The Sky's the Limit!
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Winter 2019 The Sky’s The Limit! Welcome to The Voice It has been another busy and fun filled term for us at St Bernard's! The Winter 2019 students never seem to lose a second as we focus as always on academic The Sky’s The Limit! life, enrichment, trips and visits as well as fundraising and leadership activities in school. Advent is a very busy time for us and we are looking forward to a very busy calendar of events such as the staff pantomime, fundraising for our chosen charities as well as the Christmas Concert! We are hoping for a really good rest over the holidays so that we can return refreshed in the New Year to our brand new buildings - at last the students will get the environment that they deserve! I wish you the most wonderful Christmas period and hope that you get to spend some quality time together as families! God bless, Mrs Kent, Principal Trixie News Beatrix (Trixie) is five months old now and although still an energetic little puppy, she has been working wonders in school, not only with our students, but also with staff and visitors. She happily comes into school every day bringing a smile to everyone’s face and is always very eager and happy to meet and greet our students. She will quite happily pose with students for selfies, as she loves having her picture taken. She has grown in confidence since we first adopted her back in September, she absolutely loves going for long walks, exploring and chasing the leaves. She has learnt many tricks and her behaviour is amazing! Within school, Beatrix works with a variety of our ! students who all have varied reasons! as to why they need some “TRIXIE TIME.” She My new house! is very calming and can sense when a student needs her help. She often sits on their Made by a student I work with. knee if they are upset, will sit next to them whilst they complete a piece of work or will sit and listen to them read to her or just listen to them talking to her. She has been a massive support to students when they have had to have a difficult conversation with an adult. The students find it a lot easier to talk through Trixie whilst cuddling, brushing or stroking her. She has also helped students who find it difficult to come into school as they have a little “TRIXIE TIME” before lessons start. We are very pleased that she has just passed her first round of training to becoming a nurture dog. She picked up everything very quickly and was an absolute star pupil. She will be starting her next round of training in the New Year. All of the staff and students love to see her when she is out and about around school. She has attended meetings, assemblies, some staff have designed lessons around her and this Christmas, she may just have a small part in our school pantomime. !!!!!!!! I do like a puppuccino from Starbucks! !! ! We look forward to watching!!!!!!!! her grow and develop over the coming months, and to see what other adventures she’ll have at St Bernard’s. Attendance Award! Congratulations to our students ! who won prizes. One was an iPad for maintaining 100% attendance for the whole of last term and the other a Meadowhall voucher for most ! improved attendance. !! Merry Christmas from Trixie! 2 Saint Bernard’s Catholic High School ! The Women Helping Restore Wentworth Woodhouse Show Girls the Sky’s the Limit Speakers were WWPT Facilities Manager Julie Readman, Samantha Mikhail and Rachel Joshua, engineers at RDG Engineering who designed the state- of-the-art scaffolding shell now shrouding the building, Amy Stamford, the Quantity Surveyor with Woodhead Group who ensures repair work being carried out in Part 2 of the WWPT Capital Works Programme runs to budget, and transport planner Sophie Dunhill of Fore Consulting, who has helped identify new car parks and better access for the thousands of visitors expected as the house grows in popularity, The women explained how they found their way into their careers, answered questions on how it felt to work in a male-dominated industry and took students for a tour of the roof to see repair work and around the Wentworth Woodhouse, one of the greatest grounds. stately homes in the land, was built by men for a male dynasty. But its future is in the hands of women. Rotherham businesswoman Dame Julie Kenny CBE formed the trust that fought to buy it, Sarah McLeod is the CEO steering it forward and more female hands are shaping its restoration. Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust recently invited local schoolgirls to meet some of the indispensable women in the construction sector who are using their talents and passion to make the magnificent Rotherham stately home great again. Taking its lead from June’s International Women in Engineering Day 2019, the event aimed to open the girls’ eyes to career possibilities in the male-dominated sector. St Bernard’s pupil Libby Scholey, 14, of Herringthorpe said: “I learned there are lots of opportunities, whether you are a woman or a man. We are lucky. In the past, women didn’t have the opportunities we have now.” Nazia Seidu-Kpebu,14, of East Dene, loves maths and science but has not yet thought about a career path. “But I do know that women can do the exact same thing as men and they deserve the same amount of respect,” she said. Sarah McLeod, who admitted that as a schoolgirl she never dreamed she would be at the helm of a stately home, said: “Women who have made their mark in male-dominated careers need to give a helping hand to the next generation of career women. “That’s what our Sky’s The Limit event was all about. We want to encourage girls to think about building their futures in construction and regeneration career Funded by Great Place Wentworth & Elsecar, a Heritage choices which are still male-dominated but offer Lottery Fund project, Sky's the limit for girls... Build a women really exciting and rewarding careers.” Career With the Women Helping Restore Wentworth Woodhouse welcomed 19 girls aged 14-16 from WWPT will be planning another Sky's The Limit Barnsley’s Horizon Community College, Wath For Girls event in the new academic year. Academy, Swinton Academy and St Bernard’s Catholic High School. Saint Bernard’s Catholic High School 3 Chaplaincy Faith in Action Award Winners Y7 Feast The Hallam Young Chaplaincy leaders (HYCL) have taken part in the Faith In Week Action Award. This award recognizes, celebrates and rewards the active faith and service of young people. Our three candidates successfully completed the bronze To celebrate their patron, award and were presented with their certificates and badges by Bishop Ralph at a special ceremony at Houlden hall in sheffield. Congratulations to them all. Saint Mother Theresa, our Y7’s enjoyed their first feast week. As part of the celebrations they GIG Day were allowed into lunch first all week (a rare We held our second GIG day for our treat) and had a number partner primary schools in of different activities September, bringing all the Y6 during the week. They children together to experience some celebrated Mass together of the subjects they would encounter as a year group with when they join us next year. Monsignor Des sexton, The children enjoyed a wide variety of joining parishioners at activities including Samba music, the Immaculate Conception trampolining, art, anime and food Church. technology where they each created their own pizza. The day was filled with fun and during the closing liturgy the children shared some of their favourite parts of the day. The day ended with a rousing rendition of My Lighthouse which is rapidly becoming known as St Bernard’s theme song. St Gerard’s Prayer Garden St Gerard’s prayer garden is officially finished and we were invited to attend a special Hallam Lourdes Reunion Mass assembly where the children of St The annual reunion Mass for pilgrims Gerard’s said thank who attended the Hallam diocese you to all the pilgrimage to Lourdes took place at people who had St Bernard’s on September 8th. It was worked so hard a wonderful opportunity for the over the summer to pilgrims, the adult helpers and the ensure the garden youth to get together to celebrate was ready. It is a what was an excellent pilgrimage. It beautiful reflective was lovely to see so many of our space that will young people there catching up with benefit children in the pilgrims they had assisted while years to come. in Lourdes. 4 Saint Bernard’s Catholic High School Toilet Twinning World Toilet Day, celebrated on 19th November every year, is about inspiring action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and help achieve a Sustainable Development Goal which promises sanitation for all by 2030. During the week each year group had an assembly which highlighted the plight of 2.3 billion people who don’t have access to clean and hygienic toilet facilities. The students were tasked with raising £60 to twin a toilet, to help fund a project in a poor community that will enable families to build a basic toilet, have access to clean water and learn about hygiene – a vital combination that saves lives. A toilet donated by Wicks DIY was placed in the reception area of school where students and visitors were encouraged to dump their loose change while staff paid to take part in a toilet quiz.