Newsletter Easter 2014
Easter 2014 Number 4
Academic success that matters ‘Growing together to be the best we can be’
Headteacher’s Commendations
Head Boy/Head Girl Team 2014—2015
College lunches
Lizzie’s Blog
Cranham Primary School Project
Message from the Headteacher
Content
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Headteacher’s Message
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Headteacher’s Commendations
3
College Vision
4
Head Boy/Head Girl Team 2014-15
5-13
Ms Eames’ Farewell
14
‘Snow Line’
14
Design and Technology
15-16
Engineering for Year 8 girls
17
Cranham Primary School Project
18
Options 2014
19
Careers Advice
20
Information regarding Employment of Children
21
IT Department
22
Science Department
23
Arts’ Department
24
Physical Education
25-28
Plus much more ………..
“My song is love unknown, My Saviour’s love to me; Love to the loveless shown, That they might lovely be.” With the Easter holiday fast approaching, we look back on a very busy and fruitful half term. The enforced closure in February seems to be a distant memory; the small section of damaged pipe found during routine maintenance was quickly repaired. During the holidays further sections of gas pipe will be checked as part of our regular maintenance programme. We are currently working on the basketball courts and have plans to resurface the front car park (a job delayed because of the wet weather) and to replace some windows. Our half term began with our inaugural annual careers fair which was a huge success. Mrs Reeves-McKew worked tirelessly to ensure a wide, balanced range of presentations both during the day and the evening. It was a pleasure to welcome a former pupil, Emily Breeze, who is currently working at the University of Warwick to offer a key note speech describing her pathway into Science and Technology. The day has generated a number of contacts, including a unique opportunity for our students to experience a day on a Royal Naval ship. There have been many developments in relation to our Science, Technology Engineering and Maths and Arts Specialism, students have been offered a wealth of experiences, details of which are included in this newsletter. On Tuesday, 8th April we were delighted to welcome the Chair of the County Council, Cllr Gordon Yarranton and Mrs Mary Drinkwater to College. Mrs Drinkwater opened our Memorial Garden in honour of a former student, Pvt Jason Williams who was the first Worcester Soldier to be killed in Afghanistan. The construction of the Garden, a joint project in Design and Technology and Mathematics, was made possible thanks to Mrs Drinkwater who made a generous donation from her Community Fund. The Garden is a lasting and fitting memorial to Pvt Jason Williams and John Bailey MBE, our beloved former Chair of Governors and nephew of both Bishops Perowne. The ceremony was attended by Mrs Linda Williams, mother of Jason and our site manager Mr Alan Smith, who represented the Worcester and Sherwood Foresters Regiment, Richard Browning, Jason’s best friend together with some of our students.
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Message from the Headteacher continued …. In March Mr Laidler and myself attended the schools’ launch of the Commemoration of the First World War, in London. We have many events planned which will begin in September with a trip to the battlefield of Belgium and France. We will confirm more details of our plans next term, however we appeal for any parents, carers or grandparents who might be able to help in any way to contact my P.A. Mrs Wigley on 01905 746804. Staff have worked tirelessly with Year 11 students in preparation for the forthcoming examinations. The work continues during the Easter holidays with many students taking advantage of extra sessions. We wish Year 11 well with their revision and their examinations We will end our term on Friday with a Eucharist at which the Archdeacon, The Venerable Roger Morris, will preside, assisted by Capt. Rick Tett and Revd. Hazel Charlton. During the service we will say goodbye to Ms Trish Eames, Head of Learning Support and Mr Alex Annis Teacher of Science. Ms Eames has served our College faithfully for 15 years showing deep commitment, care and concern for students and their families. She is taking early retirement and will relocate to Exeter. We thank her for all she has done and wish her well. Mr Annis joined Bishops in September 2007. Not only has he been an excellent colleague in the Science Department, he has arranged many trips for Gifted and Talented students, Science Days and the Magistrate Mock Trial Competition. We wish him every success as he takes up his new post as second in charge of Science. I wish to thank all parents/carers for their support this half term and wish everyone a very peaceful Easter holiday. Our Summer Term begins for students on Tuesday, 29th April, 2014 at 8.30am. Ms Farr – Headteacher
The opening of the Memorial Garden 8th April 2014
An article from Worcester News by our Headteacher
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Headteacher’s Commendations The following students have received Headteacher’s Commendations and five Community Credits Their achievements and contribution to the life of our College are highly valued. Those students marked with a * have more than one Commendation. Loreta
Aboma
Joseph
Dyson
Addam
Jones
Evie
Pugh
Lee
Alder
Lucia
Fanelli
Danielle
Jones*
Arafat
Rahman
Zeeshan
Ali
Jamie
Field
Kaya
Jones
Redwanur
Rahman
Hashim
Ali*
Luke
Ford
Elliot
Kainey
Lauren
Reid*
Fortune
Austin-Ricketts
Robyn
Ford
Liam
Kearney
Luke
Richardson
Lauren
Band
Megan
Gardner*
Harry
Kendall*
Georgina
Roberts
Imogen
Barrett*
William
Garrad
Sophie
Key
Jay
Rogers
Afza
Bashir
Michael
Gillard
Charlotte
King
Bronwen
Rowberry
Ammina
Begum*
Valdino
Gomes*
Harry
King
Musadaq
Shazad
Joshua
Bentley
Zoe
Hadley
Sophie
Klobcar*
Michael
Shuker
Thomas
Bentley
Angela
Haklaj
Kayleigh
Lacroix*
Danielle
Silva
Adam
Biddle*
Samantha
Hampton
Charlie
Lancaster
Samuel
Sowden*
Oliver
Biddle
Daniel
Harding
Paige
Latchu
Spencer
Stanley
William
Bishop
Harriet
Hardwick
Eleanor
Lee
Glenn
Strachan
Lucy
Bluck
Kye
Harper*
Samuel
Lewington
James
Stubbins
Molly
Bourne
Jordan- Lee Harris*
Finley
Little
Emily
Studholme
Christopher Brayford
Jamie
Hathaway
Rikrina
Maharjan
Jacob
Styler
Benjamin
Bridge
Joshua
Hawes
Sikander
Mahmood
Ben
Taylor
Lily
Bunn
Abbie
Hawker
Thomas
Maiden
Claudia
Taylor
Kieran
Burns
Katie
Hawkins*
Samuel
Makepeace-Beeching
Jakob
Terry*
Jordan
Bushell
Juri
Hayes
Matthew
Makranczy
Damien
Thomasson
Hannah
Bushell
Claudio
Henrique Almeida
Zoe
Malin*
Kristy
Timms
Migle
Chaleckaite
William
Henshall
Kia
Martucci
Jessica
Tobin
Robert
Challis
Eve
Hill
Hannah
Matthews
Monica
Tyler
Alice
Chevalier
Melissa
Hill
Destiny
May
Istehsan
Ul-Haq
Anoushka
Clarke-Newell
Myles
Hill*
Liam
McCartney
Abbie
Underwood
Tiago
Conde De Sousa*
Piers
Hilton-Turvey
Alex
McLaughlin
Muhammed Usama Ditta
Sadie
Conn
Courtney
Hodge
Erinn
Melville
Pedro
Viveiros
Abigail
Curtis
William
Hodges
Yaseen
Mohammed
Chanelle
Walsh
Shauna
Dance
Maya
Hollins
James
Moody
Bradley
Warr
Adam
Davies
Casey
Homer
Joshua
Morris
Katerina
Webb*
Chloe
Davies
Mia
Howard
Nohmah
Muhammed
Lachlan
Werner
Natasha
De Castro Tree
Geraint
Howells
Hafsah
Muminah
Charlotte
Whitworth
Jack
Dickinson
Ieuan
Howells
Dominic
Nikoli
Aimee
Widdus
Leah
Dimmock
David
Hudson
Daniel
Norcott*
Alexandra
Willcock
Samuel
Dodson
Aaron
Hudspith
Luke
Obrey
Jamie
Williams
Megan
Done
Jordon
Hughes
Jordon
Pate
Joshua
Williams
Martha
Dunster
Hussan
Iqbal
Stelliannos Porphiriou*
Kerry
Williams
Hayley
Dutfield
Thomas
Jeynes
Chloe
Prince
Jacob
Willis
Chloe
Dutfield
Edward
John
Joshua
Proctor
James
Woods
Jonathon
Worrall
Benjamin
Young*
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College Vision
Our Vision We seek to develop a caring Christian community in which we nurture individuals; encourage learning, creativity and endeavour; inspire all to excel and reach their potential and to help all young learners grow into active and responsible citizens who are able to make a difference in the World.
