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29 September 2015 www.stbarts.co.uk Issue No: 770

TOP MARKS IN PA UNIFORM SHOP GEOGRAPHY Would you like to help in the PA’s Megan Broughton, who left second hand uniform shop? St Bart’s this year achieving We need two or three more volunteers to join two A* and two A grades, is the team. The shop is open every Friday in being further rewarded by the term time from 3.15pm – 4.00pm. Our rota Royal Geographical Society makes sure no one has to help every week and as she achieved the highest you won’t be running the shop on your own. grade in A2 Geography from You will be needed for about an hour to sort the entire country. She got the new donations, sell to customers and tidy up. full 400 UMS across her two You will meet plenty of people and help to geography exams. Megan, recycle good quality uniform and PE kit at pictured on the school field trip, has taken up bargain prices to raise funds for the school. her place at Cambridge to study Geography, Interested? Come and see us on a Friday and has hopes to become a volcanologist in the afternoon, just inside the student entrance, or future. The geography department is delighted contact Kate Olive via school reception. with this acknowledgement of a truly gifted Parents’ Association geographer, and wish her every success at university and beyond. POLO We are proud of the wide range of sports PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION we offer, this includes AGM polo. As the only comprehensive school Wednesday 30 September 2015 in the country to play 7.00pm in R1 in the Schools and Universities Polo Association league (SUPA) All parents are warmly invited to the Parents’ we have strong competition to face. Association AGM. There is no obligation to During the summer one of the teams competed join the committee if you attend the AGM, but in a SUPA tournament. Whilst they did not hopefully it is a good opportunity to meet us win, they were highly commended and have and hear about what we do. been awarded an engraved silver platter. The The meeting takes place at 7.00pm in R1. team representing St Bart’s were Cicely Please meet at the school reception where a Colthurst and Osborn (both Y13 last member of the committee will show you year and now at university), Anna Ferguson where to go. 11C1 and Calum Ferguson 13C1, pictured. Good luck to the polo players just joining the team. Please see Mrs Sims for more information.

The weekly newsletter of St Bartholomew’s School. KEY STAGE 3 AWARDS Thank you to everyone, especially the students and parents, who made the evening on 24 September such a success. The evening took the form of an Oscar awards ceremony. There were four students nominated in every subject who each received a certificate. The overall winner, in bold type, was announced on stage and was presented with a voucher. Nominees and winners are detailed on the next few pages. Mrs M Sims, Deputy Headteacher

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY Best Achievement Best Effort Construction Alice Points Aimee Cussell Molly Overend Victoria Osborn Andrew McDowell Joshua Wojcik Toby Brown Max Halford Food Technology Khushi Singh Danielle Howe-Beechey Sophie Larkins Ciara Moxham Fergus Kelly Nicholas Tucker Jude Blundy Michael Emmerson

Textiles Mia Bhandari Bethany Wolak Molly Dummett Luka Collins Charles Nadin Michael Bhatt Michael Repton Declan Shields

ENGLISH Best Achievement Best Effort Alice Points Beth Mellor Sofia Furnell Isy Hart Jacob Adams Jude Blundy Archie Awford George Conington

EXPRESSIVE ARTS Best Achievement Best Effort Art Abigail Eade Isabelle Lloyd Annie Tuff Emily McDonagh Joshua Philip Oliver Pape Samuel Blissett James Lockhart Dance Isy Hart Holly Wlaznik Ellie-Mae Hawkins Lucy Morris Dominic Devereux James Page Campbell du Sart-Murray Benjamin Dunbar Drama Charlotte Babbage Lucy Mathews Jessica Allum Emma Street Henry Chandler Nathan Moore-Mason Samuel Turner Max Cooper Music Emily Wells Lilia Norman Ella Townsend Elizabeth Davis Stephen Chooi Marc Jenner William Beith Daniel Rees

- 2 - GENERAL EDUCATION – PHYSICAL EDUCATION Best Achievement Best Effort Lauren Bell Hannah Tilley Millicent Pope Victoria Osborn Sam Hart Joseph Middleton Joseph Power Alexander Colston

HUMANITIES Best Achievement Best Effort Geography Emily Ayling Carla Pattenden Anna Kersley Isobel Langley Joshua Philip Mathew Morgan Samuel Garland Ryan Lunn History Elizabeth Davis Liliana Lukehurst Sofia Furnell Isabel Lainsbury Mathew White Joshua Rowe Samuel Cowan Jamie Wardle Religious Education Sofia Pivaral Booth Sophie Larkins Hannalore Makant Elsa Oakes Matthew Forsyth Danielle Reed Jordan Hobbs Jacob Adams

ICT AND COMPUTING Best Achievement Best Effort Thea Manton Jasmine Danbury Davina Emetulu Charlotte Cooper Dylan Burge-McCracken Joel Varghese Edward Forde Owen Oakes

MATHEMATICS Best Achievement Best Effort Carla Di Piazza Alice Warriner Khushi Singh Karolina Piotrak Michael Repton Robert Frisk Oliver Barnes Bradley Cooper

