Newsletter March 2012
March 2012
Easter Edition
Academic success that matters ‘Growing together to be the best we can’ An Easter Prayer The Lord who conquered darkness with light give peace to us. The Lord who conquered death with life give peace to us.
The Lord who conquered loneliness with life
Headteacher’s Commendations
give peace to us. May God’s love enfold us.
Worship News
Easter Eucharist Order of Service
Academy Update
Mock Trial
May His light shine upon us. May His peace surround us this Easter and Always. Amen
Content
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Our Vision
2
Headteacher’s Commendations
3
Easter Eucharist
4-11
Worship Team
12
Learning and Teaching
12
Student Council Review
13
Head Boy/Head Girl Presentations
13-14
Election for new Head 15 Boy/Head Girl 12-13 Academy Update
15
Community News
16-17
Nurture Base
18
Arts College News
19-23
Sports College News
25-29
College Menu
30
Plus much more …
May His strength uphold us.
When asked to create a motto that would sum up our ethos and purpose as a Church School, a former Head Boy/Head Girl team came up with the phrase ‘Education with Character’. They told me that they wanted to show the balance between the best academic achievement and the social, cultural, spiritual and moral growth that they felt they had experienced during their five years at Bishop Perowne. ‘Character’ also reflects our status as an Arts’ College. The wealth of successes we have celebrated during this half term are certainly effectively summed up in their motto. The results achieved by our students through early entry in the January examinations are very considerable indeed. 21% of Year 11 students have already achieved an A* or an A grade in Mathematics. The AS Mathematics results (examinations usually taken in the Sixth Form) were excellent with 100% of the students achieving an A or a B grade; special mention should be made of Sophie Tothill, a Year 8 student, who achieved an A grade. Our staff are giving unstintingly of their time to prepare Year 11 for their final examination many of which have already begun. I would ask parents/carers to contact us if they have any questions or concerns. While examinations are a real test of character, there have been so many opportunities for our students to show their strengths outside the classroom. Once again the annual ski trip was overwhelmingly successful with genuine accolades for our students. Our excellent performance in the Magistrates Junior Mock Trial Competition was concluded by our students being awarded the Magistrates Prize. We swept the board board in the Rotary and Worcester Young Photographer’s Awards; examples of the award winning photographs may be found in this newsletter. Our Sports teams have achieved much success and over 400 students participated in Sports Relief raising £311.69 for the charity. This year, 20 students (one tenth of the year group) applied for the post of Head Boy/Head Girl for 2012 – 2013. Formal written applications were followed by a one minute talk to Year 10 students. Our current Head Boy, Tom Hutt and Head Girl, Emily May considered the applications, the presentations and the Year 10 vote carefully, then shortlisted 16 students to speak to the full College on the subject of ’an event in history that has inspired me’. Two formal interviews followed, one with the Deputy Head Boys and Deputy Head Girls and one with Tom, Emily, Mrs Julia Tyler, our Lead Teaching Assistant who support Student Council and myself. Tom and Emily made their final decision, the new team will work alongside them succession planning, during the next half term before they take full responsibility in June. I look forward to working with them. Copies of their speeches have been posted on the website. I wish to applaud the work of our outgoing team who have proved themselves worthy of the position and have influenced the character of our College for the better. Our term culminated in our Easter Eucharist at which Bishop John will preside. John Bailey OBE, our Chair of Governors, is to be honoured by Bishop John. The Order of Service is included in this newsletter. At Easter we say ’good bye’ to Mr Chris Brain and Ms Tamara Warner and wish them well in the future. Our congratulations and best wishes go to Miss Helen Allport who is to be married on the 1st April. I thank everyone connected with our College and for their support in making us ‘the best we can be’ and wish everyone a happy Easter. Ms Farr—Headteacher
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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.
Karla Adams Mohammed Ahmed Nigat Ajmal Lee
Alder
Zeeshan Lily Penny Lucy Elizabeth
Ali Armer-Kirk Ashmore Avery Baldwin
Jamie-Leigh Charles Callum Aaron
Barlow Beesley Bellingham Bennett
Maisie
Bennett
Lucy Frances Jordan Liam Thomas
Berry* Bird Blake Blake Blundell*
Toby Christopher Hannah Jeremy Jemima Ryan
Bodily Brayford Bridge Briscombe Briscombe Bunton
Emily Paisley Ewan Ellie Tom
Burton Carr Cheyne Church Cleaveley
Dan Kaylee Millie Chloe Adam
Colburn Cole Collins Davies Davies
Jack Katie Jess Jack Sophie Clara
Dickinson Dinsdale Donaldson Downing Duffy Dunster*
Martha Chelsea Callam
Dunster Dyson Edwards
Ben Ike Abbie Harrison Hannah Emma
Edwards Fallon* Fallon-Wilson Fallon-Wilson Finn Fletcher
Luke Imogen Ellie William Jack Biba Natalie Kieran
Ford Fraser-Clark Gallagher Garrad Giblen Gifford Gilbert Goode
Thea Joshua Elizabeth Isabel Clare Daniel Craig Laura-Beth Jamie Joshua
Green Guest Guinivan Hall Hampton Harding Harding Hardwick Hathaway Hawes
Katie Ben William John Ieuan Joseph
Hawkins Heeks Henshall Hewitt Howells Ingles
Hasnain Thomas Dean Charlotte Elliot PhoenixWolf Michael Layton Abigail Owen Alexandra Jackson Sam Luke
Jahangir Jeynes Jones Jones Kainey* Kester King Kingston Laker* Lane Lee Lee* Lewis Lewis
Joseph Georgia Nicholas Thomas Matthew Ann Sharon Emily Oliver Jade Sophie
Long MacDonald MacPherson Maiden Makranczy Manoharan May Mayo Meakin Meakin
Matthew Amber Bethany James Jodie Emily Elliot Jessica Flora Andrew
Sowden Sparrey Steele Stevens Stilgoe Studholme* Sugars Suthard Sutherland Tansell
Erinn Kimberley Luke Jack
Melville* Milton Molloy Moore
Ben Jonathan Summer-Mae Samuel
Tansell Tayler* Taylor Taylor*
Fiona Amber Luke Josh Luke Chloe
Morris Morris Moule Nullis Obrey Panting
Joseph Daniel Imogen Jessica Kayla Ella
Terry Thomas Tingle Tobin Todhunter Tomlinson
Megan Matthew
Papazoglou Parkinson*
Jessica
Parry
Lucy Rebecca
Preece Price
Charlie Paige
Prince Pritchard
Sophie Emma Kyle Brittany
Proctor Prosser Pugh Ratcliffe*
Emily Isabella Naimee Elle James Jack Abbie Pheobe Lachlan Hannah
Tooth* Tree Tudge* Turner Turner Tustin Underwood Watts Werner Whitehouse
Danielle Josetta
Reeves Reid*
Oliver Georgina
Roberts Roberts
Jasmine Phoebe Isobel Jacob Josie Michael
Robinson* Rose Rudge Rushgrove* Samuels Schenk
Connor Jamie Jennifer Simon Daniel Mark
Whitehouse-Back Williams* Williams Williams Wilson Wilson
Mark Emily William
Shuard Shuttleworth Sowden
Nicholas Grace Hallam Georgia Florence Najeedah Ben Maryam
Wilson Withers Wood* Wood Wood* Yesmin Young Zavareheian
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Bishop Perowne Church of England College Easter Eucharist 2012
Easter Eucharist Celebrated by The Right Rev. Dr John Inge The Bishop of Worcester FRIDAY, 30th March 2012
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Bishop Perowne Church of England College Easter Eucharist 2012 AWARD FOR DEDICATED CHURCH MAN
Bishop John has announced that John Bailey is to be the second recipient of the Wulfstan Cross, an award which pays tribute to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the life of the Church in the Diocese of Worcester. The Award will be presented to John during the end-of-term Easter Eucharist at Bishop Perowne CE College on Friday 31 March, after which the school will also unveil an art gallery in his honour. John has served for 10 years as the Chair of the Diocesan Advisory Committee for the care of Church buildings (DAC), is a tour guide at the Cathedral and has been a Governor at Bishop Perowne CE College for around 20 years (serving as Chair for the last four years). Trained in the law, John has long held a passion for church buildings and architecture and has worked for the DAC both in Worcester and also in the Diocese of Leicester where he was Diocesan Secretary from 1979 - 1990. John Bailey said: “I am completely overwhelmed by this honour. I have loved every minute of the work I have done for both the Church and Bishop Perowne School and gave up my time because I enjoyed doing it! There have been too many highlights to mention, but it’s the people that I’ve worked with that have really made the work so much fun. On the DAC and at Bishop Perowne are a tremendous number of very kind people, the vast majority of who give their considerable talents for absolutely nothing. It’s been a privilege to work with them all.” Bishop John said: “John is a very worthy recipient of the Wulfstan Cross. He has made an immensely significant contribution to the life of the Diocese of Worcester and to the communities of the diocese. He is well known not only for his commitment to the welfare of others but also for his grace and godliness. We all owe him a great debt of gratitude.” Bishop Perowne Headteacher, Julie Farr, said: “John characterises all that is best at Bishop Perowne. The nephew of both Bishops Perowne, John has given unstintingly of his time and experience to our College. John is a true gentleman; with his impeccable manners, kindness and selflessness, he has been a role model to us all.” St Wulfstan lived c. 1008 - 1095. He served as Bishop of Worcester under the last two Saxon kings and the first two Norman kings. After the Norman Conquest he was responsible for the dismantling of the old Saxon cathedral and the building of a new one, of which the crypt is the main part still surviving today. He was at once venerated as a saint by the people of Worcester, though he was not formally canonized until 1203. Alongside the tomb of St Oswald, his shrine was a place of pilgrimage until the Reformation. Wulfstan found a special place in local people's affections. He took his pastoral duties very seriously, caring for the poor and preaching widely. He was famed for his healing and prophetic abilities. He even preached against the slave trade in Bristol, then part of his Diocese, and thankfully managed to end this practise for a long while.
