Collection was actually a family home, the family who owned it were very rich and liked pretty things. Every room was themed and filled with beautiful pieces of art, from furniture to canvas paintings. One particular piece of art we looked at was a man and woman who had an affair and therefore were killed and forced to spend eternity stuck together in hell.

The lady who ran the workshop taught us variable techniques such

as how light, shadow and tone can be used to show the weight of an object and show texture.

Personally, my favourite part of the day was using a piece of graphite to colour a page in my sketchbook black and then use a rubber to rub out the areas of light I could see in a picture.

Overall, it was an amazing experience that has inspired me and given me extra skills to help me achieve my full potential in art.

Patryk and Jake looking at weight and texture of fabric

Chantae exploring the weight of an object through light and tone

Magda and Freya looking at how light reflects off shiny armour

Mason and Harvey rubbing highlights into graphite

Application Process Week beginning Monday 18th April Short listing process for...

3.Interview

Trials Weekend

29th/30th April

Decisions are made!

This will be a 100% fundraised trip House Charity for 2016 – 2017 will be Africa 2017 Students of the Academy will be supporting their house’s in raising money to build long standing links with our partnership school.

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Canterbury Durham homework. He is a very polite and honest person who always expects good things from himself, and is to be congratulated for this.

Student Comment I feel glad about being nominated as I make sure that I put much effort into my work and it is nice to be recognised for this.

Arran Pockett Tutor Comment I would like to nominate Arran for star student for his outstanding attitude to learning and excellent effort on his

HAL Comment I am delighted that Arran is Canterbury’s Star Student for term 3. He is a mature student with an excellent attitude to his life here at the Academy. He is always determined to do his best and achieve success. I am proud to have him in Canterbury House.

Westminster drama. He is a pleasure to have in W8.

Tikita Gay Tutor Comment I am delighted to nominate Tikita for her improved behaviour, attendance and her exemplary work ethic this term.

Ronan Austin Tutor Comment Ronan is an active member of the form.

He always brings a positive and diplomatic attitude to all form activities. He acts as a great role model to other students and always strives to do his best.

He is also a credit to the whole school and always gets involved in numerous clubs including cadets and

HAL Comment We are thrilled to have Ronan as our student of the term. He is a consistently outstanding pupil within the house and the school community. He always strives to gain the best possible attitude to learning scores, and will happily discuss with his teachers what he needs to do to improve. Ronan is an active part of the extra-curricular activities at All Saints’ Academy, including CCF, Performing Arts and sport. Well done, Ronan, you are an inspiration.

Tutor Comment Lilly is a wonderful student who consistently works hard. She has 100% attendance and is a joy to have in our form group. She consistently scores the highest grades in her Stop the Clock reports.

Canterbury Points: 37 Position: 2nd

Durham Points: 32 Position: 3rd

Westminster

Student Comment I am very delighted to receive this because I have worked very hard in all my lessons. I also always try my hardest in class and form.

Points: 26 Position: 4th

HAL Comment Tikita has made a massive improvement in her behaviour and attitude this term.

It is great to see her contributing to form time activities and having a more positive outlook on school life. Keep it up Tikita.

Attendance Figures

Student Comment I am really proud of this award as I feel as though I have worked hard over recent months to improve on my confi dence. I will continue to do so in the future.

Lilly St Francis

Interhouse Results Term 3

Having been on Track Record in previous terms, Tikita hasn’t received a single negative referral/detention since November 2015 and has become increasingly helpful in her Form.

York

Student Comment I am really proud of myself for winning student of the term. It makes me feel great when I get recognised for all my hard work. I always strive to be the best me and dive into any opportunity. I am in as many drama productions as I can be. I am also in the school CCF group and this is having a positive effect on my life.

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HAL Comment Lilly is an asset to York House. She is a good role model to others in her tutor group and in the House. Lilly consistently upholds the values of the Academy and demonstrates these in her daily life around the school. Her excellent attitude to learning and excellent attendance are two ways she demonstrates this. Lilly always participates in interhouse activities and supports York House. It is a pleasure to have Lilly in York House. Well done!

TERM 3 2015-2016

Points: 39 Position: 1st

York

As of 10/03/16

Canterbury

Percentage: 93.3% Position: 3rd

Durham

Percentage: 94% Position: 2nd

Westminster Percentage: 94.2% Position: 1st

York

Points: 92.8% Position: 4th

Star Points

As of 10/03/16

Canterbury Points: 21950 Position: 4th

Durham

Points: 27276 Position: 2nd

Westminster Points: 27356 Position: 1st

York

Points: 24922 Position: 3rd

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Coming Soon Lunch Box Tasty and Healthy

Chef Manager Phillip Brett says “Welcome ASA Foodies” I am here to pleasure your palate with a variaty of simple, satisfying and great tasting foods.