To make our vision a reality we aim to:
Develop a faith- centred community based on a love of God, neighbour and self.
Create a culture of learning and achievement in which study, enquiry, innovation and aspiration are highly valued
Grow together to be the best that we can be.
Establish an orderly, happy, safe and caring environment in which all members of the College community can
Grow in confidence and self-esteem.
Provide access to a wide and varied curriculum that is appropriate to students’ needs and learning styles.
Support physical, social and emotional growth.
Develop a sense of responsibility and citizenship, and thereby shape the future.
In order to bring about the best we shall:
Provide excellent teaching, in rich and varied learning environments.
Create positive challenges.
Assess students learning and progress and report on this regularly to parents.
Strive to develop an enriching programme of visits and extra curricular activity.
Respond effectively to students pastoral needs.
Develop positive relationships between staff and students.
Promote good attendance.
Build a strong and robust College/parent partnership.
Develop effective links with the Church and wider communities.
Meet and support the needs of ethnic and minority groups.
Celebrate diversities and differences in our community.
Work as a team towards our shared vision.
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Results for Head Boy/Head Girl Team 2014—2015 Jade Amber Hannah Imogen Ryan George Millie Katie Jessica Adele Freddie Joseph Thomas Georgia Sam Jamie
Cox Curtis Finn Fraser-Clark Fulcher Fuller Gaffey Hawkins Key Laughton Lockett Long Maiden Surridge Taylor Williams
Deputy Head Girl Assistant Head Girl Assistant Head Girl Head Girl Deputy Head Boy Head Boy Assistant Head Girl Deputy Head Girl Head Girl Deputy Head Girl Assistant Head Boy Head Boy Head Boy Deputy Head Girl Deputy Head Boy Head Girl
Our Head Boy/Head Girl Team 2014—2015 Head Boys
George Fuller
Head Girls
Imogen Fraser Clark
Joseph Long
Jessica Key
Thomas Maiden
Jamie Williams
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Our Head Boy/Head Girl Team 2014—2015 Deputy Head Boys
Deputy Head Girls
Ryan Fulcher Jade Cox
Sam Taylor
Katie Hawkins
Adele Laughton
Assistant Head Boys
Freddie Lockett
Georgia Surridge Assistant Head Girls
Amber Curtis
Hannah Finn
Millie Gaffey
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New Head Boy/Head Girl 2014-15 Act of Collective Worship The new Head Boy/Head Girl Team were asked to put together and present an Act of Collective Worship , as their first task as Student Leadership Team. Here follows a transcript of the Act of Collective Worship. The subject of the Act of Collective Worship was fictional characters that most inspired them, Imperfections Everyone has imperfections, even the great Sherlock Holmes – yet he doesn’t allow his imperfections to get the better of him. He is a self-confessed ‘high functioning sociopath’ who is egotistical, and often selfish. However, he accepts his faults and tries to work with them, showing us that he has a conscience and is capable of love. Managing with our imperfections is something that everybody finds difficult, so I admire him and the way he constantly strives for personal improvement. Sherlock is hard-working, astute and determined to succeed for the common good…qualities which I am sure you will agree can be considered as inspirational to others. Sherlock Holmes has inspired me by caring. He used to be a self-centred guy, who gained a friend that taught him to care. He now cares about others and their well-being through helping solve crimes. Sherlock, this inspirational character, thought that caring would make him seem weak to those around him, but overcame this fear. And this I find inspirational, because in this way, I feel that I am similar to Sherlock. Sherlock Holmes has always fascinated people as to how committed he is. This inspires me because commitment is a requirement for success, even against near impossible odds. This is a quality not many people have but I am striving to achieve this. My commitment in rugby means I can carry over the skills required for a role in the leadership team. Perseverance: I am inspired by Sherlock Holmes because even he makes mistakes but then he gets back on his feet and strives for success which I believe is a good feature about me, I fail and I try to succeed. He never lets his downfalls affect him and that’s a lot more than most people do this is a good feature for a person to have. Like when I had a personal tragedy like when my granddad died all I wanted to do was cry but I stayed strong like Sherlock does and I pulled through. For our presentation we decided to use Shrek – an odd choice to say the least. We see Shrek as one of the most inspirational characters in fiction. We hope in our short presentation we can change your perception on this ogre who exceeds all superlatives. He goes on a journey throughout the films to not only become good at heart but also a natural leader. He begins his journey, portrayed as shallow and hostile but as he says, like onions, “Ogres have layers”. We all do. And in discovering that we learn that you don’t need to be perfect to live happy every after. “After a while, you learn to ignore the names people are calling you. You just trust who you are.” It can be argued Shrek is a relatable character to us because he faces a lot of prejudice and that is one of the main concerns of our youth. This is inspirational as it shows anyone could overcome any prejudice that anyone may hold. If we have learnt anything from fairy tales is that men can be anything from ogres, beasts and frogs and yet despite this women still fall in love with them. If you’re to take anything from this today take this, that no matter how imperfect you think you are, you can only be yourself and you must always trust in you. “Only a true friend would be that truly hones.” Shrek is a good listener and listens to Donkey when nobody else is willing to; he also makes his point heard and never gives up on any challenges that he faces for example, the saving of Princess Fiona. This can be related to the role as challenges aren’t there to be ignored but are there to be beaten and to the role this is certainly applicable. So, as we have presented, Shrek is an inspirational character and people should take inspiration from him when they watch the films. Shrek is in all regards a good role model both in his personality and what he overcomes on screen. He faces prejudice and other great problems during his time on the films but we don’t believe that there is one moment in all the Shrek films where he claims that he can’t do something. We believe this is a trait that should be echoed across all communities. The task we were given was to give a 2 minute presentation on an inspirational fictional character. We decided to choose Forrest Gump. We chose him because through his life he was put down because he was different from everyone else as he had an IQ of 75. Despite this he never gave up. His determination and strength lead him to fight in Vietnam, talk at Lincoln Memorial, and save many lives.