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Bishop Perowne Church of England College Easter Eucharist 2012 Order of Service
As is traditional in many churches at the start of Holy Week, on entry, everyone is offered a palm cross which will then be blessed by Bishop John near the beginning of the Service. OPENING MUSIC: WELCOME Minister
The Lord be with you
All
And also with you
SAYING SORRY, FINDING FORGIVENESS read by Bethany Fuller, Laura Beth Hardwick, and Charlotte Jones Leader Just like the disciples you called to follow you; we fail to follow your example of faithfulness, compassion and courage on our journey through life.. ...Lord, have mercy All
Lord, have mercy
Leader As we recall your difficult journey to the cross, we are like the fickle crowd whose cheers turned to taunts of “Crucify him� when you challenged them to change their ways ...Christ, have mercy All
Christ, have mercy
Leader On the cross you illuminated the heart of darkness with hope and love but, too often, we turn our Backs on injustice and the needs of others ....Lord, have mercy All
Lord, have mercy
Bishop John then says a prayer proclaiming God's forgiveness and continues with a prayer of blessing for our palm crosses, which everyone is invited to hold up during this prayer. God our Saviour, whose son Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem as Messiah, to suffer and die, let these palms be for us signs of the victory of love over death; and grant that we who bear them may follow him in the way that leads through darkness to light and opens to us the way of new life. Amen PRAYER FOR TODAY'S THEME - The Collect Read by Hallam Wood Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; That we, to whom the incarnation of Christ thy Son Was made known by the message of an angel, May by his Passion and Cross be brought to The glory of his Resurrection, Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen
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Bishop Perowne Church of England College Easter Eucharist 2012 THE PASSION READING – MARK 15 v 16-24: Read by Shaun Duffy
The Soldiers Mock Jesus Then the soldiers led him into the courtyard of the palace (that is, the governor’s headquarters); and they called together the whole cohort. And they clothed him in a purple cloak; and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on him. And they began saluting him, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’ They struck his head with a reed, spat upon him, and knelt down in homage to him. After mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him. The Crucifixion of Jesus They compelled a passer-by, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross; it was Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus. Then they brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means the place of a skull). And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh; but he did not take it. And they crucified him, and divided his clothes among them, casting lots to decide what each should take.
Song: My song is love unknown
THE GOSPEL OF THE RESURRECTION – MARK 16 v 1-8: Read by Sophie Duffy
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another, ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?’ When they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled back. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man, dressed in a white robe, sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. But he said to them, ‘Do not be alarmed; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Look, there is the place they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him, just as he told you.’ So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.
LIGHTING OF THE EASTER CANDLE - A REFLECTION BY BISHOP JOHN
THE PRAYERS - Read by Jeremy Briscombe, Ben Carrier, Freddie Lockett and Oliver Roberts placed on the Prayer Tree – Guests will be invited to light a candle from the Easter Candle – Taizé Chant led by the College Chamber Choir
After a short explanation about the Hope Tree, read by Jeremy Briscombe; some prayers selected from those written during the recent service for Bishop’s Council, are read by Freddie Lockett, Ben Carrier and Oliver and then hung on the Hope Tree – Representatives of the St Barnabas Church of England Primary School Worship Group will also read a Hope Prayer they have specially written and then hang it up (together with a small cross made from their 2011 Christmas tree) on the Hope Tree After each section there is the following sung response: “Kindle a flame to lighten the dark and drive all fear away” Guests will be invited to write their own short Hope Prayer and to light a candle from the Easter Candle. During this time the College Chamber Choir will sing some Taizé Chants…
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Bishop Perowne Church of England College Easter Eucharist 2012
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Bishop Perowne Church of England College Easter Eucharist 2012
A word about the symbolism of the Palm Cross from the Rev’d Peter Haddleton leads into.. THE LIGHTING OF TONY BALLARD’S CANDLE Lighting of Tony Ballard’s Candle Presentation of the Wulstan Cross to Mr John Bailey OBE, Chair of Governors The Wulstan Cross is an award given annually by the Bishop of Worcester to pay tribute to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the life of the Diocese of Worcester. Mr John Bailey has done just that, doing great things for the Diocese in all sorts of ways over many years – not least as a Governor of Bishop Perowne Church of England College for around twenty years, more recently as Chair. THE PEACE After a prayer of introduction by Bishop John…, as the Christian Family, gathered here in the presence of God, we greet one another other with a handshake, exchanging the words: “Peace be with you” PREPARING THE BREAD AND WINE - The Offertory: THE COMMUNION PRAYER Bishop John:
The Lord be with you
All
And also with you
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Bishop Perowne Church of England College Easter Eucharist 2012 Bishop John:
Lift up your hearts
All
We lift them to the Lord
Bishop John:
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God
All
It is right to give thanks and praise
The Prayer continues, a reminder of things to give thanks for. Bishop John: You give us breath and speech, that with angels and archangels and all the powers of heaven, we may find a voice to sing your praise:
All:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of power and might Heaven and earth are full of your glory Hosanna in the highest.
