Easter 2015 Newsletter by Bishop Perowne C of E College

Newsletter Easter 2015

March 2015 Number 4

Academic success that matters ‘Growing together to be the best we can be’

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Headteacher’s Commendations

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College Vision

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Snow Line

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Arts’ News

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Year News

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STEM

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Message from the Head

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Headteacher’s Commendations

College Vision

Easter Eucharist

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Order of Service Science Week

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Show my Homework

History Department

Solar Eclipse

Geography Department

EAL Department

English Department

STEM

Mathematics Department

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D & T Department

Resistant Materials

Religious Education

Department Plus much more ………..

Message from the Headteacher I referred to half term in the February newsletter as a watershed in the College year. The rhythm of life certainly changes in the second half of the spring term as we pack so much into just five weeks. For year 11, the pressure increases as final assessments and controlled assessments are completed. Testing takes place in every year group which gives a good indication of learning and progress over time. In addition, as always, we have provided a wide range of enrichment including science trips, personal, social, cultural and health education days and opportunities across physical education and the arts. Fund raising focussed on Comic Relief and St Richard’s Hospice and individual students have taken initiatives on behalf of charities. The year 11 leadership team have organised successful ‘film night’ charity fund raising events. The year 8 options process has been completed and students thoroughly benefitted from a visit from the technology giant Bosch. Our new Head Boy and Head Girl team was appointed after a rigorous selection process and will begin their induction under the guidance of the excellent outgoing team. At the beginning of term we welcomed Mr Gilbert who will be concentrating on inclusion and Mr Hambrey as ICT Technician. We wished Mr Kennett well in his retirement after 14 ½ years as ICT technician. Mr Kennett enjoyed a long association with our College, first as parent to two very successful ‘Bishops’ girls’, then as a Governor and member of staff. We

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Message from the Headteacher continued …. At Easter we say goodbye to Mr Varey, our subject leader for mathematics. We wish him well in the future. It is now that the real impact of my decision, taken earlier last year, to leave Bishop Perowne at Easter, after nearly 24 years, hits home. I came to Bishop Perowne in 1991, initially as subject leader for English and after several promotions was appointed Headteacher. During my time I have received the unstinting support of Governors, staff, parents, students and, of course, my family. The role of the Headteacher is challenging, huge, all-consuming. I can only say that I am glad that I was chosen and that I have loved it. I am leaving at Easter as, last June, I was asked to support the work of a charity and I must begin this role in April. I shall, however, be coming back just to teach year 11 until they leave in May. I always wanted to be a teacher; how fortunate I am to have been able to spend my life sharing my great love of English with our superb students. I thank everyone for all you have given me over the years, which has meant that I have not merely lived but have enjoyed an inspiring experience of life. You would expect me to leave with a poem, inspired on this occasion by Rupert Booke’s ‘These I have loved’ but … in his elegant rhymes. These I have loved: Young people, the laughter, joy, and hopes of all their lives; young people, their tears and restoration; friendly corridors, opened doors; the silence of fire drills; the deep reverence of Services of Remembrance; intense concentration in lessons; the woosh of papers at the beginning of examinations, the quiet exhaling of breath at the end; bacon sandwiches, cheese twirls, pink cake; Friday chats in the legendary chip queue; the pride of open days and awards; year books, leavers’ hoodies, the elegance of the leavers’ ball; Bishop’s students returning ‘to the nest’; electing the Leadership Team; Year 7 in September, clean slates and their own faces on; TED Days and anticipation; ‘snow days’, the first day of the holidays; dress up, dress down days, innovative fund raising days; the Arts breathing life into the College, the victories and defeats of sports competitions; the inspiration of all subjects; “seeing into the life of things”; the fete; the deep privilege of reading student’s creative writing; the staff gathering at the end of the summer term after students have gone; the quiet candle flames of advent; staffs’ loyalty students’ gladness. These I have loved. Ms Farr – Headteacher

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Headteacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Commendations The following students have received Headteacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Hamad Claudio Aiden Adam Will Hannah Olivia Aaron Jacob Keiran Izzie Mason Murphy Jasmine Kiera Charlotte Charlotte Luke Joe Millie Charlotte Thomas Alice Kaitlin Evelyn

Ali Almeida Bayliss Biddle* Bishop Blake* Bradley Brett Briscombe Brocklesby Cale Carr* Carr* Daffurn Davis Daw Donowho Dorril Dyson Farmer Fletcher Fowles Fraser-Clark Gaffney Gill

Marissa Will Katie Lillibet Ella Tyler Eve Octavia Liam Maya Olivia Geraint Jariya Anisah Joshua Madeleine Emily Ameer Hannah Katie Benjamin Samuel Kai-Joshua Mia Georgia

Harrison Haughty Hawkins Haworth Healey Henderson Hill Hill Holland Hollins Howard Howells Imran Iqbal John John Kendall-Smith Khan King Lannie Lawrence Lewington Lewis Lindley* MacDonald

Hannah William Cerys Daniel Dominic Chloe Jay Matthew Tate Libby Joseph Matthew Owen Sam Jakob Joseph Thomas Mia Danielle Jasmine Alex Alex Hannah Kerry Aleksandra

Matthews McCrea McCulloch Millward Olney Panting Pugh Richards Roberts* Sadler-Bury Savage Smith Smith Sowden Terry Wakefield Wakefield* Walsh Weston Whaid Whaley Whaley Whitehouse Williams Wolanska

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College Vision

BISHOP PEROWNE CHURCH OF ENGLAND COLLEGE A performing arts, engineering and technology academy 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.

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Develop a faith- centred community based on a love of God, neighbour and self.

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Create a culture of learning and achievement in which study, enquiry, innovation and aspiration are highly valued

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Grow together to be the best that we can be.

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Establish an orderly, happy, safe and caring environment in which all members of the College community can

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Grow in confidence and self-esteem.

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Provide access to a wide and varied curriculum that is appropriate to students’ needs and learning styles.

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Support physical, social and emotional growth.

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Develop a sense of responsibility and citizenship, and thereby shape the future.

In order to bring about the best we shall:

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Provide excellent teaching, in rich and varied learning environments.

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Create positive challenges.

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Assess students learning and progress and report on this regularly to parents.

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Strive to develop an enriching programme of visits and extra curricular activity.

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Respond effectively to students pastoral needs.

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Develop positive relationships between staff and students.

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Promote good attendance.

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Build a strong and robust College/parent partnership.

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Develop effective links with the Church and wider communities.

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Meet and support the needs of ethnic and minority groups.

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Celebrate diversities and differences in our community.

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Work as a team towards our shared vision.

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BISHOP PEROWNE CHURCH OF ENGLAND COLLEGE A performing arts, engineering and technology academy

‘My song is love unknown, my saviour’s love to me Love to the loveless shown that they might be lovely be’

Easter Eucharist Friday, 27th March 2015

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We are delighted to welcome Bishop John; The Venerable Robert Jones, The Archdeacon; members of Worcester Cathedral Choir under the direction of Dr. Peter Nardone and all members of the Bishop Perowne Community Welcome As is traditional in many churches at the start of Holy Week, everyone will be offered a palm cross which will then be blessed at the beginning of the Service. Opening Music: Forever performed by: Ben Bridge All These Times performed by: Robert Challis and Emma Fletcher Latch performed by Alexander Whaley Ms Farr, Headteacher, welcomes everyone to the service. Commitment through the Palm Crosses Let us commit ourselves again to Jesus and the upside down values of his Kingdom – where the outsider is welcomed in, the poor are filled with good things, and all are called to a place at the table. I invite you now to hold up your palm crosses: Jesus, who entered Jerusalem on a lowly donkey, we commit ourselves to the poor of the world. Jesus, who drove out the money-changers and disarmed the powers We commit ourselves to work for a just economic system where all might share the earth’s resources. Jesus, unarmed, who faced the powers with his own body, We commit ourselves to work for peace and justice. Jesus, who knew that the death of one single creature was not missed by God, We commit ourselves to work for those who have no voice – those persecuted and marginalised. Jesus, with these palm crosses held high, and with God’s help, we renew a commitment to your way - to the values of the Kingdom of God. All: Amen From: The Cross in the Marketplace Copyright©DaveBroom Wildgoose publications

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The Prologue is read

Travelling the road to freedom Who wants to travel the road with me? Feted by noise and branches And banners hanging from every tree; Cheered on by frenzied people Puzzled by what they hear and see: Travelling the road to freedom Who wants to travel the road with me? Partnered by staunch supporters Who come the dark, will turn and flee; Nourished by faith and patience Neither of which is plain to see Travelling the road to freedom Who wants to travel the road with me? Tipping the scales of justice Setting both minds and captives free Suffering and yet forgiving Even when my friends most disagree Travelling the road to freedom Who wants to travel the road with me? Travelling the road to freedom I am the Way, I’ll take you there Choose to come on the journey Or choose to criticise and stare Earth’s most complex pain and wounds Only a traveller can repair Travelling the road to freedom I am the way, I’ll take you there.

I give to you a new commandment by Peter Nardone Sung by Worcester Cathedral Choir

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Prayer by Captain Rick Tett God of Love, eager as a child you wait for us to come to you. Urgent as a lover, you long for us to return. Anxious as a parent, your arms want to hold us; and so we come to you; restless, tired, hurting, hoping, drawn by your acceptance and your love. Although we may be afraid of your judgment, of your disappointment in us; although we may have been let down and rejected, we recognise how we have also been those who have failed, denied and hurt others. All: And we are sorry. We are forgiven The Bishop assures us of God’s forgiveness. The Collect The Theme Prayer for today is read by Murphy Carr and Ben Lawrence

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Eternal God, in the cross of Jesus we see the cost of our sin and the depth of your love: in humble hope and fear may we place at His feet all that we have and all that we are, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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The Prayers The prayers are led by Murphy Carr and Ben Lawrence

God, our God, you have called us to be people on the move; travelling light, dying to live, ready to lose ourselves for the sake of the world. You have called us to be a people with a purpose; travelling without a map, travelling to where we are led, sustained by your Spirit, committed to the gospel for the hope of the world. Move us on our journey from where we are to where you want us to go. Open our eyes on the way to the people of different cultures, continents and countries, who can bring colour to our lives. Take us on our journey from where we are to where you want us to be so that we become a community where all are welcome and no one is excluded, all are valued and no one is made to feel inadequate, all are forgiven and no one is ashamed to belong, all are encouraged and no one is too hurt to come among us. Lead us on our journey from who we are to who you want us to be; so that patience is built in us, kindness is assumed in us, gentleness is part of us, compassion flows from us, truth is second nature to us, and the commitment of love is part of us. Let us go gladly on our journey towards Easter â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the journey towards death and resurrection.

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Let us journey in the peace and power of the spirit. Ruth Harvey from Eggs and Ashes, Wild Goose Publications A farewell to those who are leaving – Ms Farr The Peace After a short introduction by a minister, as the Christian Family gathered to meet with God, we welcome each other with a handshake and by exchanging the words “Peace be with you” The Peace of the Lord be always with you. All

And also with you. The Offertory

The altar is made ready with the bread and wine assisted by Fortune Austin-Rickett and Alice Chevalier The Communion Prayer The prayer is introduced with the following exchange:

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The Lord be with you And also with you

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Lift up your hearts We lift them to the Lord

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Let us give thanks to the Lord our God It is right to give thanks and praise It is always right to give you thanks, God our Creator; loving and faithful holy and strong. You made us and the whole universe, and filled your world with life. You sent your Son to live among us, Jesus our Saviour, Mary’s child. He suffered on the cross

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He died to save us from our sins; He rose in glory from the dead. You send your Spirit To bring new life to the world, And clothe us with power from on high. And so we join the angels To celebrate and sing: Worcester Cathedral Choir sings: to music by Arthur Wills Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might, Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest. Father, on the night before he died, Jesus shared a meal with his friends. He took the bread, and thanked you. He broke it, and gave it to them, saying: Take and eat; this is my body, given for you. After the meal, Jesus took the cup of wine. He thanked you, and gave it to them, saying: Drink this all of you. This is my blood, the new promise of Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfailing love. Do this to remember me. All

Great is the mystery of faith: Christ has died: Christ is risen: Christ will come again.