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Our Head Boy/Head Girl Team 2014—2015 In his life Forrest has always been told to run away from his problems. However, in the end he realised that running away might not always save him. “My mama always said you’ve got to put the past behind you before you can move on”. He grows as a person throughout, and his determination and strength shine through. Life can be brutal at times so painfully hard. We get lost. Parts of us die with others. There is tragedy after tragedy and loss after loss in the life of Forrest Gump. He teaches us that life has a way of coming back to us if we know what love is, be our best and believe. Do not let heartbreak or tragedy take over your life. We all have a tragedy to overcome, you can too. Forrest lived by a philosophy, this philosophy was that if you could do something good for someone you do. When he was young he saved his childhood love from an abusive father and later on she felt in love with him. He also saved his sergeant, Dan, from an ambush in Vietnam. I believe these two acts of kindness, compassion and his personal philosophy show that he is an inspirational character, who never gives up and helps others at all costs. He wanted to help improve the lives of others despite his own flaws. He was told by his mama that “life’s like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” This lead him to never judge people and to take life as it comes. He was a caring man who didn’t put people down because they were different. He cared for everyone as if they were family. Forrest was never afraid to say what he felt, he also believed that he could achieve whatever he put his mind to. His mother told him to figure out his own destiny, and that actions speak louder than words. We believe that the traits Forrest Gump shows can be brought into the leadership team by us as we are determined and want to make a difference. The Vision of Enoch I speak to you. Be still. Know I am God. I spoke to you when you were born. Be still. Know I am God. I spoke to you at your first sight. Be still. Know I am God. I spoke to you at your first word. Be still. Know I am God. I spoke to you. At your first thought. Be still. Know I am God. I spoke to you at your first song. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you through the grass of the meadows. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you through the trees of the forests. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you through the valleys and the hills. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you through the Holy Mountains. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you through the rain and the snow. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you through the waves of the sea. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you through the dew of the morning. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you through the peace of the evening. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you through the splendour of the sun. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you through the brilliant stars. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you through the storm and the clouds. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you through the mysterious rainbow. Be still. Know I am God. I will speak to you when you are alone. Be still. Know I am God. I will speak to you through the wisdom of the Ancients. Be still. Know I am God. I will speak to you at the end of time. Be still. Know I am God. I will speak to you when you have seen my Angels. Be still. Know I am God. I will speak to you throughout eternity. Be still. Know I am God. I speak to you. Be still. Know I am God Good morning. There are many inspirational characters within the fictional world. Although the character we have chosen is no obvious hero, and he may not have the skills and abilities of a more obvious hero say like Han Solo. But this person has quieter attributes. This person is Neville from Harry Potter. Although they are not the character you would expect, they show all of the qualities that you would expect in a leader. Throughout their school time they have shown great heroics and have proven not just to themselves but to others that they can aspire to greatness.
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Our Head Boy/Head Girl Team 2014—2015 This character respects all differences, doesn’t mind what ethnicity you are, style you embrace, or your popularity. He acknowledges his weaknesses and embraces and acts upon his strengths. These are attributes we can bring to the role of head boy and head girl. He brought his greatness through his own choices, actions and was not chosen or pushed to do anything he did think was best for everybody. Even when he had difficulties with his family and his life at home, he refused to give up and persevered throughout and got around those issues. He sees the best in others and motivates his peers and believes everyone is capable of greatness. He is always enthusiastic about tough situations and is always prepared to get stuck in to fight for things he believes in. He trained and taught himself to rise to the challenge and achieve something greater than himself for everybody. Sometimes, a character can surprise you, come from nowhere, and push through to become a reliable, hard-working and loyal friend and leader. Neville may have started out as an underdog, but he worked hard and proved himself to become something great and these are important attributes any head boy or head girl would need. We can bring these attributes to the role of head boy or head girl. Augustus Waters As a group, we have chosen Augustus Waters from the novel ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ to be our inspirational fictional character. So, who is Augustus Waters? Charming, confident and funny are the kind of characteristics you would associate with him. During the novel he enters the life of a girl called Hazel and uses his own past experience of cancer to help her fight her own battle. Despite his introverted character he stays strong for her sake. His is convinced that the importance of life is being heroic, leaving a noble legacy, and monumentally impacting humanity. He comes to realise that failing to do something important does not equal being insignificant. We believe that Augustus Waters is inspirational because of how much he cares for others. He always manages to stay strong and gives all he can to make his friends happy. Augustus helps Hazel to understand that she is not her illness, she is a human being. He also teaches his friends to live life to the fullest, as he tries to do. Augustus judges others on their actions, not their back stories, and is the type of person we should all aspire to be, especially in a school community like our own, where everyone should be treated with respect. His constant kindness inspires us to do what is right and what is best for the majority, not just ourselves. To become a good head boy and head girl team, we must learn from Augustus Waters and aim to benefit and respect everyone, whilst inspiring others to do the same. Augustus has a poster in his room that says ‘without pain, we could not know joy’. I think a lot could be learnt from this, for when you are suffering, or experiencing pain, whether that be physical or emotional, it can be a test of your strength. It also shows you just how much support you have and how much our family and friends care you for. It then helps you embrace the good times, enhanced by the people closest to you, and the simplest things in life. Also, many Christians believe that this is one of the explanations that people, especially innocent people suffer, and this quote can help you enter suffering with the best, and most positive mind-set possible.
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Appointment of Head Girl and Head Boy The Appointment Process – Written by Jessica Key Becoming Head Girl has always been a dream of mine. I looked up to the Leadership Team in Year 7, watching them deliver assemblies, wishing to be them. And now I have had the chance and have succeeded. The appointment process was, with no doubt terrifying, but also the best experience of my school life. We had to fill in a rigorous application form and then we had to stand up and speak to our year who then voted for those who they thought would be good for our school next year. Personally this was the most nerve-racking part of the process. One of next year’s Head Boys, George Fuller said “The part of the process which I found most nerve-racking was speaking in front of my year, year 10. I was most worried about the response I would get, what kind of comments would they give? In hindsight, I am so glad I did it. I felt a real sense of achievement and it gave me confidence I needed to read in front of the whole school a week later.” The Leadership Team then put us into groups in which we were given the task to create a speech on an inspirational character form fiction. This time it was too the whole school. Tom Maiden, also one of next year’s head boy says “Speaking to the entire school was very worrying however it has helped me to gain confidence to do it again.” We all had great ideas ranging from Shrek to Forrest Gump. The last part of the process was the interviews. “The appointment process included a mixture of formal and informal interviews which worked really well and made me feel at ease.” Says one of next year’s Assistant Heads, Amber Curtis. We had a main interview lead by this year’s Head Girls Penny Ashmore and Leigh Hewwitt and also with Mrs Tyler and Ms Farr. Here are some of the thoughts of the successful applicants; Jamie Williams, who is one of the new Head Girls says “I really enjoyed the process as a whole ad I think it is great experience for future job interviews. Nothing was as scary as I originally thought it would be. It showed me just how confident I can be and I can’t wait to take on the job as Head next year!” “It was a great new experience and I have learnt a number of life skills. But I am very glad I succeeded and I hope these help me in my next year.” Says Joe Long , one of the new Head Boys. Overall the experience was amazing and I am so glad that I have done it and I hope that the years below me will aspire to go forward for this position, as the appointment alone will grow you as a person.
