Newsletter July 2013
July 2013
Academic success that matters ‘Growing together to be the best we can be’ Go forth into the world in peace Go forth into the world in peace; be of good courage; hold fast that which is good; render to no one evil for evil; strengthen the fainthearted; support the weak; help the afflicted; honour everyone; love and serve the Lord, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit
This Year, as last, when I asked staff, students and parents to complete the sentence ‘I know it’s the end of the College year when …….’ I received the following replies..
Leavers’ Eucharist Order of Service
“It’s Arts’ Week. This year I loved being part of the Pageant Wagon and meeting Andrea, the Dutch horse”
Year 11 Awards Ceremony
“The teachers talk to us about our reports”
Headteacher’s Commendations
Young Enterprise
Content
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Message from the Headteacher
1
Our Vision
2
Headteacher’s Commendations
3—4
PGCE News
5—6
Arts’ College News
7—12
Students’ Royal Day to remember
13
History News
14—15
2013 Subject Awards Years 7 and 8
16
Years 9—10
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2013 Progress and Effort Awards Year 7
18
Year 8
19
Year 9
20—21
Year 10
22—23
Tutors and Community Awards
24—27
Plus much more
“My friends and I start making plans for the summer” “The PE kit comes home to be washed” “The collections start for staff who are leaving” “We are visited by students who have left” “We look forward to sports day” “I’m asked to help with the Eucharist” This half of the Summer Term has been one of the longest on record (almost eight weeks) but as I write Arts’ Week is shaping up to be one of the best ever and a very fitting climax to a very successful year. Particular successes include our excellent academic examination results and our learning and teaching going from strength to strength with 86% of lessons consistently judged, throughout the year, to be good or outstanding, a figure that places us among the top schools nationally. Our Arts’ Specialism has continued to flourish as we took up our position as Hub School for the West Midlands with a huge range of enrichment opportunities available for our students. This year has seen the steady growth of our specialism in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Our Perowne Science laboratories are currently being refurbished into ‘state of the art’ facilities thanks to our successful bid for Government funding. Our next ambition is to build a new Design and Engineering building. We have further strengthened our relationships with our partners, The King’s School, Worcester; Yamazaki Mazak and the University of Worcester. Several students took up bespoke bursaries to study at King’s Sixth Form and we shared a range of enrichment activities many geared towards the needs of Gifted and Talented students. Our first cohort sat their Latin GCSE and our first student to progress from Bishop Perowne to King’s achieved a First Class Honours Degree from the University of Cambridge. Yamazaki Mazak have offered a number of educational opportunities culminating in our art photography students producing marketing materials which will be distributed world-wide. They also met Prince Charles. We are currently planning the joint delivery of an Engineering GCSE. Earlier in the year we expressed great sadness of the death of John Bailey MBE, our devoted Chair of Governors and nephew of the Bishops Perowne. In the autumn we will be opening our memorial garden to honour John, Jason Williams, a former Bishop’s boy and the first Worcester Soldier to be killed in Afghanistan and Tony Ballard who drowned in the River Severn. I should like to thank parents and carers for all support given, our Governors for their guidance and giving unstintingly of their time, our dedicated staff and our wonderful students for making 2012 – 2013 an excellent academic year. At this time of year we say goodbye to staff who are leaving; I thank them for all they have done. Miss Butler, Miss Fenner, Mr Hawking, Mrs Hughes, Mrs James, Mr Morgan and Mrs Rees will take up new posts. Mrs Boulter is retiring after 22 years of outstanding service. We wish them all well in the future. As always our year will end with a Eucharist. I thank our Chaplaincy Team for all they have done to develop Worship and Spirituality within our College. I wish you all a happy and restful holiday. Ms J Farr
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College Vision
Our Vision We seek to develop a caring Christian community in which we nurture individuals; encourage learning, creativity and endeavour; inspire all to excel and reach their potential and to help all young learners grow into active and responsible citizens who are able to make a difference in the World.
To make our vision a reality we aim to:
Develop a faith- centred community based on a love of God, neighbour and self.
Create a culture of learning and achievement in which study, enquiry, innovation and aspiration are highly valued
Grow together to be the best that we can be.
Establish an orderly, happy, safe and caring environment in which all members of the College community can
Grow in confidence and self-esteem.
Provide access to a wide and varied curriculum that is appropriate to students’ needs and learning styles.
Support physical, social and emotional growth.
Develop a sense of responsibility and citizenship, and thereby shape the future.
In order to bring about the best we shall:
Provide excellent teaching, in rich and varied learning environments.
Create positive challenges.
Assess students learning and progress and report on this regularly to parents.
Strive to develop an enriching programme of visits and extra curricular activity.
Respond effectively to students pastoral needs.
Develop positive relationships between staff and students.
Promote good attendance.
Build a strong and robust College/parent partnership.
Develop effective links with the Church and wider communities.
Meet and support the needs of ethnic and minority groups.
Celebrate diversities and differences in our community.
Work as a team towards our shared vision.
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Headteacher’s Commendations The following students have received Headteacher’s Commendations and five Community Credits Their achievements and contribution to the life of our College are highly valued. Those students marked with a * have more than one Commendation.
Ali Allies Archdale Evans Austin-Ricketts Barrett Begum Bennett Bentley Biddle Bishop Bluck Bonnick Bourke Brayford Brett Bridge Brown Bushell Busmane Busmanis Cadwallader Cambridge Chahal Cholmondeley Chorvat Chorvat Clarke-Newell Collett Collins Collins Cracroft Cunningham Curtis Curtis Davies De Sousa Dickings Dickings Dimmock Dinsdale Dodson Done Donowho
Binyamin Thomas Megan Fortune Imogen Ammina Maisie Joshua Adam William Lucy Elodie Louis Ellen Aaron Hannah Peter Hannah Samantha Adrian Chloe Martha Sukhraj Jordana Oliver Samuel Anoushka Benjamin Alice Jessica Ashley Tia Abigail Amber James Manuela Bethany Harry Leah Katie Samuel Megan Georgina
Drinkwater Drinkwater Duckworth Dunster Dunster Dyson Eastwood Edwards Fallon-Wilson Ferrier Field Flanagan Fletcher Fletcher Fowler Fraser-Clark Fraser-Clark Freeth Fuller Fuller Fuller Gardner Garrad Gilbert Gilbert Glover Graver Green Green Guru Gwilliam Hall Hampton Handley Hardwick Harris Hasnip Hathaway Hathaway Haughtey Hawker Hawker Hawkins
Candy Joshua James Clara Martha Chelsea Sophie Anthony Abbie Joanne Jamie Joseph Charlotte Emma Lauren Imogen Olivia Molly Bailey George Harry Megan William Brandon Natalie Lauren Amy Christopher Sam Annika Charlotte Izzy Sheridan Luke Harriet Jordan-Lee Samuel Jamie Marnie William Abbie Chloe Katie
Hayes Haywood Healey Henshall Hodges Homer Howard Hudson Hussain Jackson Jeynes John Johnson Jones Jones Jones Jones-Joyner Kainey Keeling Kenyon Key Key Khan King Klobcar Lacroix Langstone Lavell Leary Lee Lee Lee Lewington Long MacDonald Maclachlan Mahmood Maiden Makranczy Malin Malin Manchanda Mann
Juri Millicent Ella William William Casey Aston Sarah Aisha Leah Thomas Edward Daniel Addam Hannah Kaya Chloe Elliot Kayleigh Jessica Jessica Matthew Aqsa Harry Sophie Kayleigh Owen James Katie Alexander Alexandra Eleanor Samuel Bradley Georgia Aimee Sikander Thomas Matthew Emily Zoe Ella Amy
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Headteacher’s Commendations The following students have received Headteacher’s Commendations and five Community Credits Their achievements and contribution to the life of our College are highly valued. Those students marked with a * have more than one Commendation.