The prayer goes on to relate the story of how Jesus shared his last meal with his friends Bishop John:
Great is this mystery of faith
All reply:
Christ has died Christ is risen Christ will come again
The prayer continues to reflect on Jesus with us now At the end those who want to make this prayer their own join in saying Amen THE LORD'S PRAYER All join in saying the "Our Father..." together THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD The bread is broken for sharing, with the following words: Minister 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
THE SHARING OF COMMUNION All are then invited to either take communion or to come forward for a Blessing (during this time we will hear music by the College Choir and other students including TaizÊ Chants) THE GOSPEL OF THE RESURRECTION: MATTHEW 28 v 19-20 Read by Piers Hilton-Turvey Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age A SHORT FINAL REFLECTION BY THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER THE BISHOP’S BLESSING
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Bishop Perowne Church of England College Easter Eucharist 2012 ’Go forth into the World’ - Ms J Farr
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 weak; Help the afflicted; Honour everyone; Love and serve the Lord, Rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Music College Worship Band
Thanks go to all who have played a part in bringing this worship together for our
End of Term Celebration
(Common Worship Text - ©The Archbishop’s Council 2006)
An Easter Prayer The Lord who conquered darkness with light give peace to us. The Lord who conquered death with life give peace to us. The Lord who conquered loneliness with life give peace to us. May God’s love enfold us. May His strength uphold us. May His light shine upon us. May His peace surround us this Easter and Always. Amen
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Bishop Perowne Church of England College Worship Team Another term been and gone and the worship team have had a whole range of new experiences. For relatively new attendees and veterans alike, the excitement of our annual trip to Polzeath awaits, as we are now planning this truly enlightening excursion. We will also be leading a service at the spiritual retreat known as the tube station, which is a great way for our worship to be shown to the wider world. The team are simultaneously working towards presenting yet another moving Eucharist, the Bishop of Worcester will preside. W e are privileged to work with such an inspiring leader, and we hope that this event will persuade more students to join our ranks and get involved. Finally, we continue to develop and expand and truths our roles within the team, and to create a better worship workforce. We hope that our ideas will be carried out to all the school, as under our new scheme some of the team will be sent to each community, to aid our community leaders in their Act of Collective Worship and add some sparkle and spice to our assemblies.
Learning and Teaching and Quality Assurance Update Lesson observations Since September 2012 148 lessons have been observed. We are delighted to be able to report that of these lessons 85% were judged to be Good or Outstanding with 30% judged as Outstanding. The judgements of our observations have been moderated and agreed by the Local Authority. Many areas of excellence were observed including pupils progress and learning, teachers planning and expertise, Interventions and support within the classroom, the teaching of reading, writing and communication. Learning and Teaching Training Sessions (Tuesday) Every Tuesday staff receive specific training relating to the development of learning and teaching. This term sessions have focused on Literacy across the curriculum. Students Learning and Teaching Group Our student learning and teaching group has helped us map the impact of planning literacy across the curriculum and reported very positive progress. Monitoring and Evaluation Senior Leadership Team links have met with subject leaders on four occasions to monitor teaching and learning and quality assurance, monitor progress toward completion of department developments plans and ensure that these reflect whole college priorities. A work scrutiny of year 10 work has taken place to identify areas of strength and areas to be improved in student work, marking and feedback.
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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Student Council Review 2011—2012 Over the past couple of weeks, Tom and I, and the deputies of our leadership team have set about appointing the Head Boy and Head Girl team for the academic year 2012-2013. The process began with all candidates filling in an application form answering questions such as “what would you seek to achieve in your year in office?” This was followed by one minute speech to year 10 on the subject “Why I want to be Head Boy/Girl.” This was followed by a student and teacher vote, which advised our decision making process. After these first two stages, sixteen candidates out of twenty were taken forward onto the next stage of the process. This decision was extremely difficult and we spend three hours deliberating. The next stage saw the candidates work together in groups to produce a three minute speech on a historical event which had inspired them, to be delivered to whole college act of collective worship. Members of the present leadership team observed this process to assess the candidate’s teamwork skills. All agree that these speeches were outstanding and gave many things to think about. The historical events chosen included the first man on the moon, the rugby world cup, Daniel in the lion’s den and the demolition of the Berlin Wall. Finally, the candidates were invited to interview with myself, Tom, Ms Farr and Mrs Tyler, to quiz them further on the motives for applying and what they would wish to achieve for themselves and others, if they were given the role. This concluded on Monday 19th March. Here is the list of the new leadership team 2012-2013: Head Boys: Hallam Wood, Jack Downing. Head Girls: Laura Beth Hardwick, Beth Fuller. Deputy Head Boys: Joseph Ingles, Johnnie Taylor, Jeremy Briscombe. Deputy Head Girls: Emma Moore, Abigail Whitehouse. Assistant Head Boys: Nathaniel Fuller, Jacob Robinson, Jack Dennehey, Cameron Bret, Shaun Duffy. Assistant Head Girls: Jade Meakin, Charlotte Jones. Congratulations to all those who applied. We are looking forward to welcoming the new team, and advising them on the year to come.
Head Boy/Head Girl Presentation to Governors Our Leadership Team Good evening everybody and thank you for inviting us to talk to you tonight. Since June of last year, Emily and I have been the Head Boy and Head Girl of Bishop Perowne. A team of 16 were appointed with 6 deputies and 8 assistants. When applying for the role, I gave 3 clear targets on what I wanted to achieve during my year in office. Once I had been named Head Boy, I was firstly delighted, but equally knew it was essential to uphold these points and ensure I stuck to my words. I feel I have done this well bringing forward and developing ideas through student council, and creating new events and systems to reach the targets I set myself. Emily also had 3 objectives for her year in office and a couple of ours overlap so only one of us will explain those particular points. My ambitions for the College during the year in office Improve and increase sporting opportunities in and out of college regardless of their ability. Involve students more in decisions being made that could affect them in any way. More trips to be available to help students to experience new and different activities and challenges.
Target 1: Improve and increase sporting opportunities in and out of college To achieve this, I have, in partnership with the head of P.E, created Olympic Days which take place at the end of each half term, leading up to the big event in the summer of this year. There are a selected couple of sports for each time and we aim to involve more students in school to participate in a wide range of sports and to work together well in teams. So far, we have held two Olympic days which have run very successfully and we are infact holding one this coming Thursday, the 29 th March where the sports on offer include Lacrosse and Archery.
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Head Boy/Head Girl Presentation to Governors Lacrosse is only just becoming available to the School because of the work of our Enterprise team which I will go into more detail about shortly. But from holding fundraising events in the team and raising money for the school in partnership with the ‘Friends’, we have been able to now order a Lacrosse set for the first time. This will hopefully mean a wide range of students who may not be interested in the conventional sports, can try out and get involved with this new and very exciting activity. Again for me, aiming to increase the opportunities available in sport in School for all students. Target 2: Involve students more in decisions being made that could affect them in any way Two mains things we have done to try and help students be able to give their ideas and suggestions to us with more ease, is to have held elections in Student Council last September to freshen up and increase the number of students attending. We have also installed form suggestion boxes into every tutor group around school. Emily has already mentioned both of these in details. Target 3: More trips to be available to help students to experience new and different activities and challenges So I was planning to introduce more trips to students to be able to experience new and different activities. However after a couple of months in the post, and realising that my idea was not so realistic or required as the trips around school are already thriving each year with great experiences both locally, and abroad – e.g. the Ski Tour in Austria and the chance to watch shows in London like the Warhorse for History and Drama students a few weeks ago. So I decided to re-evaluate my o and gave myself a new target to create new and different in-school activities so students can experience a variation in their college week, to add extra motivation and to broaden their skills. This has led to one of our most successful achievements as part of the student Leadership Team, ‘the £10 Challenge’.