A selection of the Head Boy/Head Girl Speeches Amber Curtis Hi, I’m Amber. Some of you know me for the sarcastic and opinionated person that I am. However, I am also honest, trustworthy and straight talking. I’d like to think I’m a good role model to younger students and would I be willing to help someone who asked? Of course I would. And that goes for anybody who asks! Furthermore, I always try my best at everything I do, and I believe that as long as you try your best, no one can ask any more of you. Finally, I work well in a team and this post requires a lot of teamwork. Thank you for listening. Hannah Finn Good morning everyone. Here are a couple of reasons why I think I should be Head Girl. I have always liked to involve myself in fundraising events, and I would like to introduce different fundraisers that are much more fun and will involve more students. I set goals, I can’t promise that I will achieve them, but I have the intention of completing every task I am set. I like to think that I can be approached with different problems and obstacles and keep an open minded perspective when making decisions. I can stand up for my beliefs. The most important thing is to be real, and not to project a false image. I want to be the kind of person that can be approachable and un-judgemental in any situation. Any student can come to me and voice their concerns.
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A selection of the Head Boy/Head Girl Speeches Imogen Fraser-Clark Many things have inspired me to go for Head Girl. My friends, my family and the children’s book I read when I was much younger called Mallory Towers. In which the main character a girl called Daryl Rivers becomes Head Girl of her boarding school. At the time she was one of my heroes and I have always longed to follow in her footsteps. I am incredibly proud of our school environment. But there is always room for improvement. For example the long queues on chip day, which are always a problem for both students and staff. Is there a way of possibly reducing them? Those who know me, know I am punctual, very friendly and like to make a positive difference. I am extremely hardworking and love a challenge. And the challenge of becoming Head Girl would offer a great opportunity to make a positive change to our school environment.
George Fuller Is it really cool to be Head of the school? My mates just laugh and think I’m a fool. To aspire to be Head Boy, I might be labelled as a geek, But it’s an honour, a privilege so thanks for listening to me speak, I think it’s a great way to pay something back, A means of saying thank you, so I’ll just have to take the flack. I’d like to encourage others to take on new roles, Step out of your comfort zone and achieve your goals. To be a good ambassador, both in college and outside too, Now that’s the end of my speech because I really need the loo!
Katie Hawkins I would like to be Head Girl because I would like to help inspire others to work together to make this school a great place to be for everyone. I have found out that it is far easier to help each other and work together, than it is to do it by yourself. If we inspire each other, listen to each other and work together we can develop good relationships and increase our chances of success in all aspects of college. I would be a good Head Girl because I will listen to everyone and get their opinions across. Thanks for listening. Jessica Key The question is ‘why do I want to be Head Girl’? Well there are many reasons why but I’ve only got a minute so here are a couple. I would be a great representative to all pupils within our school. At my primary school I was head of my community. I attended meetings with other teachers and pupils from different schools. This was a success and I’m sure this would be too if I’m given the chance. I can show that I am very mature with a friendly personality, therefore I will listen to all the concerns raised, I’ll give 110% to make our school a better place and I want to make a difference! You all can depend on me!! I will let your voices be heard! Thank you for listening to me and I hope for all your support. Have a nice day.
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A selection of the Head Boy/Head Girl Speeches Adele Laughton My name is Adele Laughton, and I have decided to go for the role as Head Girl because I don’t have a lot of confidence to do well with what I’m doing now stood out front talking to you. Being Head Girl will give me the confidence to be able to do a lot of things I can’t do now. It will also help me to become the best person I can be. A lot of you may think I’m not capable of being Head Girl but I want to prove to you that I can do this. I want to help you all in any way I can to make your last year of school the best. If I get given this opportunity then I will take anything you say about making this school better and I will discuss with the others and do the best that I can to help you. Thank you for listening. Freddie Lockett For those of you who don’t know me my name is Freddie Lockett and I am a musician so you’ve probably seen my in assemblies. I want to be Head Boy because I want to help you by making school life better, to do this I would listen to you and try and make your ideas a reality. I also want the role because I know I will enjoy it and I hope my enthusiasm can help this school. Finally I want to be Head Boy because I will bring a fresh perspective to the role. I would do this by listening to and trying to implement your ideas, an example of some of my own thoughts is starting a rowing club with Kings and getting a better balance between the arts the sports and the sciences. To recap I want this because I want to help, I know I will enjoy it and I feel I have a fresh perspective. Joseph Long Hi, my name is Joe Long and I’m asking you to make me your Head Boy for three reasons. Firstly, I want to make sure everyone has fun in school, whether that’s in lessons, sports, arts or drama. Everybody deserves fun! I’d bring a sense of fun, and humour into how I would like to help people as your Head Boy. Secondly, I’m fair. Everyone deserves fairness. I’m fair no matter what, and I will be fair as your Head Boy. Thirdly, I’m focused. I’ll make sure that the team will be focused and get things done. I’m focused on you guys having a say and being free to express yourselves. AND I’m focused on all of us having a good last year at Bishops. Finally, we are all the school, the school is us! It’s all about us and our future. And if you will make me your Head Boy, I promise it will be fun, fair and focused for all of us at Bishops. Thank you. Tom Maiden Good morning, my name is Tom Maiden and I’d like to tell you why I should be Head Boy. You need a Head Boy who can best represent you. They need to know what you, the students, want and how best to present these desires to our schools teaching staff. Fortunately I believe I am more than up to the task. Your Head Boy also needs to understand not everyone wants exactly what he wants. After all the role of Head Boy is about serving the school, not about showing himself off. Your Head Boy should embody three main qualities. These qualities; reliability, honesty and a drive to make a change should be genuine and shine through in every aspect of his life. I believe I hold each of those qualities and I will make the Head Boy you are looking for. Thank you for listening.
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A selection of the Head Boy/Head Girl Speeches Georgia Surridge During my time at Bishop Perowne I have made different friends in many different year groups and friendship groups, these people have all helped me to become the person I am today and have the confidence to stand here and tell you why I would like you to vote for me as your Head Girl. If I was elected as Head Girl this year I would strive to make the school a better place for all of us. I believe that I can help all of us to fulfil the school motto ‘growing together to be the best we can be’. For me, becoming Head Girl would be a great personal achievement. So what do I think I could bring to this role to benefit all of you? I am a good listener, I am eager to hear all of your ideas on how school can be improved. I would give you a voice; I feel that everyone should have a say in matters that involve us as a college. I am easy to talk to and approachable, I believe I have the enthusiasm to be a good influence on all students in college. I participate in many parts of college life; I am involved in school performances, concerts and workshops. Doing these things helps me to be an active member of this school. I believe that the school is only as good as the people who are here and the people that help it to grow.
