July 2013 newsletter

Leavers’ Eucharist

Order of Service

Year 11 Awards

Ceremony

Headteacher’s

Commendations

Young Enterprise

July 2013

Newsletter July 2013

Content Page

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 17

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

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..

“It’s Arts’ Week. This year I loved being part of the Pageant Wagon and meeting Andrea, the

Dutch horse”

“The teachers talk to us about our reports”

“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 stu-

dents 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 Gover-

nors 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

College Vision

Our Vision

We seek to develop a caring Christian community in which we nurture individuals; encourage learning, creativity and endeavour; in-spire 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.

Page 2 College Community

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.

College Community Page 3

Ali Binyamin

Allies Thomas

Archdale Evans Megan

Austin-Ricketts Fortune

Barrett Imogen

Begum Ammina

Bennett Maisie

Bentley Joshua

Biddle Adam

Bishop William

Bluck Lucy

Bonnick Elodie

Bourke Louis

Brayford Ellen

Brett Aaron

Bridge Hannah

Brown Peter

Bushell Hannah

Busmane Samantha

Busmanis Adrian

Cadwallader Chloe

Cambridge Martha

Chahal Sukhraj

Cholmondeley Jordana

Chorvat Oliver

Chorvat Samuel

Clarke-Newell Anoushka

Collett Benjamin

Collins Alice

Collins Jessica

Cracroft Ashley

Cunningham Tia

Curtis Abigail

Curtis Amber

Davies James

De Sousa Manuela

Dickings Bethany

Dickings Harry

Dimmock Leah

Dinsdale Katie

Dodson Samuel

Done Megan

Donowho Georgina

Drinkwater Candy

Drinkwater Joshua

Duckworth James

Dunster Clara

Dunster Martha

Dyson Chelsea

Eastwood Sophie

Edwards Anthony

Fallon-Wilson Abbie

Ferrier Joanne

Field Jamie

Flanagan Joseph

Fletcher Charlotte

Fletcher Emma

Fowler Lauren

Fraser-Clark Imogen

Fraser-Clark Olivia

Freeth Molly

Fuller Bailey

Fuller George

Fuller Harry

Gardner Megan

Garrad William

Gilbert Brandon

Gilbert Natalie

Glover Lauren

Graver Amy

Green Christopher

Green Sam

Guru Annika

Gwilliam Charlotte

Hall Izzy

Hampton Sheridan

Handley Luke

Hardwick Harriet

Harris Jordan-Lee

Hasnip Samuel

Hathaway Jamie

Hathaway Marnie

Haughtey William

Hawker Abbie

Hawker Chloe

Hawkins Katie

Hayes Juri

Haywood Millicent

Healey Ella

Henshall William

Hodges William

Homer Casey

Howard Aston

Hudson Sarah

Hussain Aisha

Jackson Leah

Jeynes Thomas

John Edward

Johnson Daniel

Jones Addam

Jones Hannah

Jones Kaya

Jones-Joyner Chloe

Kainey Elliot

Keeling Kayleigh

Kenyon Jessica

Key Jessica

Key Matthew

Khan Aqsa

King Harry

Klobcar Sophie

Lacroix Kayleigh

Langstone Owen

Lavell James

Leary Katie

Lee Alexander

Lee Alexandra

Lee Eleanor

Lewington Samuel

Long Bradley

MacDonald Georgia

Maclachlan Aimee

Mahmood Sikander

Maiden Thomas

Makranczy Matthew

Malin Emily

Malin Zoe

Manchanda Ella

Mann Amy


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 Aaron

Matthews Hannah

May Mercer Wilson Luanne

Mayor Emily

Milton Kimberley

Mohammed Yaseen

Moore Katie

Morris Joshua

Muminah Hafsah

Muneebah Saarah

Muzira Tanaka

Newman Ellie

Norcott Daniel

O'Hora Lauren

Olatunde Ashanti

Oneill Jazmine

O'Neill Jessica

Openshaw Eden

Page Ross

Panting Chloe

Papazoglou Megan

Parker Oliver

Patrick Shannon

Pearson Hal

Pinfield Lauren

Preece Lucy

Price Leah-Mae

Price Lucy

Proctor Chloe

Pugh Stephanie

Ratcliffe Brittany

Reid Lauren

Roberts Georgina

Robinson Georgia

Robinson Jasmine

Sadler-Bury Flynn

Salt Laura

Savage Elliot

Savage Samuel

Savage Toby

Schoolar Keira

Senter Jennifer

Shuker Benjamin

Silva Lia

Simmons Louis

Smith Alisha

Smith Kieran

Smith Shakara

Sowden Sam

Stanley Spencer

Steele Bethany

Strachan Craig

Studholme Emily

Styler Jacob

Surridge Hannah

Taylor Claudia

Taylor Oscar

Thomas Daniel

Thorpe Sofia

Timbrell Cheralyne

Tingle Tabitha

Tippins Katie

Todhunter Kayla

Tomlinson Charlie

Trainer Libby

Tryner Georgia

Turberfield Amelia

Ul-Haq Istehsan

Underwood Abigail

Wainwright Emily

Wakefield Rachel

Warr Benjamin

Warr Bradley

Watkins Georgia

Watts Phoebe

Wells Ross

Whitehouse-Back Connor

Whitworth Bethany

Widdus Aimee

Williams Kerry

Willis Jacob

Wilson Mark

Wood Florence

Woodhouse Claudia

Woodward-Spalding Jack

Worrall Jonathon

Yeomans Samuel


PGCE Students Complete their training

As a trainee teacher partnership link school with the University of Worcester, Bishop Perowne has been work-

ing 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 in-

credibly hard and are now coming to the end of some very success-

ful placements at Bishop Perowne. I would like to take this oppor-

tunity 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 Univer-

sity of the West of England in Bristol.

I originally wanted to become a primary school teacher; however, after doing some work experience at a pri-mary 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 pleas-

ant 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 Universi-

ty 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.

http://www.worcester.ac.uk/

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 adven-

ture.

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 con-

stantly 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 exception-al 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 de-partment 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.


PGCE Students Complete their training


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 in-clude 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 play-grounds.

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 perfor-mance of the play itself has been updated somewhat to make it more accessible to our young audiences.

John Plant

Assistant Headteacher


Arts’ College News Continued

Arts’ Week in Photo



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.


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 receiv-

ing a certificate.

Daisy Wearing, winner Abigail Meynell, Alice Chevalier, Alice Collins, winner of

o of KS1. winner of KS2. winner of KS3. 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 15th 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!


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 celebra-

tions.

A large audience of friends and family listened to a varied

programme including a rock band, flute solos, vocal and pi-

ano 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



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.


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.


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 Chris-

tian 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 im-

portant 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. Howev-

er, 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 flow-

ers 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 be-

gan 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 chan-

deliers are made of salt and twinkle in

the light beautifully. It truly was an im-

pressive example of what people can

create. After this we took the students

out for a traditional Polish meal in a

lovely candle lit restaurant.


