Bury Church of England High School

APRIL 2019

BURY CE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY

Bury CE High School has been a centre for sporting inclusion and excellence for many years. You can read about the most recent achievements in this edition of the Grapevine. This has been achieved despite having a sports field that is often out of action due to water logging. It is the consequence of having the school situated at the bottom of a dip. For many years we have been exploring the possibility of developing an all-weather pitch which would allow us to deliver high quality sports throughout the year despite the rain.

I am pleased to announce that the governors have approved a scheme which could see this dream become a reality. Following a generous donation by a former pupil, the governors have decided to proceed with an appeal to fund an all- weather pitch that can accommodate Rugby and Football. This pitch would be made available to the community outside of school use, thus allowing us to bless our community by encouraging exercise and healthy lifestyles. We will be looking at siting the pitch in a position that will see little or no change for our immediate neighbours but will be convenient for changing facilities for users.

We are at the early stages of the project and are looking for parents, local business and sports clubs who would be willing to support the project to get in touch with school. This is an ambitious project that will bring about significant benefits for the school and the local community so we hope that you will be able to lend us your support.

We are delighted to have recently been admitted to the community of the cross of nails as an International Cross Of Nails or ICON school. This community is centred on Coventry Cathedral and is all about reconciliation and forgiveness.

On the night of the 14 November 1940, the city of Coventry was devastated during an air raid and its Cathedral burned. Shortly afterwards, three nails from the bombed roof timbers were taken and formed into the shape of a cross. The Cross of Nails has developed into a powerful symbol of peace and reconciliation, and has inspired the development of ‘Centres ‘ of peace and reconciliation around the world. Those involved in this work look to the Cathedral as a touchstone, and the Cathedral seeks to provide assistance and support for their work. The Cathedral’s international ministry seeks to reach out to those involved and to share in the healing work of God’s kingdom throughout the world.

Bury CE High School joins many schools around the world as an ambassador for peace, forgiveness and reconciliation as it fulfils its role in the local, national and international community as a member of the Community of the Cross of Nails.

The recent school show about the Frist World War was a great success. The audiences were wowed by the pupils performances and were touched by the way the pupils honoured the lives of those who fell in that war. One member of the audience commented “What an amazing two evenings we have had watching the school production! The students have obviously worked tirelessly to give such fantastic and emotive performances in a superbly written show. They have clearly been very well mentored by the teaching staff and were supported by the backstage ‘runners’. The front of house student greeters and ticket sales team were all extremely polite and helpful and everyone involved is a real credit to Bury Church.”

The portrayal of young men going over the top to their deaths in 1916 as part of the Lancashire Fusiliers was extremely moving, as each actor as they fell, stood to attention and reported their name, age and rank. A very personal tribute to the men in the locality who fought with the Lancashire Fusiliers, including the one man represented who survived the battle and went through the war, living to a ripe old age. Credit goes to Mrs Fyfe who produced the show and to Miss Russell who wrote the majority to the script, with a nod to ‘Black Adder goes forth’! It was an emotional journey, where it was hard to know whether to laugh or cry as the tale of the war unfolded before our eyes.

We are currently welcoming two pupils from our partner school, College/Lycee Sainte Marie in Riom, France, who are involved in an immersion in English programme. They are involved with providing French conversation practice for our pupils as well as seeing how education is carried out in England. We are pleased to have them with us and trust that their placement will be mutually beneficial.

Staff and pupils have also been preparing materials to send to our partner school, St Denys School in Muree, Pakistan. Pupils have made flags on which they have put messages of encouragement which have been made into strips of bunting. These will be sent out to the school through the Diocese of Manchester and the Diocese of Lahore.

We hope to welcome some staff and pupils from the Diocese of Lahore in June. The pupils are all Christian pupils and we would like to accommodate them with families who have pupils at Bury CE High School. If you would be willing to consider hosting a pupil from Pakistan for a week or so, could you please contact school to express that you are interested is exploring this further.

Finally, our new Emmaus Centre is nearing completion. We have been converting what was the old residence on the school site into a centre that can be used for a range of purposes by both school and the community. We hope to be able to open the centre in the near future so watch this space for further details. Revd C Watson

40 ACTS OF KINDNESS

This Lent, pupils have again been completing the 40 Acts challenge. This is an opportunity for pupils to complete a selection of random acts of kindness, rather than just giving something up for Lent.

