Lower School Choir to Celebrate the Fact That We Are Truly a Global Society, the Summer Uniform Developments and Plans for the Future
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY THE BILLERICAY SCHOOL Spring Term Ends Thursday 7 th April A MATHS AND COMPUTING COLLEGE Summer Term Begins Tuesday, 26 th April Summer Half Term Monday 30 th May 2011 to rd Friday 3 June Please remember to bring in your Sainsbury’s Newsletter April 2011 and Tesco vouchers to help us buy equipment nd Summer Term Ends Friday 22 July 2011 and computers for the school. Please either post them to the Main Office at the school or th Autumn Term Begins Tuesday 6 September 2011 place them in our collecting boxes in Reception. Thank you. Autumn Half Term Monday 24 th October 2011 to Friday 28 th October 2011 Autumn Term Ends Friday 16 th December 2011 Dear Parents and Guardians, Training Days th th Friday 8 April 2011, Tuesday 5 July 2011. We have had a very busy term with all our Year 11, 12 and 13 students working in preparation for their Bank Holidays not included in holidays above: forthcoming examinations. We wish them all th Monday, 25 April, Friday, 29th April - Royal Wedding success. Monday 2 nd May 2011 - May Day At last our planned improvements to our school buildings are coming to fruition. Using the proceeds from the sale of our farm land we are now able to embark upon a £5.5 million refurbishment programme. The work is due to start in July this year SSttuuddeenntt SSeerrvviicceess and will be phased over the next two years. We will Cultural Diversity Week 14-17 February produce a special edition newsletter next term that will outline all the details of our exciting lower school choir To celebrate the fact that we are truly a global society, The Summer Uniform developments and plans for the future. The music department has re-launched the choir this Billericay School students and staff took part in special assemblies, dinners and themed lessons over the four days term with great success. Thirty students from years You will also have received a letter regarding the The school summer polo shirt must be worn after the Easter before half term. The catering staff produced food from around 7, 8 and 9 gave their debut performance singing consultation relating to Academy Status for the holiday by all students in Years 7-10. These can be purchased the world on each day and the queues were definitely longer ‘Forget You’ by Cee Lo Green and they sounded great! school. The consultation finished on 25th March. from the Uniform Shop from 8.15 - 9.30am on Friday 8 th April than usual! The Governing Body will consider responses and or via the internet at www.simmonds-ltd.com. The shop will re- you will be informed of the outcome of their decision open at 8.15am on Tuesday 26 th April. The choir rehearses every Thursday lunchtime in C5 Our cross-curricular week brought everyone together as part of in the coming weeks. with a live band and EVERYONE is welcome. We are the school’s community cohesion campaign and we hope it will We wrote to parents at the end of last year explaining that due currently rehearsing all the latest songs by Rhianna, become a regular part of the school’s annual cycle of events As you are aware, all students will be expected to to the rise in VAT and the spiralling cost of raw materials within Ellie Goulding, Jessie J and many more. which educate and stimulate students to think beyond their return to school after Easter in summer uniform. the retail sector, it would be necessary for our uniform supplier, boundaries. Students in Year 11 wishing to continue to wear a S. Simmonds & Son Ltd. to review their prices. As a result the There are plans for a Summer Tour and a trip to the shirt and tie may do so. price of several of our uniform items will be increased from 1 st West End which is all very exciting. If you are April 2011 (internet prices may rise earlier). interested in joining the choir, please come along on I wish you all a very happy Easter. Thursdays, we would be very happy to see you. It is with much regret that this price increase has to be passed on to parents in these difficult times but the situation is unavoidable. As at present, the majority of our uniform items can be purchased on the high street. We will be sending our newsletter via email to those families who have already registered with their details. * We would be very interested to hear your feedback This change does not affect the price of the summer polo and whether you would like the newsletter by email in shirts, the price of which is as advertised. the future. If you have not already given us your email address, please