The Phoenix Collegiate Newsletter Spring 2016 Edition No: 16 Successful partnership with Lloyds Banking Group

The third year of our very successful On 7th June Phoenix partnership with Lloyds Banking Group is well staff and parents under way with a range of activities that are joined Lloyds/Halifax having an impact upon all of our students. staff at lunchtime to IN THIS EDITION raise £2,064. Phoenix is now enrolled on Lloyd’s Discover What Important dates for Matters programme which enables students in A range of charities Years 9 & 10 to attend workshops to develop the benefitted from Spring/Summer terms 2016.... page 2 strengths and qualities that will help them to achieve this event including their goals. Acorns, Birmingham Governors...... page 2 Children’s Hospital In addition, in September, twelve Lloyds Banking and Sandwell Group employees delivered a series of workshops Parents for Disabled Hubs news...... pages 2-9 to our Year 12 students as part of our Stepping Up Children. programme. “We are privileged Key Stages news This programme is designed to equip students with to be working the skills and attributes they will need to access their incl Duke of Edinburgh.... pages 9-12 in partnership with Lloyds Bank. Their work with chosen pathway at the end of Year 13. Phoenix has provided our students with valuable Students evaluating the day were highly experience of working within the financial services Pastoral news...... page 13 complimentary –‘Amazing day! Amazing people!’ sector. Whilst developing their self-confidence and …‘It helped me a lot and I can use the tips in the work related skills demanded by all employers, Charity events...... page 14 the future’ …. ‘Gave me a lot more confidence’. our students have been challenged and inspired through their work with these industry leaders.” Last summer, as part of our community programme Sports update...... pages 15-16 with Lloyds, the second annual Big lunch took place. Gary Hill - Head Teacher

www.aspirebelievesucceed.com 1 Important dates for Spring/Summer terms 2016 Monday 22nd February 2016 KS5 Parents evening from 4.00pm to 7.00pm English Friday 11th March 2016 Late start for students due to staff training (students to start at 10.10am) Monday 14th March 2016 Year 10 Parents evening 4.00-7.00pm Monday 21st March 2016 Year 9 Parents evening 4.00-7.00pm Friday 25th March Easter break to Friday 8th April 2016 Monday 2nd May 2016 Bank holiday – school closed Monday 30th May Half term holiday to Friday 3rd June 2016 Monday 6th June to Friday 10th June 2016 Year 6 transition/Phoenix week (details TBC) Monday 27th June 2016 Year 7 Parents evening 4.00-7.00pm Wednesday 6th July 2016 KS5 Awards evening (times TBC) Wednesday 13th July 2016 KS3 & KS4 Awards evening (times TBC) From Monday 25th July Summer break to Monday 5th September 2016 Tuesday 6th September 2016 Students to return to school

