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Archway News Issue No 25 www.archwayschool.net Archway News Issue No 25 March 2017 March 2017 Dear Parents / Carers This term has seen students participating in a range of curricular and extra-curricular activities to support and enhance their learning. Students in Years 11, 12 and 13 are preparing in earnest for the forthcoming examination season. We are pleased to have been able make the following charity donations: Cats Protection £237.11, Mind £237.12, Bristol Children’s Hospital £342.79, and two donations to Cancer Research of £342.79 and £51.85, thanks to the work and generosity of students. As this term draws to a close we say goodbye and thank you to Miss Martin from the English department. We are grateful for the contribution she has made to the school over 12 years. We are grateful for your support in ensuring students arrive promptly and in correct uniform each day. If you are unsure about uniform, lists and images are in the students’ planners. Batemans, who supply many items of uniform, are supporting the school by ensuring that the skirts which are purchased are of an appropriate size and length. As a school we accept that parents/carers give their children mobile phones to protect them from everyday risks involving personal safety and security. We would be grateful if you would remind students of the acceptable use and potential misuse of such devices and support us in the stance we take as outlined briefly below: Mobile phones should be switched off and kept out of sight during lessons and while moving between lessons. They should not be used inside any school building during the school day, nor in any manner or place that is disruptive to the normal routine of the school. In cases of emergency, the student services team remain a vital and appropriate point of contact and can ensure that your child is reached in a relevant and appropriate way. (01453 763242, Option 2) Term will end at the normal finish time of 3.15pm on Friday 7 April, and the new term will begin at 8.45am on Monday 24 April. Best wishes for the Easter break. Yours faithfully Colin Belford Headteacher Page 2 Archway News Bugsy Malone Miss R Auster & Mrs V Rossiter 2017 kick started with the Bugsy Malone cast wowing audiences with their feel-good, fun and energetic production. Students from all year groups performed ‘Bugsy Malone’ to 180 primary school children and three sell out evening performances. Students had been rehearsing since September and each night showcased their hard work, talent, and plenty of splurge! Bugsy Malone, played by Rocky Ruiz-Tan (Y8), is a city slicker who tries to win over would-be-singer Blousey Brown, played by Helena Gardner (Y9). However, things don't go to plan when he gets mixed up with the likes of Fat Sam, Tallulah – played by Kalila Suckley (Y9) - and his gang of hoodlums. Fat Sam, the role shared by Miki Kowalski (Y10) and Jonah Carter (Y9), has an on-going rivalry with Dandy Dan, played by Archie Nurding (Y10). Dandy Dan and his gang have the newest invention of weapons - the Splurge Gun - and end up wiping out Fat Sams entire empire. Friendship eventually wins all and the show ends with the fantastic song, 'You Give a little Love.' Peace at last... The show received rave reviews and left audiences with that feel-good feeling! Students performed their socks off, accompanied by a live band, and represented the school outstandingly. Well done to all involved from those that were on stage, to those backstage, the art students who made the set, lighting extraordinaire Linda Thammer and all the volunteers that came along each night. It truly was a whole-school production and you all made us very proud. The video of the performance, filmed Natasha Law and Cam Jones, is available now via this private school youtube link: https://youtu.be/k-AogNlm9bo Well done again! Air Pollution Survey Attendance Mr J Hayes Mr D Barry Science Class 8r3 Thank you to all our students, parents took part in an air and staff for working so hard to ensure attendance figures remain high this year. pollution survey to measure the nitrogen Please continue to encourage your dioxide levels present son/daughter to maintain high attendance levels. Every day lost impacts upon their around the school. This education and progress academically. By was done by counting the aspiring for 100% attendance your child population of various will be able to take advantage of all the lichens around the opportunities open to them, and are more school and inputting the likely to obtain higher grades at GCSE results into a national air and A level. quality survey. Students It is also very important that your child found that small is in school on time in the morning. Please ensure they arrive in school by quantities of this gas 8.45am. Setting good attendance were present. patterns and punctuality are very Lucas Brachi took important in supporting your child’s some wonderful photos education and are skills they will need of the different lichens when they enter the place of work. found. Thank you for your continued support. Page 3 Year 10 and 11 Trip to Bristol with Enterprise Governors’ News Rent a Car Mrs C Jowett Miss A Delrosa, Chair of Governors Miss Lee and Mrs Jowett took a group of eight Year 10 and We’re very pleased to welcome our 11 girls to meet with their business mentors from Enterprise newest parent governor, Barnes Rent a Car as part of the Bridge Builders programme. The girls Clutterbuck. You can find out more about have been meeting with their mentors on a regular basis for governors, who we are and what we do by nearly 12 months and their mentors invited them to have a visiting the parents section of the school morning session on work skills followed by a team building website www.archwayschool.net and activity in the afternoon. clicking on Governors. The morning session consisted of CV writing, image and If you’re not aware, the governing body brand, communication styles and interview training. This was is made up from several groups of people: followed by a lunch with their mentors and then onto an staff, Local Authority appointed governors, afternoon of bowling. The girls were split up into three co-opted governors who represent the community, and parents. The governing different teams with their mentors and competed against each body has a vital role to play in making sure other to show off their bowling talents. Lola Tidy (Y11) turned every child receives the best possible out to be a demon bowler! It was a fantastic day; the girls education. This is achieved by ensuring learned new skills and got to know their mentors even better. that governors have the necessary skills and commitment to contribute to the effective governance and success of the school. At the moment, governors are making sure that the school is prepared for its next Ofsted visit. We are also in the process of conducting surveys with students and staff. Thank you to all parents who completed our questionnaires at the recent round of parents’ evenings. If you have any comments that you would like to share with the governing body then please email me at: [email protected]. Visit from an Actor Mrs C Tolman Some students in Year 8 have been studying The Tempest and we were fortunate to be able to invite Graham Bill, a former teacher turned professional actor, to our class to talk about his experience of playing Caliban. He provided us with an insight into a complex character and told us about his preparation for the role which included a painstaking hour applying full body paint! Graham talked about the demands of playing a figure who is both monstrous and one who asks for our sympathy. Students asked many searching questions and came to the conclusion that Caliban is not a monster, just misunderstood! It was fascinating to hear about Graham's experiences of both playing this character and his wider film and TV roles and I would like to thank him very much for coming in and sharing his stories with us. Page 4 Archway News Library News Dr E Hampshire & Mrs S Walton Year 8 Sport Mr L Chapman World Book Day Many congratulations to our year 8 sports On Thursday 2nd March it was World Book Day, and all week in the teams, who are the only year group where Library we celebrated with our Book Quiz, our Book Character display both the boys and the girls teams have (see below), and with a game of ‘Book Bingo’ (a game based on Dewey qualified for the district semi-finals in their numbers and authors, rather than ordinary numbers!). On World Book Day respective sports. itself we welcomed the author Helen Maslin to the library, where she was Year 8 Hockey interviewed by a panel of Library Helpers, Helen March (Y10), Ellen Our girls have had a fantastic year having Barton (Y8) and Ben Crowther (Y11), and talked about her gothic-style not lost a single game. They are on their book Darkmere. Will Lomas (Y12) took photographs of the talk. Well done way to becoming district champions in to all of them for contributing to such an enjoyable and interesting event, netball, and have done the same in the and a big thank you to Helen Maslin for visiting us at Archway Library! hockey, beating all of the local teams to reach the district semi-final taking place on Monday 27th March.
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