Issue 41 July 2018 www.stjosephscollege.net

A future full of hope ‘I know well the plans I have made for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not for woe! Plans to give you a future full of hope. When you call me, when you go to pray to me, I will listen to you. When you look for me, you will find me. Yes, when you seek me with all your heart, you will find me with you, says the Lord.’ Jeremiah 29:11-13

In 2017 Bishop Declan launched the twentieth centuries setting up Sadly, it is not only some of the new diocesan vision ‘A Future full of Catholic schools was a priority at students we say goodbye to as Hope’. He has asked everyone in the a time when state involvement in we prepare to say farewell to diocese to reflect on key questions education was still limited. Many colleagues at the end of the term. as part of the Year of Mission (2017- Catholic schools were established I would like to wish the very best 2018). What is it to be the Church to meet the needs of Catholic for the future to Mr Baker, Miss for our day and our culture? What immigrants from countries such as Millward, Mr Merabtene, is God asking me to be and to do as , and Poland. In 1958 Mr Edwards, Miss Howell, Miss a member of the Body of Christ, the Swindon had a growing Catholic Winn, Mrs Moss, Mrs Baxter, Mr Church? And what is it for me to be population and St Joseph’s Taylor, Ms Amadori, Dr Marra and a Catholic today? Secondary School was opened for Miss McKenzie. pupils aged 11 to 15 to meet their For Catholic schools these In our final newsletter of the needs. That mission remains strong questions are vitally important. We academic year you will get a sense and relevant today, especially in strive to give a first-class education, of some of the exciting things St Joseph’s which has continued but we are also committed to happening in the College. The to see students arrive from new outstanding formation of character, breadth of activities academic, immigrant populations from across wanting our students to develop sporting, artistic, spiritual and the world as well as the established into well-educated adults who will musical is a great source of communities in the town. live virtuous lives. At St Joseph’s inspiration for everyone associated we hope that the young people we This term the Year 11 and Year 13 with St Joseph’s. form, in partnership with parents, have had their ‘Prom nights’. These Although the academic term finishes will make the most of their God- evenings mark the end of their time given gifts and talents and use their in July there is a great deal going on with us, so we feel a real mixture education to make the world a during the summer in preparation of emotions: sadness to see them better place. for September. It promises to be leave, together with enormous pride another busy year. I do hope that When we reflect on our mission in how the College has helped to everyone associated with the we must remember that the develop these young people. We College has a good summer and Church has always viewed hope that we have helped to give am grateful for all the hard work education as vital to the formation them some firm foundations and that has gone on this year. and development of the whole values with which to look out with person. In the nineteenth and openness to the world. Paul Hughes, Executive Principal

CONNECT WITH US! @stjosephscc @SixthFormNews St. Joseph’s Catholic College 2 Important Information for Parents THE KOOTH SERVICE The Kooth service is a flexible support model to Lockers! give children and young people – from age 11 A reminder to all parents until their 26th birthday – access to professional help when they need it; Kooth provides support and students that from qualified counsellors seven days per week, student lockers need to until 10pm. be emptied at Young people register anonymously on the the end of each site, which gives them access to drop-in or term, including booked online chats with British Association for before half term Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) certified holidays. counsellors, psychotherapists and emotional wellbeing practitioners. They can log in to Kooth through any connected device at https://kooth.com/ DATES FOR Kooth offers moderated peer to peer support, as well as giving young people access to YOUR DIARY downloadable self-help resources, forums and A-Level Results - discussion groups. They can also read and 16 contribute to the Kooth online magazine. AUG 8am from Main Hall As part of this effort, Kooth provider XenZone 23 GCSE Results – AUG 11am from Main Hall will engage with secondary schools, further education colleges and alternative secondary 28 Certificate Collection from provisions to raise awareness of the service. It NOV Main Hall will also help address any specific mental health Results will remain available for issues, such as exam stress, bullying or resilience, collection after these times from while promoting a whole schools approach. our reception. Kooth will work alongside existing local services: the CAMHS provider, schools, GPs, voluntary Enquiries about results services, Local Authority Children’s Services, The deadline for making such as early help, social care and the school applications for enquiries about nursing service, as well as the Safeguarding results is Thursday 20th September. Children Board adult services and voluntary organisations.