Governors Phoenix Collegiate and in the words of Whitney Houston ‘she believes the children are our future, teach them well!”. Toni Belfield At home it is important to relax and unwind so Parent governor Toni walks with her family dog Charlie listening Toni was born in to music. Having a 12 year old son, she is being London and relocated introduced to many forms of music that she to the West Midlands in wouldn’t normally listen to but she thinks it is 1987. She is a proud important to share each other’s interests. They all single parent with three enjoy a good family comedy to watch together as part-time law degree at Wolverhampton Polytechnic children, two sons and well as watching football (Toni is a keen Chelsea University and eventually combining both disciplines a daughter. She studied supporter). to provide specialist advice to insurance companies at Richmond College and loss adjusters. and achieved a BA in Drama. Toni lived in Turkey In 1994 he took a Masters Degree in Construction for two years teaching English to Turkish students. Graham Project Management at the University of Central After moving back to the UK, she took a position Woodall England (now Birmingham City University) as a with a hygiene company as an Exhibition/Events further extension of a career committed to life- co-ordinator. Facilities & Services long learning beyond the mandatory Continuing Professional Development requirements of the Having a passion for performing she joined a local governor three Chartered Institutions of which he is a fellow theatre company and performed in many stage member. productions including ‘The Hobbit’. She also had Graham Woodall was born in West a fantastic opportunity of working as an extra on In 2002 he played a significant role in the Bromwich and various television programmes including ‘The Bill’. organisation of a large reunion to celebrate the became a pupil at the Clarkes Lane centenary of the school and this led to the re- In 1999 Toni decided to put dreams into action campus when it first opened in 1964 as home establishment of an alumni association. He was and created her own theatre school ‘Imagine’ and to West Bromwich Grammar School. Career and honoured to be asked to present the Sixth Form Entertainment Agency, providing artistes for films, family responsibilities have caused him to move prizes at the school in 2004 and has taken part in TV, theatre and corporate events. She has worked to other parts of the Midlands over the years but the Year 10 mock interviews on several occasions on films and television programmes with Brad Pitt, always staying within a few miles of the family subsequently. Colin Farrell, Linda Redgrave, Meera Syal and Jasper and friends that he still has in the town. Since Carrot along with many more talented artistes. Graham is proud to be a native of the town and of 1992 his business and home have both been his continuing connection to the school that has based in Lichfield where he heads his own firm of Teaching and inspiring young children to believe they stood on this site for over half a century and which Chartered Building and Civil Engineering Surveyors. can achieve their dreams is the most rewarding part has provided so many beneficial influences upon his He is married with a son, a daughter and three life. He is now looking forward to being part of the of her work. Building dreams, building confidence grandchildren. and believing through dance and drama. development of the fabric and the spirit of the school After leaving school he trained as a surveyor, with an eye to the future as well as an awareness of She is very proud to be a parent governor at The qualifying in 1979 but then taking a four year its illustrious past.

2 www.aspirebelievesucceed.com As a result, all 66s received a reward: these 66 Reading Time English KS3 students enjoyed a party with food, games and Students at Phoenix continue to increase their reading music. Well done KS3! We will look forward to ages rapidly using Renaissance Reading. Last term, Rewards Party seeing who our nominees are for next half term. Keep it up! 100 students in Key Stage 3 received Renaissance The English Department wants to say huge Bronze badges for already being at their chronological congratulations to the nominees for the age in reading. This term, we are looking to issue 117 English KS3 Rewards party. Year 7 students with Silver and Gold awards, which will mean that they have made either 6 months (for Every term, our team nominates students Silver) or 1 year (for Gold) progress in their reading who have made exceptional progress, tried since the start of the school year. That’s a lot of hard in lessons or attained high levels. progress in 5 months! During the autumn term, the competition for Mr Doherty’s form (7O1) completed and passed the a nomination, in both years 7 and 8, was most reading tests last term, so the challenge is on for challenging; we were simply impressed the other form groups this coming term! with the work of so many students that we could not narrow our nominations down If you want to check how your child is doing on from 66! Renaissance, log in to the area on the school website.

REGRET (Based on ‘Remains’ by Simon Armitage): Maths Seven years

He’s survived 365 days seven times Since what he did to cause his guilt. He walks the same streets and breathes The Cipher The same air, though in some challenge darkened depth A dozen teams and individual entrants took part Of his psyche, the bloodstain still exists. in the tricky National Cipher Challenge 2015. His children ask why he steps over that spot This annual schools event, run by the University On the pavement. How would a child of Southampton, offers students a chance to test understand? their maths, English and problem solving skills to From left to right: Quintin Baptiste, Georgi FiIipov and compete against other schools for a cash prize. Abbie Moore. He merely fastens on a mask of bravery; Phoenix didn’t achieve a trophy place this year, “I’m not sure, sweethearts’ he lies, They have all made two years or more progress on but did manage to crack several tricky ciphers pushing it back Renaissance Reading. requiring frequency analysis and knowledge of To the depths which he is drowning in. techniques such as the Vigenère and Caesar The students with amazing decoding progress were His PTSD often raises his voice if they ask ciphers. Chloe Dixon Year 7 with 72 months and Patrycja Wybranowska with 70 months. For any more answers. His guilt deepens Well done to those who took part! And he finds himself saying sorry See http://www.cipher.maths.soton.ac.uk/ for The Big Book of Bad Like an apologetic schoolboy. more information.