My aim is to educate you in a healthier way of associating with food and make the great choice to be proactive in your eating habits.

If you have an idea about what you would like to see served in Loaves & Fishies, The Pod or The Manna please come and see me.

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Lunch Box is our outdoor eating area. It sells a range of hot and cold food as well as drinks and snacks.

Look out for our new healthy options bonuses Pro-Active Points Introducing a new loyalty scheme commencing on Monday 4th April 2016. Purchase any healthy option from Loaves and Fishes and points will automatically added to your account, choose from the hot meal counter or our new salad and pasta bar and gain your Pro-Active points.

Collect points and claim your FREE item from a range of products in Loaves and Fishes

Hit the streets with Aspens Street Food is a relatively new concept in the UK. It has various influences and inspirations in its creation but in summary, it is artisan food sold on the streets by vendors.

We have the vibrancy and the great flavours of their dishes in our Street Food recipes and we are showcasing them when our counters come alive.

Using fresh and local ingredients we have created a range of tempting meals to re-create the scenes from around the world where food is prepared at the roadside and the aroma’s and flavours attract over 2.5 bn people per day!

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

21st – 24th March Monday Taste of the Orient Tuesday Mexican Madness Wednesday Best of British Thursday USA Everything is BIGGER!!

Food Offers @The Loaves and Fishes Restaurant

We hope you choose us for your lunch, but if you don’t, take a look at what exciting new offers Mr Brett our new Chef Manager has to offer.

World Kitchen is a traditional hot food offer. The exciting weekly menu is based on food from around the world and includes a range of hot and tasty puddings.

Hot Deli features a choice of hot marinated chicken wraps plus crispy jacket potatoes with a variety of

different toppings.

Grab and Go is where you will find a great range of freshly filled sandwiches, baked baguettes, wraps and bagels. There will also be a range of shaker salad pots, noodle, pasta and cous cous pots as well as a choice of cold desserts, home made cakes, biscuits and fresh fruit, including slices of watermelon that are going down a storm.

Introducing: Pasta and salad plain pots 55p

(With a topping £1.10, Extra topping 30p per choice)

Free School Meals

Did you know that you might be entitled to free school meals.

For more information and details on how to claim, visit

www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals

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Year 7 Boys Rugby

By Mr Ferguson

Assistant Principal PE Teacher

Vs Bournside Won 35 - 14

The squad travelled across town to play Bournside in our first outing since Christmas. In a highly competitive and evenly balanced game the game swung both ways in the early stages.

Some excellent tackling from the team was exemplified by Walsh, Peelo and Hope to keep the hosts at bay.

The pack, led by Gannon, drove the ball forward and recycled the ball well.

Peelo opened the scoring and rode the tackles well to place the ball under the posts for an easy conversion for Peake.

Peelo scored twice more as Bournside failed to stop the never ending flow of ASA attacks. Further scores from Gannon and Walsh kept the scoreboard ticking over. A perfect display of kicking from Peake, Jeanes and Brazil added the conversion points. Bournside scored two consolation tries, both converted well, to keep the score respectable.

Year 9 Boys Football

By Mr Pierce PE Teacher

The Year 9 Boys are through to the Football District semi-finals.

The Football team have put in strong performances to beat Pates, Cotswold and Tewkesbury school.

The semi-finals are being played on the 17th March 4pm at Tewkesbury school.

All are welcome to watch or follow the highlights on Twitter @ ASASportsDept.

By Miss Wellington CCF Lead Officer

The first joint activity between All Saints’ Academy and Lakers School will commence on 14th March.

One of the requirements of all CCF camps is that cadets all have up to date Weapons Handling Tests. Pates School, Cheltenham have generously offered the use of their facilities to enable the cadets to practice the requirements in order to take these tests, ready for their respective summer camps.

The students were marched to Pates School in the morning to put them in the perfect mind set for a day of military minded tasks.

Lance Corporal Alex Regan, who already has up to date tests, went along to help some of the younger cadets get to grips with some of the more challenging tasks. He said “It’s always good to see young cadets learning new skills”

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Year 7 Boys Football

By Mr Ferguson

Assistant Principal PE Teacher Game 1 vs Nunnery Wood Lost 5-3 The team hosted Nunnery Wood in their first match since November and found the visiting giants a formidable proposition with four players touching six foot!

The visitors came out of the blocks at some pace and only Luke Walsh, captaining the side for the first time, seemed up to the challenge. Luke took the game to the visitors and drove the team forward. In the early exchanges the game was played in the opposition’s half. Marzsalek went close three times but, unusually, failed to hit the target. Great play from debutant Mark Clark pulled the strings in midfield as ASA looked to make the most of their possession. Clark soon found the net with a well-placed shot from just inside the box. This seemed to add to the passion of the team and shots seemed to rain on the Nunnery goal. A quick counter attack from Nunnery left a 5 v 2 as ASA midfield had pressed far up the pitch and failed to track back, this left Gannon with no chance as the ball flew into the net from 12 yards out. Walsh then rose like a salmon and headed home from Marzsalek’s cross to make it 2-1 at half time.