Sam Taylor Hello, I’m Sam Taylor. Here we are in year 10 with one more year before us. I remember, sat in those seats in year 6 watching the Head Boy and Head Girl speak on the open evening, thinking that I could never be stood there addressing people in that manner. Yet I grew in confidence and character thanks to those around me in this college which I believe epitomises our motto, ‘growing together to be the best we can be’. So you may ask, why should I be Head Boy? I feel I am very committed and hardworking to anything I partake in and this role will not be exempt from that. I also like to think that I am approachable, if you had a problem I’d be more than happy to try and help you with it. I also believe myself to be mature which I feel is crucial to this role. In this college, I believe I have grown in many ways. So as we move into our final year at this college I hope I could guide others to be the best that they could be too. Jamie Williams 525,600 minutes. Why I want to be Head Girl. Today, I have 60 seconds to convince you that I am the right choice for Head Girl. Now, that may not sound like a lot of time. It’s not. There are 525,600 minutes in a year, and they fly past us so fast, we don’t even realise they’ve gone. We only have one year left here at Bishop Perowne. One year to make a change. I want to take full advantage of this final year. If I were to become Head Girl, I could leave Bishop Perowne knowing I made a difference. Whether it be improving school facilities, such as the common room or simply helping organise school events like our charity days, I want to be Head Girl so I can make the remainder of our time here the best it can be. Just being a role model to others alone is an exciting thought. Hopefully, I’ll even inspire younger students to go for Head Boy and Head Girl, so they can look back and be happy about what they’ve done, as I know I would be. 525,599 minutes. Thank you.
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Ms Eames’ Farewell To Bishop Perowne Goodbye Bishop Perowne After almost fifteen years as Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) and a teacher of English at Bishop Perowne., I will be leaving this Easter. This was not an easy decision to make, but for many reasons it is the right one for me and I have decided to take early retirement. (Those students who have told me that I am too young to retire will always hold a special place in my heart!) Over these fifteen years I have had the pleasure of working with some fantastic students and their parents and carers. The role of SENCO does, by its very nature, allow me to work more closely with some families, as we all worked together to find the best ways to support the young people in our care. Many of these students have moved on to fulfilling lives and careers after leaving Bishop Perowne. My role has always been a rewarding one. I have been fortunate too, to work with a whole range of dedicated and professional teaching staff, who go beyond expectations to achieve the best outcomes for our students. So, as I move on to a new stage in my life, I would like to thank Bishop Perowne for the memories I will be taking with me. Trish Eames SENCO
‘Snow Line’ - School Closure In the event of inclement weather if school is forced to close we shall notify the following organisations:
Radio Wyvern
BBC Hereford and Worcester
BRMB
Heart FM
The Bear
A notice will also appear on the College website (www.bishopperowne.co.uk) and a text will be sent to all parents/carers. Please ensure that we have your up to date contact telephone numbers.
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Design and Technology Department News Years 9/10 Textiles trip to Bath Fashion Museum On Friday February 28th eleven textiles students led by Ms Stevens visited the Fashion Museum in the wonderful city of Bath to help year’s 9 and 10 with the development of their coursework. Through Bath and North East Somerset Council, we booked an interactive teaching session focussing on developing students’ sketching skills with Lindsey Braidley, Programmes Co-ordinator at the Fashion Museum. Owned by the National Trust, the Assembly rooms house a wonderful array of costumes and fashions dating back to 1700, and chronologically depicts both men’s and women’s fashions up to the late 1900’s.
Top fashion designers; Alexander McQueen, Anna Sui, Vivienne Westwood, Stephen Jones and Meadham Kirchhoff used 18th century fashions to inspire their own designs, and these complete the exhibition by showing how the grace and elegance of Georgian dress influences and continues to inspire today’s fashion. In 2011the Fashion Museum received hundreds of fashion drawings from the late 1950’s to 2000 from David Sassoon and charts the history of Belville Sassoon Lorcan Mulanny, one of London’s top fashion houses. The company designed pieces for Diana, Princess of Wales and the display includes the cantaloupe melon silk ‘going away’ outfit she wore as a bride in 1981. There is a dressing up area, where visitors are encouraged to try on a range of replica corsets and crinolines, along with hooped dresses, coats and hats. A couple of students could not resist the challenge and ‘had a go’!! The challenge was to dress in the correct order, which with a little help was achieved to the merriment of other visitors. Students sketched, researched and photographed a range of costumes from the collection both past and present. They then spent time to rework a new design taking elements from each costume. These included shape and style of collars/cuffs, embroidery designs, fabric, and embellishments. Using different colouring mediums, students developed new designs. They were encouraged to sketch confidently and to design creatively. Lindsey’s enthusiasm and knowledge certainly assisted students to think deeply and to look at design in another light. We came away with detailed drawings, numerous photographs of costumes and a wealth of newly acquired knowledge and skills.
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Design and Technology Department News—Lizzie Laser’s Blog Lizzie Blog March 2014 As Easter approaches one has been busy engraving and cutting for students’ projects along with one’s twins George and Georgiana the 3D printers. Also performing well is the sublimation printer as designs can be easily transferred onto either the student’s substrate, or onto clear adhesive film which attaches well to most materials. Students are looking at a variety of patterns, both commercial and via the internet during research, or are producing their own unique designs using ‘Grid Magic Senior’. This programme allows patterns to be designed and transformed into useable arrangements for fabrics and sublimational images for resistant materials. One has used one’s two dimensional drawing expertise to engrave a pattern onto sections of wood for a bespoke CD rack, to enable the student to ‘hand stain’ his work. Both George and Georgiana have ‘printed’ work designed on ‘ProDesktop’, a 3D drawing programme. Students have researched their blueprint project and through development and trial manufacture have produced a personalised phone cover, and a guitar pick dispenser. Small projects but well developed involving many hours drawing, re-drawing, and testing minor adjustments to create their ultimate assignment.
The ‘Cranham project’ is reaching its climax. Having designed and fabricated four games for their ‘activity wall’, the same have been varnished to protect them, and will be installed on site on April 7th. We hope the Cranham students will find the games a source of fun, but also have some educational stimuli. Games include; ‘Sums 4 You’ where simple mathematical problems can be practised. Number words are in English and French. Magnetic ‘snakes and ladders’ will encourage counting, as will the ‘hoopla’ game, while ‘Connect 4’ should inspire strategy whilst promoting ‘healthy competitiveness’.
One created bespoke bookmarks which were given to each visiting student from Collège Léon Delagrange from Neuville -aux-Bois in France when they visited Bishop Perowne on March 13th. Sublimated mugs with their college logo along with Bishop’s logo were presented to each teacher who accompanied the students.
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Year 8 Girls’ Engineering On Friday the 28th of March 30 year 8 girls participated in an engineering workshop. The aim of the workshop was to introduce girls to the vast range of opportunities within Engineering and challenge the cliché of “it’s just for boys and cars”. The girls were challenged with the task of creating a reusable, cost effective cargo carrier for an aid organisation that was dropping food packages into a remote area that had been hit by an earthquake. They had a budget of £25 and the choices buy balloons, sponges, elastic bands, tape, scissors, fabrics and string. There were several very good attempts at creating the cargo drop and the possible winners came down to three teams. Miss Brockley was judging the cargo drops and it came down to price with the winners winning by a pound!
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Cranham Primary School Project—7th April 2014 On a damp Monday morning, after many exchanges of email, a crack team (Andy, Graham and Dave) from Bishop Perowne CE College arrived at Cranham Primary School to erect four teaching/games panels on their activity wall. Designed by former students, ‘Connect Four’, ‘Hoop-la’, ‘Snakes and Ladders’ and ‘Sums 4U’ finally took their place in readiness for playtime.
Thankfully the rain held off as Mr Morgan, Cranham’s Head Teacher provided coffee to keep the team going. Holes were drilled and countersunk, angles were checked and double-checked, and soon the first of the four 4 foot x 4 foot panels were screwed into place.
