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Easter 2010A The MarchesThe MarchesSchool & School Technology & Technology College College M NEWS SPRING 2010 News from Performing Arts See Page 6 Winning Students in Booka Competition Page 3 Headlines Contents resilience to make a Headlines 2 difference themselves to School News 3 - 4 other people’s International News 5 lives. I am particularly proud Eco News 5 of the Year 7 Performing Arts 6 students who spearheaded a Community 6 fund raising PE News 7 campaign to help the victims of the IT News 8 The Marches makes a Haiti earthquake; they kick started Difference an appeal that raised raise over £4,000 from our students and our Dates for the local business partners, Richard I delivered an assembly titled Make Burbridges, The Cheese Company a Difference; as I planned my Diary and BT. presentation and reflected on the theme, I began to draw on a wealth April Recently our Pupil Leadership Group of examples in which students and organised a 24 hour bounce in aid Thursday 22nd Yr 7 Parent’s staff from the Marches had made a of Hope House and Alice Ward at Consultation Evening difference. The newsletter will give the Orthopaedic Hospital. These Friday 23rd Yr 11 Presentation you an insight into all the activities events were a great achievement Assembly that our community is involved in. because the students made it Thursday 29th Yr 10 Parent’s happen and, through their tenacity I am very proud once again of our Consultation Event and the support of dedicated staff to many achievements such as our help guide them, they have May Year 10 students who are working achieved remarkable things. Wednesday 5th Yr 11 Celebration their way through the regional finals Assembly of the Young Enterprise award, our It has been a tremendous term once Year 10 and 11 students who Friday 7th Yr 11 Prom Evening again, because we have a ‘Can do participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Friday 14th Yr 8 History Trip Culture’. Our community of learners Awards, our many international is strong and able to create a Thursday 20th Yr 7 French Trip projects that have students from ‘theatre of dreams’, because we each year group interacting with June believe in one another and we help young people from all over the one another to get round or over Friday 11th Yr 7 History Trip world. Recently, we have joined a any barriers and it is this attitude number of local schools on the Thursday 17th Summer that will ensure that we continue to connecting classrooms project which Music Concert go from strength to strength. has linked us with schools in Sri Friday 18th Fund Raising Day Lanka. Our Year 11 are about to embark on Thursday 30th London Theatre their final term at The Marches; it is Trip A highlight of the term was the M important that we all work together factor, where many of our talented July to ensure that they have the finest students gave amazing possible opportunities to achieve Friday 2nd Sports Day performances, which took courage their personal best. I would ask as there was a packed house on Thursday 8th - Tuesday 13th parents of Year 11 students to make both evenings. MARCC Days sure that their child attends all relevant grade improvement Wednesday 14th Yr 6 Parent’s All of the above do make a Evening activities and revision lessons and difference to our young people’s that they are on time and properly lives, but what is even more equipped for all of the external impressive is that our young people For further details contact Reception examinations. have the independence and on 01691 664400 or visit the website: Mrs S Longville www.marchesschool.co.uk Headteacher 2 SCHOOL NEWS Students of The Marches school recently entered a story Booka Prize Winners writing competition organised by the Booka store in Oswestry. The competition was divided into age groups and the students were very successful. In the 14 to 16 age group, Julie Thomas won first prize and received a £25 Booka Gift Voucher and a trophy. Her story will be published in the Oswestry and Border Counties newspaper. Luke Gilchrist scooped third place and received a £5 Booka Gift Voucher. In the younger age group, 11 to 13, Zachary Morgan achieved second place and received a £10 Booka Gift Voucher. Freya Urquhart scooped third prize in this age group and received a £5 Booka Gift Voucher. Carrie Morris was very impressed with the stories and the winning students were invited to Booka to receive their prizes. The prizes were awarded by author Dominic Hibberd who visited Booka to sign copies of his book 'The Winter of the World'. Girls Yr 8 Challenge 10s continued