Enterprise Team Our team has also set up the Schools first student enterprise team. When we officially took over last June, we had a presentation from the Friends committee on the possibility of having an Enterprise team and around 8 of our 16 in the team, including myself, were interested in forming the team. So after we were given some suggestions and helpful tips, we started to meet every Friday after school to discuss how we could raise money through various events we could either create or assist with. Our main fundraising event has been School cinema nights which we have held 3 times now. We have held them in the school theatre and have had 2 members of staff supervising each time. The films we have played are Kung Fu Panda 2, Ice Age 3 just before Christmas and then most recently Mission Impossible. Over the 3 nights, we have raised around £250. This money has gone towards new music stands as the old ones were almost unusable and we have just ordered the lacrosse set as mentioned earlier. The Enterprise team have also helped with School shows, like hairspray which was held only a few weeks ago. I organised a rota of the team where each night 2 of us would help the ‘Friends’ with the selling of refreshments and souvenirs, which generated a lot of money from the few nights it was on. We have all really enjoyed our time in the Enterprise Team and on a personal note, I have learnt a lot about how to successfully run an enterprise and to create appeal through advertisement, and also to actually plan and hold events to raise money. We will be very keen to pass the group down to the new Student Leadership Team; which we have just announced a week ago today.
Feelings on being elected I do clearly remember the afternoon where I was standing, with the other applicants around me, in reception waiting for the current Head Boys and Head Girls to announce the new team. As soon as I was named Head Boy I was on top of the world. I was so happy and proud and I just couldn’t wait to tell my family. Throughout the year and as I have settled in to the role more and more, I feel have developed and learnt many new skills – for example I’m now so much more confident speaking in public. If I was to do this a year ago I would be quite anxious, but I have actually almost been looking forward to this presentation. I have also really enjoyed myself and faced every task and responsibility head on and with a positive, practical attitude. I hope and I believe that we have achieved our targets and have left a legacy, particularly from the Enterprise Team and the ‘£10 Challenge’, Thank you.
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Electing the new Leadership Team for 2012—2013 Over the past couple of weeks, Tom and I, and the deputies of our leadership team have set about appointing the Head Boy and Head Girl team for the academic year 2012-2013. The process began with all candidates filling in an application form answering questions such as “what would you seek to achieve in your year in office?” This was followed by one minute speech to year 10 on the subject “Why I want to be Head Boy/Girl.” This was followed by a student and teacher vote, which advised our decision making process. After these first two stages, sixteen candidates out of twenty were taken forward onto the next stage of the process. This decision was extremely difficult and we spend three hours deliberating. The next stage saw the candidates work together in groups to produce a three minute speech on a historical event which had inspired them, to be delivered to whole college act of collective worship. Members of the present leadership team observed this process to assess the candidate’s teamwork skills. All agree that these speeches were outstanding and gave many things to think about. The historical events chosen included the first man on the moon, the rugby world cup, Daniel in the lion’s den and the demolition of the Berlin Wall. Finally, the candidates were invited to interview with myself, Tom, Ms Farr and Mrs Tyler, to quiz them further on the motives for applying and what they would wish to achieve for themselves and others, if they were given the role. This concluded on Monday 19th March. Here is the list of the new leadership team 2012-2013: Head Boys: Hallam Wood, Jack Downing. Head Girls: Laura Beth Hardwick, Beth Fuller. Deputy Head Boys: Joseph Ingles, Johnnie Taylor, Jeremy Briscombe. Deputy Head Girls: Emma Moore, Abigail Whitehouse. Assistant Head Boys: Nathaniel Fuller, Jacob Robinson, Jack Dennehey, Cameron Bret, Shaun Duffy. Assistant Head Girls: Jade Meakin, Charlotte Jones. Congratulations to all those who applied. We are looking forward to welcoming the new team, and advising them on the year to come.
Governors’ News Academy Update
Good progress is being made towards academy status and the College remains on target for conversion on 1 st May 2012. Consultation Meetings were held on 8th March with both staff and relevant union representative. The Board of Governors met on 15th March. At that meeting governors resolved that it was in the best interests if the College to proceed with the academy conversion and the Board of Governors gave authorisation for a sub-committee of governors to carry out a detailed review of the legal documentation involved in the academy conversion, to negotiate terms on behalf of the Board and to approve such legal documentation. The Board also resolved to authorise the Chair of Governors, the Vice-Chair of Governors and the Headteacher to execute all documentation necessary to facilitate academy conversion. Please note however that the College can still withdraw from the conversion process at any stage up until relevant legal documentation has been executed should anything unforeseen arise.
Governing Body The Governing Body is very pleased to welcome Ms Eleanor Tingle as a new Parent Governor. We are also sad to announce the resignation of Dr Gbadamosi as a Parent Governor. Dr Gbadamosi has recently accepted a position at Bournemouth University and we take this opportunity to congratulate him on his new position and to thank him for his contributions to the Governing Body over the past two years.
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Duckworth Community News Duckworth tutor groups have been involved in a number of different activities including a football challenge, cake sale, Easter treasure hunt and Dance competition. Our Community Parliament have been working very hard in organizing fund raising events for our chosen Charity, Amnesty International. We are in the process of appointing new Community Captains as we say goodbye to year 11. I would like to thank Emily Shuttleworth and William Lockett for their hard work over the last two years, they have been an inspiration to the rest of the team.
Mr S Bethel—Community Leader for Duckworth
Fearnley Community News Activities included wet sponge throwing by F5 which raised £33.60 which the tutor group wants to donate to a local charity. F8 are holding a Burst the Balloon competition to win a fiver! Money going to Lizzie Laser their Enterprise group focus. F6 opened the astro turf up to activities which raised £22 for a Nintendo Brain train game. A five-a-side football challenge raised £47 for F2. Well done to all the tutor groups that have completed activities and good luck to those still organizing and planning them.
Community Parliament The Captains and Vice Captains have been working together as a team again this term to arrange Community events and activities and for fund raising. Currently they are arranging to select a new leadership team that will take over from them this year and further build on the strong foundations they have laid so far. Tutor groups have been involved in a £10 challenge (given by Governors’), to raise money to spend within the tutor group. This was arranged by the College Leadership Team and the Community Parliament worked closely with them to engage tutor group participation. There has been a wide range of events and decisions on how to spend the money. There is also a prize for the tutor group that raises the most! Miss L Stevens—Community Leader for Fearnley
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Perrins Community News Perrins students have responded magnificently to the £10 challenge. P10 filled the min-bus with balloons and charged students to guess the total number of balloons as well as doing a sponsored silence and covering foam boards activities. Billie Jo Grogan raised a massive £16.12p for P5; in P8s Katie Wallbank made and sold cakes to teachers. P3 did a cake sale on Friday 9th March 2012 raising £29.37. Also, P9 sold pancakes; P1 conducted an Easter raffle; P7 held a guess the sweets in the jar competition and P6 made Easter boxes Mr J Laidler—Community Leader for Perrins
Tilley Community News Students and Tutors within Tilley Community have approached this challenge with positivity and enthusiasm. A range of different activities were planned and carried out such as ‘guess the number of sweets in the jar’, a raffle for Easter eggs and a sponge throwing event where several staff and students alike ended up very wet and soggy! Congratulations to T04 for raising the greatest amount of money within Tilley. T04 organised a five a side football tournament which was held for different year groups over different lunchtimes. All students who took part thoroughly enjoyed it. This activity raised £56 in total. The original £10 was used to buy some trophies to present to the winning teams. I would also like to congratulate T01 for their raffle of a HMV voucher. They produced their own raffle tickets and made £21.20. T01 have decided to donate all of their profit to a charity. I would like to thank those students who assisted with the organisation of the events within each tutor group and for the Community spirit shown on those days when activities were taking place. Miss G. Olseen - Community Leader for Tilley
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Nurture Base News This term we have been working on communication skills. We had fun playing listening games and working through problem solving exercises. We were pleased to be able to invite parents /carers in to join us for games and coffee and it was nice for everyone to get to know each other. All parents of students attending the Nurture Base have been invited to join us for a cookery session soon too. Next term we are planning some fund raising activities and we hope you will be able to support us with these. There will be letters sent later in the term. Quotes from some of our students.