Mariano Matthews May Mercer Wilson Mayor Milton Mohammed Moore Morris Muminah Muneebah Muzira Newman Norcott O'Hora Olatunde Oneill O'Neill Openshaw Page Panting Papazoglou Parker Patrick Pearson Pinfield Preece Price Price Proctor
Aaron Hannah Luanne Emily Kimberley Yaseen Katie Joshua Hafsah Saarah Tanaka Ellie Daniel Lauren Ashanti Jazmine Jessica Eden Ross Chloe Megan Oliver Shannon Hal Lauren Lucy Leah-Mae Lucy Chloe
Pugh Ratcliffe Reid Roberts Robinson Robinson Sadler-Bury Salt Savage Savage Savage Schoolar Senter Shuker Silva Simmons Smith Smith Smith Sowden Stanley Steele Strachan Studholme Styler Surridge Taylor Taylor Thomas
Stephanie Brittany Lauren Georgina Georgia Jasmine Flynn Laura Elliot Samuel Toby Keira Jennifer Benjamin Lia Louis Alisha Kieran Shakara Sam Spencer Bethany Craig Emily Jacob Hannah Claudia Oscar Daniel
Thorpe Timbrell Tingle Tippins Todhunter Tomlinson Trainer Tryner Turberfield Ul-Haq Underwood Wainwright Wakefield Warr Warr Watkins Watts Wells Whitehouse-Back Whitworth Widdus Williams Willis Wilson Wood Woodhouse Woodward-Spalding Worrall Yeomans
Sofia Cheralyne Tabitha Katie Kayla Charlie Libby Georgia Amelia Istehsan Abigail Emily Rachel Benjamin Bradley Georgia Phoebe Ross Connor Bethany Aimee Kerry Jacob Mark Florence Claudia Jack Jonathon Samuel
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PGCE Students Complete their training As a trainee teacher partnership link school with the University of Worcester, Bishop Perowne has been working closely with a number of trainee teachers in English, Maths, Science and History. As Professional Mentor I am delighted to announce that Mr Ofosu, Miss Minihane, Miss Harris and Mr Kendrick have all worked incredibly hard and are now coming to the end of some very successful placements at Bishop Perowne. I would like to take this opportunity to wish them every success in their future careers and thank them for everything that they have given to the students at Bishop Perowne. Each of them has very kindly agreed to summarise their experiences of the very demanding PGCE course which they have completed at our College.
Phoebe Harris —PGCE History I am Miss Harris and have been teaching History at Bishop Perowne, as part of my PGCE course, which I have done through the University of Worcester. I grew up in Worcester and went to Nunnery Wood High School. After completing my A-Levels at Worcester Sixth Form College, I went to study History at the University of the West of England in Bristol. I originally wanted to become a primary school teacher; however, after doing some work experience at a primary school when I was in year 10, I decided that I would prefer to work in a secondary school. After getting some additional experience at a secondary school I knew it was something that I enjoyed doing. I have enjoyed my time at Bishop Perowne and will be sad to leave the groups that I have been teaching. I have enjoyed working with my tutor group and have particularly enjoyed making trenches with my year 8 class. After leaving Bishop Perowne, I will begin teaching Humanities at a school in Leicester and will be moving there during the summer. I would like to thank all of the staff and students at Bishop Perowne for making my experience here a pleasant one.
Chris Kendrick —PGCE Mathematics My name is Mr. Kendrick. I’m a PGCE student from Bath Spa University teaching Maths. Having grown up in North Wales, I moved to Bath to study Maths at the University of Bath. I spent 3 years at University, and by the end decided I wanted to become a teacher. This decision was made after I had taken part in a project called Communicating Mathematics. This involved teaching maths magic at schools, helping to run a science fair, and also running a masterclass for 120 year 8 students at the University of Bath. This was such an enjoyable experience that I joined the PGCE course at Bath Spa University, and have now taught in two schools; one in Buckinghamshire, and Bishop Perowne College. My time here has been very enjoyable, from working with a Tutor Group, and helping students within this group plan, and perform a community assembly, to that time everyone dreads in getting something wrong, and being corrected by a student. I hope to continue enjoying these aspects of teaching, and others, as I move on next year. I will be taking up a position in a small school in Hampshire with 500 students, and I’m looking forwards to living, and working, in the countryside once more.
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PGCE Students Complete their training Aisling Minihane —PGCE English I can’t pinpoint a moment when I knew I wanted to be a teacher; it’s something that has just always been there. After leaving secondary school I went on to study New Media and English in the University of Limerick in Ireland. Four years later I had graduated and was ready for the next adventure; and it has been an adventure. In September 2012 I packed up my life and made the move from a small town in the south-west of Ireland to the bright lights of Worcester. The PGCE year has been an invaluable experience; the work has been non-stop and at times many of us, including myself, have questioned if we could keep going. But we have and now with three weeks to go all the hard work and late nights have paid off. Following my first placement in Stourport High School I secured a permanent position to begin in September. After my five weeks there I knew, without a doubt, that I had made the right choice to pursue a career in teaching; and my five months in Bishop Perowne have only confirmed this further. I could not talk about my placement here without a special mention of the students and staff that I have worked with. My students from 11Y1, 8Y4 and 7Y2 have ensured that I have learnt as much from them as they have, hopefully, learnt from me. The staff in the English Department have provided me with unlimited support and guidance to allow me to reach my full potential; and finally my mentor Miss. Butler has set constantly high expectations to encourage me to not just be a good teacher, but an outstanding one.
Daniel Ofosu—PGCE Science I am Daniel Ofosu and I currently live in Worcester with my family. I first came to England in 2003. I have been living in England and Ghana at different times, over the past 10 years. I had my Primary and Secondary Education in Ghana and did my first degree there as well. I completed my Master’s degree about 2 years ago at the University of Wolverhampton and I am coming to the end of my PGCE course at the University of Worcester. I have been in situations where I had to teach both formally and informally almost all my life. These situations are so varied, ranging from explaining scientific concepts, through to directing choreography or to teaching parts of songs. The common feature of all these situations was the sense of achievement the learners had after the experience. The joy I derive from seeing people come to that point, was the main driving force for my decision to pursue a teaching career. This placement has been an exciting learning experience. Space and time would not permit me to talk about the amount of support received from The Leaders and Staff of the School; it is unbelievable and of exceptional quality. The very supportive Professional Mentor of the School is in-charge of the wonderful tutor group I work with. I really cherish the times spent with the group. My Subject Mentor and the Staff of the Science department have displayed exceptional support throughout. Friday Teachers’ after-school football is an event I have enjoyed being a part of and one I will always recommend as a good way to end a busy week. When the invitation for an interview came after a long wait, all the staff I work with supported me with ideas and advice on what should be done on the day. The interview was a success and I have been employed as Teacher of Science by Hazeley Academy in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. The job starts in September 2013 and I look forward to putting all I have been taught by the Staff of this great College into practice.