Father, as we bring this bread and wine And remember his death and resurrection, Send your Holy Spirit, That we who share these gifts

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May be fed by Christ’s body and His blood. Pour your Spirit on us That we may love one another, Work for the healing of the earth, And share the good news of Jesus, As we wait for His coming in glory. For honour and praise belong to you, Father, With Jesus your Son, and the Holy Spirit: One God, for ever and ever. All

Amen.

The Minister then introduces the Lord’s Prayer then says the opening words “Our Father who art in Heaven” and all are invited to join in the rest of the prayer. The bread is broken for sharing, with the following words: We break this bread to share in the Body of Christ All

Though we are many we are one body For we all share in the one bread

Worcester Cathedral Choir sings Agnus Dei by Arthur Wills All are then invited take communion or to come forward for a Blessing Music including ‘Such Love’ performed by: Alice Fraser-Clark, Madeleine John and Hannah King ‘Just the way you are’ and ‘It was only just a dream’ Performed by: Paul Agyei, Jasmine Daffurn, Emma Fletcher, Alexandra Lee, Kiera Lewis, Freddie Lockett, Megan Papazoglou, Florence Wood Final Reading 2015 – 2016 Year 11 Student Leadership Team New Year 11 Student Leadership Team Claudio Almeida Hannah Bridge

Deputy Head Boy Deputy Head Girl

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Head Girl Head Boy Assistant Head Girl Assistant Head Girl Deputy Head Girl Assistant Head Girl

Craig Strachan Bailey Vinyard

Deputy Head Boy Assistant Head Girl

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We are children, perhaps, at the very moment when we know that it is as children that God loves us – not because we have deserved his love and not in spite of our undeserving; not because we try and not because we recognise the futility of our trying; but simply because he has chosen to love us. We are children because he is our father; and all our efforts, fruitful and fruitless, to do good, to speak truth, to understand, are the efforts of children who, for all their precocity, are children still in that before we loved him, he loved us, as children, through Jesus Christ our Lord. From Abba’s Child by Brennan Manning I used to wonder whether God was pleased with me, my life is so every day; but I desire so many other callings. I’d like to be a hero, a priest, an apostle, a martyr, to travel to distant lands and preach the gospel. But I realise these desires exist only in my imagination – they aren’t the reality of my everyday life which is limited and routine. In the end it is only love that makes us what God wants us to be. And love is shown in how we go about living our lives. So, I pray, take one day at a time and trust in God’s gracious love. Theresa of Lisieux in ‘The Little Way’ My song is love unknown: by Samuel Crossman (1664) Sung by Worcester Cathedral Choir Blessing The Bishop prays a blessing Dismissal Ms Farr, Headteacher, ‘Go Forth into the World’ Go forth into the world in peace. Be of good courage! Hold fast to that which is good. Render to no one evil for evil. Strengthen the faint-hearted, support the weak,

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With thanks to: Right Reverend Dr John Inge, Bishop of Worcester The Venerable Robert Jones, Archdeacon Worcester Cathedral Director of Music - Dr Peter Nardone Worcester Cathedral Assistant Director of Music – Mr Christopher Allsop Members of the Worcester Cathedral Choir Bishop Perowne Church of England Musicians under the Direction of Mrs Miller

Do All the Good You Can, By All the Means You Can, In All the Ways You Can, In All the Places You Can, At All the Times You Can, To All the People You Can, As long as Ever … …You Can

John Wesley’s Rule

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Science Week 13/3/15 - 22/3/15 is British Science Week and at Bishopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s science department we are keen to push and promote science under the STEM (Science, Technology and Maths) agenda. We actively promote students pursuing STEM related subjects into further studies and possible careers through our day to day teaching. National events like this allow us to do something a little different, in this case by demonstrating some of the more interesting and 'whizz-bang' science practicals we can think of. These have been conducted during lunchtime and student turn out to watch and join in so far has been impressive. Monday 16/3/15 Elephantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toothpaste & bouncing bubbles. Tuesday 17/3/15 Genie flash Wednesday 18/3/15 Soda snakes & screaming jelly baby Thursday 19/3/15 Cannon fire Friday 20/3/15 Oxygen rocket We have also set all students in Years 7-9 a poster related tasks where they are encouraged to look at how science or scientists have been successful in their local area. Top entries in the run up to the Easter holidays will win a prize in school and this will feed into the National Science Week National competition where monetary prizes can be won. We hope that students increase their awareness of the importance of STEM subjects and this further motivates them into the future.

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Show My Homework At Bishop Perowne College we strongly believe that the setting of high quality homework supports learning in the classroom and, from the feedback we have received from parents, we know that you share this viewpoint. In order to support our students in the completion of homework, and provide greater access to what homework has been set, we have introduced a system called Show My Homework. Show My Homework will not only be of great value of students, but parents will be able to access all homeworks that have been set for their Son or Daughter by visitinghttps://bishopperowne.showmyhomework.co.uk and filtering for the appropriate group or teacher. Homework Timetables for all 5 year groups are on the website. These timetables reflect when your Son or Daughter will have homework from the various subjects and also an approximate amount of time they should expect to spend on them. These timetables are a starting point and, through the gathering of feedback from a range of stakeholders, they will be amended and adjusted throughout the year. The latest versions will always be available through the College website. We hope that Show My Homework will be a very useful tool in supporting your Son or Daughters progress and attainment at Bishop Perowne. Any feedback on your experience with Show My Homework or the homework timetables would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to contact Mr Kling (Deputy

History Department News Living History Year 8 performing arts students have been involved in a 'Living History' project designed to develop an understanding of the history of drama and theatre in our local area. The project has been run by Justin Hughes from the Records and Archives department, based at the Hive in Worcester, who has worked with Bishop’s students in several workshops developing their interview techniques and introducing them to four local arts and drama practitioners. At the end of the training workshops the students interviewed four visitors using a range of pre-planned questions aimed at finding out about the people and their work. Across two days the students interviewed Rachael Savage (artistic director of Vamos Theatre Company), Charlotte Gregory (general manager for Vamos Theatre Company), Chris Jaeger (chief executive of Worcester Live at the Swan Theatre) and Ann Hasnip (a former art teacher at Bishop Perowne and who has been involved for many years in drama and the arts in the local area). John Plant, assistant head and head of performing arts, said: “This has been an exciting project during which all of the students have learnt new skills and developed a deep understanding of our local heritage in theatre and the arts. It is hoped that it will also be a starting point for much bigger projects in the future. “We offer a huge thank you to Justin Hughes for making this project possible and to all of our guests who gave up their time to visit college and to share their experiences with our students.”

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Solar Eclipse Were you ready to see the best solar eclipse this decade? There will be one more on August 21, 2017, but this one was the best. On Friday, March 20, Worcestershire saw a partial eclipse where more than three quarters of the sun is blocked by the moon. Between 8.15am to 11am Worcester Astronomical Society were at the Countryside Centre, Wildwood Drive, Worcester, with their K86 high-powered telescope which has a special solar filter designed to be ultra-safe for looking at the sun. Their chairman, Chris Livingstone, said: “This is quite a rare occurrence. The moon went right in front of the sun leaving it to look a bit like a banana. “You must never look at it without some filtering eclipse glasses, which were be available at the Countryside Centre.” For those who were unable to see the partial eclipse Mr Livingstone took photographs and were available to look at on Friday, March 20, at Bishop Perowne C of E College, Merriman’s Hill Road, Worcester, from 7.30pm when the society took part in a public event to coincide with the BBC Stargazing Live, hosted by astronomer Brian Cox. Mr Livingstone said: “People were invited to attend the event and look through telescopes at the many, many objects in the sky such as the Seven Sisters, Orion Nebula and Jupiter and the many Messier objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier.” Also at Bishop Perowne C of E College the Worcester Astronomical Society will be holding a Telescope Workshop from 7.30pm to 9.30pm on Thursday, March 26. People who were given a telescope for a birthday or Christmas, or have one sitting in the garage or spare bedroom but don’t know how to use it are asked to take it along to the Workshop where members of the society will be on hand with advice and information to get you stargazing. On Thursday, March 19, the society held a space night at the Hive in Worcester, with activities for both children and adults to view the stars or try out space related experiments and on Saturday, March 21, hosted a Space Day at Droitwich Spa Library. Mr Livingstone said: It is a very exciting time of the year for stargazing at the moment, we have Venus in the sky and Jupiter and a very rare eclipse.”

STUDENTS from Bishop Perowne C of E College science club watched the eclipse of the sun and declared the spectacle “amazing”. Using safe, special eclipse glasses the youngsters were able to watch the exciting phenomena that will not be repeated for more than 10 years. They really enjoyed the fantastic opportunity, under supervision of expert teachers.

The near total eclipse cast an eerie sky over the college as it grew slightly darker and the sun looked like a crescent. The action started at about 8.25am before reaching a maximum at about 9.30am . Bishop's science club member Hannah Bridge said: "It will inspire scientists both young and old."

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Geography Department News The geography department is enjoying a very busy time of the year, with the ‘final push’ in year eleven together with some exciting work and opportunities on other year groups. Year eleven students are in the process of finishing the syllabus in time for Easter, after which their remaining few lessons will focus on examination preparation and revision. They currently have the opportunity to attend additional revision sessions after College every Wednesday. There will also be a revision day during the Easter holiday run by Mr Manship, which will cover the entire syllabus in just four hours! After Easter, year ten geography students will begin the process of completing their Controlled Assessments. This will include a one day visit to the Knapp and Paper Mill nature reserve near Alfrick, during which they will carry out river studies. Students will spend much of the day physically in the river, measuring an array of variables in order to identify evidence of erosion and deposition. Students studying geography in year nine will move on to their final topic for the year after Easter. This focuses on the influence of glaciers on our landscapes and will culminate in a trip to Snowdonia in July. In years seven and eight, students will spend the summer term studying diverse topics including conservation, environmental issues, food and the geography of music, TV and film. The department’s programme of study is currently undergoing significant change. There will be a completely new programme of study for years seven and eight from this September, reflecting some of the changes in the recent Key Stage Three National Curriculum. A brand new syllabus for GCSE will be unveiled during the Easter holidays, which will direct the complete re-writing of all GCSE schemes of work for first teaching from September 2016. Mr J Manship Subject leader for geography Year 7 – Geography Homework, Miss Brockley Year 7 have been learning about China and Tanzania over this spring term. They have been comparing the two countries locations, development and will be investigating the impacts and different solutions to malaria. As part of this topic the homework has been set in the form of a “take away homework” menu. The students have had the opportunity to have a much greater control over the types of homework they like to do by choosing from the takeaway menu. So far they have done an outstanding job! We have tasted several different recipes of food and drink from both China and Tanzania, 3D models of the countries, redesigned country flags, charity t-shirts, in-depth investigations in to malaria, videos promoting different charities in Tanzania, games and much much more! Well done Year 7, keep up the great work! Miss Brockley

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English as an Additional Language Department News We have had a busy time in the EAL department this term with a highlight being our EAL sports fun day in February which was jointly run with the PE department. We invited local primary schools to come with their Year 4 and 5 EAL pupils to enjoy a morning of team sports and athletics. Our own students from Year 7 to Year 11 acted as hosts and team leaders and friendships were made and lots of encouragement given to our visitors to have a go at all the challenges. All those who came received a Bishop Perowne bookmark and received a special trophy. These were all beautifully made by the DT department. We were extremely proud of the way our students acted as wonderful hosts and caring team leaders for our visitors and we hope to repeat the day in the future.