I like coming to Nurture Base because it makes me feel safe. I can always come here if I have a problem. Phoenix. I enjoy coming to the Nurture Base because it helps me to learn more. Jay. In the Nurture Base I like to have my breakfast and cup of tea, I also like to use the computer to help me with my maths work. Scott I like coming to the Nurture Base I have my breakfast then I am set up for the day to help me do my work. Joe I like the Nurture Base because we play games and do lot of quizzes this helps me with my listening skills. Lee I like going to the Nurture Base because it helps me with my work, and helps me with my friendships and my feelings. Kim I have lots of support and it makes me feel safe, I like using the Nurture Base sometimes at break times to, it helps me talk about any difficulties I may have. Sophie.
We also run after school clubs for students to encourage confidence, self awareness and interacting with other students. We do activities around well being/feeling good and nail art/make up/ health and friendships.
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ARTS’ COLLEGE NEWS Dancing In The Isles with David Bintley
On Thursday 1st March twenty-nine students from Bishop Perowne College were given the opportunity to perform in front of David Bintley, Artistic Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
During a full day of workshops the students worked in partnership with Springs Dance Company to choreograph a dance piece based on the Olympic Games. Not only did students get the chance to choreograph their own dance, but they were also able to watch Springs Dance Company performing in Worcester Cathedral in the evening, following the performances by the schools in the afternoon. Performing in the Cathedral was quite an experience and the reaction of the audience was amazing. David Bintley was very impressed with our unique dance and from what he said in his speech was extremely pleased that he had come to the event.
In the evening, when Springs Dance Company performed, the Cathedral was packed with excited audience members. The show started with David Bintley himself giving a speech for forty-five minutes and he made some very interesting points about religious dancing. The company then performed their work 'The Bread of Life'. It lasted fifty minutes and really demonstrated different Christian views. The dance was based on the idea of Jesus putting out an invitation to come and share. Their performance was really captivating and portrayed through excellent dance skills.
Boys Dance Alliance
The Wireboyz are an all boy dance group. The group have the opportunity to be part of the Boys Dance Alliance project linked with Olympiad and Worcestershire Arts Education .They will receive 7 sessions with a dancer/choreographer and film maker to create a dance film. This film will be shown within the county and in Birmingham and has the potential to be shown in the Olympic stadium itself. The project will run on dates in February and March.
Community Print Making Workshops The Art Department will be running three community workshops in printmaking and hopefully ceramics. These style of workshops have been run in the past, offered to students, parents/carers and members of the community, which have proved a tremendous success. Bishop Perowne now has its own unique gallery space for exhibiting art and this would be used to exhibit the results of the workshops. Dates and times for the workshops to be announced.
Boys Singing A series of sessions will soon be offered to develop boys singing within the College. A male choral leader will be brought into College for a set number of sessions to establish a male choir inviting students from all year groups. New Links With Regency High School The Performing Arts Department are forging links with Regency High School in Worcester in order to build a creative relationship between staff and students of both our schools. Planning meetings and workshops have already begun and projects planned include:
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Combining the choirs of both schools for musical sessions.
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Arts’ College News continued ………... Worcester Rotary Club
Amber Sparrey Year 11, and Max Willcock Year 10 – were winners of the Worcester Rotary Photography Competition in Worcester for the senior age group. Leah Kainey and Glenn Strachan both in Year 9 were winners of the Worcester Rotary Photography Competition in Worcester for the intermediate age group and were all entered for the district competition. At this stage, Leah and Max were both awarded silver certificates – well done to all that took part.
By Amber Sparrey Year 11
Worcestershire Young Photographers Awards 2012
Bishop Perowne had ten finalists in the Worcestershire Young Photographers Awards 2012. They mony on Wednesday 14th March. The students are:
Max Willcock
Year 10
Amber Drew Sparrey
Year 11
Gabriel Dent
Year 11
Martha Dunning
Year 10
Chloe Dorril
Year 11
Amy Graver
Year 9
Jenny Senter
Year 9
Millie Fearns
Year 9
Glenn Strachan
Year 9
Emily Studholme
Year 9
attended the final awards cere-
By Max Willcock Year 10
490 images were entered for the competition from 32 schools. These were then shortlisted down to the top 50 images, and the photographers invited to the awards evening. 12 of the top 50 images were by the students named above, both Amber and Gabriel having 2 entries chosen. On the evening, Jennifer Senter and Millie Fearns both received ‘Highly Recommended’ certificates for the lower secondary category, and Amy Graver was a runner up for the same category. For the upper secondary category, Gabriel Dent was also a runner up, behind Amber Drew Sparrey who won the title of Worcestershire Young Photographer for this category. It was a fantastic evening that really demonstrated how talented our Bishop Perowne students are.
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Arts’ College News continued ………...
By Glenn Strachan Year 9
‘Hands of the World’ by Amy Graver. Runner-up for the Worcestershire Young Photographers awards for the lower secondary category.
‘Harvey’ by Millie Fearns. ‘Highly recommended’ for the Worcestershire Young Photographers awards for the low-
‘Cold on the Street’ by Gabriel Dent. Runner-up for the Worcestershire Young Photographers awards for the upper secondary category.
‘Butterfly’ by Jennifer Senter. ‘Highly recommended’ for the Worcestershire Young Photographers awards for the lowBy Leah Kainey Year 9
‘Dandilion’ by Amber Drew Sparrey. Winner of the Worcestershire Young Photographers awards for the upper
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Arts’ College News continued …………... The John Bailey Art Gallery
The official opening of the new Art Gallery space will take place on 30 th March – the final day of Term.
Karen Moore, parent of two of our ex-students and professional print maker, will be running a community print making workshop on Saturday 17th March. The workshop is open to all.
Artist in Residence, Nathaniel Pitt, is in College every Monday and is working on an exhibition of flags called ‘FLAGworks2012’. The residency is supported by an educational organisation called Creativity 5x5x5.
Worcester Sixth Form Visit
Two performance groups from Worcester Sixth Form College presented work to all of our Year 8 students on Friday 9th March. Visits from the Sixth Form and the College of Technology are a regular event at and give our students an opportunity to experience the possibilities open to them in the Performing Arts after Bishop Perowne.
Afterwards a smaller group of year 8 students worked with the Sixth Form on a workshop based on themes and ideas from the performances.
Work Placements and Support Requests
The Performing Arts Department at Bishop Perowne has become increasingly recognised as a centre of excellence and has resulted in an enormous increase in the number of people and institutions applying for work placements.
Since the beginning of this year there have been more than twenty applications to the Department for one week or longer term work placements. The following are those that were accepted or have been arranged for the near future.
Jackson Gleeson - Worcester University – One day a week long term placement. Kirsty Jackson – Worcester Technical College – One Week Placement Robyn Lloyd – Worcester Technical College – One Week Placement Jasmine Hurford – Christopher Whitehead Language College – One Week Placement Heather Stewart Davies – Christopher Whitehead Language College – One Week Placement
Also the number of staff from other institutions requesting support with courses and planning of the arts curriculum has risen. Since September the following have visited College and been supported by members of the Performing Arts Staff:
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Arts’ College News continued …………... Other Links
The Department is also forging links with other institutions through involvements in projects and support work. These include: St Barnabas Primary – Involvement in Science and World Weeks. Kings College – Arts/Film inset training focusing on use of Green Screen Technology. Northwick Manor Primary – Leading workshops with years 1 & 2 on the Olympics. Swan Theatre, Worcester – possible booking for high profile performance work in Summer of 2013.
West Midlands Cultural Olympiad
Our all boys dance group, Wireboyz, danced at the launch of the West Midlands Cultural Olympiad on Tuesday 13th March at the Patrick Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome.
Wireboyz were the only dance group to perform at this prestigious event which was attended by Councillor Mike Whitby, Leader of Birmingham City Council and Ruth Mackenzie, Director of the London 2012 Festival, Jonathan Edwards, Deputy Chair of Nations and Regions for London 2012, Ros Robins, Regional Director, Arts Council England and Moira Swinbank, Chief Executive, Legacy Trust UK.