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Arts’ College News Arts Week and the Medieval Pageant Wagon Arts week is one of the many major events on the Bishop Perowne College annual calendar. It is a week in which the entire College timetable is stood down and lessons are replaced with a wide range of arts and sporting related activities. These include a huge number of visiting professional artists who involve the students in practical workshops. This year we have activities which range from Aikido classes to digital music creation, dance and the visual arts. As well as the visiting professionals staff at the College also create and deliver an exciting programme of workshops. These include the creation of bottle rockets, photography, music and even developing creative 'Apps' in ICT. During the week there are also many outward bound trips that students are invited to take part in. This year they include an overnight stay in London and seeing the West End show 'Billy Elliot', an all week trip to Poland to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp, one hundred and fifty students will spend a day walking the Malvern Hills and experiencing their beauty, a trip to the Llanrug outdoor activity centre, three separate exploration trips to the Forest of Dean and a day at Drayton Manor theme park to finish off the week. Once the daytime activities have come to an end the evenings are equally as exciting. On Wednesday the 17th, midway through Arts Week, the College Theatre will host one of our many annual music concerts with classical, rock and every other style of music played by our talented student musicians. The very next day the Theatre will again host another enormously important event on the College calendar - the Summer Dance Show. In the show more than forty students will perform dance pieces ranging in style from modern to classical and right through to Street and Hip-hop. Many of the works in both shows are composed and choreographed by the students themselves and it all makes for two fantastic evening performances. One of the more unusual and exciting events taking place this year is a tour of our partner primary schools. Even more exciting is the fact that the tour will happen on a horse drawn wagon. The project was first conceived as a way of taking a bit of theatre history to the primary school children. The tour is of an abridged performance of the Medieval morality play 'Everyman'. The idea of doing this on a horse drawn wagon is to give a sense of how the plays would have been toured and performed way back in the fifteenth century when travelling players were a common sight in the towns and countryside as they rolled in on their 'pageant wagons'. As part of the tour there will also be music played by students from Bishop Perowne and hopefully the primary students will also get a chance to say hello to 'Andrea' our beautiful Dutch bred horse who will be pulling the wagon into their playgrounds. Andrea and the wagon, which was built just after the year 1900, are from the Cotswold Cart Horse Society. Jack Everitt, the Chairman of the Society, has been immensely supportive of our project and delivered the wagon to the College a week early so that we could use it for rehearsals. The Society encourages the use of working horses in many different environments although I think our project is one of the more unusual events. The primary schools being visited by the pageant wagon during Arts Week are St Barnabas, Claines, Cranham, Perdiswell, Gorse Hill and Northwick Manor. At each visit, weather permitting, the performance will take place in the school playgrounds and be as close an experience as we can to the original medieval pageant wagons. Although our performance of the play itself has been updated somewhat to make it more accessible to our young audiences. John Plant Assistant Headteacher
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Arts’ College News Continued Arts’ Week in Photo
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Arts’ College News Continued Hallam Wood exhibits Art work in the National Students’ Art Exhibition 2013 Bishop Perowne Church of England College students, for the Fourth year running, have had work selected for the National Students’ Art Exhibition in London. 4 students submitted their work this year, Alice Collins and Leigh Hewitt in Year 10 as well as Fiona Morris and Hallam Wood in Year 11. Hallam had his piece of work selected for the exhibition, and the other three all received highly recommended certificates. The exhibition on Tuesday 9th July was formally opened by Henry Olonga, an artist, singer and ex Zimbabwean Cricketer.
It was fantastic to see Hallam’s artwork as part of the exhibition, watching so many people photographing it, making such lovely comments about how well Hallam had done it, as well as analysing how he had made it, the mixed media he used and how Hallam had created this within the pages of a book.
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Arts’ College News continued Winners of the First Bishop Perowne Church of England College Art Competition announced! On Tuesday 11th, the John Bailey Gallery opened with the shortlisted art entries for the first annual Bishop Perowne Art Competition. The winners were also announced at the opening and were as follows: The Key Stage 1 winner was Daisy Wearing from Northwick Manor Primary School. The Key Stage 2 winner was Abigail Meynell from St Barnabas Primary School. The Key Stage 3 winner was Alice Chevalier from Bishop Perowne Church of England College. The Key Stage 4 winner was Alice Collins from Bishop Perowne Church of England College. All the winners received a trophy, a £25 voucher and a certificate, as well as all shortlisted entries also receiving a certificate.
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Daisy Wearing, winner of KS1.
Abigail Meynell, winner of KS2.
Alice Chevalier, winner of KS3.
Alice Collins, winner of KS4.
Well done to all those that participated, the work was fantastic and so varied and demonstrated how creative all our students are. The gallery will also be open on Saturday 15 th June from 11:00am until 3:00pm to allow another chance to see the exhibition of work.
Dance Sharing St Georges, Northwick and St Barnabas have had teachers in from Dancefest to lead dance workshops for 6 sessions.after school. To allow the children to showcase their work they were invited to a Dance Sharing at College in the theatre, allowing the children to perform to an audience in a professional setting. Each school had rehearsal time then the 70 children took part in a massive warm up. The show then began with St Barnabas performing their African dance followed by St Georges Street Dance and Northwick dance based on Christopher Columbus. To end the morning 3 students from Bishops Hannah Bridge, Alex Lee, and Hafsah Muminah, performed a piece they had been working on in lessons showing just what the younger children could aspire too. The children enjoyed it so much they had to perform it twice!
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Arts’ College News continued Summer Music Concert The annual summer music concert is one of the major events on the College calendar and was even more special this year in light of the fact that it was part of our Arts Week and of our 50th anniversary celebrations. A large audience of friends and family listened to a varied programme including a rock band, flute solos, vocal and piano duets, a jazz band, saxophone duets, clarinet solos and the College choir. The music was played by both present and past students and the jazz band even included the parents of one or two of the our musicians. The evening began and ended with the College choir singing 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' and a 'Lady Gaga Melody'. The Choir practices regularly under the direction of Mrs Miller, our Subject Leader for Music and has students from all year groups taking part. There was no entrance fee for the concert but donations were requested for the Cancer Trust UK. Bishop Perowne students are regularly involved in a variety of charitable causes and it was their choice as to where the money raised should be donated.
More Arts’ Week in Photo
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Arts’ College News Continued Three Counties Show On Friday 14th June, a group of Bishop Perowne students from years 9 and 10 went to participate and perform in the Three Counties show. We each performed a musical piece that we arranged ourselves in front of a small audience. We had many positive comments and our work was much appreciated by everyone who viewed it. This event has helped develop our performance skills and confidence; upcoming events like this will continue to do so. We were performing alongside pupils from other schools who had also brought their musical skills to the show. Our performances included: Erinn Melville and Martha Dunster doing two duets, one on guitar with vocals the other with vocals accompanied by the piano. Emma Fletcher, Megan Papazoglou and Rosie Davis performed a medley (mash up of several songs) they had arranged themselves. Finally, Ellie Lee and Penelope Ashmore performed 2 duets; one a cappella the other accompanied by the piano. Overall it was a great experience to perform somewhere else other than at Bishop Perowne. We got to see what happened with the different acoustics and a constantly changing audience. The chips at the end weren’t bad either!