The second half was a much

CCF

of the same affair with both teams being wasteful in front of goal. The teams were well matched, but it was Nunnery Wood who looked hungrier for the win and pressed forward. Some poor marking and a lack of organisation in defence and a lack of fitness in midfield gave too many chances to the visitors as they quickly added three times to the score line. Marszalek bundled one home to pull ASA back within one. Some great play from Jeanes in the centre and Walsh on the right as ASA looked to get back into the game were clear positives in the performance. Hope continued to tackle well and Clark ran himself into the ground as the clock ticked on. Tiredness played its part as time ticked away and Nunnery scored with the final kick of the game to make it 5-3 at the final whistle.

A great game that could have gone either way, was played in a friendly spirit and was a real pleasure to referee. A special thanks to Jordan Pearce and Tyler Goodie who gave up their time to run the line and help coach the team.

Game 2 vs Nunnery Wood Lost 4-1 In the second of the two back to back fixtures, the B team travelled to Worcester. In what turned out to be a very balanced game both teams failed to make the most of their chances with both Jayden Wiltshire and the Nunnery keepers performing very well.

It was a case of who would miss the least rather than who would crate and score the most to win. Abdul Jabbar and Jayden Jeanes both failed to hit the target as chance after chance fell their way.

Ben Peake broke the deadlock mid-way through the first half only to see this cancelled out by his opposition numbers kneed effort into the top corner.

Brazil, playing on his birthday, put in an excellent display in midfield.

With the scores level at half time the changes were made, Liam Hope playing in midfield and Satwinder having a go in goal. Unfortunately these changes weakened the centre of defence and decreased the creativity in midfield.

Wiltshire played well at centre back and Dooner displayed a performance in defence that more than deserves a call up to the A team. Despite the dogged determination of the team they fell foul of a lack of clinical finishing and with Abdul trying his best to lose the ball in the next field failed to add to the score line. Nunnery were also guilty of some slack finishing but were not as sparing in front of goal as ASA were and added to their tally with two bundled goals.

The host’s final strike deserved to win any game as the right winger struck a sweet shot from the edge of the box into the top corner leaving Satwinder clutching at thin air.

A great game played in fantastic spirit by both teams.

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U14 & U16s Girls Football Teams through to County Finals!

By Mrs Mitchell

Head of Westminster House PE Teacher For the second year running All Saints’ Academy will be sending two girls teams to the football county cup finals, which will be held at Redknock School on Wednesday 18th March.

Both teams put in some su-

perb performances to ensure their place in the finals.

The U14 team were out right winners of their tournament and showed great teamwork throughout. Winning 4-0 against Balcarras, 1-0 against Winchcombe, 2-0 against Cleeve and 1-1 draws against Tewkesbury and CLC. The girls were a dominant force and their skills on the pitch were hard for the other teams to deal with.

A special mention must go to Courtney Lusmore, Shana Kelly and Ebony Hawker who created some fantastic link up play and passing skills to put the other teams under constant pressure. All Saints’ player of the tournament went to Courtney Lusmore for her sheer perseverance and constant threat on goal, scoring 5 of the All Saints’ goals.

Even though they were the most dominant team, the U16 team came runners up to go through in their

age group.

The team were a constant threat in matches and managed to keep a clean sheet thanks to our strong defence. But our finishing skills let us down and we ended up with only one win under our belt and two draws. This meant we had to fight it out against Balcarras for our place in the finals.

The girls dug deep in the extra time against Balcarras, but yet again failed to hit the mark and score. This

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meant it was left to a nail biting penalty shoot out to decide our fate. Fortunately we were able to capitalise on this and made it through on the very last penalty that our captain Chloe Betteridge calmly put away.

All of the girls who played should be proud of their performance and the fact that they worked as a team and never gave up. Congratulations ladies! We wish the girls lots of luck in the finals.

Year 7 & 8 Girls Rugby soar through to County Finals

By Miss Morley Head of Health & Social Care PE Teacher

The girls all started to train for their first rugby tournament in January. Ben Smith from the Gloucestershire RFU came in and took the girls for some training sessions and they learnt about passing and tackling. The girls then went to Newlands park last term and competed in

the district championship. There were six schools at the tournament. Our girls played some outstanding rugby, running in several tries and passing the ball with confidence. The tackling element, which had originally been the scary bit for the girls, soon become the favourite bit with Steph and Yaisia standing out for their try saving tackles. Overall the girls came 2nd and advance to the county finals which are held at Hartpury College on Thursday 14th April 2016.

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