Headteacher’s Newsletter
BISHOP VESEY’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Half Term Spring 2012 Message from the Head We ended last year forecasting that new records would be set in this Olympic Year of 2012! We are delighted to announce that we have equalled the best ever tally of Oxbridge places set back in 1988 and have set a new record for applications for the Sixth Form from students from across Birmingham and beyond. 505 prospective New Veseyans are eager to gain places for Post 16 study at BVGS . The school is in very good heart at the start of 2012 as you will see from the contents of this newsletter. We certainly expect to set further records as the year unfolds! We thank all members of the school and our many supporters who have helped to get us off to this impressive start in 2012
David Iddon Headteacher
Staff News
Eleven go to Oxbridge!
This term we welcomed on a part-time basis Mathematician Rebecca Teague. Congratulations to Art Technician Andrea Gregory who has taken on a part-time role in the Library.
Bike North Birmingham
Eight of our eleven students who are set to take up places at Oxbridge
Bike North Birmingham will be transforming local cycling in Erdington, Sutton Coldfield and the surrounding areas to 2015 and beyond, with the aim of making cycling more accessible, and of getting more people cycling more of the time. Working with schools, work places and the public, Bike North Birmingham will be creating new cycle routes and providing the support you need to get bike smart and cycle confident. Discover a world of fun, fitness and freedom... it’s as easy as riding a bike! For more information email the Bike North Birmingham Project Team at: bikenorthbirmingham@birmingham.gov.uk or look online at www.bikenorthbirmingham.org.uk
Year 7 gather at the start of the day
SchoolComms
parents can text a student’s absence to mobile number 07717989975.
l-r: Laurel Windsor, Alex Maxwell-Keys, Kim Monks, Tom Andrew, Sam Rhodes, Anna Moon, Olivia Kirkbride & Hannah Zainuddin - not pictured: Beth Denning, Mark Smyth, Molly Vaughan. What a tremendous success rate in securing offers of places at Oxford and Cambridge this year! We are delighted for our successful students but mindful that offers as high as A*A*AA at A Level will need to be achieved in the summer exams. We are also mindful that those who were not offered places are top class students who will go on to very high levels of achievement at the TOP 10 universities for which they have made application. Congratulations to all involved in this ‘equal best ever’ record!
National Honours in Sport
Signwriter Stan Whitehurst recently added many more names to the Honours Boards in Big School. We are grateful to the late Dr Nigel Cooper OV 40-47, in whose name four more boards have been dedicated, thanks to a very generous donation made through Sutton Coldfield Municipal Charities in recognition for Nigel’s tremendous work as a Chairman and a Trustee.
Year 8 students
cold but cheerful, ready for a game of football before school on 3 February at 8.30am!
Year 8 engaged in recreational cricket despite the freezing conditions!