Hairspray - The Musical ‘Hairspray’ was an enormous success. The auditorium was packed for every night of the show and the many emails received from members of the audience indicated that all had thoroughly enjoyed and been immensely impressed by the performance. More than 70 students took part in the production in either a performing or technical role and all have said that it was the experience of a life time. Positive emails have been received from such people as Marcus Burton, Group Managing Director for Europe for Yamazaki Mazak UK. The cast visited three of our Primary Partner schools – Cranham, Perdiswell and Lyppard Grange and feedback at the Primary Head Teachers meeting at Bishop Perowne was extremely positive. St Barnabas and St George’s brought students to the College Theatre for a special showing of extracts from the show and a short movement and voice workshop. Quotes from some of the emails sent by members of the public include: "I felt I just had to contact you to tell you how much my family and I enjoyed the Hairspray production last night. It was obvious that such a lot of hard work was put in by the students, yourself and behind the scenes. It was great to see the cast enjoying themselves while on stage and the whole thing was AMAZING........ well done to all." "This was our first show at Bishops and we were very impressed with the professional approach not to mention the fantastic singing and dancing. This was a great nights entertainment - who needs the West End!"
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War Horse—History Trip The long bus ride was filled with happy songs and lots of excited chatter. We arrived at London and using Miss Nabi’s gps arrived at the theatre in good time. Everyone was very excited and hoping the performance would start soon. We all checked our seats and shuffled slowly into the theatre. We sat down and started trying to guess what the big white gap in the black background was. The performance started and we found out what it was. It was a projector to put the background picture in to help make it more realistic. It was a great play. The message was very powerful and I recommend it to anyone who asked about it. The play finished with many a tear from some of the people on the trip. The general atmosphere was of amazement at what had happened and how the play had folded out. On the ride home we were even louder than on the way there much to the displeasure of all the teachers who had to come in at normal times. The coach driver got us there at exactly one o’ clock in the morning and we all rushed off home with our parents.
By Freddie Lockett
Science Department News We would like to give a big welcome from the department, to Miss Ball, our new Senior Science Technician.
Information for Years 7 and 8 Year 7 – you will be studying ENERGY Year 8 – you will be studying FORCES
Psychology Exams Year 9- May 14th. AM. Papers A and B Years 10 and 11 – May 18th. AM. Papers C,D and E
Make sure you use your revision guides
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Sports Department News—Participation to reach potential Match Report—Christopher Whitehead On the 23rd February, our Under 14’s girls football team played a friendly match against Christopher Whitehead Language College. The girl’s hadn’t played any matched together this season so had to work as a team to do well. At the end of the first half, the girls were 3-0 up and off to a good start, although they conceded 2 goals in the second half, they got another and still managed a 4-2 victory, with goals from Millie Gaffey and Emily Studholme. Players: Emily Studholme, Millie Gaffey, Abbey Underwood, Lizzie Baldwin, Zaki Ali and Liz Guinivan Match Report—Tudor Grange Feeling more confident after their previous victory, the Under 14’s had another away game the week after the 29th February, against Tudor Grange. Again the girls had a good first half which ended with Bishop Perowne 4-0 up. They did let in 2 goals in the second half, but scored another and finished with a 5-2 win over Tudor Grange. Players: Emily Studholme, Abbie Fallon-Wilson, Lizzie Baldwin, abbey Underwood, Liz Gunivan, Zaki Ali and Millie Gaffey.
Ladies England vs Ireland Six Nations on Saturday 17th March The girls met on the coach at Worcester Rugby Club and took the three hour journey to Esher Park RFC in Surrey to support Tamara Taylor, community rugby coach for Worcester and the rest of the England Ladies in the last of the Six Nations games. On board the coach was Jennifer Brightmore, another England international who teaches at Haybridge High School but was injured so could not play. The girls really enjoyed themselves and was a great opportunity to watch rugby at such a high level. The final score 23 v6 was a great win for the ladies meaning they have won the Six Nations seven times in seven years. They are the only team to have not conceded a try in the whole of the Six Nations tournament, ever. At the end of the game the girls were lucky enough to go on the pitch and have their photos taken with the girls who played. A massive thank you must go to Tamara Taylor who gave us the tickets, a really enjoyable day for everyone and hopefully many more to come.
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Sports Department News continued ……... Netball Year 7 District Tournament On Monday, 12th March our Year 7 netball team went to Blessed Edwards to play in the annual Year 7 tournament. The girls played really well together as a team and showed a great positive attitude despite facing tough opposition. Unfortunately the girls lost all their games but kept their head up high and showed determination every minute.
Netball Wednesday 14th March The Years 10 and 7 netball teams went to Blessed Edwards to play Netball on Wednesday. The Year 7’s didn’t play these on Monday at the tournament as they were in a different pool, so all was to play for. After the first quarter of 7 minutes the girls were down by 4. Unfortunately the played hard and a few tactic swaps of positions meant they kept Blessed Edwards score low. The Year 10 team also faced tough opposition from Blessed Edwards who are through to the Nationals for Netball. At half time the score line was extremely close at 8v7. But in the last two quarters Blessed Edwards raised their game and took a win or 16v8. Well done to all girls who took part.
Girls Sixways 16th March The annual Sixways tournament took place on Thursday and for us it was the first year we took 3 teams which is a great opportunity showing how Rugby is becoming more popular within school. Our year 7/8 tag rugby team were one of 8 from Worcestershire and ended up coming 6th. The girls did extremely well and played hard according to Mr. Westrip their coach on the day. The year 9 tag team also played well winning one against Tudor Grange 5v1, drawing one against The Chase 2v2 and losing one against Haybridge High School. The Year 10 team entered the contact tournament and played really well considering 4 members hadn’t yet represented the school in contact rugby. Our team achieved a good win over The Chase 5v1 and another win against rivals Blessed Edwards 5v2. The final game against Woodfield proved very difficult and unfortunately we lost against these 4v1. These great results meant that the contact team achieved 2nd place and tickets to the Ladies England vs Ireland Six nations on Saturday 17 th March.
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Sports Department News continued ……. Girls Football Report
Versus King’s School, Worcester
A combined team of students from year 8 – 11 played in a full 11 side friendly match on the Astroturf against Kings.
Bishops had a very strong team who won convincingly 8 goals to nil. Abbie Laker, Emily Burton, Lauren Williams and Emily Studholme all scored great goals. The match was played in good spirit by both teams and gave the girls an opportunity to play a full game. Well done Emily Burton (Captain) Nicole Le Poidevin Shahena Sultana Abbie Laker Jordan Blake Clare Hampton Lauren Williams Jess Suthard Emily Studholme Abbie Fallon Wilson Meg Turberfield
Under 16 Tournament
We took part in an indoor tournament at Blessed Edward Oldcourne alongside Tudor Grange, Chantry Droitwich. Bishops won their first 3 games and it was all down to the last match against Droitwich to win the competition. Bishops went ahead but in towards the end of the game Droitwich scored twice in a minute, with only 15 seconds to go Emily Burton scored the equaliser, this meant we were joint winners on points.
Emily Burton (Captain), Clare Hampton, Nicole le Poidevin, Abbie Laker, Lauren Williams, Emily Studholme.
Under 13 v Christopher Whitehead
The under 13 team suffered a big defeat against a very strong and skilful team from Christopher Whitehead they were lost by 14 goals to 3. Throughout the game they never gave up and kept battling till the final whistle. Strong opponents and 6 side on an enclosed Astroturf made it difficult for them but they are determined not to be put off and were commended for their excellent attitude during the match.