By Emma Fletcher, Megan Papazoglou and Rosie Davis
Specialist Intake Konflux Theatre Company Workshop The years 7, 8 and 9 Specialist Intake students were recently involved in a full day 'Play in A Day' workshop with a creative practitioner from Konflux Theatre Company. Konflux are a York based company who have delivered workshops at Bishop Perowne consistently over the past four years. Their work is different in the sense that it involves our students in an intensive day of devising which results in a performance at the end of the workshop sessions. This year our students worked on a historical piece of documentary drama based on the story of the Titanic. It included physical theatre techniques, mime and ensemble work. All of this is invaluable experience for the students both in terms of developing their drama skills in general and in supporting curriculum learning. At the end of the day the group performed to all of our Year 7s and a small group of Year 9 BTEC students. Quite an achievement for a production that was put together within the space of about four working hours.
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College News Students’ Royal Day to Remember Six students from the year 10 GCSE photography group, accompanied by Ms Farr and Mr Hewson, had a day they’ll remember for a very long time when HRH Prince Charles came to Worcester. The group had been invited to Yamazaki Mazak by director Marcus Burton as the college has developed a successful educational partnership with the company, which has impacted on engineering, science, design technology and now photography. Earlier this academic year, year 11 photographers were asked to produce an image for Mazak’s Christmas card. Images by Beth Chappell and Charlotte Juggins were selected to be used on Yamazaki Mazak’s cards which were sent worldwide – a fantastic achievement by both students. Bishop Perowne students were invited back to Mazak to look at a brief that Marcus wanted them to investigate – the role of manufacturing in Britain and how it could be made more appealing to a younger audience through photography and literature. However, a few days before the visit, we were informed that Prince Charles would also be visiting on the same day. Mr Hewson was interviewed on BBC Hereford and Worcester about the involvement of Bishop Perowne students and once at Yamazaki Mazak, Marcus spoke to the group about the photographic brief as well as the visit. The photographers then set to work. Prince Charles was preceded by a huge crowd of journalists and photographers but took the time to speak to all of us and shake our hands. To be part of such an important day for the city was an amazing experience and the students will never forget the day they met the heir to the throne. The group comprised Georgia Robinson, Glenn Strachan, Kaitlin Hall, Daisy Glyn Jackson, Jared Witcomb and Jennifer Senter.
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History Department Trip to Auschwitz The History Department as part of the GCSE Modern World History syllabus and also as part of the College’s Christian and spiritual ethos took 42 GCSE students to Auschwitz. After a very long coach journey to Poland, we arrived in our hotel near Krakow and settled in for a good nights sleep in order to prepare ourselves for the next couple of days. On day one we arrived at the Glacia museum which is a museum set up in the Jewish Quarter of Krakow and tells the story of life for Jewish people in Poland before, during and after the Holocaust. This history is told through a series of photographs. It was very interesting to learn about this culture and also the varieties within this faith between Orthodox Jews and more liberal Jews. We found the study of their synagogues very interesting. It was then very disturbing to see the great lengths to which the Nazi party went to try and exterminate this element of society. Both the students and I felt outraged at the way in which these people were treated and the extreme measures to which this party went to try and eradicate any trace of Jewish life and this included removing Jewish gravestones and using them for steps and paving roads. It was also very disturbing and shocking when we came across a photograph of a beautiful and peaceful woodland which turned out to be the resting place of 800 Jewish orphans who had been rounded up and shot by the SS. It raised so many questions about humanity; many of these officers had children themselves, so how could they shoot innocent children? It also made us consider the importance of studying this topic. It highlighted how important it is to study this topic to ensure that this horrific crime is never forgotten as it passes out of living memory. After this visit we moved onto the only remaining and functioning synagogue left in Krakow. It was a beautiful building with many ornate illustrations. The students found it so interesting to see this place of worship and to also hear about its amazing history. During the Second World War it had been used as both a stables and place to store grain. However, once the war had ended and Auschwitz had been liberated a few surviving Jews returned and restored the building to its former glory. We also visited the cemetery and our guide explained that people bring stones as opposed to flowers to Jewish graves because unlike flowers they do not die and so it is a symbol of life. After this the students had some free time in the market in the Jewish quarter. We sampled the delights of the fresh fruit which was delicious and many students purchased souvenirs of their visit. We then went to Oskar Schindler’s factory which has been turned into a museum. We heard the incredible story of how Schindler had originally been part of the Nazi party and used the Jews as slave labour to make money out of the war. However, as time went on he began to question this and as the war went badly for the Germans and the SS began to liquidate Jewish working factories Oskar Schindler spent all of his money trying to save 1200 Jewish people. Which he managed to do and as a result was named Righteous Amongst Nations in 1974. After this we moved onto the Salt Mines which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and are truly beautiful. Whilst it was a long walk down! It was well worth the effort as we saw the cathedral carved into the salt mines and even the chandeliers are made of salt and twinkle in the light beautifully. It truly was an impressive example of what people can create. After this we took the students out for a traditional Polish meal in a lovely candle lit restaurant.
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History Department Trip to Auschwitz On day two we got up and prepared for the day ahead. On arrival at Auschwitz there was a distinct feeling of apprehension. First of all we watched a film which showed the liberation of the camp. Many of the students were shocked and horrified by what they saw in the video. In one part the news presenter was interviewing a man who looked to be about 97, however, it turned out he was only 42 but had been so starved and badly treated that he looked more than double his age. After this we were guided around Auschwitz One where we were shown the many objects that remained. Words can not describe the feelings that we all felt when we saw room’s full or human hair, shoes, children’s toys and other ordinary objects such as pots and pans. It made us all realise that people who were brought to this concentration and death camp truly believed that they were going to live and start a new life which is why they had brought with them cooking utensils so that they could start their new life. Going into the block where experiments took place was also a harrowing experience. The students showed immense maturity in the way in which they responded to this and also asked so many questions about how such a horrific act could take place. After lunch we then went to Birkeneau which is the death camp. It was very ominous seeing the famous building and train line. Once inside the camp we looked at the living conditions inside the barracks which was horrendous with as many as 8 people sleeping on a wooden bunk in all weathers. The routines for going to the toilet, eating and working were all designed to humiliate these people and break their spirits. We then had the process of arrival explained to us including the lines and whether you were sent to the left or right which meant the difference between work and life or immediate gassing. After such a harrowing day we wanted to allow the students some time for reflection so we went up to one of the ash pits where the human remains had been left. Two students gave a reading about their experience and learning and stated very eloquently that this experience had been life changing; that they would never take their family for granted and would try to be better people. Then they lit two candles and very symbolically passed the flame along the group to other students until everyone had a lit candle. Once this had been done each student found their own quiet spot and took several moments to reflect on everything which they had learnt. At that moment our aims had been realised: to raise awareness of the dangers of prejudice and discrimination, to educate the students of Bishop Perowne to always ask questions and to fight for what is right. As George Santayana was famously said: ‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.’ This truly was a trip of a lifetime which I will never forget and allowed for spiritual reflection on what it means to be morally just. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff, students and parents who made such a life changing trip possible. Mrs Victoria Reeve-McKew
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2013 Subject Awards—Years 7 and 8 Year 7 Fortune Austin-Ricketts PSHCCE Alice Chevalier Alice Chevalier Jordana Cholmondeley Jordana Cholmondeley Jordana Cholmondeley Olivia Fraser-Clark Olivia Fraser-Clark Ameer Khan Zoe Maiden Hannah Matthews Lauren O'Hora Jack Patey
Art French Biology Physics Resistant Materials Chemistry Dance Spanish Mathematics Textiles Geography Drama
Sam Sowden Jakob Terry
Physical Education Music
Rachel Wakefield Rachel Wakefield
English German
Rachel Wakefield Rachel Wakefield Katerina Webb Katerina Webb Kerry Williams
History ICT Food Technology Religious Education Physical Education
Year 8 Hannah Bridge
Dance
Hannah Bridge Hannah Bridge Hannah Bridge Georgina Clark Georgina Clark William Collins
English Religious Education Chemistry Biology French Textiles
Ines Costa-Martins Bethany Dickings
ICT Food Technology
Candy Drinkwater Harry Fuller
History Physical Education
Katie Leary Kiera Lewis Ella Manchanda Hafsa Muminah Oliver Parker Oliver Parker
PSHCCE Geography Mathematics Physical Education KS 3 Science Trophy Resistant Materials
Felix Reeves Khasiba Shujah Craig Strachan Adina Tudoran Jennifer Williams Florence Wood
German Spanish Physics Art Drama Music
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2013 Subject Awards—Years 9 and 10 Year 9 Ewan Cheyne
Geography
Ewan Cheyne Jade Cox Emma Fletcher Emma Fletcher Will Garrad Isabel Hall Katie Harrison Chloe Hawker Katie Hawkins Millicent Haywood Millicent Haywood Nishaa Hussain
Physics Art Music Physical Education Physical Education History Creative Crafts Health and Social Care Dance Catering Mathematics ASDAN
Humaira Khan Katie Lockett
Religious Education German
Katie Lockett Freddie Lockett
Psychology Business Studies
Georgia MacDonald Zoe Malin Ellie Monk Connor Mooney Jessica Oneill Eden Openshaw
Drama Foundation Learning Tier History French Food Technology Latin
Shannon Patrick Sebastian Reed
Textiles ICT
Molly Robinson Jessica Sheridan
Photography Biology
Jessica Sheridan Jessica Sheridan
English Science (GCSE)
Mikey Shuker Jacob Styler Sophie Tothill Daniel Wilson Mark Wilson
Science (BTEC) Spanish
Mathematics Resistant Materials Chemistry
Year 10 Charles Aljaradat Penny Ashmore Penny Ashmore
Geography Drama Latin
Tom Bentley Peter Brown
Rock School Dance
Jade Clarke Martha Dunster Martha Dunster Martha Dunster
ICT English History Music
Paige Dutfield Jamie Field Joe Flanigan Luke Ford Luke Ford Natasha Forsyth Natalie Gilbert Michael Gillard Annika Guru Leigh Hewitt William Hodges William Hodges William Hodges Aaron Hudspith Emma Keeley Georgia Kelland
Science (BTEC) Creative Crafts Resistant Materials Mathematics Rock School Science (GCSE) Latin German Work Skills Art Biology Chemistry Physics Business Studies French ASDAN
Aleksandra Kwiecinska Chloe Matthews Harriet Pickering Dan Price Greg Rock Sarah Sleigh Matthew Sowden Glenn Strachan Abigail Underwood Georgia Watkins James Woods
Health and Social Care Psychology Catering Latin Religious Education Spanish Physical Education Photography Physical Education Food Technology First Skills
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2013 Progress and Effort Awards—Year 7 Zeeshan Ali Fortune Austin-Ricketts Fortune Austin-Ricketts Fortune Austin-Ricketts Joshua Bentley William Bishop Lucy Bluck Lucy Bluck Benjamin Bridge Benjamin Bridge
Resistant Materials Geography ICT Religious Education Geography Physical Education Food Technology German Music Chemistry
Progress Effort Effort Progress Progress Effort Progress Effort Progress Progress
Jordan Butcher Jordan Butcher Jordana Cholmondeley Ines Costa-Martins
Biology Drama Textiles Mathematics
Progress Effort Progress Effort
Abigail Curtis Clara Dunster
Science Mathematics
Effort Progress
Charlotte Fletcher Abbie Hawker Abbie Hawker Aston Howard Chloe Jones Hannah Jones Harry Kendall Harry Kendall Harry Kendall Kayleigh Lacroix
Dance Textiles Art Physical Education Physics Food Technology Dance French Science Physical Education
Effort Effort Effort Progress Effort Effort Progress Progress Progress Effort
Billy Locke Zoe Maiden Zoe Maiden Raul Pena Raul Pena Raul Pena
Spanish German History French English Physics
Progress Progress Progress Effort Progress Progress
Stelliannos Porphiriou Lauren Reid Lauren Reid Sam Sowden Hannah Surridge Oscar Taylor Armands Vonogs Rachel Wakefield Rachel Wakefield Rachel Wakefield
Biology English Resistant Materials Art Drama Music Spanish History Physical Education Religious Education
Effort Effort Effort Progress Progress Effort Effort Effort Progress Effort
Bethany Whitworth Kerry Williams
ICT Chemistry
Progress Effort
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2013 Progress and Effort Awards—Year 8 Bethany Addis Andrej Aizatulin Brandon Bartley Hannah Bridge Hannah Bridge Hannah Bridge Sukhraj Chahal Sukhraj Chahal Sukhraj Chahal Chloe Davies
Biology Dance Resitant Materials English History Textiles Chemistry History Physical Education Chemistry
Progress Effort Progress Effort Effort Progress Progress Progress Effort Effort
Chloe Davies Bethany Dickings
History Art
Progress Effort
Clara Dunster Holly Edwards Harry Fuller Biba Gifford
Textiles Food Technology Science Spanish
Effort Progress Effort Progress
Natalie Howell Kayleigh Keeling Owen Langstone Deividas Laurutenas Alexandra Lee Alexandra Lee Kiera Lewis Katarzyna Liegmann Emily Mayor Katie Moore Hafsah Muminah Oliver Parker Oliver Parker Oliver Parker William Parker Nicole Pate
Food Technology Science Mathematics Resitant Materials Biology German Physics German French Physical Education Physics Geography Religious Education ICT Physical Education Spanish
Effort Progress Effort Effort Effort Progress Effort Effort Progress Progress Progress Effort Progress Effort Progress Effort
Danielle Reeves Danielle Reeves Danielle Reeves Danielle Reeves Jossetta Reid Lauren Reid Georgina Roberts Khasiba Shujah Jessica Snape Nathan Stanton Jennifer Williams Jennifer Williams Florence Wood
Dance Religious Education Drama Music English Mathematics Physical Education Art French Music Drama ICT Geography
Progress Effort Effort Effort Progress Progress Effort Progress Effort Progress Progress Progress Progress
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2013 Progress and Effort Awards—Year 9 Nigat Ajmal Nigat Ajmal Ellen Bannister Ellen Bannister Kieran Bell Nathan Bird Ewan Cheyne Jade Cox Steven Day Manuela De Sousa
Art Health and Social Care Physical Education Physical Education Geography ASDAN ICT Psychology Business Studies Physical Education
Progress Progress Effort Half Colours Progress Progress Effort Effort Effort Progress