Pupils have been completing a range of challenges and reflecting on how they can give back something to the school, church and local community. This year, the 40 Acts have been given three levels; green, amber and red. Green acts are simple and spontaneous, amber acts have required a little more planning and red acts have required more of a time commitment and maybe a commitment of some money.

Year 10 pupils, Adam and Harrison explained how they had taken the opportunity to show kindness. Adam explained that, when on a shopping trip with friends, he saw an elderly person struggling to use their mobility scooter. Rather than walking by, he stopped to help them. Additionally, Harrison explained how he has been helping members of the community to access and understand the metro link system when they had encountered difficulties. There are many examples of acts of kindness both within our school community and with the wider community also. INTRODUCING TEXTILES TO YEAR 8 ART LESSONS

As Year 8 pupils are making their GCSE Option choices, the Art Department have introduced a programme of study based on the Textiles technique of Batik. The aim of this being that pupils, particularly those with an interest in Textile Design can make more of an informed choice when choosing their options. One of Mrs Manning's Art groups started off by looking at, and discussing visual characteristics in African masks. These then led onto some drawing and visual research, followed by the African technique of drawing onto fabric with melted, liquid wax, known as Batik. As the wax cools, it acts as a barrier for applying fabric dye. As you can see, 8H produced some fantastic, lively and colourful pieces of work, while at the same time learning about Art from our neighbours around the globe." Mrs Manning YEAR 11 GCSE ART AND TEXTILES EXHIBITION

Our annual Year 11 GCSE Art and Textiles Exhibition will be held on Thursday 16 May 2019 in the Art Department rooms U7 & U8. All pupils and parents are welcome to attend. YEAR 7 FOOTBALL

On Wednesday 27 March the Year 7 boys football team played against Woodhey in the quarter finals. It was a tense game up to about the second half until we scored more. Roman, Charlie, Zak, Kakrah, Pannin, Alfie D, Alfie C, Theo, George, Jake and Kyle all played in the game. Roman scored 3, Alfie D 1 and Kyle 1. The man of the match award was shared between Roman and Kakrah.

Bury CE High School won the game 5-2 and we are now through to the finals. Roman, Year 7

YEAR 8 GET TO LOOK INSIDE THE BOX! AN EPIC QUEST BEGINS!

As part of their Computer Studies & Information Mr Redmond's Dungeons and Dragons Club have Technology lessons, Year 8s have, this term, been on a quest this term to defend the small completed a unit of work learning about computer woodland town of Oakham from a sinister undead hardware. As part of this unit they were given the menace. Delving deep into the forest they have opportunity to pull apart a PC and have a look at the discovered the ruined Drake Castle and are in the different components inside. Then they tried to put process of trying to find the source of necromantic them back together. Fortunately as these were the magic that is creating a horde of zombies to old computers that would otherwise be destined for threaten Oakham and the other towns of the recycling, we don't need them to be returned in any forest. Having fought their way past the Gnoll working condition. Whilst I'm not certain I'd be guards they have now achieved second level and trusting your Year 8 child to build your next PC for have put their new skills and powers to use as you from components, I would hope they know they enter the old keep in their quest to rid the enough to help you tell your GigaHertz from your forest of evil. TeraBytes if you're buying a new family PC. PRAYER WALK

On Wednesday 1 May 2019, pupils and parents are invited to join in a prayer walk in school. This will start in the Chapel at 3.40pm and pupils and parents can join in three different levels of prayer;

Level 1: joining for a short prayer in the Chapel (3.40-3.45pm) Level 2: Joining for a short prayer in the Chapel and then going out to different departments in school to pray for those departments (3.40-4pm) Level 3: joining in a short prayer in the Chapel, visiting departments then walking around school and praying for the whole school community (3.40-4.10pm).

If you would like to participate, please email Mrs Stedman at [email protected] ALMOST GCSE TIME!