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This term sees all the students undergoing assessments. The English Department would like to wish everybody luck with these, especially Year 11 who are busy preparing for their poetry exam. To help them to revise we have put together a wordsearch on poetic terms â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if you bring this completed wordsearch to the English office at any morning breaktime you will win a prize (so long as you can explain what all the terms mean!). This challenge is open to any student in any year. Good luck!

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Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Specialism STEM club is now back with a bang! A range of our students attended the Big Bang Fair on Friday 13th March - an exciting and innovative display of science held at the NEC in Birmingham. Companies such as L'Oreal, BBC and Jaguar Land Rover provided interactive seminars for students on the day as well as a range of nationally recognised scientists who conducted whizz bang activities and such like! Watch this space for a report from our students about the Big Bang Fair and their experiences! Mr Elmougy Technology giant Bosch puts the fun back into engineering We were visited by technology giant Bosch as part of their annual education campaign, the Bosch ‘All Around You’ Roadshow. Th e specially-designed interactive stage show aimed to show students how important engineering is to everyday life. From demonstrating the workings of the boiler in the home to the car on the drive, students were given a chance to take part in the activities, with some hands-on fun demonstrations. Bosch UK, visited the Worcester school to support its market leading Worcester brand, which is based in the area and employs more than 1,600 personnel. Greenstar boilers are engineered and manufactured in its plant on the outskirts of the city. The roadshow was developed in response to research which found that many secondary school students were not considering engineering as a future career because they felt they didn’t know enough about it. In 2014, Semta – the sector skills council for science, engineering and manufacturing technologies – said that the UK would face a shortfall of 80,000 employees equipped with these skills in the next two years. Headteacher Julie Farr said: “The roadshow has shown students how important engineering is to their day-to-day lives and how science, maths, technology and design are all important subjects. The presenter’s passion for engineering was infectious and the students were really buzzing with enthusiasm afterwards. They have been given a real insight into the huge variety of act ivities engineers are involved in and the potential opportunities available for a career in this industry.” Peter Fouquet, President of Bosch UK, added: “Inspiring a new generation of engineers is vital to ensuring the future of the very important engineering sector in the UK. By showing the fun side of engineering, we believe that students will become more curious about engineering and technology and will be more likely to pursue a career in this industry in the future.” Carl Arntzen, managing director of Worcester, Bosch Group, said: “Training and education is very important to us, from the very young, through to university and beyond as we invest heavily in apprenticeships and ongoing training for all our associates. We were delighted that Bishops Perowne wanted to host the roadshow for their students. We hope that the engineering message is taken on -board and the students consider it for their future career.”

Mathematics Department News Two teams of our most talented Year 10 students attended the Maths Feast Competition at Worcester University on 11th February. They were up against teams from Kings and RGS as well as other local schools, and did very well. Chloe Davies, Florence Wood, Sukhraj Chanal, Matthew Green, Oliver Parker, Felix Reeves, Clara Dunster and Brittnay Ratcliffe. Well done Year 11 are really giving their all to try and beat our best results ever in Mathematics. More than 30 students have been attending Maths Breakfast Club early on a Thursday and Friday to scoff croissants and breakfast muffins whilst preparing for their important Summer examinations. Good luck Y11! Revision for end of Term assessments. It is a very busy time in Maths at the moment. Your teacher will give you some ideas about how is best to revise for this. We also have access to an online revision site called Mathswatch vle. Ask Mr Varey or your teacher and they will explain how it can be best used. I know that some of you will already have done some work on this in class. Good luck. You will have a similar assessment at the end of this academic year. Problem of the term. Mr Varey wants to work out the day that he was born and if there was anybody else important born on the same day as him. Find the day of the week 18/11/1972 was and find a famous person or event that happened on the same day. Bring this to Mr Varey to claim a prize.

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Mathematics Department News Pupils at Bishop Perowne Church of England performing arts College have done exceptionally well this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge. Students from year 9, 10 and 11 sat the maths challenge on the 19th March 2015. Over 200,000 pupils from across the UK sat the Intermediate Maths Challenge with roughly the top 40% receiving a award in the ratio of 1:2:3 (Gold/Silver/ Bronze). This year the school achieved 2 gold awards in year 11 from Mark Wilson and Paisley Carr. This means that they have gained a place to complete the intermediate Kangaroo paper on the 19 th of March 2015. We also gained more success in obtaining 10 silver awards and a further 12 bronze award this year. The highest achievers this year were; Mark Wilson - Best in School, Best in year 11 and a Gold award, Florence Wood â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Best in year 10 and a Silver award, Lucy Bluck - Best in year 9 and bronze award, Other Silver awards go to; Samuel Chorvat (year 11). William Garrard (year 11), Jamie Hathaway (year 11), Alex Lawrence (year 11), Ross Page (year 11), Jessica Sheridan (year 11), Lewis Styles (year 11), Sophie Tothill (year 11), Jamie Williams (year 11), Other bronze awards go to: Isobel Collins (year 10). Will Collins (year 10), Matthew Green (year 10), Hannah Jones (year 9), Krystian Kochanczyk (year 10), Raul Pena (year 9). Well done to everyone who entered and good luck to Mark and Paisley who will be sitting the Kangaroo paper soon.

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Design and Technology Department News—Lizzie Laser’s Blog Lizzie Blog March 2015 One thought one had little to say since one’s last blog. Students continue to be creative and push their limits in the design of coasters and clocks. It pleases one to see the pride they take in their work, and that thanks to one, finished products are taken home and used, rather than left to be cast away. A visit from our new chaplain prompted one to produce a memento of her visit, as one attempts to do for each visitor. It transpired that she has as a pet – and talking point – a Mexican Redknee Tarantula. As one would expect said arachnid’s name is ‘Doris’, and so a coaster was designed with an image of ‘Doris’ and presented via Ms Farr. On a zoological slant, one’s operative has – in the guise of research – designed and one has produced a range of fun animal shaped jigsaws – a number of which are shaped with the creatures spelling. From a simple three piece geko and nine pieced frog to the fabled and illusive unicorn.

The menagerie includes the white rhino, leopard, grizzly bear and turtle.

Bringing up the rear of this carnival of life forms are the skunk and manatee. However plans are afoot to persist and endure further development of creatures that crawl, hop, fly, and swim.

Finally, one will be assisting a visitor to the textiles department, who is going to develop the CAD/CAM skills and potentials of textile specialists. One wishes all readers a Happy Easter, and will be pleased to discuss bespoke commissions of one’s new range of lasered products.

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Resistant Materials With Easter drawing ever near, students in all year groups are working hard to complete their projects. Those at KS3 are keen to finish so that they can take them home before they start their final module of the year. In year eleven it is more about meeting their controlled assessment deadlines.

Year 7 Cast Pewter Jewellery

Year 8 Laser cut clocks

Year 11 controlled assessmentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the early finishers

Products by Ross Wells, Luke Lewis, Juri Hayes and Luke Handley

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RE Department News Students in 7B1, 7Y1, 7B2 and 7Y2 have been completing research projects as their extended learning in RE for this term. These projects have involved students researching the Places of Worship of the Sikhs and Hindus and comparing the Christian Places of Worship used by the Church of England, Baptist and Roman Catholic denominations. The students have had the opportunity to reflect on why Places of Worship are important to religious believers and to design their own ideal Worship space which has inspired some beautiful and thoughtful designs. The following students have completed their projects to an outstanding level – Well Done! Hannah Blake Jasmine Daffurn Charlotte Daw Charlotte Donowho Jariya Khan William McCrea Daniel Millward The Department were pleased to nominate students to represent the College at the Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Hive on January 27th. The theme for this year’s event was ‘Keep the Memory Alive’. Anoushka Clarke Newell and Jessica Key read a short statement on behalf of the College to assert our common belief that the Holocaust was an atrocity that must never be forgotten. Students who attended the event stated that it was a moving experience that they will never forget. Students in year eleven are now busily preparing for their GCSE exams in RE. Paper One will be on May 11th and Paper Two will be on June 2nd. Support and help is available after school on a Thursday and a Friday from 3-4pm the topics covered on each date are listed below. Students can also access help and support via email by sending through any queries to re@bishop-perowne.worcs.sch.uk. We would like to wish all of year eleven the best of luck for all of their exams.

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Arts’ Department News Essential Alston Workshop and Theatre visit – Yr 10 GCSE Dance. Year 10 GCSE dancers have recently worked with the Essential Alston Education Team, on a one day workshops as part of their Performance in a Group examination for their GCSE Dance course. The students who learnt two large sections of repertoire from Alston’s Overdrive (2002) also created their own choreography during the day; much to the delight of their visiting teacher Megan. As part of the educational package, students in the evening then visited Malvern Theatre to see the dance work ‘Overdrive’ and two other pieces performed by The Richard Alston Dance Company. The GCSE dancers who were immaculately behaved throughout the day and evening were thrilled to be seated in the same auditorium as the choreographer himself. Essential Alston were so impressed by the students work have shown interest in seeing the final choreographies. Worcester Dance Festival 2015. Once again the Dance department at Bishop Perowne hosted and ran the Worcester Dance Festival in association with Dancefest and the Worcester Dance Teachers. This year the Dance departments organisational skills have been have been used as the blue print for all the festivals around the county. The annual festival, traditionally run by the Year 9 Dance Leadership team, was held on Friday 13 th March to coincide with Comic relief day. The Yr 9s welcomed over three hundred students from around Worcester with ages ranging from Yr 2 to 6 th form. Whilst the Yr 9s were busy running the festival to complete their leadership challenge both Yr 10 and Yr 11 enjoyed performing a range of examination work. Circuit 2015. Bishop Perwone and the Dance department played host to ‘Circuit’ on Friday 20 th March in the Bishop Perwone Theatre. The performance organised by DanceFest in Worcester brought the counties Youth dance Companies together for an evening of Dance. Bishop Perowne’s girls company ACE performed their new work “Walking in their shoes” and Hannah Whitehouse presented her GCSE dance choreography. Year 11 GCSE Dance. Yr 11 GCSE dancers will complete their dance practical examination on Tuesday 21 st April beginning at 10 am. Students additionally have the opportunity to purchase an online revision tool ‘Mark Up’ to help with their theory examination on 12th June. If students would like to purchase Mark up directly from Artspool the web address is http://www.arts-pool.co.uk alternatively this can be brought through college. The deadline for replies is the 20th March. Success for Past Dance students. A number of our past students are now enjoying success studying Dance at College or University. Emily May who recently was our guest choreographer for the Christmas Carol service, is now study at the Laban Centre in London on a BA (Hon) Contemporary Dance degree. Laura-Beth Hardwick who has been a member of Kidderminster College has been accepted at Middlesex University and Ike Fallon also presently studying at Kidderminster College has been accepted at the prestigious Urdang Academy. Finally Hallam Wood who is studying ‘A’ Level dance at Worcester 6th Form is also dancing with the National Youth Dance Company. We wish all of our past students well in their new academic adventures in dance. The Student Technical Team Last month’s school production of Grease presented many challenges and lessons for the Tech Team and our thanks goes to them for helping make it a great show. While two members were acting on stage, Joe Savage and Joe Dyson controlled the lighting desk and live soundtrack respectively, using industry standard applications, namely GeniusPro/LightPallette and QLab. Both year 8 students had helped in creating the lighting and sound design for the show and each handled the pressures and responsibilities during the live performances admirably well.