On day two we got up and prepared for the day ahead. On

arrival at Auschwitz there was a distinct feeling of appre-

hension. 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, chil-

dren’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 experi-

ments 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 real-

ised: 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 moral-

ly 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

History Department Trip to Auschwitz


2013 Subject Awards—Years 7 and 8

Year 7

Fortune Austin-Ricketts PSHCCE

Alice Chevalier Art

Alice Chevalier French

Jordana Cholmondeley Biology

Jordana Cholmondeley Physics

Jordana Cholmondeley Resistant Materials

Olivia Fraser-Clark Chemistry

Olivia Fraser-Clark Dance

Ameer Khan Spanish

Zoe Maiden Mathematics

Hannah Matthews Textiles

Lauren O'Hora Geography

Jack Patey Drama

Sam Sowden Physical Education

Jakob Terry Music

Rachel Wakefield English

Rachel Wakefield German

Rachel Wakefield History

Rachel Wakefield ICT

Katerina Webb Food Technology

Katerina Webb Religious Education

Kerry Williams Physical Education

Year 8

Hannah Bridge Dance

Hannah Bridge English

Hannah Bridge Religious Education

Hannah Bridge Chemistry

Georgina Clark Biology

Georgina Clark French

William Collins Textiles

Ines Costa-Martins ICT

Bethany Dickings Food Technology

Candy Drinkwater History

Harry Fuller Physical Education

Katie Leary PSHCCE

Kiera Lewis Geography

Ella Manchanda Mathematics

Hafsa Muminah Physical Education

Oliver Parker KS 3 Science Trophy

Oliver Parker Resistant Materials

Felix Reeves German

Khasiba Shujah Spanish

Craig Strachan Physics

Adina Tudoran Art

Jennifer Williams Drama

Florence Wood Music

2013 Subject Awards—Years 9 and 10


Year 9

Ewan Cheyne Geography

Ewan Cheyne Physics

Jade Cox Art

Emma Fletcher Music

Emma Fletcher Physical Education

Will Garrad Physical Education

Isabel Hall History

Katie Harrison Creative Crafts

Chloe Hawker Health and Social Care

Katie Hawkins Dance

Millicent Haywood Catering

Millicent Haywood Mathematics

Nishaa Hussain ASDAN

Humaira Khan Religious Education

Katie Lockett German

Katie Lockett Psychology

Freddie Lockett Business Studies

Georgia MacDonald Drama

Zoe Malin Foundation Learning Tier

Ellie Monk History

Connor Mooney French

Jessica Oneill Food Technology

Eden Openshaw Latin

Shannon Patrick Textiles

Sebastian Reed ICT

Molly Robinson Photography

Jessica Sheridan Biology

Jessica Sheridan English

Jessica Sheridan Science (GCSE)

Mikey Shuker Science (BTEC)

Jacob Styler Spanish

Sophie Tothill Mathematics

Daniel Wilson Resistant Materials

Mark Wilson Chemistry

Year 10

Charles Aljaradat Geography

Penny Ashmore Drama

Penny Ashmore Latin

Tom Bentley Rock School

Peter Brown Dance

Jade Clarke ICT

Martha Dunster English

Martha Dunster History

Martha Dunster Music

Paige Dutfield Science (BTEC)

Jamie Field Creative Crafts

Joe Flanigan Resistant Materials

Luke Ford Mathematics

Luke Ford Rock School

Natasha Forsyth Science (GCSE)