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES Best Achievement Best Effort French Caitlin Wilton Phoebe Kyle Brijana Stanton –Jones Luka Collins Jordan Hobbs Samuel Blissett Michael Bhatt Joseph Wordley German Anna Kersley Bethan Cutts Holly Shaw Charlotte Egginton Ben McCarthy Oliver Brooker Alexander Colston Lukas Rollett Spanish Elsa Oakes Sabrina Rivera Polly Leaman Sophie Powell Matthew Forsyth Harry Murphy Isaac Fernandes Sam Bell

- 3 - PERSONALISED LEARNING Best Achievement Best Effort Kerri Dunn-Gibson Victoria Bullock Charlotte Cooper Taya Hutchings Connor Weaving Brendan Hillier Elias Prince Reece Smitham

SCIENCE Best Achievement Best Effort Biology Davina Emetulu Amy Turner Megan Bailey Rebekah Maley Harry Seymour Scott Bailey Kieran McHugh Joshua Hamnett Chemistry Molly Dummet Ellen Saberton Hannalore Makant Amy Pontin Toby Taylor Thomas Cole Archie Awford George Conington Physics Holly Shaw Grace Fletcher Harriet Atherton Hannah Berry Luken Coleman Marc Jenner Oscar Hesketh-Field Bradley Cooper

Special Award – Outstanding Achievement Emily Carr

NEWBURY TOWN TWINNING ASSOCIATION AWARD Jacob Adams

HOUSE AWARDS CURNOCK HOUSE Overall Achievement Award Isy Hart Amy Turner Stephen Chooi Archie Awford Determination Award Sophie Powell Jade Littlewood Declan Shields William Harris Contribution Award Evie Bennett Jessica Allum Samuel Harris Isaac Fernandes

DAVIS HOUSE Overall Achievement Award Holly Shaw Khushi Singh Michael Repton Joshua Philip Determination Award Sabrina Rivera Megan Carter Brendan Hillier Jacob Adams

- 4 - Contribution Award Carla Pattenden Ella Townsend Andrew McDowell Andrew Mead

EVERS HOUSE Overall Achievement Award Alexander Earle Elsa Oakes Charles Nadin Ben McCarthy Determination Award Anna Kersley Beth Mellor Louis-Christophe Mortimer Thomas Banning Contribution Award Elsa Oakes Luka Collins Toby Brown Thomas Cole

PATTERSON HOUSE Overall Achievement Award Alice Points Isabelle Lloyd Thomas Fowler Henry Chandler

Determination Award Sophie Breakspear Charlotte Egginton Bradley Cooper Tyler Harris

Contribution Award Charlotte Babbage Isobel Langley Benjamin Dunbar Thomas Fowler

GOLD AWARDS The following students are to be congratulated on attaining Gold Awards: CURNOCK HOUSE Harriet Atherton, Liliana Lukehurst, Emily Ayling, Evie Bennett, Hannah Berry, Isy Hart, Polly Leaman, Jade Littlewood, Sophie Powell, Alice Warriner, Jessica Allum. DAVIS HOUSE Khushi Singh, Bethany Wolak, Holly Shaw, Andrew Mead, Theo Thomas, William Denton, Amy Pontin, Joseph Wordley, Lukas Rollett, Isabella Martin, Michael Repton, William Beith, Andrew McDowell, Harry Murphy, Matthew Forsyth, Carla Pattenden, Sabrina Rivera, Emma Street, Emma Greenslade, Florence Thomas, Tegan Scapens, Jacob Adams. EVERS HOUSE Emily Carr, Alexander Earle, Davina Emetulu, Anna Kersley, Isabel Lainsbury, Beth Mellor, Lilia Norman, Elsa Oakes, Bethany Pinfold, Niamh Watson, Emily Wells, Caitlin Wilton. PATTERSON HOUSE Charlotte Egginton, Lottie Abell, Isobel Langley, Tom Fowler, Jasmine Danbury, Abbie Eade, Anna Doherty, Alice Points, Charlotte Babbage, Ben Dunbar, Grace Fletcher.