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Artsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Department News The ever expanding Tech Team are now turning their focus to the Arts Award, for part of which they plan to organise and host a school disco in the summer term, alongside ongoing duties assisting Acts of Collective Worship in both the Theatre and Sports Hall.

Music Concert - Thursday 19th March, 7pm This term's concert featured once more the varied talents of our Bishop Perowne students. The programme contained performances by many of the College instrumentalists as well as its ensembles. Some Year 11 students performed their own compositions, completed as part of their course as well as their ensemble performance work. This proved to be a most enjoyable evening and all who joined us in the Theatre were most welcome. Grease The musical production this year was 'Grease' and was an enormous success. Performed to more than 550 primary school children in three matinees and over 500 parents/carers, friends and family in the evening performances, it was a complete sell out. The cast of 107 students from all year groups in the College gave excellent performances and many supported with makeup, costume, props and technical. Our student technical team were, as always, invaluable to our work and by the end of the four night run were all ready for the after show party. We have received a great deal of feedback from audience members and some of that is printed below: Attended last night with our friends whose daughter was in the show. What a great night, you certainly have some talent at the school and they genuinely seem to enjoy it too. I am an ex-pupil (1971-76), quite an old one now! It's great to see the school is still excellent and thriving. Well done to everyone concerned, you should and hopefully are very proud. My husband and I attended the performance last night. What a wonderful show, we thoroughly enjoyed it and thought it was the best we have seen to date. Congratulations to all concerned in staging it and especially to all the pupils for their exuberance and obvious hard work and commitment. We look forward to what 2016 will bring. A hard act to follow I think. A really big thank you to all involved at Bishop Perowne for their excellent production of Grease. All 180 children from Years 4, 5 and 6 had a lovely afternoon and I'm sure it will inspire them to get involved in music and drama activities in the future. The staff enjoyed seeing many past pupils from St. Barnabas taking part and having a great time. Thank you again from us all.

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Arts’ Department News No decisions as yet as to what the next big musical production will be so it is a case of watch this space. .. Living History Project - Local Theatre. The Year 8 Specialist Intake students took part in a two day project with Justin Hughes from Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology department focusing on the history of theatre in the local area. The project involved the students learning interview techniques and then interviewing people who have been active and influential in theatre in this area throughout the decades and in making a CD of their experiences. Several people kindly gave up their time to come and be interviewed by the students including Rachael Savage (Artistic Director of Vamos Theatre Company), Honor Hoskins from Vamos, Chris Jaeger (Chief Executive of Worcester Live) and Ann Hasnip, a former teacher of Art at Bishop Perowne and who has been active in local drama and theatre for many years. Vamos Theatre Company Advisory Board Bishop Perowne College has enjoyed a long and valued partnership with Vamos Theatre Company for more than ten years. All of the company's major productions have been performed at Bishop Perowne and our students have been fortunate enough to take part in many full mask workshops run by Vamos. Our partnership continues to develop and John Plant, Assistant Head Teacher and Leader of Performing Arts, has been invited to join the Advisory Board for the Company. The Board meets about four times a year at the Worcester Arts Workshop and this is an exciting opportunity for our College as it will keep our students in touch with the many opportunities that Vamos and the Worcester Arts Workshop can offer. Shakespeare Schools Festival Our talented students will once again take part in the Shakespeare Schools Festival during 2015. Last year we performed 'King Lear' at the Courtyard Theatre in Hereford and it was an enormous success. No decision has yet been made as to which play to perform this year. Grease Show Band The recent production of Grease was enjoyed by many people who came to see it, both at the matinee performances and the evening shows. All delighted in the acting talent on display and the vocal performances by so many of our students. Sitting stage right, just out of the spotlight were a group of musicians who were equally deserving of every bit of applause the audience gave them every night – the Show Band! Comprising of four students and two guests, this year’s band was focused, fantastic and full of fun. Marie McNally on piano and Graham Irving on Bass very kindly gave of their time to perform with us, doing a superb job as part of the rhythm section and backbone of the band. Eden Openshaw maintained a key role outlining harmony on the guitar whilst Jakob Terry drove every number along with his superb drumming and ‘Born to Hand Jive’ solo. Florence Wood and Freddie Lockett gave the audience some beautiful melodic lines to listen to on Saxophone and Freddie’s impromptu improvisation in the finale meant audiences left the theatre on a high. My sincere and grateful thanks to every member of the show band for making Grease a hugely enjoyable and memorable experience. Care UK Performance In the near future, a group of Year 10 students will be performing at a local Care UK residential home, providing the residents with an afternoons entertainment. A full account of their experience will be found in the next newsletter. Watch this space! Peripatetic Music at Bishop Perowne Every week, a dedicated team of instrumental teachers come into College to provide our students with individual or paired tuition on a variety of instruments, such as Clarinet, Piano, Guitar, Violin and Voice. Their specific skills and talents help to not only develop students’ abilities on their chosen instrument but also to give them the confidence to perform in their class music lessons and to present in other areas of the curriculum. Staff are key to success in the performance aspect of the GCSE course as they help their students who have opted for Music to select appropriate repertoire, helping to gain as many marks as they are able. The instrumental teachers are a huge part of the music department and a snapshot of their hard work can be seen at the concert on Thursday, 19th March.

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Young Worcestershire Photographers Comp Finalists The following students submitted a photo for the ‘Worcestershire Young Photographer of the Year’ competition and have been selected to be in the top 50 photos in Worcestershire! Presentations re the winners of the top 50 will be announced at a presentation at Bishops on the evening of 21st April!

Jayden Clarke Autumn Golding Kiera Lewis Rosie Lilwall Steph Pugh Josie Reid Alexandra Willlcock

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Arts’ Department News MORE than 210 performers descended upon Worcester’s Bishop Perowne C of E College for a shared dance project in the school’s theatre. This was the result of working alongside Dancefest who have been into Claines, Northwick and St George’s primary schools delivering a dance project for six lessons.

PE teacher Karen Spink said: “It is fantastic for the primary schools to share their work in such an excellent facility with an audience a stage and lighting. “The morning started with a trio performance from our GCSE dance students Katie Hawkins, Chloe Panting and Georgia McDonald and finished with a solo piece from Hannah Whitehouse.” Altogether there were seven dances with over 210 performers so meant each dance had an audience of more than 180. Miss Spink said: “It was great to see such a variety of performances from reception children to Year 6. The dances from Year 11 provided good role models and high quality performances for the children to aspire to.”

CONGRATULATIONS to Bishop Perowne C of E College students Jamie Williams, Charlotte Hasnip, Chloe Davies, Megan Done, Amelia Tuberfield and Rachel Wakefield who have recently successfully auditioned for parts in Annie, one of the most popular family musicals of all time. Annie is being performed by the 62 members of WODYS – Worcester Operatic and Dramatic Society Youth Section – at the Swan Theatre, from Tuesday to Saturday, August 4 to 8. It is the heat-warming rags-to-riches story of a plucky young girl’s journey from a hard-knock New York orphanage to the luxurious home of a billionaire businessman. Jamie plays a Boylan sister and Charlotte plays an orphan in this much-loved musical while the other students are servants.

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Fun Way to Learn About Social Care FUN and interactive workshops and a performance by a Worcester theatre company are included in an event at Bishop Perowne C of E College to give students a better understanding of adult social care careers. Career advisors and students from schools throughout Worcestershire are invited to the two-day project on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 10 and 11 which is organised by the Association for Care Training and their I Care...Ambassador Service, Bishop Perowne College, in Merriman’s Hill Road and the Vamos Theatre company. Ideally the students should be year eight upwards as the event will be highlighting adult social care as a career choices with real progression pathways. School career advisors and advisors from the job centre and other employment agencies have also been invited to attend this event, which is taking place during National Apprenticeship Week. On the first day Vamos will deliver their new production ‘Taking Care’ which is based on the characters in Vamos Theatre's national touring production 'Finding Joy'. The performance shows positive caring in action and features Joy and her grandson Danny who cares for her. The two go out to tea together and the performance focuses on the relationship between them. The two full mask performers are accompanied by music throughout their story. The second day comprises of workshops covering vacancies, work experience, apprenticeships and recruiting for values and attitude. These workshops will give students the opportunity to experience the full range of resources available while participating in a fun and memorable way. John Plant, assistant head teacher and head of the performing arts specialism at Bishop Perowne C of E College said: “Vamos Theatre Company have been a long standing partner of the college and our students have been involved in many creative, dynamic and memorable learning experiences as a result of this partnership. We are delighted to be hosting their new performance of Taking Care and working with ACT’s I Care ambassadors again as 2014’s project was so successful and well received by our students.” Living History Year 8 performing arts students have been involved in a 'Living History' project designed to develop an understanding of the history of drama and theatre in our local area. The project has been run by Justin Hughes from the Records and Archives department, based at the Hive in Worcester, who has worked with Bishop’s students in several workshops developing their interview techniques and introducing them to four local arts and drama practitioners. At the end of the training workshops the students interviewed four visitors using a range of pre-planned questions aimed at finding out about the people and their work. Across two days the students interviewed Rachael Savage (artistic director of Vamos Theatre Company), Charlotte Gregory (general manager for Vamos Theatre Company), Chris Jaeger (chief executive of Worcester Live at the Swan Theatre) and Ann Hasnip (a former art teacher at Bishop Perowne and who has been involved for many years in drama and the arts in the local area). John Plant, assistant head and head of performing arts, said: “This has been an exciting project during which all of the students have learnt new skills and developed a deep understanding of our local heritage in theatre and the arts. It is hoped that it will also be a starting point for much bigger projects in the future. “We offer a huge thank you to Justin Hughes for making this project possible and to all of our guests who gave up their time to visit college and to share their experiences with our students.”

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Arts’ Department News STUDENTS from Worcester’s Bishop Perowne C of E College are taking part in an exciting arts adventure which will see them working alongside primary school youngsters and a professional artist. Seventeen members of the Year 9 art group will be visiting three specific sights of interesting art in very different locations to investigate and produce work with 14 youngsters from St Barnabas Primary School, Worcester. Susannah Thorne, Art and Design teacher, said the project, in conjunction with Meadow Arts, will enable them to lead the younger students in the production of site specific art installations and gives them a real insight into the role of a Curator. The visits and work with the primary pupils will form an integral part of the Silver Arts Award which students complete at the end of Year 9 as a second qualification to the GCSE in art. The first visit was on Friday January 16, to Hartlebury Castle to see the artwork ‘Herd’ by Susie MacMurray. The Young Curator and Creator trip included clay modelling and a tour of the castle. On Thursday, January 29, students went to Worcester Woods Countryside Centre to see the ‘Roma’ sculpture where they were involved in classroom-based activities with the primary school pupils. And on Friday, February 6, there was a trip to the Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, to see the ‘One Hundred Thousand Welcomes’ exhibition where students created their own artwork which could be submitted for the exhibition.

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Artsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Department News These are the images we submitted for the Young Worcestershire Photography Competition. The shortlisted 50 have yet to be announced!

