Kingsmead Technology College Winter Newsletter Year 9 student, Megan Ellis, will be competing on the 15th December 2012 for a National School Girls Amateur Boxing Association title at Cannock Chase High School. The event is also the first scouting/qualifying event for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. It is hoped Female Olympians, including Nicola Adams (first female Olympic Gold Medallist) will attend to present the medals and trophies. Megan won her first bout of the season on the 14th November 2012 against a Leigh Park ABC competitor and between the 10th and 21st of September, she was one of 12 boxers who attended a 10 day training camp in Somerville near Boston, Massachusetts whilst there she sparred with Rashida Ellis the US No 1 Light Weight Amateur Boxing Champion. Megan has passed a National Boxing Tutors course and carried out around 120 hours volunteering over the school summer holidays on a Community Safety School holiday programme. She also helped teach around 102 young people as part of the National Non-Contact Boxing Awards and took part in several community projects.
Gymnastic Gold by Caitlin Tsang 2012 has been my most successful year yet. It started off with the English Championships in March, where I earned a place in the England team for the Sainsbury's School Games. There I had a great experience, where I competed at the Excel Centre, and England won gold. I also spent a day watching athletics and swimming in the Olympic Park, which was very exciting! Later in the year, I competed in the British Championships, and I qualified for the beam final which took place two weeks later. In the beam final, I got to compete at the Echo Arena in Liverpool and it was a great chance to compete in front of a huge crowd. The atmosphere was spectacular and it was an amazing feeling to perform for so many people! Finally, my most recent competition was my first international representing Great Britain in Belgium. I spent four days there, and on the competition day, I finished first, competing against Canada, European countries and African countries. This year, I have participated in many more competitions, and gained more and more experience which will help me a achieve my goals in my gymnastics career.
Equestrian Success Kingsmead student Leah Smith celebrates her success at the prestigious Royal International Horse Show. Leah and her black fell pony Dalefoot Harry won the Ponies UK Young Rider Large Mountain and Moorland Championship, finishing top in a class of 18.
Snow Closure Procedure An assessment is made by 7.00am. If the site is considered to be unsafe or if we consider that a large number of staff will not be able to travel, arrangements are made to close the College. A message will be placed on the College website, a text sent to all parents who have notified the College of their mobile telephone number and contact is made with Heart FM radio station, and BRMB asking them to put out a notice of closure. School Closes—Friday 21st December 12:00pm School Opens—Monday 7th January 2013 at 9:50am Date for your Diary Letters for Year 9 Progress Evening will be issued on the 7th January 2013