As we rapidly approach the Commissioning Service, it gave the school great pleasure to hand out the Year 11 Hoodie, the colours looked vibrant and made us all realise that we are approaching a unique and special time. Year 11 are preparing for their GCSE period and we are all currently in Lent reflecting on the positive changes that we can make through 40 Acts of Kindness. It is the final hurdle for Year 11, enjoy these special moments and prepare for the final push of effort.

“God is not interested in your art but, your heart.” ― Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

YEAR 7 NETBALL

On the 26 March, a group of girls in Year 7, Mille H (Captain), Billie, Keira P, Freya, Chloe, Ruby T, Ruby B and Maddie, went to a Netball Tournament at Bury Grammar School. In the quarter finals, we won against St Gabriel's and Parrenthorn, but lost to Bury Grammar. We were top in our division so we made it to the semi-finals. We played Woodhey and beat them 6-4. We made it to the finals and we were playing against Bury Grammar. We knew we had to step up our game, but sadly, we lost 6-4. We put up a great fight and finished overall 2nd out of 8 teams. Billie-Rose & Millie H, Year 7 MUSIC CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES

Pupils in Year 7 have been studying the use of leitmotif in film scores. Pupils composed leitmotifs for their own film character and created an underscore for a short number of film frames.

Pupils in Year 8 have been discovering works by the great composers. Pupils have played music by JS Bach, Mozart and Beethoven.

The Summer Concert will take place on Thursday 27 June and will feature performances from the concert band, jazz band, string orchestra, choir and rock band. Tickets will be available from Monday 24 June. Mr Battye THE WAR TO END ALL WARS YEAR 10 READING BUDDIES What a fabulous show! Thanks to all family members and students who came to watch any of the performances; it was Well done to the Year 10 Reading a commemoration of some of the events of The Great War Buddies who are supporting pupils in 1914-18 that deserved to be seen by more. Year 7 with their reading. These Year 10 pupils have volunteered to give up With a cast of delightful students, wonderfully supported by their form time, three mornings a week, exceptional runners and technical crew, we took the audience to support these students. Reading on a journey through the war, telling some less well known Buddies started in October and will stories, such as the role of the Girl Guides in the war and the continue until July. This is an incredi- effect of Germany’s defeat on the young Adolph Hitler, bly valuable thing to do as every year alongside more familiar stories such as the Christmas truce our Year 7 pupils make good progress and the battle of the Somme. The scenes were punctuated with their reading and develop their with fantastic singing and dancing; comedy moments were confidence and interest in reading. juxtaposed with tragedy. There were too many great moments to mention them all, but highlights included the Pub Fight to Thank you to Rachel and Ellen from End All Pub Fights, the recruitment scene, two great double 10CN, Isabella and Leah from 10EN, acts - Horatio Bottomley/Henry J Houston and the Narrators, Harrison, Rachel and Connor from the Turkey Trot, the Passchendaele dance, Blackadder and 10UN, D’arcy from 10YN, Melissa and Stephanie’s Rap. Faith from 10BN, Hannah and Raabia from 10RN Congratulations to all involved – students, staff and parents. CALLING ALL ALUMNI!

If there are former members of Bury Church of England High School in your family and they would like to be kept abreast of school developments and events, please forward contact details to the following email address:

[email protected]

Additionally, if any alumni have also served in the armed forces, we would love to hear about their service. Please contact school using the email address above.

FRENCH IMMERSION

Earlier this month, we hosted two French immersion students from our partner school in France, Collège- Lycée Sainte Marie. They came to our school to improve their English and experience what education is like in a Church of England high school in the UK. They were helping our staff and pupils, especially Year 11 pupils, with developing their French whilst at the same time improving their own language skills. They became part of our school community, participating in a number of school activities, including attending Lent Communions. Many thanks to two of our families for hosting them and making their stay very enjoyable!