Natalie Gilbert Latin

Michael Gillard German

Annika Guru Work Skills

Leigh Hewitt Art

William Hodges Biology

William Hodges Chemistry

William Hodges Physics

Aaron Hudspith Business Studies

Emma Keeley French

Georgia Kelland ASDAN

Aleksandra Kwiecinska Health and Social Care

Chloe Matthews Psychology

Harriet Pickering Catering

Dan Price Latin

Greg Rock Religious Education

Sarah Sleigh Spanish

Matthew Sowden Physical Education

Glenn Strachan Photography

Abigail Underwood Physical Education

Georgia Watkins Food Technology

James Woods First Skills


2013 Progress and Effort Awards—Year 7

Zeeshan Ali Resistant Materials Progress

Fortune Austin-Ricketts Geography Effort

Fortune Austin-Ricketts ICT Effort

Fortune Austin-Ricketts Religious Education Progress

Joshua Bentley Geography Progress

William Bishop Physical Education Effort

Lucy Bluck Food Technology Progress

Lucy Bluck German Effort

Benjamin Bridge Music Progress

Benjamin Bridge Chemistry Progress

Jordan Butcher Biology Progress

Jordan Butcher Drama Effort

Jordana Cholmondeley Textiles Progress

Ines Costa-Martins Mathematics Effort

Abigail Curtis Science Effort

Clara Dunster Mathematics Progress

Charlotte Fletcher Dance Effort

Abbie Hawker Textiles Effort

Abbie Hawker Art Effort

Aston Howard Physical Education Progress

Chloe Jones Physics Effort

Hannah Jones Food Technology Effort

Harry Kendall Dance Progress

Harry Kendall French Progress

Harry Kendall Science Progress

Kayleigh Lacroix Physical Education Effort

Billy Locke Spanish Progress

Zoe Maiden German Progress

Zoe Maiden History Progress

Raul Pena French Effort

Raul Pena English Progress

Raul Pena Physics Progress

Stelliannos Porphiriou Biology Effort

Lauren Reid English Effort

Lauren Reid Resistant Materials Effort

Sam Sowden Art Progress

Hannah Surridge Drama Progress

Oscar Taylor Music Effort

Armands Vonogs Spanish Effort

Rachel Wakefield History Effort

Rachel Wakefield Physical Education Progress

Rachel Wakefield Religious Education Effort

Bethany Whitworth ICT Progress

Kerry Williams Chemistry Effort


2013 Progress and Effort Awards—Year 8 Bethany Addis Biology Progress

Andrej Aizatulin Dance Effort

Brandon Bartley Resitant Materials Progress

Hannah Bridge English Effort

Hannah Bridge History Effort

Hannah Bridge Textiles Progress

Sukhraj Chahal Chemistry Progress

Sukhraj Chahal History Progress

Sukhraj Chahal Physical Education Effort

Chloe Davies Chemistry Effort

Chloe Davies History Progress

Bethany Dickings Art Effort

Clara Dunster Textiles Effort

Holly Edwards Food Technology Progress

Harry Fuller Science Effort

Biba Gifford Spanish Progress

Natalie Howell Food Technology Effort

Kayleigh Keeling Science Progress

Owen Langstone Mathematics Effort

Deividas Laurutenas Resitant Materials Effort

Alexandra Lee Biology Effort

Alexandra Lee German Progress

Kiera Lewis Physics Effort

Katarzyna Liegmann German Effort

Emily Mayor French Progress

Katie Moore Physical Education Progress

Hafsah Muminah Physics Progress

Oliver Parker Geography Effort

Oliver Parker Religious Education Progress

Oliver Parker ICT Effort

William Parker Physical Education Progress

Nicole Pate Spanish Effort

Danielle Reeves Dance Progress

Danielle Reeves Religious Education Effort

Danielle Reeves Drama Effort

Danielle Reeves Music Effort

Jossetta Reid English Progress

Lauren Reid Mathematics Progress

Georgina Roberts Physical Education Effort

Khasiba Shujah Art Progress

Jessica Snape French Effort

Nathan Stanton Music Progress

Jennifer Williams Drama Progress

Jennifer Williams ICT Progress

Florence Wood Geography Progress



Nigat Ajmal Art Progress

Nigat Ajmal Health and Social Care Progress

Ellen Bannister Physical Education Effort