Oliver Parker

Jasmine Robinson

Alice Chevalier

Craig Strachan

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Year 7 Congratulations to Caitlin Ratcliffe who has received two Superstar cards in just one week! Jasmine Daffurn in year 7 has made a recent decision to donate her hair to the Little Princess Trust so they can make a wig for a child with cancer who is going through chemotherapy. Jasmine decided to do it this all on her own, and then researched it together with her parents to find out which charity accepted hair donations. When she found out that each wig cost the charity £350 to make, she decided to raise that money for the charity too. She is having 8 inches of her hair cut off on March 28th and has already managed to raise the intended £350. I’m sure you’ll agree this is really selfless and wonderful thing for a child of just 11 to do! If you would like to support Jasmine by donating her justgiving page is: https://www.justgiving.com/JasmineDaffurn Ms Nabi—Year 7 Leader

Year 8 Year 8 have spent this term thinking seriously about their future and making really important decisions about their option choices for Year 9 . I was pleased to see so many students, Parents and Carers in attendance at the Year 8 Options Evening. Form tutors have assisted Year 8 in this process alongside individual subject teachers. I hope all students in Year 8 are excited about their GCSE subjects they will be starting in September and already have a career in mind that their subjects will help them to pursue. I can hardly believe that they are going to be Year 9 in September, tine has flown by so quickly since they arrived as my Year 7! Year 8 have also been involved in raising money for the St. Richard’s Hospice in the ‘Flourishing Fivers’. It has been wonderful to see so many of them taking part in this and raising money for a charity that has helped many of our student in College. Finally, I would like to thank all of Year 8 for their participation and behaviour during the Science show that took place in the theatre with Bosch. They were exemplary and clearly found the whole experience very enjoyable. Gemma Olseen. Year 8 Leader.

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Year 10 Congratulations to those Year 10 that applied for the next College Leadership Team and so confidently spoke to the rest of their year group, and then presented to us all during whole school assembly – they were stunning and made me very proud! Then after rigorous interviews with the current Year 11 Leadership Team the new roles were announced. I am sure they will do an amazing job and make a real difference to whole school student issues, as well as being outstanding ambassadors for our college. Now it is the turn of those applying for the community Parliament Leadership Team and their applications have been requested by the retiring Year 11 team - they will be a hard act to follow but I'm sure that Year 10 will rise to the challenge! Their first role will be to help organise Arts Week activities and encourage students to take an active part in Community sports too. Well done Year 10 you are really making a difference and are becoming mature and responsible role models for the younger students. Lorraine Stevens

Year 11 Year 11 are about to finish their final complete term before their GCSE examinations begin on May 11th. It is so important that students attend well at this stage of their studies, as lessons are prepared to allow them practice and develop the skills and knowledge they need to be successful in their exams. The deadline for ordering a leaver’s hoodie is fast approaching, at the end of this term. Yr 11 students should see Mr Shepherd if they will have problems meeting this deadline. Plans for the leavers ball are well underway and it will be, as always, a fantastic end to the students’ school career. However, a lot of work is needed before the leaver’s ball can be enjoyed! Students and parents can check the website to see when revision sessions are available. Information regarding Easter revision sessions will also be available via the website. Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Price on pricej@bishop-perowne.worcs,sch.uk and I will answer any questions you may have regarding the final few weeks of college time. Mrs J Price—Year 11 Leader

Peer Mentor Peer Mentors The Peer mentors have continued to help and support students. This now includes having them available every Wednesday lunchtime in P14. No appointment is necessary, just pop in. The search is still on for new Peer mentors so if you are interested then see Miss Spurgin.

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Community News Comic Relief -Red Nose Day The communities came together to raise money for this important national charity again this year. Led by the Year 11 Community Parliament Team students bought red noses and had their photos taken! A tutor group quiz took place during the week and a prize awarded for the winning group which was announced in the whole college assembly led by the Year11 team. A red nose cake sale was held on Thursday 12th March and the four communities were very supportive and competitive to see which sold the most cakes! Movie nights were also organised by the College Leadership Team which were held after school on Wednesdays after school in our college theatre. Year 7 supported the first of these and watched the Lego Movie, followed by Years 8-10 watching The Woman in Black and finally Year 11. The week culminated in a non-uniform day on Friday 13th with students encouraged to wear 'Secret Agent' themed clothes, or their red noses and Comic Relief t-shirts, which many did. The local press came in to take photos and the students really entered into the spirit of the day! This was the current Year 11 Community Parliament teams final fund raising event and we thank them sincerely for their commitment and amazing success during their time leading the college fund raising and community activities this year. Their assembly was truly fabulous! Their final but most important task now is to appoint the new team from Year 10 to follow in their footsteps. They will be a hard act to follow! Community Leaders

STUDENTS and staff at Bishop Perowne C of E College have been having a laugh for Red Nose Day, and raising cash for Comic Relief. Teachers came to school dressed as secret agents, there was a cake sale and youngsters enjoyed the privilege of a non-uniform day, each donating ÂŁ1 to charity. Everyone entered into the spirit, from dressing up in silly costumes or taking part in a quiz. A cake sale community challenge was won this time by Perrins Community, very closely followed by the usual winners Fearnley. Other activities included a tutor group quiz by year 11 and movie nights organised by the College Leadership Team. The college has in the past given generously to Comic Relief and this year the Government has pledged to match penny for penny what is raised nationally which means every little really does make a difference.

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Student Council For the last few months student council has been listening to students’ ideas to improve the school and taking feedback on plans we have running to do so, as per usual. Recently, student council has had the fantastic idea of running movie nights to raise money for Red Nose. Student council members set up the movie on the big screen in the theatre and students in certain year groups pay a pound or so to sit and watch it. There are refreshments available at the interval, which varies from fizzy drinks to sweets, all manned by members of the student council. All profits will go to the Red Nose fundraising. The first movie night was for year 7’s and it was a great success; they enjoyed watching the Lego Movie with their friends and being able to go and buy refreshments. The next movie nights will be for year 8, 9 and 10 on 18th March to watch The Woman In Black. The year 11 one will be on 25th March watching Hot Fuzz, and we hope they will be as successful. There is currently a change in the running of student council, as it is soon time for this year’s student leadership team to step down and hand over the responsibilities to the new student leadership team, who will be decided on Wednesday 11th March. Following this both teams will work together until the previous team leaves for study leave, then the new team will take over running student council. We look forward very much to seeing how the new team does. I have really enjoyed my year in the student leadership team, it has been such a fantastic experience and I have learnt so much. I hope the new team has such a great experience as the one I had.

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Boris’ Blog: The School’s Golden Retriever Hi, I really enjoyed my half term. This is a very short term at school. All the children have been so busy and working so hard on developing new ways to make friends and building their confidence and self-esteem. We have puts lots of new art on the walls which is my favourite thing to look at because all the children make such different things and it looks so interesting and colourful. I have been helping to mark work and I love using all the colourful stamps and stickers. I want to put my paw prints on the work too! Friday in the Nurture Base is always special it is our reward day and we sometimes watch a movie or play a game. It is always great fun. I have been for some lovely walks with the children. We take different routes but my favourite is walking over to the big field near Perdiswell , where I get to run and play with other dogs. I always come back when the children call me. I look forward to spending Easter with my famly. Have a lovely and peaceful Easter Everyone.

Love From Boris and all the Nurture Base Staff

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

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Emergency College Closure In the event that the College is forced to close we shall notify the following organisations: 

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BBC Hereford and Worcester

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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.

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Each year, Rotary Clubs across the United Kingdom invite applications from students aged between 16 and 18 to take part in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. This is a training programme for leaders and potential leaders designed to build confidence in a variety of contexts. Participation in the programme is fully sponsored by the Rotary Club, meaning that students have nothing to lose and everything to gain by taking part. Bishop Perowne College has successfully entered students into this programme for a number of years now, with the process of selecting this year’s participants beginning now. Students have to be nominated by a member of Bishop Perowne staff, based particularly on their potential to become a successful leader (potential which may, as yet, be unfulfilled). Consequently, students who are already members of the College Leadership team or Community Parliament team are less likely to be nominated. A total of twenty-one students in year eleven were nominated by their teachers, representing a true cross-section of our year eleven cohort. These students have met with Mr Manship and the majority of them have decided that they do wish to proceed with applying for the programme. These students will now meet with a member of a local Rotary Club together with a former Bishop Perowne student who has been a successful participant in the programme. The students will then have to complete an application form before being formally interviewed by members of a local Rotary Club. Just one student from Bishop Perowne will then be selected to take part in the programme itself. Successful applicants from schools and colleges across the West Midlands will spend four days at a residential field centre in the Forest of Dean during the summer holidays. We wish all the applicants for this programme good luck as they seek to take part in a prestigious and hugely valuable opportunity. Mr J Manship More Able Students Coordinator

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Consultation Evenings Parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Survey Strongly Agree

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My child enjoys school The school provides a rich and interesting curriculum that helps my child to learn

My child is making enough progress at school The school deals effectively with unacceptable behaviour

The learning and teaching is good at this school Staff expect my child to work hard and do his or her best

Your child knows how to revise

Your child completes all given homework The homework that is given builds well on what my child learns in school Show my homework is a useful tool to help monitor homework

Staff treat all children fairly and with respect

The school helps my child have a healthy lifestyle

The school keeps my child safe

The school informs me about my child's progress

The school helps me support my child's leaning I feel comfortable about approaching the school with questions, suggestions or a problem The school helps my child to become more mature and take on responsibility The school makes sure that my child is well prepared for the future

The school provides a good range of extra activities (for example the range of clubs, afterschool activities, themed weeks, trips and visitors etc)

The school is led and managed effectively

The school meets my child's particular needs I am happy with the new booking system for Parents' Consultation evenings I have been able to gather all the information I required this evening Overall, I am happy with my child experience at this school

As a result of this feedback we shall publish some advice on the website about revision, review the health aspects of the PSE programme and update you in the near future of changes we will make.

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Sports Department News On Friday 27th February Bishop Perowne hosted a dance sharing in the theatre. This was the result of working alongside Dancefest who have been into Claines Northwick and St Georges delivering a dance project for 6 lessons. It is fantastic for the primary schools to share their work in such an excellent facility with an audience a stage and lighting. The morning started with a trio performance from our GCSE Dance students Katie Hawkins, Chloe Panting and Georgia McDonald and finished with a solo piece from Hannah Whitehouse. Altogether there were 7 dances with over 210 performers this meant each dance had an audience of over 180. It was great to see such a variety of performances from reception children to yr6 The dances from year 11 provided good role models and high quality performances for the children to aspire to. Girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; sports results Year 8 netball The year 8 netball team started the year of on a high by winning their first netball match of the season. With great effort and determination the girls were on top throughout the game which saw gutsy defending from Katie Lannie and Jessica Henderson (also making her debut for the year above) and at the other end accuracy was not a problem for Olivia Bradley who was on top form. Well done to all the girls who played. Result: Bishops V Droitwich Won 12-8 Player of the match: Olivia Bradley Players involved: Olivia Bradley Jess Jordan Emily Williams Leah Withey Chloe Bradley Katie Lannie Lois Spenshaw Merium Tavares Jess Henderson U13 football The year 7 football team have shown tremendous enthusiasm and perseverance this week as they have not only had 3 fixtures, 3 days in a row, they also played U13s football playing against year 8 sides. The girls battled tirelessly and with some wonder strikes from Maria Conda Souse, Mya Green and Danielle Weston the girls were sure to not go down without a fight. At the other end Izzie Cale and Ava Stevens were making it hard for the opposition with a solid defence backed up by Jess Henderson having to make some worldly saves. Results: Bishops V Blessed Edwards Lost 6-4 Player of the match: Jess Henderson Bishops V Walkwood Middle school (U12 ESFA cup) Lost 6-2 Player of the match: Maria Conde Souse Year 7 rugby v Tudor Grange 35-35 Year 11 basketball v Nunnery Wood 64 - 50