FRENCH EXCHANGE

Recently, we also had a visit from our French Exchange partners who came to spend a week with us. Here is what one of our Year 9 pupils thought of it:

“The French Exchange is a great experience, which I would recommend to anyone thinking of doing it next year. My partner and I got on really well and had fun while she was here. On Wednesday that week, we went to York, where we went to a museum, then the cathedral and then had free time to shop. On Friday, we all decided to go roller-skating after school which was great because we all got to know each other. At the weekend, my French partner and I went to Blackpool Pleasure Beach, by which point we were good friends and we had a great time. It was sad when they had to go home and I can’t wait to go to France in May!” Alicia, Year 9

REVISION

The Languages Department started French and German GCSE Revision evenings and all the Year 11 pupils are invited to come to reorganise and refresh their knowledge and practice for their exams. A BUSY TERM IN MATHEMATICS

Year 11 have had two sets of mock examinations. To help them target their revision we analyse the papers on an individual level to give each pupil a personalised revision programme. Pupil voice said “It was useful to know which topics I needed to put more emphasis on, and where to access the materials.” We hope that they will be rewarded for all their hard work by good results in Summer.

Miss Mather, who joined us as Mathematics Learning Assistant in October, has been very active in her new role. She has provided support every lunchtime in the Maths ARC and has also implemented a morning intervention programme for Year 8’s who have not made expected progress. Her skills have not remained in the department as she has also supported in the school production and started a Streetdance group. We are very pleased to have her expertise. Mrs Watson TECHNOLOGY & FOOD PREPARATION & NUTRITION

It's that time of the year when all Technology Teachers are pulling their hair out and looking ashen faced. That's because it's time to collect their coursework in from the pupils! This year is particularly stressful as the new Specification for Technology is being implemented as we are the last subject in the country to move towards the new grading system of numbers instead of letters. It's new for the pupils too and we have to say, many of them have worked exceedingly hard over many months to produce a final product they are proud of. During the winter months, the workshops have been open at lunchtimes and after school nearly every day and many of the pupils have taken advantage of this to come and do some extra work on their projects and this is now paying dividends.

In Food Technology, Mrs Warburton and Miss Tatterton spent two days working with pupils on their final practical exam where pupils plan, prepare and cook a three separate, highly skilled dishes to meet a design brief. This is the second year this has taken place and the standard was exceedingly high. The corridors were filled with delicious smells and the final dishes looked too good to eat. It was very rewarding to see the pupils enjoying their food and success after all the hard work of the Food Preparation and Nutrition teachers throughout the course.

We wish all our students the very best for their forthcoming exams and hope they get the results they need on August 22nd. Mr M Wilson MEDICAL DAY

On Wednesday 6 March, myself, Olivia, Kyle, Robyn and Katie from Year 10 went to Parrenthorn High School for a Medical Day and it was a great opportunity in many ways. We learnt first aid skills and also were given tips on how to write applications for college and University. There were volunteers there who shared their experiences with us and gave us an insight into student life. Overall the day was extremely helpful and was a great success. Elizabeth, Year 10 ICELAND

This February half term 40 Year 11 students travelled to the beautiful country of Iceland to explore the south west of the country around Reykjavik and the Reykanes Peninsula. The students visited a range of stunning geographical sites including the rift valley, Gulfoss waterfall, Vik beach, a glacier and saw three famous volcanoes include Hekla. The students stayed in central Reykjavik and were able to explore the city and visited one of the local swimming pools to sample a traditional relaxing Icelandic way of life. In addition, the students visited the Blue Lagoon and had fun in the geothermal waters. The students behaviour was exemplary and they were a credit to the school. The Iceland trip is open to all GCSE geographers and we hope to go again in February 2020 with 40 more students. The department look forward to this trip. Mr Hanson EXPLORER LEADERSHIP AWARDS:

Congratulations to Kyra, Year 10, who has recently gained her Explorer Award Badges 1-8 (covering how many years she has been Scouting) and special Awards for 5 hikes, 15 nights away on expedition and Stage 4 First Aid.

Kyra diligently attends Explorers every Friday and has progressed into a Leadership role. WORLD BOOK DAY

In March, Bury CE High School took part in the annual World Book Day celebrations. The idea is that pupils of all ages come together to appreciate reading and to encourage young people to explore the pleasures of books.

As always, staff and pupils were invited to come to school dressed as their favourite book characters with prizes given to the best dressed in each year group. There were plenty of opportunities for all pupils to get involved in the celebrations. There was competition between forms to decorate their doors to represent a book, a literary themed bake sale and a Character Treasure Hunt. Pupils also had the opportunity to pick up a new read with ‘Anonymous Books’. Unwanted books were donated by staff and pupils, which were then wrapped up with a tag that gave a brief description of what the book was about. This took away ‘judging a book by its cover’ as pupils didn’t know the title or author. If pupils liked the sound of the book it was theirs to keep!