- 5 - DIARY DATES who have not represented the school before; Wed 30 Sep Open Morning for New impressive tries were scored by J Bhatt, B Entrants September 2016, Morgan, S Ansell, S Watt and J De Toit. 9-10.45am Wed 7 Oct Whole School Harvest On Saturday the first team beat Windsor Assembly Boys’ 11 – 5 to keep their momentum going. Fri 9 Oct Davis House Evening, 7pm, Windsor could not believe the onslaught they Hall faced at Enborne Road in particular through Fri 16 Oct PA Disco Y7/8, 7-9pm, Hall MOTM S Ansell, Captain A Lockhart, S Eva and Barney Morgan. Windsor defence was impressive and they managed to hold their line REMEMBRANCE FUNDRAISING so our dominance resulted in a three point EVENT advantage. Against the run of play after two In memory of a former St Bart’s loose kicks Windsor went ahead. St Bart’s member of the school staff and replied immediately and the backs linked well previous student at the school, Ann Hutchings, to put Y11 T Webster into space to race in to there is an event to raise funds for the Prospect give us the lead again. To ease the nerves Hospice, Swindon on Friday 23 October at B Morgan took a penalty to see the game out Hungerford Town Hall, 7.00pm – midnight. for a well deserved win. Tickets £45. More details from Ann Parker st 07988528900 On Wednesday the 1 XV beat Kennet school email [email protected] 36 – 10 in the second round of the National Cup. Having started well it was against the run of play that kennet scored the first try after a COUNTY GOLF series of well executed off loads. The team Congratulations to Andrew Mead who quickly replied as Luke Parkes demonstrated represented schools v Kent excellent leg drive close to line to score. schools in a golf match on Thursday 17 Barney Morgan finished off a training ground September. line out move to bulldozer in at the corner. In the morning Andrew and his playing partner Both wings J Fisher and J Hobbs then scored Struan Hancock halved their foursomes match, tries out wide with the Hobbs being a good result as they were losing but won the particularly lively on his return to school as a last two holes to tie the match. Unfortunately late enrolment. Centre J De Toit capped a Andrew was narrowly beaten in his afternoon solid performance for the school with a try in singles match, losing on the 17th hole. Kent the last play of the game. Notable proved to be the stronger team on the day and performances came from Captain W Davidson, the overall score was 8 ½ points to Kent and L Parkes, S Ansell and it was great to see Y11 3 ½ points to Berkshire. Andrew enjoyed the W Hutchins relish the opportunity to play at day and is hoping to be selected for a match this level and still busting tackles. against the Surrey schools team next spring.

Rugby v Windsor Boys nd BOY’S PE The 2 XV lost, 15-0. Man of the match was st Year 11 Tom Murrell for his top tackling and 1 XV Rugby ball carrying. The XV squad have had an excellent

start to the season. At the pre season Year 10 won the first half by three tries to tournament against local schools they beat the one, but Windsor came through to win by the favourites The Downs School in their opening final whistle 34-20. Man of the match was fixture as James Lewis scored the decisive try Harry Seymour. in the last play after heroic defence in the difficult wet conditions. It was very promising as we also played a large number of players - 6 - Year 9 fielded two strong sides and several Netball v The Willink replacements. The A team drew 33-all, and the Results and players of the match were: B team lost by a couple of tries in an end to Y8 won 24-1, Daisy Dijksman end match during which the lead changed Y9 won 17-5, Sophie Stancombe hands several times. The B team deserves a special mention as it was the first time that Year 8 v The Willink several players had represented the school at On 22 September the team played their first rugby. Players of the match were: Year 9 A: league match against The Willink. The girls William Sparkes and Joshua Douglas, Year 9 were nervous at the beginning because they B: William Hogan and Tom McCauley. had not played together as a team and it took time to warm up. But the team soon started Boys’ Football working together moving the ball up court to Year 9 started their National Cup Campaign shoot and score whilst the defenders marked with a 3-2 win against . their opponents well. All of this led to a St Bart’s were 2-0 up, but Denefield came fantastic score line of 24-1. back to level the scores by the end of normal Daisy Dijksman 8C3, Captain time. St Bart’s were eventually victorious, scoring in the last minutes of extra time. The U13 Girls’ Football player of the match was Ollie Paul. The U13 girls’ squad played in the first round of the English Schools Cup this week. We lost GIRLS’ PE 3-1 to Kennet, but put up a brave performance. Netball Selection Well done to the following Year 7 girls who Congratulations to Sophie made their debuts for the school – Lucy Stancombe 9P3 who is a very Shrivell, Jessica Coombs, Louise Gubbings, talented netball player and has Georgia Knight, Lucia Keys-Massey and been selected to play in Satellite 1 of the Imogen Van Koetsveld. Berkshire Satellite . There are only Players of the match were Georgia Knight, 15 girls this year in this group. Charlotte Dobson and Maddie Barnes. To develop her netball even further this season, she has made it straight into U16 Girls’ Football Woodley’s Southern Regional netball team. The girls played in the first round of the English Schools Cup against King Alfred’s. Netball v St Gabriel’s This was an incredibly exciting match with The results and players of the match in a end to end play. After full time the result was friendly fixture were: 2-2. Lauren Bell scored both the St Bart’s 6th form won 31-2, Anna Prudden goals. The game went into a penalty shootout Y11 lost 26-8, Izzy Sanderson which went to sudden death and St Bart’s just Y10 lost 25-15 Emily Carr lost out. Player of the match went to Lauren Bell for her hat-trick. Captain and goal Senior Netball v St Gabriel’s – Won 31-2 keeper, Emily Harrison also had a fantastic St Bart’s started the match well and right from game. the first whistle controlled the game. Thanks to excellent attacking play and a strong defence St Bart’s led 5-0 at the end of the first quarter. They continued into the next two quarters with strong goals from shooters Charlotte Fane, Sophie Brown and Jo Kirk. In the final quarter St Gabriel’s finally got through the St Bart’s defence and scored a couple of goals.

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