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Sports Department News continued ………. Results The Year 8 rugby team had a fantastic win against Christopher Whitehead 41 -24 The boys showed a real team spirit and ran in some excellent team trys that involved many passes. We have now played 4 won 2 and lost 2. Try scorers: Kieran Smith x 3 Jamie Hathaway x 2 plus 2 conversions Will Garrad Ben Young Well done lads
Year 7 football lost 4-1 to Tudor Grange Year 7 Rugby lost to Christopher Whitehead Year 9 Rugby tournament placed 4th in their respective league behind RGS High Wycombe, Malvern and Prince Henrys Evesham Year 3 Orienteering Festival On Friday, 16th March Bishop Perowne hosted an Orienteering Festival for Year 3 children from St Barnabas, St Georges, Claines and Northwick. A total of over 150 children raced around in pairs to find as many controls as they could by using as map. The area included the field at St Barnabas, the top rugby field, along the Astroturf and onto 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 skills. Students from the Year 9 BTEC Sports group organised this event and were great ambassadors for the college. They encouraged and helped the children with the orienteering tasks taking responsibility for the warm up and getting fully involved in the event. The winners were from Northwick and the first 5 pairs back were awarded with a bookmark for their achievement. Well done to: Jack Dickenson, Liam Blake, Toby Bodily, Chris Brayford, Adam Davies, Luke Ford, Jack Giblen, Ieun Howells, Luke Moule, Luke Obrey, Mark Shuard, James Stevens, James Turner, Conor Whitehouse-Back, Callum Bellingham, Lucy Berry, Lucy Avery
Year 6 Indoor Athletics 120 children from St Barnabas, St Georges, Claines, and Northwick joined us in the Sports Hall for an afternoon of competitive athletics. Field events included foam javelin, chest throw with a weighted ball, speed bounce, vertical, long and triple-jumps. The track events were really competitive right up to the final event any school could have won. The enthusiasm of the children was was evident in their support for each other with plenty of cheering making a great atmosphere during the races. St Barnabas won the competition overall for the second year running. Our Year 10 GCSE students were a credit to the college in the way they helped and led the activities. They were praised by Gill Repton from Worcester Athletics Club for their mature way they behaved throughout. Thanks to: Kayla Todd-Hunter, Chelsea Dyson, Maisie Bennett, Emily Studholme, Matt Sowden, Abbie Underwood, Charles Beesly, Tom Jeynes, Josh Guest, Will Henshall, Josh Hawes, Tom Blundell and Joe Ingles
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Sports Department News continued …….. Sports Relief 2012 Thank you to everyone who took part in the Sports relief events on Friday. The girls ran/walked the Sports relief mile and had a lot of fun in fancy dress and various costumes. The boys participated in an 8 hour Football match which saw Real Madrid defeat Barcelona 30-18. The goal of the day was scored by Nick McPherson with an acrobatic overhead kick. The event finished off with a big penalty shoot out which saw balls flying past Mr. Westrip in goal. At present with money still to be counted we have raised over £250!! We kept the names of the goal scorers as best we could and below is a list of names of students who managed to score in the game
Brennan Cross Ashley King Cameron Tilley Cameron Thorne Oliver Kendall Dan Colburn Brandon Tilley Philly Rhys Curran Luke Molloy Ross Joyner Emily Burton Taylor Pugh Jack Dickinson Binny Ali Liam McCarthy Iuean Howells Luke Moule Kieran Storan Matthew McCransky Lewis Fletcher Jordan Gerchowitz Jake Flannigan Nick McPherson William Sowden Kyle Pugh Claudio Almeida Rio Janic William Palmer Dean Jones
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or Vegetarian cottage pie
New potatoes
or Cheese and onion pasty
Parsley potatoes , mixed vegetables
Roast chicken and stuffing
Fromage frais with shortbread finger
Beef and mushroom pie
Iced buns
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Quorn and veg tikka masala .brown rice and nan
Mixed vegetable medley
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Roasted vegetable lasagne with garlic bread
Mashed potatoes, garden peas, sliced carrots
WEEK 3 Sausage and Yorkshire pudding
Sticky toffee pudding with chocolate sauce
Creamed potatoes , Baked beans , peas
New potatoes , Sweetcorn
Roast potatoes, creamed potatoes, carrots , broccoli
Cheese and onion quiche
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Roast potatoes, parsley potatoes, broccoli florets baton carrots
Savoury vegetable slice
Tomato and cheese pasta
Quorn sausage cowboy casserole
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Roast Pork and apple sauce
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Jumbo fishfingers
WEEK2 Chicken korma , rice and nan
Jelly and ice cream
Roast potatoes, creamed potatoes , cabbage , carrots
or Cheesy omelette
Roast turkey with stuffing
WEDNESDAY
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Apple crumble with custard
Individual queen cakes
Sweetcorn, Broccoli florets
Chicken pie
TUESDAY
Spagehetti Bolognaise
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MONDAY
Garden peas , sweetcorn
Homemade cheese and tomato pizza with sautĂŠ potatoes
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Lamb meatballs in tomato sauce
Homemade cookies
Herby dice potatoes , peas , sweetcorn
Quorn sausage in a hotdog roll
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Chicken and bacon pasta bake
Iced chocolate sponge
Mixed carrots and peas
or Vegetable korma , rice and nan bread
Lasagne and garlic bread
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Chips , Baked beans , peas
Roasted vegetable pasta with garlic bread
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Breadcrumbed haddock fillet
Iced bakewell tart
Chips, spaghetti hoops, mixed vegetables
Cheese and potato whirls
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Chunky chicken bites
Flapjack
Chips, garden peas, baked beans
or Vegetable nuggets and homemade tomato sauce
Oven baked crispy cod fillet with lemon wedge
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Bishop Perowne Menu—Summer Term
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Former Bishop Perowne Head Girl, Ella Tyler climbs Mount Kilimanjaro I must start first and foremost by saying a massive thank you to all the staff at Bishop Perowne who have supported me through their generous donations by raising a huge £258 towards my cause!
This August I have taken on the huge challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro as part of University of Manchester RAG, in aid of Meningitis Research Foundation. I’m not really sure what came over me when I signed up, having never done anything like this before. I think the expressions on the faces of my friends and family, when I told them, said it all! I thought, you only live once, and it is such an incredible opportunity I’d be a fool not to seize it. I will be climbing with a group of 40 other students from Manchester University, as well as with a team of experienced guides and sherpas (imagine that for a day job). The trek will take a total of six days and, with a of summit of 5895m, Mount Kilimanjaro is the tallest free-standing mountain in the world!
Alongside the fact that this will be an enormous personal achievement, this trek is also for an amazing cause - Meningitis Research Foundation. I am funding part of the trip myself and my target of raising £2500 will include the price of flights and the expedition, with the rest of the money going straight to MRF. From the fund raising I have done so far, I have been touched and shocked by how many people’s lives have been affected by Meningitis, and the generosity they have shown for this cause. This has given me the serious reminder that the days spent shaking buckets for donations and the early morning runs (which I might be slightly lacking in motivation for!) are ultimately going to help change lives for the better.