after school until Jess Prince 961 The Year 8 students have been 6pm, when 40 Year 11s arrived for working hard to collect points Grace Garry 939 Kati Jiggins 883 the overnight stint. They towards The Challenge and it is successfully completed the looking like it will be a very close Georgia Dixon 862 Ellie Hill 859 challenge; as well as bouncing, race to the end with the students they kept themselves entertained being keen to get their hands on Lucy Hughes 852 Rhianne Lloyd 839 and tried to stay awake! Scott Hill the fabulous prizes on offer. So far and Mollie Croxon worked tirelessly the girls are just managing to hang Becky Stafford- 829 Lawrence to ensure the event went smoothly; on to the lead but in the latest set many members of staff supported of Attitude to Learning Scores, the Grace Griffiths 829 Francis Phillips 821 throughout the day and night. boys have narrowed the gap! Students were sponsored for their Moving into the summer term, efforts to raise money for Hope there is one last chance to impress Bounceathon House and the Alice Ward at the teachers and get high ATL scores Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt before the final totals are added up. Hospital. The event was a huge The individual contest is also very success and will hopefully have close. The top 10 boy and girls are raised a fantastic amount for the listed. cause. By Miss Phillips By Miss Beecham Boys Library News Ashley Beardmore 867 Each pupil in the Harry Davies 860 school received a Bradley Coldwell 843 World Book Day David Kendrick 829 voucher entitling Sam Williams 809 The Pupil Leadership Group organised them to a free book Thomas Gregory 804 their own charity fundraiser this term. or to use as discount on a full Tim Doyl 800 They held a bounceathon, where priced book in local Connor Ford 786 someone continuously bounced on a bookshops. Toby Roberts 779 bouncy castle for 24 hours. This took The Learning Resource Centre Sam Thearle 779 th place on Friday 12 March starting at held a dual form quiz on the day 9.00am and finishing at 9am the next with competition between two morning. The task was undertaken, year 8 classes. The members of during the day by PE classes and top the winning team received prizes scoring Year 8s in the Year 8 and everyone agreed it was great Challenge. A group of Year 9s and fun. By Mrs Richards Ashley Jess 3 Mrs S Longville, Headeacher, talks about The Yr 10 Hospitality Group The Year 10 Hospitality Group has been very lucky to be able to work with Geoff Hughes at The Walls Restaurant in Oswestry. The students needed a real experience of the hospitality industry and Geoff was gracious enough to offer that. The Year 10 students have gained experience in the kitchen and front of house. Geoff and his staff have been very supportive and given the students a wonderful opportunity for which I am extremely grateful. They now understand all the hard work that goes into running a restaurant of such high calibre. Young Enterprise - On Edge successful for the company, and meant that vital A group of students in year 10 experience has been gained. are taking part in a project, They have created a ‘paint your own Kid’s plaque’ kit, called Young Enterprise that which would eventually be turned into a door plaque for involves starting a company, children’s bedrooms, the cost is £4.99. and selling a product to the Their second product is a house number made to the general public. The students , customer’s specifications, delivered within 14 days for a Emily Jones, Catherine cost of £6.99 including p&p. The final Earnshaw, Elise Meyer, Rhys Beddows, Lucy Meyer, product is a house name sign at £9.99 also Daisy Jones, Alice Roberts, Amy Roberts and James including p&p. If anybody Bates, have created a company called On Edge, with a wishes to order a product, or product range based on off-cuts of wood from a local find out more details, contact source. They have participated in a number of trade me in TC4 to be given an fairs where they have had to set up a stall and run it order form. for a day, in a busy location, competing with a number By Mr Harris of other companies. These have been Student’s Short Stories Marches C3 by Abigail Hobkirk and Frankey Phillips The following 27 students in 7K1 have been selected to have their short stories published in a Mini Sagas Our school is in the planning of transforming a room book published by Young Writers. Henry Jones, Jake into a new learning space to meet the needs of it’s Oakley, Katie Griffiths, Alex Keir, Tomos Lloyd,Jodie learners, and learners of the 21st Century.
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