Change of Address or Telephone Number If you move house or update your telephone number, please can you ensure you notify the College as soon as possible. Many thanks for your co-operation. Chaplaincy 3 CAFOD Feast of St Joseph the Worker YOUNG LEADERS The CAFOD Young Leaders have concluded their year of service as part of one of the largest Catholic charities in the world. To mark this all schools from the Clifton Diocese met at Bristol Zoo to reflect on stewardship and care for The College has recently celebrated the creation, themes of Catholic Social Teaching and Pope feast of our patron on the 1st of May. Francis’ new encyclical To mark this occasion, students competed to be the recipients Laudato Si. of St Joseph the Worker certificates. Students were introduced to leaders in the field of The hardest worker or the one who produced the best piece environmentalism and of work in each lesson was selected by their subject teacher. conservation before perusing Teachers and students agree that students worked extra hard this Bristol’s own collection May Day and it was difficult selecting the top candidate in a single of rare and endangered lesson. All the winners were honoured in a photograph under the species, a stark reminder of St. Joseph the Worker banner in the College’s main corridor. the responsibility facing this generation. Some students earned a certificate in more than one lesson. It was particularly lovely to see both familiar and new faces, The following students recognising that, with the right attitude, we all have the potential presented to the Diocese to use the talents we were given by God to do amazing things. on their work this year and were awarded certificates of achievement for their efforts in fundraising and campaigning. YEAR 6 INDUCTION DAY 2018 Jasmine Dabner 10D As the academic year draws to Another activity for Year 5 and Salewa Funsho 10F a close, the College is preparing Year 6 students from our partner for the arrival of the new primary schools is the Big Sing. Courtney Lamb 10G members of our community. 300 students prepared and Olivia Reardon 10G 270 Year 6 students from 24 performed in a joint liturgy Annika Soares 10A primary schools visited St that used song and dance to Kayleigh Souza 10H Joseph’s on 3rd July for their express faith on the 4 July. induction day, where they got Franciela Vas 10B 50 of our Year 7 students took to meet staff and students and part in this liturgy and helped to Andrew Watts 10A undertake a range of activities. support the younger students. 4 College Trips

St. Joe’s student Year 7 Trip to excels at the Ridgeway school On Tuesday 12th June, I, Mr Tremblin Salamander Project and ten Year 7 students visited Ridgeway School as we were invited to attend an author event.

Andrew Clover is an author, an actor and a father. He has recently written some detective novels. Rory Branagan Detective and Rory Branagan Detective Squad. The students that attended had the opportunity, to purchase a copy and get it signed. Lewis Bauer (8G) spent five days training as a He focused on The Seven Secrets Of firefighter at Swindon Fire Station between 11th and Storytelling – a funny-but-educational 15th of June. He undertook an intense programme lecture in which he distills into sixty minutes of activities that enabled him to develop his everything he’s learned about characters/ teamwork skills and his knowledge of essential first aid. He also got to use state of the art emergency verbs/nouns/adjectives/locations/drama/ service equipment, including rescue ladders, plots and how to get ideas. hydraulic-cutters and high-pressure fire hoses. The students were enthralled and many of All of this hard work them participated during the delivery of this. came to fruition when Andrrew was versatile, and invented all Lewis took part in two demonstrations of manner of different shows, to suit the needs emergency rescues. of his audience. He worked excellently We all enjoyed this, and appreciated the with his team to cut opportunity to attend. a victim out of a damaged car and to Mrs Kennedy put out a house fire. He proved that he had a real head for heights in the latter scenario when he climbed up onto a high steel Report by Bailie Connolly platform to direct water from above onto the fire. On Tuesday 12th June I went to Ridgeway He was praised by the course leaders for his School to see an author called Andrew Clover. dedication to the programme and hard work over the five days. Lewis said he loved the experience of He is the author of the ‘Rory Branagan’ training as a firefighter, but added he was looking detective stories. My favourite part was being forward to being back at school on Monday. able to interact with the author when he did question and answer time. I also liked that I was When asked what he was going to do over chosen to get a copy of his book signed for the the weekend, Lewis replied “sleep.” We are school. The author was very enthusiastic and very proud of Lewis and all that he achieved. got people involved. Performing Arts 5