Things – book review His wife has never quite understood; The big book of bad things is a book of rhymes. When She tries and he’s grateful, but it doesn’t he was little, Michael Rosen’s dad remembered all the come close. bad things he’d done and reminded him of them, so They’re on the brink of divorce, but his Michael imagined he’d written them all down in a Big victim’s voice Book of Bad Things. Shows him no mercy. Payback, in a way. Here he presents They argue without stopping - then cold the poem, as silence falls well as many And his ribcage is crushed by an other tales of his imploding heart. childhood, from the horrors of It gets so bad that he feels like his victim being a second With just as many holes torn through late to school, to his life; making a raft and But who is left to fix him now? going to a café. Some bad, some By Scarlett Pritchard, Year 10 sad, some funny but all good. Scarlett created this poem in response to the Simon Armitage poem ‘Remains’ as part Tamari Koroma, of her GCSE English Literature course. Year 8

www.aspirebelievesucceed.com 3 Maths leadership The UKMT Year 10 students have been participating in maths students find maths more fun and easier. A day a individual leadership since October 2015. They have been week in tutor time, the Year 10 students have been maths challenge learning skills to help Year 7 students widen their helping and supporting Year 7 students with their All the best of luck to those very able students in the maths knowledge and numeracy skills. numeracy skills. top sets of year 11 who are taking part in the UKMT The students have been volunteering to learn Later this term there will be a maths competition individual maths challenge in February. This is an how to teach and work towards the maths between forms, with competition in forms to annual problem-solving event putting candidates leaders’ award. create a team then the teams will go head to head against some really evil questions with the aim of against other forms. Look out for the results in the achieving a nationally recognised certificate, or even The students are Meagan Pye, Megan McDermott, next issue! making it through to the first round of the Maths Harman Grover, Simren Bal, Desjana Brozi, Kieran Olympiad. Detheridge, Shania Hurd and Sandish Kaur. They By Megan McDermott and Meagan Pye, Year 10 have been shown different activities to help Year 7 http://bit.ly/1nhTVz0 for more information.

Year 11 The success boards Science Keep an eye out in B block over the coming months Exam dates for the new success boards, celebrating those students who are exceeding their targets and Science at reminder showing brilliant attitudes in maths. Congratulations! Phoenix The following exam dates are for Y11 students. The Big Draw 2015 Science is a very fun, hands on subject that involves Core Science Students from all years were invited to join the a lot of experiments and activities. B1 – Tuesday 17th May world’s biggest drawing festival. Science is a creative and ever-changing subject in C1 – Thursday 19th May which there are so many things to learn and discover. P1 – Wednesday 25th May In key stage 3 (Y7-9) you will learn about the basic concepts in Science, such as cells in Biology and Additional Science spectrums in Physics. In key stage 4 (Y10-11), you B2 – Friday 10th June will further your knowledge about these subjects. C2 – Wednesday 15th June The practical lessons on these subjects range from P2 – Friday 17th June designing a cell on a piece of toast, to using a The challenge for October 2015 Big Draw was to Bunsen burner to make your own salt. Triple Science (top 2 sets only) illustrate a favourite story, poem, pop song or create their own visual story. Drawings, doodles, sketches B3 – Monday 20th June In the picture below we are investigating the effect of and paintings were entered and are currently on different factors on yoghurt making. C3 – Wednesday 22nd June display in the LRC to celebrate the importance of P3 – Friday 24th June drawing marks with meaning and of visual literacy. Revision sessions are on Tuesdays and Highly commended: Arjun Virk Thursdays after school and all students are Y7, Paige Martin Y7, Amritpreet welcome to attend. Kaur Y7, Amrit Chahal Y7, Chris Vahan Y7, Abdul Asowe Y9, Mr S. Kumar – Assistant Head Teacher Science Destiny Green Y9, Demi Morgan Y10, Karmen Mailat Y10 Art & Design Hub Overall winner: Kirsty Hayes Y8