Ellen Bannister Physical Education Half Colours

Kieran Bell Geography Progress

Nathan Bird ASDAN Progress

Ewan Cheyne ICT Effort

Jade Cox Psychology Effort

Steven Day Business Studies Effort

Manuela De Sousa Physical Education Progress

Manuela De Sousa Spanish Effort

Emma Fletcher Physical Education Half Colours

Lewis Fletcher Resitant Materials Effort

Jordan Fortey Physical Education Half Colours

Imogen Fraser Clark Physics Effort

Imogen Fraser-Clark Music Effort

George Fuller Business Studies Progress

George Fuller Geography Effort

George Fuller Physical Education Half Colours

George Fuller Physical Education Progress

Megan Gardner Physical Education Half Colours

Megan Gardner Spanish Progress

William Garrad Physical Education Half Colours

Isabel Hall History Progress

Isabel Hall Science GCSE Progress

Katie Harrison Creative Crafts Progress

Katie Harrison Foundation Learning Tier Effort

Samuel Hasnip Physical Education Half Colours

Jamie Hathaway Physical Education Effort

Jamie Hathaway Physical Education Half Colours

Chloe Hawker Health and Social Care Effort

Chloe Hawker Textiles Effort

Katie Hawkins Physical Education Half Colours

Juri Hayes Physical Education Half Colours

Millicent Haywood Drama Progress

Millicent Haywood Science BTEC Effort

Chloe Herron Science GCSE Effort

Piers Hilton-Turvey English Progress

Ellie Howard Food Technology Effort

Edward John Physical Education Half Colours

Emma Keeley History Effort

Matthew Key Physical Education Half Colours

William Key Physical Education Half Colours

Katie Lockett Biology Effort


2013 Progress and Effort Awards—Year 9 Continued

Katie Lockett Psychology Progress

Thomas Maiden Physical Education Half Colours

Matthew Makranczy Physical Education Half Colours

Emily Malin Foundation Learning Tier Progress

Emily Malin Physical Education Half Colours

Zoe Malin Physical Education Half Colours

Daniel McDermott Photography Effort

Connor Mooney French Progress

Connor Mooney Mathematics Effort

Eden Openshaw Physical Education Half Colours

Eden Openshaw Religious Education Effort

Eden Openshaw Music Progress

Ross Page Physical Education Half Colours

Chloe Panting Dance Progress

Shannon Patrick Dance Effort

Shannon Patrick Food Technology Progress

Shannon Patrick Textiles Progress

Lucy Preece ICT Progress

Lucy Preece Media Studies Effort

David Prince Religious Education Progress

Joshua Proctor Catering Progress

Sebastian Reed ASDAN Effort

Sebastian Reed Photography Progress

Glyn Riley-Harrison Drama Effort

Jessica Sheridan History Progress

Michael Shuker Science BTEC Progress

Jacob Styler Media Studies Progress

Lewis Styles Physics Progress

Claudia Taylor Physical Education Half Colours

Samuel Taylor Chemistry Effort

Samuel Taylor English Effort

Samuel Taylor German Progress

Daniel Thomas BTEC Performing Arts Effort

Sophie Tothill Art Effort

Sophie Tothill Biology Progress

Sophie Tothill French Effort

Imogen Watterson Mathematics Progress

Pheobe Watts Catering Effort

Lachlan Werner BTEC Performing Arts Progress

Faith Williams German Effort

Daniel Wilson Resitant Materials Progress

Lewis Wood Chemistry Progress

Benjamin Young Creative Crafts Effort



Shafi Ahmed English Progress

Belinda Bailey French Effort

Charles Beesley Physical Education Full Colours

Thomas Bentley Physical Education Half Colours

Thomas Bentley Rock School Progress

Oliver Biddle Geography Progress

Holly Bradshaw Media Studies Progress

Peter Brown Dance Effort

Jordan Bushell First Skills Progress

Joshua Butcher First Skills Effort

Joshua Butcher Resistant Materials Progress

Martha Cambridge Religious Education Effort

Jade Clarke Mathematics Effort

Jessica Collins Food Technology Progress