Overall, the day was a huge success and it was great to see so many pupils get involved in the different activities taking place. Miss Poff BERLIN TRIP 2019

During the February Half Term, the History Department ran their usual trip to Berlin. On Monday 18 February at 3.45am, five bleary eyed staff and forty nine excited Year 10 and 11s met at Market Street to travel to Manchester Airport. We were on the earliest flight to Berlin which meant that as we landed we still had a full day ahead of us sightseeing and exploring the beautiful city. After dropping off our luggage, we went to visit Checkpoint Charlie, the Topography of Terror, the Holocaust Memorial and the Brandenburg Gate. We checked into our hotel, had a quick tea in the hotel and then headed out for bowling. It was a very busy day and by the time we went to bed some of us had nearly been up for 24 hours!

On Tuesday, after an early morning start, we travelled by coach to the East Side Gallery. This is artwork that has been painted onto the remains of the Berlin Wall. Following lunch, we travelled to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. This was used as an experimentation camp during the Holocaust. Obviously this was a very humbling and thought provoking tour. Upon returning to the hotel, we went out to a restaurant and then went to watch an English film (I chose Bohemian Rhapsody - great film!)

On Wednesday, we were due to visit the Reichstag building but this trip was cancelled as the German government was having an important vote! We went to the Berlin Olympic Stadium, my personal favourite, and saw where the 1936 Olympic Games had been held. We got to stand in the section where Hitler delivered his propaganda messages from; it was very eerie. After lunch, we went to the Jewish Museum and the Spy Museum. After having dinner out in Berlin we returned to the hotel where pupils were given the choice of packing or shopping. (Primark was a five minute walk away from our hotel.) As you can imagine, Primark was a popular option!

We woke up on Thursday, our final day. After breakfast, packing and then returning to rooms several times for ‘lost’ items, we eventually left for the TV Tower. We climbed 100 floors, thankfully in a lift, and were able to see across the whole of Berlin. The building even swayed in the wind! We had lunch and shopping time in the Mall of Berlin. After lunch, we made our way to the final museum of the trip, the Opposition Museum. A museum dedicated to all those individuals/groups who opposed the Nazi Regime regardless of the danger they faced. We eventually arrived back home in England around midnight utterly exhausted!

I would like to thank all the staff who gave up their time to come on this trip; Miss Isherwood, Mrs Shelmerdine and Mrs McMaster. I would like to thank Mr Kanter for coming and for also planning the whole trip. Finally, a big thank you to the pupils who came. Their behaviour and attitude was exemplary.

If you take GCSE History and are in Years 8 or 9 then we hope to run this trip again in February 2021. It will be advertised some time later in the year. Mrs Martin – Head of History GRACE’S PLACE

During Lent we are realising that people may not be as fortunate as us. Circumstances may differ but we know that a little bit of love can go a long way. In 9BL we decided to help Grace’s Place, a charity funded hospice for children to bring them some joy that we take for granted. This Easter, we decided to donate Easter Eggs. Members of the form group brought in Easter Eggs as a token of their support and to spread some kindness during their hardest times.

We also had a visit from Grace’s Place in our Year 9 assembly so we could pass on our donation. Georgia, 9BL ASSOCIATION FOR PE QUALITY MARK WITH DISTINCTION

The PE Department at Bury CE High School have recently applied for the PE Quality Mark from the Association for PE or 'AFPE' who are the only PE Association in the UK. The AFPE Quality Mark involves a self-review and evaluation of the PE Department and school sport across the whole school followed by a validation visit. All aspects of PE and school sport across school are reviewed and looked at as part of the application. This PE Quality Mark is a prestigious award and one that shows the strength and quality of PE and school sport in a school.

Once the application form has been submitted alongside the validation report then the AFPE validation board meet to discuss and grade each application. Bury CE High School are delighted to announce that we have achieved the highest award possible and this was a 'PE Quality Mark with Distinction' This award is valid for 3 years and the school will now be signposted to the Department for Education as an exemplar school for PE and school sport.