I have reached just over the half way point of my total thanks to the combined donations from the staff mentioned above. My friend and I have also organised cake sales, sold nearly 1000 Krispy Kreme doughnuts, charity collections, club night raids (drunken students can be surprisingly generous!), and at the moment, we are in the process of organising an Easter fete to be held in Great Comberton, Pershore! If you would like to visit my online charity page for any more information, go to http://www.justgiving.com/Ella-Tyler, and wish me luck, I’m going to need it! Ella and friend on a cold and wintery Saturday in Birmingham when they managed to raise £80.00
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Mock Trial Success in the Magistrate’s Mock Trial Competition The Magistrate’s Mock Trial competition took place on Saturday 3rd March at Worcester Magistrate’s court. This is a competition based on a fictional case in which our students take on the roles of lawyers, witnesses, court staff and the defendant. The team itself is split in two to create a defense team and a prosecution team which then compete with their opposites from other schools. Each role within both teams is allocated points as such every role is important. Our team this year comprised of a mix of Year 8 and 9 students. The defense team comprised of Penny Ashmore, Natalie Gilbert, Jessica Tobin, Joseph Long and Paisley Carr. The prosecution team comprised of Michael Schenk, Elliot Sugars, Martha Dunster, Jamie Williams and Joseph Long again. The following students also took on the roles of Magistrates during the competition: Paisley, Jamie, Penny, Martha, Michael and Jessica. In the first heat our defense team competed against the prosecution team from Droitwich Spa and our students were outstanding. In particular Penny Ashmore’s performance as a defense lawyer was worthy of mention as she tore the prosecution’s witnesses statement to shreds. As a whole though, the defense team performed exceptionally well and in doing so their defendant was deemed not guilty and free to leave with a unanimous verdict. The prosecution team competed against Nunnery Wood High school in the second heat and again our students produced an impressive performance, especially Michael Schenk. Michael’s clever questioning really confused their defendant and totally discredited them and their version of events. Overall our students performed incredibly well and were fantastic ambassadors for the College. Of the two awards that were presented I am delighted to announce that the trophy for best Magistrates was awarded to Bishop Perowne and that one of our students was considered for the other, most outstanding student. This is a real accomplishment and shows how much the students have learnt throughout this process. Equally as important I know that our students really enjoyed the whole experience. Those who are still in Year 8 are really excited about the prospect of taking part again next year and those who are in Year 9 wish they were still in Year 8 so that they can take part again, so much so they want to take part next year in a coaching role for the younger students. To emphasise that point, it was Martha’s birthday on Saturday and one of the students commented on how jealous they were that they were able to spend their birthday taking part in the competition. Congratulations to all the students that took part they were a credit to themselves and to the College.
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Year 10 Workskills Volunteer Work at Wyre Forest On March 2nd 2012 two year 10 Workskills groups helped out at the Wyre Forest. One group planted 12 fruit trees in the forest. One group dug holes for a huge new wooden bench to go into. Finally the third group were responsible for painting the window frames of the museum. The students had a great time helping out and took pride in their activities. We look forward to returning to the forest and seeing how the trees have grown
Foundation Learning Tier community Garden project and Top Barn Farm The Flt group have been involved in an exciting community project in partnership with Worcester diocese. Since October we have been working in the Vicarage garden in Tolladine to transform a derelict bit of land into a thieving productive garden. The students involved have worked hard through out the winter with a team of local volunteers led by Rick and Debby Tett, who welcome us into their home each week. Over the cold winter months some of us have been clearing out trees and root stumps, while another group have been busy building a garden shed out of pallets and wood. It has been fantastic to see the first signs of some of the spring bulbs we planted in October emerging and it has been a real privilege to work with our students and the volunteers on this project, we all feel really proud of what has been achieved. Next term the work will really pick up with much planting to be done. Rick and some of the students have already started building a green house out of plastic 2 litre bottles. We are hoping that as many parents as possible will be able to join us in the garden for a party in the summer term, but you are most welcome to drop in and see the students at work any Thursday afternoon. The Flt group have spent alternate weeks at the garden and in between have been taking part in a nine week course at Top Barn Farm activity centre. This term we have undertaken a series of initiative tasks and problem solving exercises, developing important life skills. The group have climbed in driving ran, orienteering around frozen lakes, and it has been a great relief for us to at last have some warmer weather. Our final week saw all teams building a raft and launchings it on the lake. Most were very well built but some students did end up in the water! We are looking forward to next term and would like to thank everyone who has been working with our students both in the Garden and Top Barn Farm.
49% 33% 35% 33% 27% 43%
45% 24%
I know a second member of staff that I would speak to if my first choice wasn't available
Staff at the school listen if I or my child is worried about something
Staff work hard to resolve any problems we may have
Problems stop or get better when staff get involved
I know how to keep my child safe on the internet
I know what to do if my child is sent upsetting messages by email, social networking or mobile 'phone
My child has been bullied at Bishop Perowne
Strongly Agree
I know which member of staff I would speak to if my child needed help
Question
12%
43%
43%
51%
51%
53%
43%
47%
Agree
37%
4%
4%
2%
8%
2%
14%
0%
Disagree
22%
0%
0%
2%
2%
6%
4%
2%
6%
8%
8%
18%
6%
4%
6%
2%
Strongly Disagree Don’t Know
Percentage of Yes
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College Community
Safeguarding Survey Questionnaire 2012
The following chart shows the result of the Safeguarding Questionnaire that was issued to parents/carers recently. We wish to take this opportunity to thank everyone who completed the questionnaire. The information we gain from exercises such as this is invaluable to us.
College Community
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Easter Service at St Barnabas and Christ Church ST BARNABAS PALM SUNDAY 1st April
9.30am
Meet at Christ Church to process to St Barnabas
Mon 2nd Wed 4th
7.30pm
Stations of the Cross
MAUNDY THURS
7.00pm
Passover Meal followed by Eucharist
GOOD FRIDAY
10.00am
Children’s Stations of the Cross (with hot cross buns)
2.00pm
Final hour meditation
EASTER DAY
10.00am
Eucharist with renewal of Baptismal vows
8th April
6.30pm
Easter Songs of Praise
CHRIST CHURCH PALM SUNDAY 1st April
9.30am
GOOD FRIDAY
2.00pm
EASTER DAY
10.00am
Meet at Christ Church to process to St Barnabas Good Friday Service Easter Day Eucharist
We wish all members of our College and Local Community a very Happy Easter.
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Hairspray—The Photographs
College Community
Term Dates—2012—2013 AUTUMN TERM 2012 TERM STARTS
Wednesday, 5th September 2012
HALF TERM
Monday, 29th October – Friday, 2nd November 2012
TERM ENDS
Thursday, 20th December 2012
SPRING TERM 2013 TERM STARTS
Tuesday, 8th January 2013
HALF TERM
Monday, 18th February – Friday, 22nd February 2013
TERM ENDS
Thursday, 28th March 2013
SUMMER TERM 2013 TERM STARTS
Tuesday, 16th April 2013
HALF TERM
Monday, 27th May – Friday, 31st May 2013
TERM ENDS
Wednesday, 24th July 2013
Good Friday
Friday, 29th March 2013
Easter Monday
Monday, 1st April 2013
May Day
Monday, 6th May 2013
Spring Bank Holiday
Monday, 27th May 2013
Teacher Education Days Monday, 3rd September 2012 Tuesday, 4th September 2012 Friday, 26th October 2012 Monday, 7th January 2013 Monday, 15th April 2013
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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 St Barnabas Church of England Primary School St George’s Church of England Primary School Merriman’s Hill Road Worcester WR3 8LE
The King’s School, Worcester
Tel: 01905 746800 Fax: 01905 746846 Website:www.bishopperowne.co.uk Email: info@bishop-perowne.worcs.sch.uk March 2012 Headteacher: Ms Julie Farr
Worcester Sixth Form College
University of Worcester Worcester College of Technology Yamazaki Mazak UK Limited The parents and staff past and present who make up: The Friends of Bishop Perowne
Important dates for your diary at a glance 2nd April—13th April
Easter Holidays
Monday, 16th April
Teacher Education Day
Tuesday, 17th April
Start of Summer Term
Wednesday, 25th April
Year 9 Parents Consultation
Wednesday, 2nd May
Year 8 (girls) HPV vaccinations 3
Monday, 7th May
May Day—College Closed
Thursday, 10th May
Music Concert
w/c 27th May
Llanrug Educational Trip
Thursday, 31st May
Year 7 Parents Consultation
4th June—8th June
Half Term Holiday
Monday, 11th June
Start of second half Summer Term
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.