contact the school office or email it to [email protected] Mrs S. Hammond, Headteacher If you would like to advertise in our newsletter please contact Jenny Titford on 01277 655191 School Road Billericay Essex CM12 9LH or email [email protected] for more details. www.billericay.essex.sch.uk Tel: 01277 655191 Fax: 01277 314414 NICK ULLMANN’S EPIC SWIMMING SUCCESS The GYMNASTICS During March we entered 2 Basildon District Schools Sports Association held its teams into the county and regional gymnastics floor and JOURNEY annual swimming gala at Gloucester Park Basildon on vault competition. This competition involved the girls Thursday 17th February 2011. Seven schools from http://www.justgiving.com/NICK-ULLMANN performing an individual floor routine and 2 vaults. The across the Billericay, Basildon and Wickford areas took girls were competing amongst the best gymnasts in the Mr Ullmann may be retiring from his position as Head of part in the competition in which The Billericay School county. The under 13 team consisted of Rebecca Wright, Modern Languages at The Billericay School but he will reigned triumphant! The even,t organised by The Millie Otter, Joanna Moss, Daisy Pointing, Elisha Howes definitely not be putting his feet up. Mr Ullmann will be Billericay School and Mayflower High School, saw and Lillie Saunders. The U19 team: Rebecca Moss, embarking on a 1400 mile cycle ride from London to Vienna Billericay win the following Year groups; Antonia Otter, Lucy Ward, Jemima Morgan and Pelly covering up to 80 miles a day! Tizora all put in a great performance and were a credit to Year 7 Girls the school. With exceptional performances from Rebecca He hopes to raise at least £3000 for the Red Cross, a charity Year 8 Boys Moss scoring 8.9 for her floor routine and Millie Otter close to his heart and he is also seeking to raise the profile of Year 8 Girls who scored an 8.8 for her vault. a multi-cultural society; the plight of refugees; the need to save Year 9 Boys our precious resources and the importance of exercise and Year 9 Girls self-esteem. He has worked tirelessly to make students aware Year 10/11 Boys of the planet and other people. Year 10/11 Girls His inspiration has already led to students helping to raise This meant that with a win in all four mixed relays The funds through school competitions, non-uniform day and a Billericay School also won: cricket match between staff and students! Overall Girls Nick Ullmann will be missed by everyone at the school when Overall Boys/and the overall gala. he leaves us at the end of the Spring Term but we plan to give him a big send off. The PE Department would like to congratulate all 2 students involved as it was a real team effort and every student’s result counted in our victory! We look forward to 2012 when we will be competing in the new swimming FENCING We are fortunate to be starting work pool at Gloucester Park. with an exceptional fencing coach – Chris Green. Chris is a brilliant coach who has himself competed for Great Billericay School 6th Form Student Holly Carter Britain and been placed 5th in the World. Chris and Featured in The Times Supplement 23rd March YR 10 BOYS FOOTBALL SUCCESS Sarah Pallier have been giving year 7 students the Congratulations to the Year 10 boys for reaching the Holly Carter (pictured in the centre above) recently opportunity to learn how to fence using a variety of featured in The Times alongside other young political U15 Essex Cup finals. They have beaten the following different weapons as well as providing all the correct activists from the three main parties who may one day be schools on route: safety equipment. Chris is hoping to discover some new shaping our future. fencing talent amongst our students to follow in his own Maltings Academy footsteps. We are hoping to open this club up to other William De Ferrers Young people are showing a new enthusiasm for politics students later in the year so watch this space. with numbers growing all the time. Thousands of Plume members up to the age of 30 are now joining the three Britons main political parties and all are anxious for change and St. Martins to make their opinions known. King John Holly is deputy chairwoman of the Essex branch of They now face Chingford in the Finals. Date and location Conservative Future (the youth body of the Conserva - to be confirmed. tive Party) and says that people from all backgrounds Some interesting statistics and social types are involved. They have more than • Mr Ullmann’s bike weighs 45 kilos when fully loaded 17,000 members aged up to 30 so Holly says it has a • He is aiming to complete 80 miles a day! good social life.