Manuela De Sousa Emma Fletcher Lewis Fletcher Jordan Fortey Imogen Fraser Clark Imogen Fraser-Clark George Fuller George Fuller George Fuller George Fuller Megan Gardner Megan Gardner William Garrad Isabel Hall Isabel Hall Katie Harrison
Spanish Physical Education Resitant Materials Physical Education Physics Music Business Studies Geography Physical Education Physical Education Physical Education Spanish Physical Education History Science GCSE Creative Crafts
Effort Half Colours Effort Half Colours Effort Effort Progress Effort Half Colours Progress Half Colours Progress Half Colours Progress Progress Progress
Katie Harrison Samuel Hasnip Jamie Hathaway Jamie Hathaway Chloe Hawker Chloe Hawker
Foundation Learning Tier Physical Education Physical Education Physical Education Health and Social Care Textiles
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Katie Hawkins Juri Hayes Millicent Haywood Millicent Haywood Chloe Herron Piers Hilton-Turvey Ellie Howard Edward John Emma Keeley Matthew Key
Physical Education Physical Education Drama Science BTEC Science GCSE English Food Technology Physical Education History Physical Education
Half Colours Half Colours Progress Effort Effort Progress Effort Half Colours Effort Half Colours
William Key Katie Lockett
Physical Education Biology
Half Colours Effort
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2013 Progress and Effort Awards—Year 9 Continued Katie Lockett
Psychology
Progress
Thomas Maiden Matthew Makranczy Emily Malin Emily Malin
Physical Education Physical Education Foundation Learning Tier Physical Education
Half Colours Half Colours Progress Half Colours
Zoe Malin Daniel McDermott Connor Mooney Connor Mooney Eden Openshaw Eden Openshaw Eden Openshaw Ross Page Chloe Panting Shannon Patrick Shannon Patrick Shannon Patrick Lucy Preece Lucy Preece David Prince Joshua Proctor
Physical Education Photography French Mathematics Physical Education Religious Education Music Physical Education Dance Dance Food Technology Textiles ICT Media Studies Religious Education Catering
Half Colours Effort Progress Effort Half Colours Effort Progress Half Colours Progress Effort Progress Progress Progress Effort Progress Progress
Sebastian Reed Sebastian Reed Glyn Riley-Harrison Jessica Sheridan Michael Shuker Jacob Styler Lewis Styles Claudia Taylor Samuel Taylor Samuel Taylor Samuel Taylor Daniel Thomas Sophie Tothill Sophie Tothill Sophie Tothill Imogen Watterson
ASDAN Photography Drama History Science BTEC Media Studies Physics Physical Education Chemistry English German BTEC Performing Arts Art Biology French Mathematics
Effort Progress Effort Progress Progress Progress Progress Half Colours Effort Effort Progress Effort Effort Progress Effort Progress
Pheobe Watts Lachlan Werner Faith Williams Daniel Wilson Lewis Wood Benjamin Young
Catering BTEC Performing Arts German Resitant Materials Chemistry Creative Crafts
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2013 Progress and Effort Awards—Year 10 Shafi Ahmed
English
Progress
Belinda Bailey Charles Beesley Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley Oliver Biddle Holly Bradshaw Peter Brown Jordan Bushell
French Physical Education Physical Education Rock School Geography Media Studies Dance First Skills
Effort Full Colours Half Colours Progress Progress Progress Effort Progress
Joshua Butcher Joshua Butcher Martha Cambridge Jade Clarke Jessica Collins Jessica Collins
First Skills Resistant Materials Religious Education Mathematics Food Technology Business Studies
Effort Progress Effort Effort Progress Effort
Leah Collins Ana Costa-Martins
ASDAN BTEC Performing Arts
Effort Effort
Ashley Cracroft Ashley Cracroft
Physical Education Physical Education
Effort Half Colours
Kirsty Craven Adam Davies Georgina Donowho Georgina Donowho Joanna Edwards Lucia Fanelli
Art Science BTEC Physics Psychology Science GCSE Media Studies
Effort Progress Progress Progress Progress Effort
Jamie Field Joseph Flanaghan
Creative Crafts Resistant Materials
Progress Effort
Luke Ford Luke Ford Luke Ford Natasha Forsyth
Rock School Physical Education Spanish English
Effort Half Colours Progress Effort
Cameron Goode Amy Graver Amy Graver Samuel Green Joshua Guest Elizabeth Guinivan Kaitlin Hall Samantha Hampton Lydia Hands
History ICT Photography Physical Education Physical Education Psychology German Science BTEC Catering
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2013 Progress and Effort Awards—Year 10 Continued Harriet Hathaway William Henshall Casey Homer Aaron Hudspith Aqsa Khan Harry King Aleksandra Kwiecinska Aleksandra Kwiecinska Aleksandra Kwiecinska Eleanor Lee Eleanor Lee Benjamin Lewis Chloe Matthews Luanne May Mercer Wilson Erinn Melville Erinn Melville Bethanie Minton Harriet Pickering Daniel Price Georgia Robinson Bethany Russell Laura Salt Josie Samuels Matthew Sowden James Stilgoe Jessica Stone Emily Studholme Emily Studholme Jessica Tobin Kayla Todhunter Charlie Tomlinson Charlie Tomlinson Naimee Tudge Naimee Tudge Abigail Underwood Benjamin Warr Matthew Watkins Jonathon Worrall Ellie Worthington
Health and Social Care Physical Education Physics History Work Skills Physical Education Art BTEC Performing Arts Physical Education French Music ASDAN Chemistry Spanish Biology Music Catering Physical Education German Food Technology Photography Health and Social Care Dance Physical Education Physical Education Work Skills ICT Physical Education Religious Education Science GCSE Physical Education Physical Education Biology Chemistry Physical Education Mathematics Business Studies Creative Crafts Geography
Progress Full Colours Effort Progress Progress Full Colours Progress Progress Progress Progress Effort Progress Effort Effort Progress Progress Progress Effort Progress Effort Progress Effort Progress Full Colours Half Colours Effort Progress Full Colours Progress Effort Half Colours Progress Effort Progress Full Colours Progress Progress Effort Effort
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Tutor Group and Community Awards—Duckworth
Tutor Group Winners Connor King Millie Gaffey Thomas Bentley Pheobe Watts Candy Drinkwater Steven Day Harry Fuller Bradley Long Christopher Green Luke Ford Jessica Sheridan Elisha Martucci Leah Kainey Kirsty Craven Harry Kendall Jordan Lee Harris Claudio Almeida Aisha Shabir Hannah Finn Mustafa Shoaib Cameron Hobbins Jessica Collins William Garrad Ewan Cheyne
D002 D002 D002 D003 D003 D003 D004 D004 D004 D005 D005 D005 D006 D006 D006 D007 D007 D007 D008 D008 D008 D009 D009 D009
Community Winners Martha Dunster Eleanor Lee Emily Studholme Millie Gaffey
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Tutor Group and Community Awards窶認earnley
Tutor Group Winners Ellen Bannister Ellen Brayford Alex McLaughlin Carl Forsyth William Simmons Katie Lockett Jessica Tobin Ellie May Monk Shafi Ahmed Anthony Edwards Connor Mooney
F001 F001 F001 F002 F002 F002 F003 F003 F003 F004 F004
Alexander Lawrence Lucy Preece
F004 F005
Elliot Kainey Nathan Stanton
F005 F005
Charlotte Fletcher Jade Clarke Michael Shuker Samuel Green Elishah Olatunde Hannah Jones
F006 F006 D006 F007 F007 F007
Sophie Key Edward John
F008 F008
Samuel Taylor Georgia Robinson
F008 F009
Katy Morris Oscar Taylor
F009 F009
Jazmine-Lilly Oneill Sophie Klobcar Daniel Jones
F010 F010 F010
Community Winners Bethany Russell Fortune Austin-Ricketts William Collins
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Tutor Group and Community Awards—Perrins
Tutor Group Winners Matthew Key
P001
Jake Flanigan Benjamin Bluck Jordana Cholmondeley Tabitha Tingle Chloe Jones-Joyner Jemima Briscombe Zeeshan Ali Jamie Williams Lucy Price Helainna-Jean Presley
P001 P001 P002 P002 P002 P003 P003 P003 P004 P004
Katerina Webb James Lavell Benjamin Collett Joshua Guest Jessica Key Samantha Busmane
P004 P005 P005 P005 P006 P006
Benjamin Bridge Steven Jones Glyn Reilly-Harrison Samuel Savage Oliver Parker Hannah Matthews
P006 P007 P007 P007 P008 P008
Benjamin Williams Abigail Underwood
P008 P009
Lydia Hand Georgina Dutfield
P009 P009
Samuel Lewington Hafsah Muminah Elizabeth Terry
P010 P010 P010
Community Winners Craig Strachan Lydia Hand Jessica Key
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Tutor Group and Community Awards窶認earnley
Tutor Group Winners Martha Cambridge
T001
Jordan Fortey Jessica Kenyon Lucy Bluck David Hill Lauren Glover Kerry Williams Abbie Hawker Naimee Tudge William Haughtey Katie Hawkins