the work of young artists and The 2016 having wonderful imaginations splattered onto the Saatchi Gallery/ gallery walls is installing confidence into young people by recognising their talent and taking their Deutsche Bank work seriously. This competition is necessary. It is making dreams come true.” Art Prize for To view the work please visit schools www.saatchigallery.com Personally for us, Science remains an interesting subject because of its discovery style of learning, The Art and Design department has entered everyday there is a question to be answered and with A level students’ art work on to the Saatchi Science that is possible. Gallery /Deutsche Bank Art Prize for schools. Ever wanted to know why the sky is blue? With Judge Laura Dockrill commented: science, you can. “The standard and quality of work entered is absolutely remarkable. What the Saatchi By Shamsher Singh, Megan Davis and Ramandeep Students’ art works Sandhu, Year 11 gallery is doing is phenomenal; showcasing

4 www.aspirebelievesucceed.com Photography New career options calendar Year 13 Digital photography Lastfor term September the Design & Technology Department 2016 moved students into their new temporary classrooms and are now all celebrated their set up with first class resources to deliver Engineering photography and Resistant Materials at GCSE. Resistant Materials in a form of a is an ongoing popular GCSE which teaches a calendar. combination of traditional carpentry skills alongside modern CAD CAM. Resistant Materials prepares Each student students well for building or carpentry apprenticeships, was given a as well as teaching them the skills necessary to month and The GCSE will teach a develop onto Product Design or Architecture FE included range of traditional hand courses. images from skills, machinery and their trips to From September the students CAD CAM to ensure London and at Phoenix will also be able the students are fully Birmingham as to choose to study a GCSE in prepared for their well as their own Engineering. This has been chosen career path. creative imagery. launched to help prepare Students who are students who are interested interested in developing in developing careers with their problem solving, many of the existing local creative and practical Engineering companies as skills should pick well new companies coming either of these options to ensure they to the area, including the have a well balanced curriculum to prepare them for new i54 site on the edge of life after Phoenix. Wolverhampton.

GCSE Citizenship and Hospitality Recently I have been studying CADCAM citizenship and hospitality at GCSE level. They are very good equipment courses. During the autumn term, the Design & My attendance at school Technology department was delighted to receive wasn’t very good and my we will have to some fantastic new CADCAM equipment. grades were falling down. Miss prepare and serve Students have been in awe and wonder at the Clair put me on the Citizenship food for a minimum new laser cutter and 3d printer, and straight course which lasted for five of 10 people. We away began to put them to good use. days. The teachers who must decide what taught us were very helpful type of event we and explained everything in will hold and what full detail. dishes we will serve. I did the coursework and got an A and a B and that This project includes helped me a lot. It has given me an extra GCSE for research, planning, when I go to college which I would not have had in roles of the team mainstream school. members, taking photographs of I’m now studying the GCSE various stages of hospitality so I don’t know my the event, costing of KS4 students grade for it yet. I think I will products and profit are using the get a good grade because it’s made and evaluation 3d printer to actually easier than I thought it of the project. We enhance GCSE would be. also need to show a range of skills in the preparation, projects with making, and serving of our products. customised For the hospitality course, we components have to research, I would recommend such as plan, and carry out this course. It’s hinges and door handles whilst Year 7 an event. The event extremely helpful students have had great fun laser cutting animal will take place at and I am grateful body shapes for their novelty mirror frames. Phoenix and will that I have been able be a fund raising to be involved in it. And finally, well done to a budding entrepreneur, event to raise money Joshua Pilling in Year 11 who used the 3d printer for a local charity. Princess Aaliyah to manufacture a part for his brother’s XBOX at a Working as a team Shand, Year 11 fraction of the price quoted on Amazon!