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Sports Department News U13 Futsal tournament Bishops V Chantry lost 0-1 Bishops V Nunnery wood lost 0-1 Bishops V Bredon Hill Won 1-0 Bishops V Waseley

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Player of the tournament: Izzie Cale Players involved: Jennifer Albone Izzie Cale Maria Conde Souse Kiera Davis Millie Farmer Mya Green Jess Henderson Jariya Imran Ava Stevens Poppy Troth Danielle Weston Jasmin Whaid U16 football U16 recently played fixtures against Tudor Grange and Blessed Edwards despite losing both games the girls had some great individual and team performances in goal by Katie Hawkins. Year 9 Football V Tudor Grange won 2-1 In a much anticipated local derby the year 9 boys put in a steady performance to send them shooting back towards the top of the league. The game was a very tight affair that saw only limited chances in the first half that remained scoreless. In the second half the Tudor goalkeeper put in a string of saves to deny Brett on a number of occasions but as the game wore on the pressure began to tell and Sowden and Brett found the net to put us into a commanding position. A late goal from Tudor led to a few nervous moments at the end but it was a deserved win for the boys. Results Year 7 football v Tudor Grange lost 7-2 Year 8 football v Tudor grange lost 7-2 Year 11 Rugby v Tudor Grange lost 27-5 Mini Football Competition On Friday 13th March 5 leaders from the GCSE PE class delivered a mini football competition at St Georges Primary School.Reception yr1 and yr2 all had separate tournaments representing their house to score points. Ameer Khan took on the role of referee and Charlotte Fletcher Aaron Brett Joshua Drinkwater and Jakob Terry all acted as managers/coaches for a team. It was a great morning with 90 children getting involved in sport in a competitive way. A major learning curve for the students working with much younger children, they adapted well in giving clear instructions and encouraging all.

Boys year 9 rugby v Blessed's won 45-0 Boys year 8 Football v Blessed's lost 6-2 Girils year 7/8 football won 8-3 v Chantry Girls year 10/11 football lost 8-4 v Chantry

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Sports Tour Football and Rugby Tour to Paris We are now just two months away from the PE department sports tour to Paris in May half term. Thirty two boys from year 8, 9 and 10 will be joining Mr. Hodgkins, Mr. Westrip and Mr. Reeves on the excursion to France to represent the school in a number of football and rugby fixtures against local Parisian schools. Whilst on tour the students will also benefit from a number of exciting activities including a tour of the city of Paris, a visit to the Eiffel Tower, a day at Disneyland Paris and a tour of Paris Saint Germain FCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stadium. The tour is beginning to pick up a lot of momentum and has featured in the Worcester News. We have also secured sponsorship for the tour from an American Communications Company who are very keen to support us. If you would like to support our fundraising efforts further, we will be completing a bag packing event on Saturday 18th April at the new ASDA store in Worcester. The boys would appreciate any and all encouragement and support. Mr. Hodgkins

Coming Soon in 2015!! Bishop Perowne Sports Tour Paris May 2015

The Year 9 Football & Rugby Teams set sail to Paris in May Half Term 2015 to pit their wits against their French opponents. The trip will also include: Stadium tour of Paris Saint Germainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Stadium A day at Disneyland Paris A guided tour of the city of Paris and the chance to climb the Eiffel Tower See Mr. Hodgkins for more details

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Glen Strachan and Claudio Almeida

Kerry Williams and Hannah Matthews

Aaron Brett and Tyler Henderson

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Winter School Games On 3rd March the Winter School Games was held at Worcester University. This event was for the winners from all regions in Worcestershire to come together in the competition finals for both primary and secondary children. Hannah Mathews and Kerry Williams attended as sports ambassadors for the College. Tyler Henderson and Aaron Brett referred the football tournament, Claudio Almeida and Craig Stachen refereed wheelchair basketball and Charlotte Fletcher and Rachel Wakefield organised the New Age Kurling event. It was a fantastic experience for the young leaders who were great role models and learnt how to work as part of a major event.

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Sports Department News Yr 3 Orienteering On Fri 6th March Bishops hosted an orienteering festival. We had 120 children taking 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 astro 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. Dhania Shazad and Jannat Shabhan from St Georges won the event, finding all 30 controls. Dan Norcott Jordan Lee Harris Ben Young from year 11 along with Charlotte Fletcher and Rachel Wakefields set from year 9 set up the course aswell as helping the children. The following all had their own group of 12 children to warm up and explain the orienteering course to. They were all great role models and ambassadors for the College. James Beddows Harry Bott Ellen Brayford Josh Cooper Harry Dickens Leah Dimmock Megan Done George Fildes Kaitlin Gaffney Aston Howard Ameer Khan Hannah Mathews Chloe Rust Amelia Turberfield Kerry Williams Jamie Woodman . Cross Country The year 8 team entered the Spring relays at RGS and gave of their best against some very strong opposition. We finished well down the field but the attitude and effort the students demonstrated was exemplary. Well done to :

Georgia Antoniou Olivia Bradley Casey Cale Aaron Cook Nicholas Matthews Sachin Muir

Lois Openshaw Ben Preece Alex Whaley

Year 7 rugby v Blessed Edwards In a thrilling game with points galore our boys were narrowly defeated 40-30. Both teams started tentatively and then improved as the game went on. We saw some sparkling runs by Tyler Wells and Ellis Monk and some big tackles from Charlie Ness and Josh Barton. All the boys are starting out in rugby and thoroughly enjoyed the game even though the result went against us. Well done to all concerned. The visit of Sam smith must have inspired the lads to give it a go!! Yr4 Tri Golf Festival Our annual YR4 Tri Golf Festival was held at Raven Meadow Golf Club. We are very lucky to be able to use the 9 hole par 3 course for this event. This is a fantastic setting and a great opportunity for the children to experience playing on a golf course. We were extremely lucky with the weather which made a perfect day for golf. 120 Children from St Barnabas Claines St Georges and Northwick came along. The College provided 15 young leaders from year 9 to run the event. There were 8 holes set up and the children were in teams of 5. After completing each hole they recorded their team score. They had experience of putting chipping and driving to meet the challenge on each hole. Apart from the emphasis being on participation and fun we were also looking for the best boys team and the best girls team to compete in a City Schools final in April. Congratulations to St Georges with Super Swingers boys who won the event. Champions were second and Greedy Golfers third both from Claines. Floppy Marsh Mallows also from St Georges finished first for the girls . Both boys and girls winners will go onto compete in the City Schools event in April. Good luck to them. Thankyou to the following who were good role models and great leaders . Claudio Almeida, Adam Biddle, Will Bishop, Aaron Brett, Charlotte Fletcher, Kaitlin Gaffney,.Will Haughty, Tyler Henderson, Gerraint Howells, Ameer Khan, Hannah Mathews, Sam Sowden, Matt Smith, Jakob Terry and Kerry Williams.

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Sports Department News BISHOP Perowne C of E College student Sophie Tothill has competed against nearly 300 of the best cross country runners in the UK and come a creditable 45th. Sophie, aged 16, who is in Year 11 at Bishop Perowne C of E College, took part in the Inter Counties Cross Country race, under-17s â&#x20AC;&#x201C; England/ Scotland/Wales in Birmingham, where she was the youngest of the two years competing. Sophie is no 2334 on the photograph in the yellow vest with green stripes. The picture gives some idea of how competitive the event was. This weekend Sophie is in the National Schools competition at Witton Country Park, Blackburn and Sophie said: "I am really looking forward to the event and feel it is an honour to represent the county." She has also qualified to represent the West Midlands in the Mini Marathon at the London Marathon in April. Sophie ran really well at the trials in Stourport-on-Severn and qualified second against some of the best runners in the Midlands. She was the youngest of the Year 11 and Year 12 age groups and so it was a really good result for her. This means she is off to represent the West Midlands in the Mini Marathon in April. This is a three mile race. She has done it twice before, coming in the top 30 and the top 20. This time she is hoping for the top 10! Sophie recently won the Worcester district cross country event, going on to the county competition â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Inter Girls County Schools Cross Country - where she came second, winning a silver medal and qualifying for the nationals. The competition was at Hereford race course and was the county final against winners from the various Hereford and Worcester schools catchment areas such as Worcester city, Bromsgrove, Hereford and Evesham, who all ran their own qualifier. A member of Worcester Athletic Club for about five years, Sophie also belongs to Worcester Swimming Club. Bishop Perowne headteacher Julie Farr said: "Sophie is an exceptionally able student who contributes richly to college life. An able sportswoman, she gained an A* in GCSE mathematics and achieved her A level at the end of year10. We expect great things of her and wish her well in the forthcoming competition."

Well Done to The Team Leaders FIVE leaders from the GCSE PE class have delivered a mini football competition at St George's Primary School. Reception, year 1 and year 2 all had separate tournaments representing their house to score points.

Ameer Khan took on the role of referee and Aaron Brett, Joshua Drinkwater, Charlotte Fletcher and Jakob Terry all acted as managers/coaches for a team. PE teacher Karen Spink said: "It was a great morning with 90 children getting involved in sport in a competitive way. A major learning curve for the students working with much younger children, they adapted well in giving clear instructions and encouraging all."

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Sports Department News contd... Our students had a special visit from Worcester Warriors winger Sam Smith who took part in a question-and-answer and training session. Sam, who Bishop Perowne C of E College in Worcester is partnering this season, encouraged the youngsters to hone their skills in whatever sport they were interested in while they were at school and take all the opportunities offered to them by their PE teachers and coaches. He said: "Be dedicated and try your hardest. If you want to get good results in life you have to really work hard and apply yourself, but most of all you must enjoy what you do." Sam, started playing rugby at the age of 13 when he joined Guildford and Godalming Rugby Club. He has represented England at under-16; under-18 and under-20 levels. He has scored 11 tries in 13 appearances for Warriors this season and is also an England hopeful at just 24 years old. He told the students that he had worked hard while at school and had obtained his GCSEs - four A* and 7 A's. Then he went on to get his A-levels and was now doing a degree in politics and economics while also being a professional rugby player. This was with an eye to the future when he was no longer a player. Sam joined Warriors in the summer of 2014 after five years at Harlequins. He helped Quins to the Aviva Premiership title in 2012 and LV=success in 2013. The winger talked about the "awesome experience" of representing England at under 16, under 18 and under 20 levels, including the IRB Junior world championship hosted by Argentina. He gave the youngsters an insight into his training routine and his diet - lots of protein and veg, cutting out the crisps and biscuits and consuming about 5,000 calories a day. He said: "I train hard and I don't have late nights. If you don't commit 100 per cent you can bet the guy you are playing against will have done. I love winning and the enjoyment factor." Sam gave the students a laugh when he said if he hadn't been a rugby player he would probably have been a golfer "because you get to travel the world and earn lots of money". Bishop's head of PE, James Preece, said: "It was great to have a visit from rugby professional. Sam Smith gave a real insight into the life of a top class rugby player and the students found him very motivating. "After answering the students' questions he gave a master class in touch rugby -a great experience for the students at the school."

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College News EX ‘BISHOP’S BOY’ GAINS PLACE ON WILLIAM MORRIS FELLOWSHIP. Benjamin Hornberger left Bishop Perowne in 2005 to continue studying carpentry. He started studying at college whilst still at Bishops. Whilst working for a company in Ludlow that specializes in Historical Building Conservation, Ben found he had a passion for the same. Having worked hard, he now runs his own building conservation company and has been working with English Heritage, National Trust and The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings ( SPAB ). It is through SPAB that Ben has been offered a place on the prestigious William Morris Fellowship. He is one of only three in Great Britain to be taken on this year. It will involve traveling around the Country, to visit some of the top specialists and craftsmen/women, to further his knowledge. Benjamin says, “It is an honour to be recognised for my skills and to be given the chance to gain even more knowledge and to be able to pass on my skills.” Ben will be taking part in this project for the next ten months. We are very proud of his achievements.