T001 T001 T002 T002 T002 T003 T003 T003 T004 T004
Jakob Terry Humaira Khan Ella Healey Chloe Cadwallader Shakara Smith Bryn Myers
T005 T005 T005 T006 T006 T006
Chloe Leith Jonathon Worrall Alex MacPherson James Woods Jaydon May Sophie Tothill
T007 T007 T007 T008 T008 T008
Jessica Snape Rebecca Lee
T009 T009
Danielle Reeves Eden Openshaw
T009 T010
Imogen Fraser-Clark Chloe Panting
T010 T010
Community Winners Katie Leary Frederick Lockett William Haughtey
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Lizzie Laser ‘Blog’ One feels so much better than last time one ‘blogged’; my computer died and systematically deleted one’s driver. That certainly was a ‘horrendum hebdomadam’; but having had a good clean and a service at the beginning of the month, one feels refreshed and raring to go. The Cranham Project had been put on the back burner for a while due to students being on study leave, and taking examinations. Two students however, found time to catch up, and spent a few hours continuing their and other students’ projects. Becky and Liam really pushed on and completed their ‘Sums 4 you’ project. Students can use engraved tiles to create their own sums – in English and French.
Precise mathematics was called for as the back board was marked out prior to drilling the holes to take the pegs. The tiles were designed and laser cut to fit over the pegs. It was decided to colour code the tiles; red for odd numbers, green for even, and black for the formula tiles. A storage box with the Cranham logo was designed to house the tiles. The result is a neat, user friendly game that can easily be set up and stored.
The snakes and ladders game came to life once our friends at Mazak kindly laser cut 100 steel tiles for us, and we had them powder-coated green and red. Fastening so many tiles to the backing board proved a little difficult ensuring the four tiles with rounded corners were positioned correctly, and the spacing was even around the whole board. Once attached the board looks impressive, but is very heavy. Snakes and ladders were drawn on 2D Design, and laser cut out of acrylic. Magnetic strip was cut and fixed to the parts, enabling students to create their own game. Magnetic counters complete the activity.
A hoop-la scoring game is close to completion, and once finished, one hopes to invite Mr. Morgan, the Head from Cranham, to view the finished games prior to organising their fitting to the activity wall. One hopes to invite Mazak and the local press to the inauguration of said games. This will be ‘vere superbus momento’ for students and staff alike both at Cranham, and at Bishop Perowne.
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Lizzie Laser ‘Blog’ Almost at the end of term and one has been working hard producing signage for school, leaving presents, ‘Keep Calm’ Coasters, rulers and products for Arts Week. One must shares one’s news with everyone; contain oneself one can no longer do… “One is expecting twins” Indeed; Royal additions are soon to be welcomed into Bishop Perowne in the form of two three dimensional printers. These printers ‘lay down’ a model in ABS plastic of a students work. This can be a simple hinge for a cabinet, to an ornate handle to attach to a drawer. One’s first commission is to produce a case for an IPhone 5.
These additions to the school will also further establish the GCSE engineering qualification one is planning with Mazak Engineering. “One is also expecting another addition” To complement the Design & Technology department, a new Gel Sublimation printer and heat press will soon be delivered. The Gel system supersedes the old ‘bulk ink’ system of sublimation. Special ink, when heated turns into a gas, which then transfers to most mediums impregnating it with the design. The old system if not used on a weekly basis resulted in clogged inks; the new Gel system overcomes this and is – touch wood – trouble-free. This means that students can design their own patterns for a dress for instance, and use the same design to create ‘accessories’ or to carry the theme through a range of products in wood for example. One has been pushed to one’s limit to design, laser-cut, and assemble a 1200 mm square ‘Connect 4’ game for the mathematics department. When agreeing to the task one thought it would be a simple commission. Cut a few holes in some wood, make a stand and some discs and ‘Bob’ is one’s uncle. No. To obtain the right sized hole and disc so that when discs where stacked they were in line and matched the holes. But, being Design and Technology, and conforming to the, ‘user and purpose’ concept of everything, one can rejoice in the fact that one game is assembled and in full working order.
These garden sized games could be offered to other schools, personalised with school logos. This one, one has created as a wall mounted version for Cranham Primary School, as part of the commission one accepted to games to fill an activity wall in their playground. Rather than the ‘normal’ 6 x 7 format game, ours are 8 x 7 and much more fun.
Back to one’s twins; one needs to name them prior to their installation. They could be the first two names of the Royal baby, due at anytime (at time of blogging) Or; please think about names and let Ms J Farr and Dave T have your ideas.
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Term Dates 2013—2014 AUTUMN TERM 2013 TERM STARTS
Wednesday, 4th September 2013
HALF TERM
Monday, 28th October – Friday, 1st November 2013
TERM ENDS
Friday, 20th December 2013
SPRING TERM 2014 TERM STARTS
Tuesday, 7th January 2014
HALF TERM
Monday, 17th February – Friday, 21st February 2014
TERM ENDS
Friday, 11th April 2014
SUMMER TERM 2014 TERM STARTS
Tuesday, 29th April 2014
HALF TERM
Monday, 26th May – Friday, 30th May 2014
TERM ENDS
Friday, 18th July 2014
Good Friday
Friday, 18th April 2014
Easter Monday
Monday, 21st April 2014
May Day
Monday, 5th May 2014
Spring Bank Holiday
Monday, 26th May 2014
Teacher Education Days Monday, 2nd September 2013 Tuesday, 3rd September 2013 Friday, 25th October 2013 Monday, 6th January 20014 Monday, 28th April 2014
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Prom 2013
More pictures will follow in the Worcester News and on our website—www.bishopperowne.co.uk
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Sports News Learning through sport On Tuesday the 4th of June year 7 where given the opportunity to go to the University of Worcester to take part in a range of different types of sport. In the morning each individual pupil was given a different sport. My sports where cricket and hockey. In cricket we started with a warm up and then a relay then we finished with a match which everyone enjoyed. After a quick break we went to play hockey. We where taught how to hold the stick then given a dribbling exercise then continued on that but with passing involved. We then where taught how to do a long range pass then continued with a boys vs. boys and girls vs. girls game. Other students experienced boxing, zumba, rhythmic gymnastics, netball, rugby, cricket, basketball, and lacrosse. These were all run by coaches from Worcester Clubs. Then we walked down to the new Worcester Areana stadium which was impressive. We were encouraged to try out some other sports. We had a mass warm up led by Worcester Wolves then my group tried some agility activities, like running through a ladder we then we had a challenge to make the 2014 logo for Learning through Sport. In our teams we then started to play a game called curling. After that we did a game of Wheel Chair Basketball which was a fun and enjoyable sport. We finished this amazing day by receiving a quick cricket set. On behalf of the Bishop Perowne students we thank all the teachers and University students for giving us this fun experience. Sam Dobson and Will Haughty
Sophie’s on Track for Success All at Bishop Perowne are very proud of Sophie Tothill's achievements winning a silver medal for coming second in the 1500m at the Worcester Schools Athletics Meeting. This meant that she progressed to represent Hereford & Worcester at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham in the Mason Trophy Inter Counties Schools Championship. She came 4th in her race with a PB (personal best) and was 12th overall.