www.aspirebelievesucceed.com 5 Business Hub What is going on in Languages? Phoenix Collegiate awarded This year we are continuing to offer a wide range of languages both within the curriculum and as extra-curricular lessons. Our highly Centre of Excellence Status successful Panjabi classes continue on Fridays The Phoenix Collegiate is delighted to announce its young people, and a credit to all of the staff involved” after school as well as extra-curricular Russian, success at gaining Centre of Excellence Status for – Sally Thomas Project Manager PFEG. Italian and Latin! This is all in addition to Spanish providing practical, effective and sustainable financial in years 7-11 and Polish offered to native education to all of our students. speakers in years 10 and 11. The school has worked throughout the year with PFEG’s educational specialists (including Santander) to create both a strategic and extremely detailed programme of financial education for our students. The status has been gained for recognition of the fact that finance and money management education is now firmly embedded into our school curriculum. “Your award submission clearly demonstrates that you are providing practical, effective and sustainable financial education for the young people at your school, above and beyond the required award criteria”. The criteria for gaining accreditation included an assessment of school leadership and management towards implementing financial education throughout Our EAL department has been very busy again the whole school and innovative financial education this year and we have welcomed many new being incorporated into teaching and learning across students into Phoenix already this year. Here are the curriculum. We would like to acknowledge the the thoughts from some of the students who exceptionally high quality of planning implemented have been involved in our successful English across all year groups. Induction Programme: * “I really enjoyed the induction. It was very This planned and coherent programme of financial Sally Thomas presenting a Year 8 student with our useful. I learnt many things and it helped me to education is a fantastic foundation for all of your official certificate prepare myself to go to lessons”. - Sajid Khan Y11 from Italy * “The induction was very useful to me because we had a tour of the school, we have done Phoenix Collegiate forms a booklets about us so our teacher can know us easily. I learned new science equipment words. partnership with Tulip Ltd I wasn’t scared to come here also because the Phoenix Collegiate is delighted to have formed a competition to our Year 9 students. The competition teacher was very nice”. - Tina Mehta Y9 from new partnership with Tulip Ltd, one of the leading was launched to Year 9 during a recent assembly. Italy food producers in the UK, who have sites based at The competition will involve students being placed * “I think the induction was very good. With it I Wednesbury and Tipton. into teams to design and create new forms of am ready to start classes; they taught us how to promotional material for a selection of Tulips’ leading do some things. Now I won’t make mistakes”. - products. During the competition, Tulip professionals Marco Mehta Y7 from Italy will be visiting the school to support our students * “I think the induction was very good because during the process. The event will culminate in it helped me to know some words from science students presenting their ideas to a panel of Tulip equipment and some shapes names and sizes”. judges. - Keren Cofie Y7 from Ghana Tulip are working very closely with the school to provide input to our curriculum and to provide * “I think that the induction was very useful for potential future work opportunities for our students. me; I learned things that I didn’t learn in my other school. I like to stay in this induction, but I can’t stay forever”. - Mahin Mollah Y9 from Italy We are lucky to be able to welcome Ms Romanowska as an additional member of the EAL team and our new teacher of Polish. We have been very pleased to welcome back Miss In addition to this Tulip have very kindly donated Pritchard to teach Spanish since September Rugby Balls, pumps and accessories for student and we are looking forward to welcoming Miss use to our PE department. Dawn Wilkes is pictured O’Brien who will be joining the department from A team of professionals from the company including here donating the equipment during an assembly February 2016 as our new Leader of World Dawn Wilkes (HR Senior Advisor), Debbie Piper (Site delivered by WASPS RFC. Languages. Manager), Roz Jackson, Moses Mabika, Nick Insull We very much look forward to continuing our Lucy Abraham – and Gaynor Williams has kick started a relationship relationship with Tulip Foods throughout the Joint Leader of MFL with the school by launching an enterprise remainder of this academic year.

6 www.aspirebelievesucceed.com Panesar Foods works with Year 7 Students Phoenix Collegiate is delighted to welcome a new department to organise a competition for Year 7 partnership with Panesar Foods based in Tipton. students that will provide business life context to a topic of study which is linked to the curriculum. Students are currently working in teams to use Students have been provided with specific criteria to graphics software to design packaging for one of undertake the competition and will be supported by Panesar’s popular selling sauces. both Ian and Stacey throughout the process. Ian Schmidt and Stacey Dean are pictured here launching the competition to our Year 7 students during an assembly period. Phoenix Collegiate would very much like to thank Ian and Stacey for the time and effort they have placed into working with us so far this year and we look forward to continuing our link with Panesar with Ian Schmidt (Technical Director) and Stacey Dean regard to ongoing support provided by the company. (Project Development Manager) have been working closely with Miss Kantel and the technology