Conceived and fabricated in the large by former students, the ideas were proposed following a visit to consult a group of Cranham’s pupils, who energetically spoke about how they hoped the Activity Wall would encourage learning within play. Bishop’s students sketched a number of ideas, and Mr Morgan viewd them and indicated those he would like to be constructed. The Snakes and Ladders game got local engineering and manufacturing company Yamazaki Mazak UK involved, as students wanted a ‘magnetic’ board. Mazak kindly donated 100 steel laser-cut tiles for the project for which both schools are eternally grateful. Once powder-coated red and green, laser-cut ‘snakes and ladders’ were produced by ‘Lizzie the Laser’, along with numbers for the board. The ‘Sums 4U’ board again got ‘Lizzie’ involved as she laser-etched and cut the number tiles with English and French words to encourage language skills.
The ‘Hoop-la’ game also encourages mathematics as pupils can ‘challenge’ each other to get the correct score by throwing hoops over numbered pegs, Mr Morgan demonstrated to on looking pupils the skill involved, obviously thrilled he recorded a successful throw ‘Connect 4’ involves strategy as well as cunning as all students who eagerly watched explained the rules of the game. The discs were coloured and engraved with Cranham’s logo, adding to the bespoke nature of the project. We at Bishop’s hope that Cranham’s pupils enjoy their new ‘Activity Wall’.
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Options 2014 The Options process for me is always an exciting and enjoyable time as it represents the first opportunity for our students to shape their education. I firmly believe that the range of subjects and courses that students are able to select at Bishop Perowne far outstrip any other school in Worcestershire. The introduction of innovative courses like GCSE Engineering, co-delivered with Yamazaki Mazak, underline this belief.
This set of Options also represents a curriculum based on a set of traditional and academic GCSE courses, with English and Mathematics at its core, which will serve our students well in Further Education and beyond. In a year that has seen many former Bishop Perowne students achieve places at Oxford and Cambridge and other Russell Group Universities this shift will ensure that our current students have access to the same high quality choices.
Our partnership with Yamazaki Mazak has also reinforced my belief that languages education should be at the heart of any successful global economy and that students should have access to high quality language learning. The 2014 Option blocks allow all students to study multiple languages at GCSE and employers are actively looking for these skills within their workforce.
The feedback from the process was overwhelmingly positive and I thank everyone who took the time to respond. Any further feedback would be greatly appreciated, particularly indicating useful additions to the Options booklet, and please feel free to email me (dkl@bishop-perowne.worcs.sch.uk) with any comments.
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Careers Advice at Bishop Perowne
Careers Information and Guidance Bishop Perowne Careers Fair I am pleased to say that The Careers Fair which was held at College on the 27th February was a huge success. All students and parents who attended have reported that they found the evening most useful in formulating future career plans. The day began with a number of various volunteers coming into College to run interactive workshops for students on a variety of careers. There were over 50 different workshops which ran throughout the day. These included Mexican cooking and running a restaurant, midwifery, photography, surveying, accountancy and setting up your own business. As you can see the number of careers on offer were varied and diverse. The students enjoyed the opportunity to learn about the different skills needed in a variety of careers and also many of them enjoyed the free nachos! Although they then had to burn these off in the army activity afterwards! Later on in the evening there were over 45 stall holders from a variety of organisations and further education providers which helped students to think about their future careers and also to consider their post 16 options. The evening was very busy and a large number of parents and students attended and spoke to the various stall holders. There was a real buzz to the evening and it was so lovely to have the College supported by so many local companies. The Key Note Speaker was Emily Breeze a former Bishop Perowne student who has gone on to study a PHD at Warwick university in Biochemistry and has had a number of careers in the sciences. Both students and parents said that they found her inspiring. I am now looking forward to the next careers, information, advice and guidance events at Bishop Perowne including and apprenticeship skills show, taster days at Worcester Technology College and experience days at Worcester Sixth Form College. Mrs Reeve- McKew
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Information regarding Employment of Children Important Information About the Employment of Children of Compulsory School Age
No child may be employed without a permit issued by the local authority in whose area they are working. If the employer does not obtain a permit they are committing an offence in law. A child requires a permit for any part time employment until they cease to be of compulsory school age. The minimum age of em ployment is 13. This includes work in a family business, or unpaid assistance in a trade or occupation which is carried on for profit, as well as paid employment. The employment of children in Worcestershire is governed by local Byelaws which place restrictions on the type of work a child may do, and the hours when they may do it. Any person who wishes to employ a child is required to make an application for a permit, by completing and submitting a form, within one week of the commencement of the child's employment. No child may be employed before 7.00am or after 7.00pm; this applies at all times of the year. During term time a child may be employed for up to 12 hours in any one week, but not more than 2 hours (which may include 1 hour in the morning between 7.00am and 8.00am) on any single school day. A child may work longer hours during school holidays subject to the Working Time Regulations. A child may only be employed in light work which is not likely to be harmful to their health, safety or development, or their attendance at school. Permitted categories of employment include: - Newspaper delivery (but a child cannot collect money); - Shop assistant; - Waiting on or washing up in a cafe/restaurant (subject to certain conditions); - Shampooing, sweeping up and other light duties in a hairdressers; - Office clerical work. Prohibited categories of employment for a child include: - Commercial kitchen (e.g. fish and chip shop, cooking area of cafe/restaurant); - Preparation of food (including butchery); - Industrial undertaking (e.g. factory, garage, warehouse); - Personal care (residential or nursing home); - Entertainment premises. The above lists are not exhaustive; a fuller description can be found in the Worcestershire County Council Byelaws, which, along with the Working Time Regulations, information leaflet and employment permit application form, are available to download from our webpage: http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/education-welfare/education-investigation/child-employment.aspx If you have any queries about the employment of children in Worcestershire, please contact:
Ben Westwood (Child Employment & Entertainment Licensing Officer) Tel: 01905 822452 Email: bwestwood@worcestershire.gov.uk
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IT Department News Young Enterprise Team - Ignite All our hard work has paid off as we are through to the South Worcestershire Area Board Final to be held at Malvern St James, 29th April from 3:00pm - 9:40pm. We completed our last trade fairs Saturday 1st March on Worcester High Street and then Saturday 8th March at Webb’s of Wychbold. In between these two dates we were also able to make a presentation about our company to the students of Northwick Manor Primary School. Our current profit stands at just over £300. We are pleased to announce that at the end of trading share holders will see a dividend returned to them on top their original share value due to the success of our product. We would like to thank Mrs Morris our link teacher, Mr Box and Mr Hewson for their advice and support with using the kiln, Ms Farr for supporting us throughout our year of trading and our shareholders for investing in us. Keep an eye on the school website to hear news of area board finals outcome. STEM (Science, Technology, English and Mathematics) – Raspberry Pi Club Year 6 students from St Barnabas and Year 7 Bishop Perowne pupils have thoroughly enjoyed their programming experiences. The club has seen students’ using their Raspberry Pi’s to plot their routes home using a GPS device and then displaying the route on Google Maps, programming Mindcraft instructions, setting LED lights to flash in a variety of different sequences and using a Wii Remote as a Jukebox controller. We would like to thank Mr Rawles our STEM advisor for all his help, support and advice. IT/Computing Wednesday 2nd April – Bletchley Park visit to participate in a Code Breaking workshop as part of the STEM Cyber Security initiatives. Students had the opportunity to see how the Engima code was broken by Turing’s Bombe and Colossus the first programmable computer designed to assist code breakers during World War II. Thursday 3rd April – Cyber Day. As a follow up to the Bletchley Park visit all students with ICT on their timetable on this day experienced workshops ran by e-Skills to promote the modern day role of code breakers, security analysts and White Hat hackers. Students in Years 7 and 8 were able to break ciphers using methods such as the Caesar shift cipher and created their own ciphers during workshops ran by STEM ambassadors.