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Sports News On Tuesday, 4th June four Year 9 pupils who do PE BTEC went to Boughton Park Tennis Club in St Johns to help run a Tennis Tournament for Primary School children. These pupils were Jordan-Lee Harris, Daniel Norcott, Zoe Malin and Megan Gardner. From 9.30am until 10.45am they trained and learnt the rules for Mini Tennis and then the Primary Schools were ready to be involved in the Tournament. The schools participating were Whittington CE Primary School, Our Lady Queen of Peace catholic Primary School, St George’s CE Primary School, St Peters Primary School and Perdiswell Primary School. Each Primary School teams was made up of four girls and four boys. The Year 9 Bishop Perowne students had to score the matches and call ‘out’ and confirm who was to serve next. At the end of the Tournament the scores were collected ready to be counted and altogether 10 matches were played. At the end the scores were counted and each school were told what the scores were and who came in which position from 1 to 5. The winning Primary school was Whittington and they go onto the County Tournament against Primary Schools from Pershore, Malvern and Kidderminster. By Megan Gardner and Zoe Malin Worcester Olympic Football Club are looking for talented players to join their under 13’s team for the season 2013/14. Worcester Olympic play in the Midland Junior Premiere League. The aim of the club is to develop players to achieve their full potential. If you want great coaching and are currently in year 7, come along for a trial training session in June. Training starts 6.30pm on Wednesdays at Bilford road training ground (opposite Nuffield Health). Please contact Kay on 07789221803
Fitness Fun Festival Claines, Northwick, St Barnabas, and St Georges Primary Schools all brought a class of reception students to take part in a fitness activity festival. Activities, which included hoola hoops, good catch, and bulls eye, were designed to improve different aspects of sports performance. Students also took part in Jumping Joey, an obstacle course and crocodile river to improve agility, cone tag and circus skills for balance with other activities to improve throwing. The little ones started off a little apprehensive but soon found their feet and by the end were really confident. They went back to their schools having had a good time and a really positive experience. It was the first opportunity for our year 7 students to put their leadership skills to the test. They were a credit to the College and great role models for the reception students. Thanks to those who led: Adam Biddle, Sam Lewington, Amelia Turberfield, Hannah Surridge, Lauren Reid, Bradley Warr, Lois Simmons, Hannah Mathews, Olivia Fraser-Clarke, Megan Done, Kerry Williams, Charlotte Fletcher, Sam Sowden, Joshua Bentley, Fortune Austin-Ricketts, Will Haughty, Harry Dickens, Kaya Jones, Leah Dimmock, Hannah Bushell, Rachel Wakefield, Sam Dobson, Harriet Hardwick, Oscar Taylor, Jordanna Cholmondeley, Tabitha Tingle, Lauren O’Hora, Will Bishop
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Sports News Summer School Games 2013 Children aged between eight and 16 took part in 11 different activities at the Summer School Games at Bromsgrove School, battling it out for the title of Worcestershire School Games Champion. Bishop Perowne provided leaders for the Change for Life station in the interactive village, which was used by the competitors to try different activities between their events. They were fortunate to be based next to Team GB archer and Olympian Alison Williamson. Leaders Running the Change 4 Life Village Pictured with Alison Williamson are Bailey Fuller, Will Garrad, Sam Hasnip, Jamie Hathaway, Mark Wilson, Ross Well, Ross Paige, Edward John, George Fuller, Juri Hayes, Megan Gardener, Zoe Malin and Claudia Taylor.
Super Sixes Golf Bishop Perowne’s Katie Dinsdale, Katie Hawkins and Sam Yeomans were among the leaders at this popular event for year seven pupils. The students represented both their school and their district, with the county divided into six districts - Redditch, North Worcestershire, Droitwich and Worcester City, South Worcestershire, Worcestershire West and Wyre Forest. The competition was closely contested with Bishops finishing strongly as runners-up just one shot behind the winners! Congratulations to team members Will Bishop, Will Haughty, Sam Dodson, Hannah Bushell, Kerry Williams, Charlotte Fletcher and Leah Dimmock.
Katie Hawkins keeping score for Will Haughty
Sports Results Students at Bishop Perowne always enjoy taking on fellow Worcester schools in the arena of sport. In recent matches, the year seven cricket team beat Blessed Edward Oldcorne, but our year ten cricketers suffered a reverse to the same school. Switching to handball, the year seven team beat Tudor Grange 20-18.
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Bishop Perowne Open Day/Open Evening—19th Sept 2013
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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 All parents/carers are reminded
‘First Call’ Every Weekday morning between 8.10 am-8.40 am A chance to meet with a member of the Senior Leadership Team without a prior appointment.
Thank you Mrs Boulter and Enjoy your Retirement Mrs Stephanie Boulter leaves us at the end of this term after over 22 years of distinguished service at Bishop Perowne. Throughout this time Mrs Boulter has been a Form Tutor, Teacher, Subject Leader for RE and Head of Year. In each of these roles she has show outstanding dedication to improving the lives of young people. She has given unselfishly of time to offer a huge range of extra curricular activities and trips. As a Form Tutor and Head of Year she has shown a deep sense of care and commitment to the individual. Many former students will testify to the fact that she has been an inspirational teacher. As Subject Leader for RE she has led the department to great success and Outstanding school inspections. We wish her well in her retirement and thank her for all that she has done.
We continue to rely on the support of our partners to make our College a success. Many thanks for all they have done to support our students and staff. Claines Church of England Primary School Northwick Manor Primary School Perdiswell Primary School St Barnabas Church of England Primary School St George’s Church of England Primary School
Merriman’s Hill Road Tel: 01905 746800 Fax: 01905 746846 Website: www.bishopperowne.co.uk Email: info@bishop-perowne.worcs.sch.uk July 2013 Headteacher: Ms Julie Farr
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 Monday, 2nd September
Teacher Education Day
Tuesday, 3rd September
Teacher Education Day
Wednesday, 4th September
Start of Term for Students—WEEK A Student Photographs
Friday, 6th September
Year 7 to Top Barn Farm
Thursday, 19th September
Open Day/Evening
Friday, 20th September
School opens at 10.00am
Wednesday, 23rd October
End of First Half Term
Monday, 28th October—Friday, 1st November—HALF TERM HOLIDAY Monday, 4th November
Start of second Half Term—WEEK A
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.