YEAR 11 LEAVERS’ MASS Plas Pencelli Trip The Leavers’ Mass took place on Friday On the 1st July, 30 25th May, starting at 11.30am, after the adventurous Year 9 students are students had completed their English disembarking on an Literature exam. action packed week of adventure in the rugged Each tutor group entered the The Year 11 Student Manager Welsh mountains. Hall, to the tune of Stormzy’s also said her farewells to the ‘Blinded by your Grace. The students she had worked with Mr Chamberlain is taking mood was one of reflection, for five years. the annual Plas Pencelli outdoor adventure trip. and it was obvious that the The Mass finished with a students had realised this final hymn, and then ‘These We are set for a week would be the last time that Days’ by Rudimental. This of rock climbing, caving, they would be together as a was followed by a video canoeing, and mountain whole Year group, just as Mr compiled by one of the climbing. Hughes the Executive Principal Tutors which showed photos told them in his final speech. The brave pupils will of the students from Year 7 take part in a night Five years of studying at St to Year 11. This caused great time blindfold gorge Joseph’s had come inevitably hilarity for the gathered walk, using team work to an end for 220 students. audience, along with some to negotiate the terrain, gasps and guffaws from and have campfires and Canon John celebrated the students as they recognised marshmallows. Mass with the students and themselves or their friends. On our return we will visit their tutors. There were As a final tribute, gifts were year 8 assembly to show songs and music from some distributed to tutors from students, bidding prayers tutees as a thank you. you a slide show of the read by representatives of events and pupils will tell each tutor group, and gifts And then, time to leave. you some stories. brought up for the Offertory. Farewells were said, tears shed, and another chapter in The sign up for 2019 will Each Tutor then addressed their lives had finished. begin after that! Pray for their tutor group with a farewell good weather! Good luck to all our Year speech (or poem), wishing Mr Chamberlain them luck for the future. 11 students for the future.

These students also attend our SJCC Oxford University: computer science enrichment on Wednesday afternoons. They are brilliant The Oxford University’s Computer at maths and programming and commit Science department has selected two of their time to learning. our students, from across the country, to attend their advanced computer science At Oxford our students will continue to course. learn computer programming languages such as Python, Java, C+ and state-of-the- Mariella Gonsalves art technologies from artificial intelligence Jason Aguena Dia to biocomputing from world experts. 6 College Life

Student Represents in the MUSIC DRAMA DANCE Dance World Cup The Performing Arts had a really busy term with the Music – Drama – Dance Congratulations to Isabella Zarola (7G) who has been Competition, where we saw a wealth of selected to represent talent from across the college. England in the Dance World On the 22nd May, the college held a Winners’ Concert. It was Cup. She will be travelling wonderful to see so many supporters in the audience and the to Stiges in Barcelona to students were brilliant on the stage. compete. Isabella is a highly accomplished dancer, who Well done to all the students who took part. The winners were: will be performing in three Across year group winners: group dances of different MUSIC Sab Scanlon styles, modern, tap and Year 7 Elizabeth Warwick ballet. 1st Violet Williams 2nd Ryan Maponga This is the third time she has DRAMA been asked to represent Year 8 Monologues her country in international 1st Mary Kate Miller 1st Grace McCrakem dance competitions. 2nd Dezaine George