Tuesday 24th June – Year 9 optional IT/Computing students will visit Land Rover Jaguar to participate in a control workshop using programming software to operate desktop vehicles, followed by a tour of the restricted vehicle development areas to show the rigorous testing and designing procedures each Land Rover undergoes. If time allows students will also experience the 3D theatre enabling students to see Land Rover models from inside and out. We will then take students on a thrilling 4x4 off-road Land Rover driving experience on the Gaydon site test track.
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Science Department News Big Bang Fair On Friday 14th March, 38 students nominated from STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering & maths) went to the NEC in Birmingham to attend the annual Big Bang Fair. This is a national event which caters for many thousands of students over a 4 day period each year, with many of the biggest and best multi-national companies in the field of STEM in attendance. Our students were immersed in a myriad of exciting and innovative workshops, where they developed a greater level of understanding of where academic success in STEM subjects could take them. Companies in attendance included EON, The National Grid, NHS & Severn Trent Water, alongside various university establishments and other national institutions. The sense of excitement and inspiration was palpable on the return home - students were not only delighted with all the freebies they accrued, they were also pleased to see the vast array of employment opportunities available to them in the future. I hope that next year even more of our students attend this wonderful event. Mr. O. Elmougy
Whizz Bang Students and staff celebrate National Science and Engineering week (14th to 23rd March 2014) with some ‘whizz bang’ science demonstrations and hands on practical’s at lunch times and also studying further implications of science via 2 bespoke lessons during the week on moon landings and possible future science careers.
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Arts’ Department News Bishop Perowne Church of England Success in Young Worcestershire Photographers Competition Bishop Perowne Church of England College has again been successful in the annual Young Worcestershire Photographers Competition run by Beacon Camera Club in Malvern. This year, 8 students photographs were selected as part of the top 50 photographs in Worcestershire. In the presentation that took place at Bishop Perowne Church of England College, Emily Studholme in Year 11 was also selected as a runner up in the upper secondary division - a fantastic achievement given that this age group includes students up to the age of 18.
Emily Studhome—Year 11
Beth Russell—Year 11
Glenn Strachan—Year 11
Maisie Bennett—Year 11 Jenny Senter—Year 11
Alexandra Willcock—Year 7 Andreij Aizatulin, - Year 9 Rosie Ann Lilwall—Year 9
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Physical Education Department News Year 9 Football Our Year 9 7-a-side team put in a fantastic set of performances to finish runners up in the School finals at Worcester university. Our team consisted of Valdino Gomes, Tiago Conde De Sousa, Zeeshan Ali, Daniel Harding, Lee Alder, Arafat Rhaman and Adam Jones. Many of these boys are new to the College and were representing Bishop Perowne for the first time. V Parkside won 2-1 v Hanley Castle won 3-1 v Ipsley won 6-0 V Bewdley lost 2-0 and in the final we unfortunately lost to Bewdley 2-0. Year 8 Athletics In The Athletics finals we performed brilliantly to win the whole event. After winning our District Championships we are now County Champions. This is the first time we have ever won this event. The team excelled in the running races and consolidated their success in the field events Jakob Terry, Geraint Howells and Joshua Bentley ran incredibly well and won the paired and individual races. Sam Sowden, Bradley Warr, Adam Biddle and Harry Kendall also ran well and put in some very strong performances in the field events. A fantastic day all round!! English Schools Cross Country Championship Sophie Tothill acquitted herself very well at the English Schools Cross Country Championship, coming a creditable 124th out of 336 in the year 10 & 11 age group, this after being off ill and being out of training for the week. Football
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Year 7
V King’s won 8-0
V Blessed Edwards Oldcorne lost 5-2
V Blesseds won 8-1
V King’s Lost 2-1 V RGS lost 5-0
Rugby Year 7
Year 8 V King’s A drew 1-1 V King’s B lost 3-1
V Chantry lost 44 -7 V Christopher Whitehead Lost 50-0 V Blessed Edwards Oldcorne lost 29-17
V Blessed Edwards Oldcorne postponed Year 8 Year 9 V Droitwich lost 2-1 V King’s drew 4-4
V Chantry won 35-3 V Chase Lost 50-0 V Blessed Edwards Oldcorne won 29-0 Rugby 7’s placed 5th
Year 10 V Chantry won 4-3 V Droitwich won 3-1 V King’s Won 3-1 V Blessed Edwards Oldcorne 26.-
Year 10 V Christopher Whitehead won 42-24 V Blessed Edwards Oldcorne lost 22-5 Rugby 7’s placed 6th
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Physical Education Department News continued …. Year 10 Rugby v Christopher Whitehead won 42-24 Year 8 Rugby v Chase lost 48-0 Year 8 v RGS won 3-1 Year 11 v Blessed Edwards Oldcourne won 8-1
Year 3 Orienteering Festival On Friday, 7th March Bishop Perowne hosted an Orienteering Festival. Ninety children took part from Year 3. They used a map of the grounds and raced around in pairs to find as many controls points as they could. The area was a challenge and included, the top rugby field, along the astroturf and the ‘bottom field’. This was a large area and by the end they were shattered! All children and leaders had a fantastic experience as well as learning some new map reading skills. Students from the Year 10 BTEC Sports group organised this event Mikey Shuker, Meg Gardener, Zoe Malin, Jordan Lee Harris, Ben Young, Monica Tyler, Josh Proctor, Dan Norcott, Katie Hawkins, Claudia Taylor, Mathew Mckranzy, Jamie Hathaway, Juri Hayes, and Will Garrad. They were great ambassadors for the College. They encouraged and helped the children with the orienteering tasks taking responsibility for the warm up and getting fully involved.
St Georges v St Barnabas Football Tournament Recently 40 children Year 4 and 5 from St Barnabas and St George’s came up to Bishop’s to play in a friendly football competition on the Astroturf. Each school had 4 teams taking part. It was the first time for some playing on Astroturf and they really enjoyed the experience. The referees Valdino Gomes, Tiago Condo De Sousa, Chloe Davies and Hafsah Muminah did a fantastic job in upholding the rules of sportsmanship and fair play throughout. The winners from Year 4 were FC St Barnabas and Year 5 St George’s Warriors. All went home celebrating success and smiling, mission accomplished.
Claines Inter House Football Over two Friday mornings Claines have brought up all of Key Stage 2 children 120 in total to have House Football Tournaments on the Astroturf. They had two teams per house and the event gave all students the chance to play in five games in total. The children had a great time competing and supporting each other. Matches were refereed by Jordan Lee Harris Jordan Pate Ben Young Dan Norcott Megan Gardner and teams coached by Katie Hawkins, Zoe Malin, Tiago Condo de Sousa, Valdinio Gomes, and Leah Dimmock.