Jessica Collins Business Studies Effort

Leah Collins ASDAN Effort

Ana Costa-Martins BTEC Performing Arts Effort

Ashley Cracroft Physical Education Effort

Ashley Cracroft Physical Education Half Colours

Kirsty Craven Art Effort

Adam Davies Science BTEC Progress

Georgina Donowho Physics Progress

Georgina Donowho Psychology Progress

Joanna Edwards Science GCSE Progress

Lucia Fanelli Media Studies Effort

Jamie Field Creative Crafts Progress

Joseph Flanaghan Resistant Materials Effort

Luke Ford Rock School Effort

Luke Ford Physical Education Half Colours

Luke Ford Spanish Progress

Natasha Forsyth English Effort

Cameron Goode History Effort

Amy Graver ICT Effort

Amy Graver Photography Effort

Samuel Green Physical Education Half Colours

Joshua Guest Physical Education Half Colours

Elizabeth Guinivan Psychology Effort

Kaitlin Hall German Effort

Samantha Hampton Science BTEC Effort

Lydia Hands Catering Effort


2013 Progress and Effort Awards—Year 10 Continued

Harriet Hathaway Health and Social Care Progress

William Henshall Physical Education Full Colours

Casey Homer Physics Effort

Aaron Hudspith History Progress

Aqsa Khan Work Skills Progress

Harry King Physical Education Full Colours

Aleksandra Kwiecinska Art Progress

Aleksandra Kwiecinska BTEC Performing Arts Progress

Aleksandra Kwiecinska Physical Education Progress

Eleanor Lee French Progress

Eleanor Lee Music Effort

Benjamin Lewis ASDAN Progress

Chloe Matthews Chemistry Effort

Luanne May Mercer Wilson Spanish Effort

Erinn Melville Biology Progress

Erinn Melville Music Progress

Bethanie Minton Catering Progress

Harriet Pickering Physical Education Effort

Daniel Price German Progress

Georgia Robinson Food Technology Effort

Bethany Russell Photography Progress

Laura Salt Health and Social Care Effort

Josie Samuels Dance Progress

Matthew Sowden Physical Education Full Colours

James Stilgoe Physical Education Half Colours

Jessica Stone Work Skills Effort

Emily Studholme ICT Progress

Emily Studholme Physical Education Full Colours

Jessica Tobin Religious Education Progress

Kayla Todhunter Science GCSE Effort

Charlie Tomlinson Physical Education Half Colours

Charlie Tomlinson Physical Education Progress

Naimee Tudge Biology Effort

Naimee Tudge Chemistry Progress

Abigail Underwood Physical Education Full Colours

Benjamin Warr Mathematics Progress

Matthew Watkins Business Studies Progress

Jonathon Worrall Creative Crafts Effort

Ellie Worthington Geography Effort


Tutor Group and Community Awards—Duckworth

Tutor Group Winners Connor King D002

Millie Gaffey D002

Thomas Bentley D002

Pheobe Watts D003

Candy Drinkwater D003

Steven Day D003

Harry Fuller D004

Bradley Long D004

Christopher Green D004

Luke Ford D005

Jessica Sheridan D005

Elisha Martucci D005

Leah Kainey D006

Kirsty Craven D006

Harry Kendall D006

Jordan Lee Harris D007

Claudio Almeida D007

Aisha Shabir D007

Hannah Finn D008

Mustafa Shoaib D008

Cameron Hobbins D008

Jessica Collins D009

William Garrad D009

Ewan Cheyne D009

Community Winners Martha Dunster

Eleanor Lee

Emily Studholme

Millie Gaffey


Tutor Group and Community Awards—Fearnley

Tutor Group Winners Ellen Bannister F001

Ellen Brayford F001

Alex McLaughlin F001

Carl Forsyth F002

William Simmons F002

Katie Lockett F002

Jessica Tobin F003

Ellie May Monk F003

Shafi Ahmed F003

Anthony Edwards F004

Connor Mooney F004

Alexander Lawrence F004

Lucy Preece F005

Elliot Kainey F005

Nathan Stanton F005

Charlotte Fletcher F006

Jade Clarke F006

Michael Shuker D006

Samuel Green F007

Elishah Olatunde F007

Hannah Jones F007

Sophie Key F008

Edward John F008

Samuel Taylor F008

Georgia Robinson F009

Katy Morris F009

Oscar Taylor F009

Jazmine-Lilly Oneill F010

