Newsletter December 2013
December 2013
Number 2
Academic success that matters ‘Growing together to be the best we can be’ Lord of Light—Shine on us Lord of Peace—dwell in us Lord of Might—support us Lord of Love—enfold us Lord of Wisdom—enlighten us
Headteachers’ Commendations
Year 7 News
Service of Remembrance
Fill us with faith and inspire us to bring the Good News of Christmas into the lives of family, friend and stranger.
Snow Line
This day and always
Dates for the Diary
Open Tuesday
By Hannah Finn Year 10
Content
Message from the Headteacher
Page
Message from Ms Farr
1
Our Vision
2
Headteacher’s Commendations
3
Carol Service 11.12.13
4-13
Christmas Eucharist
14-23
King’s School Bursaries
24
English Department News 25-27
Amen.
This prayer, offered by Rev. Peter Haddleton,, at our Carol Service in 2010, sums up the love and faith Rev. Peter brought to our college. We were greatly saddened by his death in November but remember all the goodness he brought out in us and are glad that he was part of our community. As always we look back on the highlights of our term as we light an advent candle each day in our ‘counting up’ to Christmas. Our English and Mathematics Mock GCSE examination results are good and bode well for academic success next summer. We were delighted to receive our ‘RAISE online’ report which sets out the progress made by our students in comparison with other schools nationally. In 2013 our Year 11 students performed significantly better across a wide range of academic students than students in other schools and are therefore equipped with qualifications which will give them greater choice of University places and make them more employable in the future. We have narrowed the gap between those students in receipt of pupil premium and those who are not most significantly placing us in the top 20% of schools in Worcestershire. Recent rigorous lesson observations show that nearly 90%of lessons are graded as good or outstanding; again this will place us among the best schools nationally.
Science Department News
28
Modern Foreign Languages Department News
29-30
Young Enterprise News
30
History Department News
31-32
Nurture Base
33
Teen Book Awards
33
Arts’ Department News
34-39
As I write we are looking forward to our Community Activities day and our end of term Eucharist at which Bishop John will preside and members of the Cathedral Choir will sing.
Operation Christmas Child
39
I thank you for your support for our College and wish you a very happy and peaceful Christmas.
Christmas Activity Day
40-41
Plus much more ………..
Our staff give generously of their time to support students, as can be shown from some of the articles in the newsletter and I thank them for that. This term we say goodbye to Mr Cox who leaves us to take up his post as principal of a school in Dudley, Miss Sharma who moves for a promotion to Redditch, Miss Applegate who moves to Herefordshire, Mrs Watson who is taking more maths consultancy work and Mr Farmer who is taking up a teaching post in Malvern. All have been superb colleagues, working to bring about the best for our community and we wish them well..
Term begins for students at 8.30am on 7th January. Ms J Farr—Headteacher