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Physical Education Department News continued …. Sports Relief Our sincere thanks to everyone who helped make Sports Relief on Friday, 21st March such a great day. A big thank you to the PE department making it such a profitable and memorable day. The total raised so far is £841.90. Well done everyone! Sports Relief, 21st March2014 – Community Events The Year 11 Community Parliament Leadership Team began the day by organising and delivering an engaging assembly that encouraged students to take part in fund raising activities for the day. The highlight was the ‘Bake Off’ film montage that had been pre-recorded in Food Technology lessons that week, with the kind assistance of Mrs Thompson and her KS4 classes. The competition was fierce and the winners announced in assembly by our very own Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood! The PE Department organised sporting activities throughout the day to raise funds and involve students in Football – Barcelona v Real Madrid, Fun Runs and Trampolining. Students also raised funds through non-uniform donations with the theme for the day ‘Wear your sports gear’. A fabulous Cake Bake Sale was also organised by the team for break and lunchtime and homemade cakes proved to be extremely popular! The day was enjoyed by all students and raised nearly £1000 for Sports Relief. The Community Leaders, and Mrs Stevens in particular, would like to give their sincere thanks to the current Year 11 Leaders for organising the day, and to the PE Department for their enthusiasm. The Community Leaders
Barcelona v Real Madrid For Sports Relief we had over 120 boys participating in the El Classico. The match kicked off at 8am and finished at 2pm. The lead changed hands many times during the day and came down to just one goal separating the sides. During the day we saw many brilliant goals and it could have been many more. Bailey Fuller in year 10 actually hit the cross bar 5 times and the post once! In addition to scoring a hand full of goals. The girls completed a fun run in Years 7 and 8 and played handball and tried out the new trampoline. It was great to see so many students participating in a range of sports.
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Physical Education Department News continued ‌. STOP PRESS Congratulations to our Year 8 Rugby Team who have won the Year 8 Rugby 7s Tournament. The boys in the team are:
Joshua Adam William
Bentley Biddle Bishop
Gastao Sam Geraint Sam Louis Jakob Bradley
De Sousa Dodson Howells Sowden Simmons Terry Warr
Attendance and Uniform Attendance of our students at Bishop Perowne College remains at our target level of 94%. We would be grateful if you would continue to encourage your child to attend each day, good attendance is essential to good academic attainment. Should you require permission to take your child out of school for any reason please contact Trish English (Attendance officer) who will advise you of our college’s current position on requested absences. Our regular uniform checks show us that the overwhelming majority of Bishop Perowne Students take great pride in their appearance and wear our uniform, extremely well. A reminder that jumpers remain part of the school uniform until the weather becomes too warm. At this point, a message from the Head teacher will inform students and carers that the jumpers are no longer required.
Year 7 Penpals German Pen pals in Year 7 This year I have been given a pen pal from Germany. Her name is Lily and she likes most of the same things I do, like pizza and piano. It is fun because it is a challenge to write to someone from another country. It doesn't take long to write to her so we can keep in contact. I have really enjoyed having a pen pal - it is really fun. Lilli Haworth
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Scout Weekend—Welsh Dragon Award Our Scout Weekend On the first day the first thing we did was we had to make our own breakfast; bacon sandwiches. On the night before the first day we had to set up our tents in the pitch black. At that night we learnt how to find the North star. On the first day we did orienteering and map reading, we then had dinner and afterwards we played the wire games. The wire games are games played at night. Jacob Payne-Lunn When we got up on Sunday, it was extremely cold. It turned out we slept in –3.5 degrees, apparently so that was three ticks for our Welsh Dragon Award. One night in February and one night in March. On Sunday all the scouts went rifle shooting. Then we packed up all of our stuff and went home. Fortune Austin-Ricketts
Open Tuesday All parents/carers are reminded ‘Open Tuesday’ Every Tuesday between 3.00 pm-4.00 pm A chance to meet with a member of the Senior Leadership Team without a prior appointment. Parents/carers are seen on a first come/first seen basis. The length of the meeting will depend on the number of people waiting to be seen
First Call First Call Parents/Carers have the opportunity without a prior appointment to meet with a member of the Senior Leadership Team each morning Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8.15am—8.40am and Friday 8.15am—9.00am
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Academic Year 2013—2014 Academic Year 2013 - 2014 AUTUMN TERM 2013 TERM STARTS
Wednesday, 4th September 2013
HALF TERM
Monday, 28th October – Friday, 1st November 2013
TERM ENDS
Friday, 20th December 2013
SPRING TERM 2014 TERM STARTS
Tuesday, 7th January 2014
HALF TERM
Monday, 17th February – Friday, 21st February 2014
TERM ENDS
Friday, 11th April 2014
SUMMER TERM 2014 TERM STARTS
Tuesday, 29th April 2014
HALF TERM
Monday, 26th May – Friday, 30th May 2014
TERM ENDS
Friday, 18th July 2014
Other Dates: Good Friday
Friday, 18th April 2014
Easter Monday
Monday, 21st April 2014
May Day
Monday, 5th May 2014
Spring Bank Holiday
Monday, 26th May 2014
Teacher Education Days Monday, 2nd September 2013 Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 Friday, 25th October 2013 Monday, 6th January 2014 Monday, 28th April 2014
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Academic Year 2014—2015 Academic Year 2014/2015 AUTUMN TERM 2014 Term Starts
Wednesday, 3rd September 2014
Half Term
Monday, 27th October 2014 Friday, 31st October 2014
Term Ends
Friday, 19th December 2014 SPRING TERM 2015
Term Starts
Tuesday, 6th January 2015
Half Term
Monday, 16th February 2015 Friday, 20th February 2015
Term Ends
Friday, 27th March 2015 SUMMER TERM 2015
Term Starts
Tuesday, 14th April 2015
Half Term
Monday, 25th May 2015 Friday, 29th May 2015
Term Ends
Friday, 17th July 2015
Other Dates:
Good Friday
Friday, 3rd April 2015
Easter Monday
Monday, 6th April 2015
May Day
Monday, 4th May 2015
Whitsun Bank Holiday
Monday, 25th May 2015
Teacher Education Days:
Monday, 1st September 2014 Tuesday, 2nd September 2014 Monday, 5th January 2015 Monday, 13th April 2015 Monday, 20th July 2015
We continue to rely on the support of our partner schools and colleges to make the Arts College a success. Many thanks for all they have done so far… Claines Church of England Primary School Northwick Manor Primary School Perdiswell Primary School Merriman’s Hill Road Worcester WR3 8LE Tel: 01905 746800 Fax: 01905 746846 Website: www.bishopperowne.co.uk Email: info@bishop-perowne.worcs.sch.uk Headteacher: Ms Julie Farr
St Barnabas Church of England Primary School St George’s Church of England Primary School The King’s School, Worcester University of Worcester Worcester College of Technology Worcester Sixth Form College Yamazaki Mazak UK Limited
Easter 2014
Important dates for your diary at a glance 11th April
Eucharist and Community Assemblies
11th April
Spring Term Ends
28th April
Teacher Education Day
29th April
Summer Term begins—Week A
5th May
May Day—College Closed
12th May
Written exams begin for Yea11
18th-23rd May
Year 8 Llanrug Outdoor Educational res. Visit
22nd May
Year 7 Parents consultation
23rd May
Year 11 Leavers’ Eucharist
26th-30th May
Half Term Holiday
We seek to develop a caring Christian Community in which we nurture individuals, encourage learning, creativity and endeavour, inspire all to excel and reach their potential and to help all young learners to grow into active and responsible citizens who are able to make a difference in the world.