Rosie Lilwall—Work Experience

I really enjoyed work experience at the blacksmiths. When we were there we made a bench, which we are donating to St Richards Hospice. We also made a hanging basket bracket each and we made a snake out of a rasp. I really enjoyed the experience of working in an actual work space with the real equipment and I’m really glad I did it because it will help in the future. Finally I loved getting the opportunity to do something like this.

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College News contd... Cashless Catering

The College will start to use the cashless catering system from the week commencing Monday 16 th March starting with training days for both staff and students and ending the week with a fully operational scheme. Paying for school meals will be carried out by the student placing the registered finger on a glass panel at the canteen cash desk. The system will recognise the student and the transaction will take place by using the funds that have been put against that student’s name. Cash can be paid into the system by parents/carers either using the ParentPay method or by paying cash into the Finance Office or by paying cash into the “hole-in-the-wall” machine that is located in College opposite the Canteen counter. During the first few weeks of operation, there will also be a conventional cash register at the Canteen counter. For those who have not signed up, the cash till will be available. However, we would encourage all parents/carers to sign up, Additional forms are still available at reception that will enable you to do this.It is hoped that the cash till can be withdrawn one day so that the only transactions for food will be cashless. The absence of cash will also ensure that the dinner money you pay into the system can only be used for school food.

Ex Bishops Boy - Darren Steele A STONEMASON from Worcester, who is a former pupil of Bishop Perowne C of E College, has had his craftsmanship acknowledged by the Lord Mayor of London. Darren Steele, who is aged 51 and works at Worcester Cathedral, has been awarded the Master Craftsman’s Certificate by Allan Yarrow, the City of London's Lord Mayor after being nominated by his profession's livery company Mr Steele started his training at Ben Davis stonemasons in Worcester in 1980 and moved to his current position at the cathedral in 1998. “I enjoy working with these beautiful and historic buildings that form such an enduring part of our cultural landscape,” he said. As a result of his craftsmanship skills, Mr Steele has now become one of only five craftsmen this year to be so recognised after his name was put forward by the Worshipful Company of Masons, one of the City of London livery companies. “Working with stone is really rewarding and I’m really grateful for the Masons’ Company for all they do for the craft.” he added.

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Trips and Visits Trips and visits update – March 2015 The programme of trips and visits has continued apace during the second half of the Spring term, with trips including: Theatre trip to Malvern Theatres to see The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Science trip to the Big Bang Fair in Birmingham. Participation in the Rugby Sevens Festival. Participation in Cross Country competitions. Participation in the School Games at the University of Worcester. ASDAN trip to Top Barn Farm activity centre. Dance trip to Malvern Theatres to see the Richard Alston Dance Company. As reported in the last newsletter, the summer term is always the busiest time of year for trips and visits. Many trips have already been planned, with details having already been sent to parents and carers. Further trips are yet to be arranged, meaning that the summer term will include, amongst others, the following trips: Year 8 trip to the Arête Outdoor Centre in Llanrug, Snowdonia. ‘Returners’ trip to the Arête Outdoor Centre in Llanrug, Snowdonia. Boys’ sports tour to Paris. Design Technology trip to London. Year seven geography trip to the Malvern Hills. History trip to Auschwitz. Year nine geography trip to the Arête Outdoor Centre in Llanrug, Snowdonia. Year ten GCSE geography rivers fieldwork. With such a diverse range of trips and visits taking place, it should be remembered that all staff leading these activities have been fully trained in leading off-site trips and visits. All trips and visits are organised in line with the College’s ‘Learning Outside the Classroom’ policy which can be viewed on the College website. Mr Manship—Trips and Visits Co-ordinator Mr J Manship Educational Visits Co-ordinator

Able Students As reported in the last newsletter, more able students in years ten and eleven were invited to a special evening at Worcester Sixth Form College on Thursday 5th March. The focus of this evening was on applying to competitive courses in higher education. This included workshops on: Applying to Oxbridge Medicine, Veterinary Science, Dentistry and other competitive health courses Law English and Humanities Science Mathematics Teacher Training Psychology Economics and subjects related to Business Creative arts, computing, design and media UCAS Students were able to select two of these workshops according to their own interests. The evening was attended by fifteen of our more able students, each of whom was able to benefit from early advice to facilitate forward planning for their future education both at Sixth Form level and beyond. As the year progresses, it is hoped that many other opportunities such as this will be made available to more able students across all year groups. Mr J Manship - More Able Students Co-ordinator

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College News contd... The College has appointed a new head boy and head girl for the next academic year following a highly competitive selection process that attracted 10 high-calibre applicants. The new posts were secured by Year 10 students Matthew Green and Iris Furtado. Both 15year olds were really pleased to have landed the two top jobs. Matthew, who enjoys rugby and plays for the Old Halesonians under-15, said: “I wanted to give something back to the school. Being head boy will be a lot of work but it is putting the school first and doing things for the benefit of the school. Bishop Perowne C of E College is such an enjoyable environment where everyone feels comfortable and there is equal respect between students and teachers.” Iris, who has her heart set on being a lawyer, said: “I wanted to show people that I had matured. This school has done a lot for me and I also wanted to give something back. I like the students and the teachers and want to thank them for their help. I also want to thank the outgoing leadership team for their advice.” The selection process for Bishop Perowne C of E College head boy and head girl is pretty stringent and candidates have to give a talk to their year group, give a presentation in assembly and write about why they are suitable for the post. The final decision is left to the current student leadership teams who assess and interview the candidates. Imogen Fraser-Clark, one of the two outgoing head girls, said: “It is not easy. I still remember the terror of talking in front of the year group. But this year as head girl has gone so fast and I have enjoyed it.” Jamie Williams, the other outgoing head girl, said: “It has been good. I have really grown as a person. I have a whole lot more confidence talking in front of people and organising things.” One of the first jobs for the new head boy and head girl will be to organise the new student council which provides a student voice to the college’s senior management team. Others on the college’s new leadership team are Hannah Bridge and Alex Lee, deputy head girls; Claudio Almeida and Craig Strachan, deputy head boys; Ella Healey, Charlotte Hurley, Kiera Lewis and Bailey Vinyard, assistant head girls. Headteacher Julie Farr said: “We are very proud of all of the students who put themselves forward for a rigorous selection process. This is a high quality field. The outgoing team has proved just how much they have grown during their year of office by exercising good judgment and fairness in selecting next year’s team. Bishop Perowne offers a wealth of leadership opportunities to students who always rise to the challenge.”

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College News contd... Presentations from full College Act of Worship from candidates for the Head Boy and Head Girl appointment process Group 1 Alex Lee, Craig Strachan and Charlotte Hurley As our challenge we have been asked to talk about a quote about leadership. We chose a quote by none other than Martin Luther King. He fought for equality and is an inspiration to many. Martin Luther King sought to bring together America through race. We would seek to bring Bishop Perowne Community together through great leadership, so you feel included within college life. There are many attributes that make Martin Luther King an excellent leader. As many of you will know, his speeches influenced millions. He brought about a change that improved a nation which is something any great leader should aspire to do. “A genuine leader is not a searcher of consensus but a moulder of consensus”. This quote means a successful leader like Martin Luther King doesn’t look for harmony but ‘creates’ it. We believe we can carry this message forward into the leadership of this school, to form a stronger sense of togetherness and consensus within the students. This quote also brings to light the need for a leader to take responsibility to mould a brighter today which will result in a brighter tomorrow. A genuine leader would never let someone do what they wouldn’t and would never place the responsibility on someone else’s shoulder. This is something we would implement as part of the student leadership team – responsible but not controlling authoritative but going quietly unnoticed. “A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a moulder of consensus”. The quote also highlights that consensus is not a given, it requires a view of other peoples perspective and a drive to create a united community in order to do this we would endeavour to bring forward your opinions and views. We believe as aspiring leaders, Martin Luther King, and the quote we have shown is very relevant to how we would like to run the school.

Group 2 Iris Furtado, Hannah Bridge, Bailey Vinyard and Claudio Almeida A Common misconception of leadership is that a figure decides what they want without necessarily taking into consideration others opinions. The actual role of a leader is not to dictate but to combine those opinions into one voice and amplify that; a leader steps out of the comfort zone and takes on challenges no matter how controversial. Management is about doing things right, leadership is about doing the right thing.

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College News contd... The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy – Martin Luther King We selected this quote because Martin Luther King is one of the most iconic leading figures in history. His devotion to the Civil Rights Movement is both impressive and admirable, and that is a factor of our up-and-coming team strive to have. Leadership to me means being someone to look up to and someone who is ready to bring something new to the group, and someone who things and knows they can make a change to society of Bishop Perowne College. Also when people get put down, they need a leader who can pick them back up and show them the way to success. I want to be the sort of leader who is motivational and with the right attitude and intentions, who can bring new and efficient ideas to the team. People need confidence and opportunity to be a leader. “lightning makes no sound until it strikes.” Those were the words of a great leader. Being a leader isn’t about popularity, it’s about how hard you put yourself forward to help and support the students. It’s about maturing tremendously and being the best you can be, without being afraid of taking on challenges that take you out of your comfort zone. “Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” Martin Luther King was a man with a dream and a vision. He knew where he wanted to take people and he did his best to lead them to the Promised Land. And that’s what we want to do with this college, take you guys to success.

Group 3 Matthew Green, Ella Healey and Kiera Lewis “The challenge of leadership is to be strong but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold but not a bully; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humour, but without folly.” – Jim Rohn. This quote struck a chord with us as it highlights the key aspects of leadership and how easy it is to cross the line from being a leader to a dictator. This quote can be used in all lessons, across the curriculum, as a guideline to help students grow together to be the best we can be. It truly outlines the key qualities of an outstanding leader. As teenagers, we particularly connect with the last line of the quote which says “have humour, but without folly”. This is because we understand at times it can be difficult to keep concentration, especially during stressful times, and know how hard it is to take everything so serious. This is why we want to encourage and motivate others to enjoy what they’re doing in, and outside, of school. We strive to use this quote throughout our time in office by inspiring pupils to achieve their goals as appose to forcing them to be something, or do something, that they are not. As part of the next leadership team, we would yearn to be strong and bold. As a team, we want pupils to think of us as approachable and not be afraid to speak their mind. We will welcome any ideas and opinions you may offer, no matter how eccentric the idea may be. We endeavour to look back in a years’ time and be proud of what we have achieved as not only good leaders, but outstanding ones, and this quote will help us to do that.

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College News contd... Please help sponsor Jasmine’s haircut to help children with cancer KIND-hearted Jasmine Daffurn is having her long locks cut off for charity. Jasmine, aged 11, is donating her hair to the Little Princess Trust which provides real hair wigs to boys and girls across the UK who have sadly lost their own hair through cancer treatment. This generous girl is also being sponsored for the hair cut – and has already raised more than £400, as well as about £90 in gift aid, which will go towards the cost of making a wig. She said: “I just wanted to help because I care about cancer sufferers. One of my relatives has cancer.” Jasmine’s dark-brown hair is currently half-way down her back and her mother, Holly, is planning to cut at least 8 inches off on Saturday, March 28th. She said: “It has taken me about two years to get it this long but I am not sorry. It will grow back.” Jasmine is hoping more people will sponsor her for this very good cause. She has a page on the JustGiving giving website - www.justgiving.com/JasmineDaffurn The cost for The Little Princess Trust to make and fit a wig properly is £350, so Jasmine was hoping to reach this amount to cover costs. She is overjoyed that she has exceeded it. The Little Princess Trust don't only fit the wigs but they also style them according to the child's preference. Her mother said: “As a family, we are really proud of Jasmine for making this decision. Jasmine is at an age where she is aware of things such as cancer. Several people close to us are going through cancer treatment or have lost people they love to cancer lately. Jasmine wanted to do something to help and decided to donate her hair. We did a lot of research together before eventually deciding on the Little Princess Trust. When she found out that it would cost the trust £350 to make the wig Jasmine was determined to raise the money too. We have been so moved by everyone's generosity and the support from friends, family and Bishop Perowne has been really heart-warming.”