Sophie Klobcar F010

Daniel Jones F010

Community Winners Bethany Russell

Fortune Austin-Ricketts

William Collins


Tutor Group and Community Awards—Perrins

Tutor Group Winners Matthew Key P001

Jake Flanigan P001

Benjamin Bluck P001

Jordana Cholmondeley P002

Tabitha Tingle P002

Chloe Jones-Joyner P002

Jemima Briscombe P003

Zeeshan Ali P003

Jamie Williams P003

Lucy Price P004

Helainna-Jean Presley P004

Katerina Webb P004

James Lavell P005

Benjamin Collett P005

Joshua Guest P005

Jessica Key P006

Samantha Busmane P006

Benjamin Bridge P006

Steven Jones P007

Glyn Reilly-Harrison P007

Samuel Savage P007

Oliver Parker P008

Hannah Matthews P008

Benjamin Williams P008

Abigail Underwood P009

Lydia Hand P009

Georgina Dutfield P009

Samuel Lewington P010

Hafsah Muminah P010

Elizabeth Terry P010

Community Winners Craig Strachan

Lydia Hand

Jessica Key


Tutor Group and Community Awards—Fearnley

Community Winners Katie Leary

Frederick Lockett

William Haughtey

Tutor Group Winners Martha Cambridge T001

Jordan Fortey T001

Jessica Kenyon T001

Lucy Bluck T002

David Hill T002

Lauren Glover T002

Kerry Williams T003

Abbie Hawker T003

Naimee Tudge T003

William Haughtey T004

Katie Hawkins T004

Jakob Terry T005

Humaira Khan T005

Ella Healey T005

Chloe Cadwallader T006

Shakara Smith T006

Bryn Myers T006

Chloe Leith T007

Jonathon Worrall T007

Alex MacPherson T007

James Woods T008

Jaydon May T008

Sophie Tothill T008

Jessica Snape T009

Rebecca Lee T009

Danielle Reeves T009

Eden Openshaw T010

Imogen Fraser-Clark T010

Chloe Panting T010

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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. Stu-

dents 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 drill-

ing 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 at-

tached 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 Cran-ham, 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.


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 deliv-

ered. 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 re-

sulted 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.

Lizzie Laser ‘Blog’


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


Prom 2013

More pictures will follow in the Worcester News and

on our website—www.bishopperowne.co.uk


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 en-

joyed. 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.


Sports News

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

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

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 Col-

lege 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


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 Gar-rad, 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 Worces-

tershire, Worcestershire West and Wyre For-

est.

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.


Bishop Perowne Open Day/Open Evening—19th Sept 2013


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

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 for-

mer 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.

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.

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

The King’s School, Worcester

University of Worcester

Worcester College of Technology

Worcester Sixth Form College

Yamazaki Mazak UK Limited

Merriman’s Hill Road

Tel: 01905 746800

Fax: 01905 746846

Website: www.bishopperowne.co.uk

Email: [email protected]

July 2013

Headteacher: Ms Julie Farr

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.

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

Important dates for your diary

at a glance

Documents

July 2013 newsletter