SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS

Well done to Rohit, L6, who has been selected for the Hockey England U18 Boys Squad for 2022-2023. This is a fantastic achievement!

Well done to Abigail and Katie in Year 12 who have trialled and been successful for the Staffordshire U18s County Rugby team.

Well done to Hugh for winning the Silver medal in the English National Championship 100 metre Breaststroke final.

Well done to Jibreel (10R) who was selected to represent Team England in the 47th European Wado Kai Championships. He travelled to Skopje in Macedonia on Thursday 10th November (his 15th birthday) and competed in both individual and team kata on the weekend. Jibreel was fortunate to come back with an individual kata silver medal and a bronze medal in team kata!

Well done to Guhan in 7B for winning a bronze award in the Warwickshire Junior Chess Championship. Well done to the BVGS team who came 20th in England in the Boys Senior Cross Country National Finals: 34th George 17.43 61st Ethan 18.29 97th Charlie 19.28 112th Max 19.55 118th Dylan 20.06

Well done to Sam (9W), who has been nominated as a Junior Leader for the British Judo Association. This exciting opportunity will support young judoka within judo sporting community. As a Junior Leader Sam will represent the junior members of the judo community, providing them with an opportunity to make a direct change to impact on Inclusion, Safeguarding and Wellbeing.

This year's theme was ‘One World' and our guest speaker was Mahmooda Qureshi. Her message was based on the fantastic quote:

“Become friends with people who aren't your age. Hang out with people whose first language isn't the same as yours. Get to know someone who doesn't come from your social class. This is how you see the world. This is how you grow...”

Founder's Day is a traditional event in the life of our school. On this day we celebrate the fact that John Vesey, Bishop of Exeter, and advisor to Henry VIII, founded this school in 1527. Every year we hold a multi-faith service in our local C of E parish church. This is in fact where Vesey’s tomb is located.

What an amazing first term we have had as a new PTFA committee. Being elected in October my first action as Chair was to ensure we had more core committee positions so we could ensure more could be done within the PTFA. The 6 roles were outlined in a roles & responsibilities document and roles filled at the AGM election. The new PTFA Core Committee are Sofia Fazal (Chair), Nargis Mughal (Vicechair), Raj Banje (Secretary), Naeem Arif (Communications Manager), Julia Van Loon and Dal Mistry (Co-Treasurers). Alongside the core members we encourage other parents to join us and support with events and idea building.

We had our largest ever turnout for a PTFA meeting on 5th December with 15 attendees in total, which has been very encouraging. Some initial process updates were quickly implemented including holding monthly meetings (virtual and in-person), a monthly PTFA specific newsletter (emailed to parents by the school) and a refresh on our communication processes with parents for better engagement and support.