Matt Richards at County Champs SWIMMER Matt Richards has won 18 medals in 18 events in the Worcester County championships. There are 18 events in swimming, across the four different strokes and the much-loved Individual Medley events. Matt qualified for all 18 events in this year's county championships and did himself proud. Across three weekends this month he swam everything from the 50M sprints to the exhausting distance events of 800M and 1500M Freestyle. Matt, aged 12, managed to achieve personal bests (PBs) in 17 out of the 18 events, knocking time off event after event. From a whole second knocked off his 50M butterfly, to a full minute knocked off his 1500M freestyle, the effort to consistently deliver PBs was immense and Matt rose to the challenge. At the conclusion of the championships Matt, who trains six days a week with Worcester Swimming Club, managed to win medals in every single event. He finished as county champion (gold) for his age in three events, with seven silvers and eight bronzes, an impressive haul. He shared the medals across the events with his friends from the nearby Pershore Club, Will Gearey and Simon Sweatman, both also very talented young swimmers. Matt, from Droitwich, was one of 25 swimmers from Worcester Swimming Club to win medals at the county championships, with a total of 119 medals won from the nine year age group all the way up to the Masters category, including five open county champions. His swim in the 50M butterfly placed him 8th in the UK for swimmers who will be 13 at some point in 2015, with all of the seven ahead of him months older (indeed four of the sevfen are 10 or 11 months older than Matt who only turned 12 in December). His 100m butterfly was a similar story with a ranking of 14th in the UK and the top 13 all being months older.

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College News contd... Learning about everything from the prison service to inland water safety

We had officers from the prison service, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and the South Worcestershire Community Safety Partnership to visit during a week of personal health and social education sessions. Personal, social and health education (PSHE) enables children to become healthy, independent and responsible members of society. They learn to appreciate what it means to be a positive member of a diverse multicultural society. During the week Bishop Perowne students looked at drug and alcohol awareness including over-the-counter prescription drugs; legal substances such as caffeine, alcohol and tobacco and substances covered by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 such as cannabis and Ecstasy. They discussed inland water safety, including hazards and dangers such as cold water shock and hidden objects with a representative of the RNLI and had classes in sexual health education. An officer from HMP Long Lartin talked about a prison officer's job, recruitment and explained what happed day-to-day in a prison, and a representative from SpeakEasy gave an insight into hate crime. Headteacher Julie Farr said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;'PHSE is vital to the growth and wellbeing of young people. Since the subject specific OFSTED inspection which graded us as one of only two outstanding schools in the country for PSHE, we have continued to strive to develop and improve. I am grateful to all staff and visitors who put so much time and energy into the excellent week'.

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BISHOP PEROWNE CHURCH OF ENGLAND COLLEGE A performing arts, science, technology, engineering and mathematics academy

Bishop Perowne Church of England College is pleased to advise the community, which they serve, that we have a Defibrillator available in Reception.

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Two of the Bishop Perowne First Aiders Now Defibrillator Trained

WORCESTER’S Bishop Perowne C of E College now has a life-saving defibrillator on the premises and some 10 members of staff qualified to use it. The staff training included both the use of the defibrillator and CPR. The portable defibrillator will be kept in reception but be available for use anywhere on the campus or outside should someone suffer a cardiac arrest. College Bursar Mike Bettridge said: “It is not only for the students but will also benefit the staff and members of the public who are visiting.” British Heart Foundation figures state that when somebody goes into cardiac arrest, every minute that passes without CPR and defibrillation reduces chance of survival by 10 per cent. With early access to a defibrillator, chances of survival can increase from six per cent to 74 per cent if used within the first three to five minutes. Survival rates can reach 90 per cent if used within 60 seconds of collapse. Mr Bettridge said: “Having this vital equipment in a central location will hopefully give people peace of mind – it could save somebody’s life one day. “The Government would like every school to have a defibrillator on site and we have gone along with that.” Headteacher Julie Farr said: “The Governors take their responsibilities very seriously, and were proactive in supporting this initiative in order to fulfil their duty of care to our school community and to offer a valuable facility to the local community.”

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College News Flourishing Fivers St Richards hospice, work with the school through flourishing fivers. Students are given 5.00 and they need to make this grow! So far students have had cake stalls, sponsored silences and made bracelet's. The money will be collected in April and donated to the hospice. Last year we raised 280.

Swimmer Matt is on course for the championships MATT Richards is on course to swim in the Home Nations Championships later this year. The boy, from Droitwich, is already ranked number 2 in the UK for his age and, at 31.31secs, last year achieved the 12th fastest time ever in the UK in the 50m butterfly by an 11 year-old boy. He has the Worcester County championships coming up in March and has achieved qualifying times for all 18 events. He is hoping to achieve medals in most, if not all events, and even has a chance of becoming county champion in some. He has also qualified for this year's Midlands Regional Championships in June. His impressive times have also gained him entry to the Welsh National Long Course (50 metre pool) Championships this April – Matt’s dad is Welsh and he has chosen Wales as his country of representation – and they mean he has the potential to be in the medals. He will be competing in nine events in Swansea over the course of this year's Easter weekend. If Matt manages to swim well at Easter he has the chance of qualifying for the Summer's Home Nations Championships in July which are for the very fastest swimmers in the country. Last year the ASA changed its system of qualifying for the national championships for the whole of the UK and because Matt’s birthday is on December 17 this will mean he will be swimming against children 11 months older than him, which makes a lot of difference at 12 years old! Matt started swimming lessons at the age of six at Droitwich Leisure Centre and then joined the Droitwich Dolphins Swimming Club, before moving to Worcester Swimming Club in 2013 where he made 15 county times out of 18 for the 2014 Championships. This season he has achieved all 18 events for the 2015 Championships in March and continues to progress month on month. With his sights firmly set on progressing in the sport Matt has to put in a lot of training and this means juggling swimming with school work. He said: “I try to do my homework straight away and that leaves more time for swimming, but sometimes I have to take my books to the gala and do the school work in between races.” He said: “I just love swimming, especially butterfly. I want to try and get to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia’s Gold Coast.”

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College Uniform Why do we have uniform? The ethos of Bishop Perowne Church of England College is centred around equipping students for the future and learning in a caring, Christian environment. We believe that uniform and regulating items brought to College helps to prepare students for learning today; their future education and employment and also helps to bind the College together as a community. What do students need to wear? Blazer The black, two buttoned specified blazer with the Bishop Perowne Church of England College badge Jumper Specified black jumper with blue stripe or sleeveless jumper with blue stripe supplied by School Togs No other style will be permitted. Cardigans are not permitted. No hooded tops or tracksuit tops. Shirt/Blouse Years 7-10 Blue with collar button Year 11 Whote with collar button Tie Tie in Community colour available from School Togs Skirts and Trousers Black pleated skirts only. Straight or lycra skirts are not be permitted. Skirts should be 20 or 22 inches in length supplied by School Togs Plain black trousers (supplied by School Togs code:SK402) Trousers must have a waist band. Trousers must not be made of non-stretchy Material. Trousers must be of normal fit. No skin tight trousers. Socks Plain black or white socks; ankle or knee length. Black tights (not patterned). Shoes Black, leather low heeled shoes. Pumps, suede shoes, platform soles, trainers, boots and ankle boots are not acceptable). What other items are required for College? All students will require: two pens; two pencil;, a ruler; a rubber; a protractor; a pair of compasses and a scientific, electronic calculator. What do students need to bring for PE? P.E. Kit girls Navy shorts Navy/Amber football socks White ankle socks Football/rugby boots (shin pads) Navy blue sweatshirt (optional) Navy blue hooded top Blue polo shirt with College logo Clean, non-marking trainers

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College Uniform Sports under layer (optional) Generic navy blue track suit bottom Boys Black shorts with Bishop Perowne badge Black rugby shirt with reversible white hoop Black football socks with 3 narrow white hoops Football/rugby boots Shin pads. Gum shield (optional) White ankle socks White polo shirt with College logo Clean, non-marking trainers Optional Sports under layer; generic navy blue track suit bottom What are the rules concerning other items students might bring to College? Outdoor clothing A plain outdoor, waterproof coat or anorak. Denim jackets, tracksuit tops or hooded jumpers/zip-up tops are not acceptable. Plain, logo free black or navy scarves and hats are optional; a scarf in the College colours is available from â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Schooltogsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Bags All bags should be practical and sensible for school use and should have the capacity to hold text books, folders and P.E. kit. Fashion bags, for example those with chains/handbags are not permitted. Hair Hair should be worn in a style that does not pose a health or safety hazard. Hair should not be dyed unnatural colours. Headwear Head scarves worn for religious or cultural reasons should be plain and logo free. No other headwear is allowed in College. Jewellery Permitted jewellery: A watch; a signet ring; a single bracelet; a single pair of ear studs or a discreet chain with cross or other personal faith symbol Not allowed: Body jewellery Students will be required to remove any jewellery deemed inappropriate and where necessary to cover the pierced holes. Students considering having their ears pierced should do so at the start of the summer holidays so that ears have time to heal and sleepers can be removed. Make-up With the exception of year 11, facial makeup and nail varnish are not allowed. In Year 11 only subtle facial makeup may be worn. Valuables We do not recommend students to bring valuables into College and cannot take responsibility for replacing any such items that are lost, damaged, or stolen.

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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 2015â&#x20AC;&#x201D;2016 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

May Day Whitsun Bank Holiday AUTUMN TERM 2015

Term Starts

Monday 7th September 2015

Half Term

Monday, 26th October 2015 Friday 30th October 2015

Term Ends

Friday 18th December 2015 SPRING TERM 2016

Term Starts

Tuesday 5th January 2016

Half Term

Monday 15th February 2016 Friday 19th February 2016

Term Ends

Wednesday 23rd March 2016 SUMMER TERM 2016

Term Starts

Tuesday 12th April 2016

Half Term

Monday 30th May 2016 Friday 3rd June 2016

Term Ends

Friday 22nd July 2016

Teacher Education Days

Monday, 13th April 2015 Monday, 20th July 2015 Thursday 3rd September 2015 Friday 4th September 2015 Monday 4th January 2016 Thursday 24th March 2016

Monday, 4th May 2015 Monday, 25th May 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

Important dates for your diary at a glance 27th Mar

Easter Eucharist End of Spring Term

30 Mar—10 Apr

Easter Holidays

30 Mar—3 Apr

Llanrug Returners Course

13 Apr

Teacher Education Day

14 Apr

Students Return to College (Week A)

20 Apr

Spring Term Reports Issued to parents

23 Apr

B Band Parents Evening

30 Apr

Y Band Parents Evening Year 7 and 8 Maths Challenge

4 May

May Bank Holiday

11 May—23 Jun

Public Examination Period

18—22 May

Llanrug Year 8 Outdoor Education Course

25—29 May

Half Term Holidays

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.