We wish her all the best for Year 9 Groups her World Cup. Good luck 1st Alfie Lee Rogers Mubangizi Isabella! 2nd Rachel Parker and Sean Maponga Bradley Gomes Brian Rodrigues Cindy Kleinewegen National Book Tokens Year 10 Sofia Bell website competition 1st Salewa Funsho Ashley Kankam 2nd Joy Micah St Joseph’s Catholic College needs you! Year 11 DANCERS Help us win £5,000 of 1st Philip Mercado 1st Lauren Peacey National Book Tokens for Ilena McCann 2nd Sophie Fackrell the school library - and get £100 for yourself! On Wednesday 20th June the Year 10 BTEC Dance Group did an exam performance for their family and friends. It was the last Just enter the unit of their exam and it was wonderful to witness how much competition online and they have developed their dancing skills over the course of the nominate St Joseph’s year. Well done to you all! Catholic College as your chosen school, if we are lucky enough to win; it Let’s Go Champ! only takes a minute and here is the link: This year one of our Year 10 Students, Lauren Peacey entered the world tap dancing competition along with her dance http://po.st/schools18 troupe. The dances involved some group pieces and solos. She Thank you so much! only went and came 1st! Well done Lauren World Champion. The PE Department are all very proud of you. Sports News 7 NETBALL International Judo Star! TOUR 2018 Congratulations to Caelan Hammerton (Year 10) On the 23rd March a group who has fought extremely well this year in club, of 30 girls across Years 7, 8 national and international competitions. Some and 9 set off on netball tour. notable performances this year have been: They were heading for Condover Hall in Shropshire 24th February 2018 to represent St Joseph’s in a Samurai interclub Netball Tournament. All of the competition. Fighting at girls played extremely well under 66Kg (U18) Gold and the coaches – Miss Foley, medal Miss Jones, Miss Brett and Mrs Bailey – are incredibly 28th April 2018 proud of them. d’Ath International Each team was awarded Tournament. Fighting at Most Valuable Played and under 66Kg (U18) Silver Most Improved for Year 7 medal that was: Tia O’Keefe and Agata Kajdy, for Year 8 that 10th June 2018 was: Jessica Kinneir and Western Area Closed Judo Dezaine George. Year 9 Miss Tournament (Cornwall, Jones: Most Valuable Mia Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Grace and Most Improved Chantelle Mwangi, Year 9 Bristol, Gloucestershire & Mrs Bailey: Most improved Wilts) Fighting at under Arianne Ogden, Most 66Kg (U18) Bronze medal Valuable: Ashley Boby. Caelan is now training for the South Schools Well done to everyone Tournament, Brain Tumour National Judo Competition and involved and keep an eye for the Western Area Open Tournament and we wish him well in next year’s netball tour. the next step of his Judo career! RUGBY READY! Well done to the 38 students who If you would like to play more rugby represented St Joseph’s at the girl’s pitch at Supermarine then training is on a up and play tournament which was held Monday night at 6.30pm. All abilities at Supermarine RFC on 30th April. are welcome with no fees to pay for beginners and guests. St Joseph’s was not only well represented but also a credit to the college If you require further information about through demonstrating some excellent the club, please see the RFU website at determination and grit. St. Joseph’s www.englandrugby.com or speak to a dominated this tournament! member of the PE department. 8 Sports News

PE Extra-Curricular English Schools’ Athletics Academic Year 2018/19 Round 1 (Schools Round) BUY ONE, GET On Thursday 24th May we Swindon at the County TWO FREE! took a small but talented champs in Salisbury. This year’s extra-curricular PE group of athletes to the We had a fantastic day with activities have been very well Swindon Schools Athletics our gazebo (just in case it received and well attended trials to fight for the right to rained) and picnics. The by students. However, next represent Swindon in the students all performed to a year’s programme will be County Trials. very high standard and were even better! a credit to themselves and St. After a hard day of Activities will now take place Joseph’s! competition on both track up to three times per week! and field with some excellent St. Joseph’s team: Indee-May (term 1 only twice a week). performances from our Worrell, Maddison Worrel, Examples of activities on offer: merry little band, we returned Jessica Kinneir, Camille rugby; netball; basketball; with 4 notable successes. Valere, Melroy Periera, Luc football; dance; hockey; Huge congratulations to Jo Droulez, Jonah Sparkes, volleyball; table tennis; and Cami in Year 10, Jess Marcel Lewis, Otis Lewis, athletics; cricket; rounders; in Year 8 and Luc in Year 7 Oliver Stygall, Max Stephens, dodgeball; gymnastics and for qualifying to represent Joseph Knibb. cheerleading! Term 1 will focus on netball Round 2 (County Round) for girls and rugby for boys... Congratulations to all of our athletics who represented Swindon SEE YOU THERE! at the English Schools’ Athletics on Saturday 9th June. They are Luc Droulez (Year 7, HJ), Jessica Well done to all! Kinneir (Year 8, HJ/100m), Otis Lewis (Year 9, Teresa has since been selected and performed 800m), Joseph Knibb (Year 10, 400m/800m) at the Regional Athletics round of the English and Teresa Iannetelli (Year 13 100m/200m). School’ Competition. Teresa is eagerly They achieved the following results: awaiting to hear about a possible selection to Luc – High Jump – the National Finals – good luck! 6th in Wiltshire Jessica – High Jump – 2nd in Wiltshire Jessica – 100m – 5th in Wiltshire Otis – 800m – 7th in Wiltshire Joseph – 400m – 4th in Wiltshire Joseph – 800m – 5th in Wiltshire Teresa – 100m – 1st in Wiltshire Teresa – 200m – 1st in Wiltshire