Well done and many thanks to everyone who has helped in this process to get this fantastic award.

YEAR 7 AND 8 BADMINTON COMPETITION V ST GAB'S

Twenty students from Year 7 and Year 8 played some competitive Badminton games against St Gabriel’s on Thursday 28 February. Students played single games on half a court and points scored from each game were added to give a total for Bury CE High School and a total for St Gabriel's. All the students who attended really enjoyed playing for school and it was great to see some students who had not represented school before playing. The attitude of all our students was excellent and the games were played in a really good spirit.

The total scores finished at follows:

Bury CE High School: 620 Badminton points scored St Gabriel’s High School: 391 points scored

Well done to the students who played and we hope to arrange more Badminton games in future.

YEAR 8 HANDBALL FINALS

The Year 8 Boys and Girls Handball teams played St Gabriel's in a final game to decide who would go on to represent the Bury Local Authority in the Winter Games. The Winter Games took place on Tuesday 19 March and involved schools from each local borough in the Greater Manchester area. The Year 8 Boys Handball team beat St Gabriel's by 10 points to 7 points on Tuesday 5 March. It was really pleasing to witness students using the skills they had developed in PE lessons in a competitive game.

Player of the match from Bury CE High School was Adam and leading scorer from Bury CE High School was Joe with 7 goals.

Well done to all the students who played on the team.

YEAR 7 AND YEAR 8 BOYS RUGBY COMPETITION

The Year 8 Boys Rugby team played in the first round of a competition on Wednesday 6 March at Bury Rugby Club. It was great to see so many players from Year 8 wanting to play competitive Rugby Union.

Bury CE High School beat St Monica's 20 points to 5 points and then went on to beat Philips 15 points to 5 points. Players of the competition from Bury CE High School were Toby and Jake.

In the second round of games Bury CE High School entered a Year 7 and Year 8 team. The Year 7 team played their first competitive fixtures against St Monica's and won but then lost to Crompton House. The Year 7 player of the match from Bury CE High School was Theo.

The Year 8 team played St Monica's and won but then lost to Woodhey and Crompton House. Player of the matches was Issac.

YEAR 7 AND YEAR 8 BOYS RUGBY V BURY GRAMMAR

Bury CE High School took a 15 a-side team from Year 7 and a 15 a-side team from Year 8 to play Bury Grammar in a full size Rugby Union game. Both games were really close with Bury Grammar narrowly winning both games. All the students who played from Bury CE High School displayed brilliant attitudes and were a credit to the school

Player of the match from Year 8 was Adam and player of the match from Year 7 was Ryan.

YEAR 8 BOYS BASKETBALL

Bury CE High School played in a Year 8 Boys Basketball competition on Monday 11 March at Philips. Bury CE High School beat Castlebrook but then lost to a really strong team from Philips. In the decisive qualification game Bury CE High School just narrowly lost to St Gabriel's 5 points to 3 points.

Player of the match from Bury CE High School was Lewie.

AFTER SCHOOL BASKETBALL CLUB

Bury CE High School have been delighted to welcome a new Basketball Coach to work with our students. Larry Spencer used to play Basketball outside of school to an incredibly high standard in America and England. Larry played against the world famous Michael Jordan in college Basketball in America. It is a fantastic opportunity for our students to get the opportunity to work with such a fabulous Basketball player and excellent coach. Basketball Club is on every Monday after school and is open to all students in school.

YEAR 10 BOYS FOOTBALL V E-ACT ROYTON AND CROMPTON ACADEMY

The Year 10 Boys Football team played a fixture on Tuesday 12 March against E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy. The game was played away in very windy and cold conditions. Bury CE High School took an early lead through Leo but then became 3-1 down. Bury CE High School then started to make a comeback through a second goal from Bertie but eventually lost the game.

Player of the match from Bury CE High School was Kieran. YEAR 9 BOYS FOOTBALL

The Year 9 Boys Football team played in the central venue league against Broad Oak and Tottington. Bury CE High School beat Broad Oak and then drew with Tottington.

Players of the competition were Ryan and James.

In the next round of games Bury CE High School beat St Gabriel's 1-0 and also won two friendlies.

Player of the competition from this round of games was Ethan.

GIRLS NETBALL

Year 10 got through to the final of the Bury Netball Tournament and lost to Bury Grammar 10 - 4. All girls played exceptionally well.

Year 9 got through to the semi final on the Bury Netball Tournament and lost to Bury Grammar. They all represented the school fantastically.

Year 8 came 4th in the Bury Netball Tournament. The standard was really high and the students from Bury CE High School played extremely well.

Bury CE vs Parrenthorn: Year 10 won 20 -2 and Alice was the Player of the Match. Year 9 lost 16 - 14 and Abigail was the Player of the Match.

Bury CE vs Elton: Year 7 lost 7 - 5. The Players of the Match were Chloe and Milly.

Year 7 also came 2nd in the Bury Netball Tournament and lost narrowly to Bury Grammar. Player of the Tournament for Bury CE High School was Billie-Rose.

GREATER MANCHESTER SCHOOL WINTER GAMES - HANDBALL COMPETITION

On Tuesday 19 March Miss Hulme took a squad of eight Year 8 boys to represent the school at the U13’s Handball Competition in the Greater Manchester Winter School Games. The level of ability from across the borough was extremely high and the boys played some tough competitors. They showed grit and resilience and after a couple of 1-0 losses to start the day but they battled on and showed their sporting determination by picking up 2 wins and a draw to finish 7th overall in the tournament. This was a fantastic achievement. Well done to all the students who took part in this event. GMWG DANCE COMPETITION

On Tuesday 19 March a squad of eight pupils across KS3 represented the school in dance at the Greater Manchester Winter Games. The pupils where involved with a selection of workshops led by ASH Dance Company and really enjoyed their morning. In the competition the squad performed fantastically well and finished 2nd overall. They will now progress to represent Greater Manchester at the national competition against other schools from around the country. An amazing achievement, well done to all involved!

“On Tuesday 19 March 2019, my dance team and I went to a dance competition hosted by the regional school games. We worked our hardest for three weeks. All the blood, sweat and tears that were shed paid off as we came second out of 9-12 schools. Many thanks to Miss Mather for helping us during this competition!” Nathan C, Year 8 YEAR 7 BOYS BASKETBALL

The Year 7 Boys Basketball team played in a Bury Schools Competition at Philips. Bury CE High School came second in their group and played Woodhey in the 3rd and 4th play-off match. Bury CE High School beat Woodhey in this game and came 3rd overall in Bury.

Player of the competition from Bury CE High School was Kyle.

The Year 7 Boys Basketball team also played a really strong team from Canon Slade in Bolton in the Junior NBA Basketball Competition. Bury CE High School lost the game but worked really hard.

Player of the match from Bury CE High School was Theo.

YEAR 8 BOYS FOOTBALL V PARRENTHORN

The Year 8 Boys Football team played away at Parrenthorn on Tuesday 26 March in the Bury Schools Cup. Bury CE High School started the game really well and went 1-0 up thanks to an excellent goal from Sam. Parrenthorn then scored two quick goals prior to half time. Bury CE High School kept going in the second half and eventually won the game 3-2 with Alfie scoring two goals.

Player of the match was Alfie.

YEAR 7 BOYS FOOTBALL V WOODHEY

Bury CE High School beat Woodhey 5-2 in the quarter-finals of the Bury Schools Cup. It was an excellent team performance and fantastic effort from our students.

The players of the match were Roman and Kakrah.

MANCHESTER CITY V CARDIFF CITY - FREE TICKETS

Bury CE High School were delighted to receive some free tickets for the Manchester City v Cardiff City game on the Etihad on Wednesday 3 April. The tickets were distributed to staff and students so they could go and attend a live Premier League game at Manchester City. Bury CE High School are really thankful to Manchester City for providing our staff and students with the free tickets and this fantastic opportunity.

YEAR 8 BOYS FOOTBALL SUCCESS

Well done to Jacob, Reuben and Ashkan in Year 8 who play Football outside of school for Walshaw Sports Club. The students have been part of a successful Under 13's Walshaw team that have just won the Lancashire Football Cup and this is a tremendous achievement given the really high level of competition.