Visit from Business Link – Sid, Tesco DPD group Community The Business Studies department has been working closely with the DPD group for over 8 years now. Students ready to present their business plans to Manager the Dragons They have provided our students with valuable As part of their GCE qualifications in Applied entrepreneurial experience and skills. In particular Business over 14 Year 13 students were during the following annual events: provided with an opportunity to visit Tesco New Square West Bromwich and use the business as DPD group Dragons Den – Year 10 Business a basis of investigation for their coursework. Studies students preparing business plans with the help of staff from DPD.

A visit to the store during Year 12 of their studies provided students with an opportunity to carry out an investigation of Human Resource Management used by the company. Sid, Tesco Community Manager at the New Square in West Bromwich, very kindly delivered a verbal presentation and also provided students with a guided tour of the store. Students were provided with an excellent standard of hospitality during their visit. Sid is seen here on a recent visit to Phoenix. DPD group – Phoenix Apprenticeship He was keen to come into school to view the quantity and quality of written portfolio work that students have been able to produce following his input to their studies. The information that Sid supplied has allowed students to greatly enhance and improve their attainment on the course. Thank you to Sid at Tesco New Square for providing this very valuable experience to our DPD group Dragons Den – Final presentations students. This is where the Year 10 Business studies students present their business plans to the The event was entirely managed by our Year 11 and board of directors of 6th form students, led by Sapna Sandhu. DPD including CEO, Dwain McDonald. We very much appreciate the contribution DPD group is making to our school. Gary Hill welcoming Dwain McDonald

www.aspirebelievesucceed.com 7 Humanities Hub Students also visited came back home with museums like Flanders so many questions Field in Ypres, The new answered! Visiting such Passchendaele museum saddening but beautiful History tour to and Talbot house to war graves of all the add knowledge and different soldiers that Belgium and France understanding to the trip. fought including the The group stayed at the British, French and Chateau d’Ebblinghem German troops was in Northern France and very touching. We also experienced French visited many museums cuisine with fun activities such as ‘Flanders Field in the evening. Museum’ and ‘The Talbot House’. These museums let us take a step back from reading and explore The students gained so much from the trip and learnt into our own area of learning. This helped us gain a lot regarding the local heritage and the men of West further understanding of what it was like in war for Bromwich who had made the greatest sacrifice of all. the soldiers. We had a great privilege of taking part in Year 9 were a credit to the school and it shall be a trip a ceremony with the Canadian On the 100 year anniversary of World War One, Phoenix that they will never forget. Thanks to all the teachers army troops. Year 9 students were lucky enough to go on a History who helped with the tour. tour to Belgium and France to view the war graves and Although we did a lot of visiting, Andy Etheridge - Head of History research men who had fallen locally in the Great War. we did get the opportunity to The students had the chance to go to key resting sites Please see below the feelings of a Year 9 student go into the famous Belgium of our soldiers at Tiepval, Passchendaele and Essex Sandish Kaur who went on the trip: chocolate shop, explore Belgium itself and try new things such as Farm. They also attended the Last Post ceremony Sandish Kaur’s French experience at Menin gate whereby three of our students had the eating snails. Overall it was a opportunity to lay a wreath as a sign of respect from all On the France and Belgium trip I arrived with only very interesting and moving trip those at Phoenix Collegiate. basic knowledge about the First World War, yet I filled with so much excitement.

New gym suite Sports & The Arts Hub Following the demolition of the old gyms to start the construction of our new build, the school fitness suite which opened in March 2014 was relocated to a brand new portacabin near the Nathan Sykes’ Carol Service library. visit In December we had our annual Christmas Wow! We’ve certainly been busy in the Music Carol Service at All department recently! In October we had a visit Saints Parish Church in from Nathan Sykes. Nathan is an English singer/ West Bromwich. Thirty songwriter, most famous for being the youngest five of our talented member of ‘The Wanted’. Phoenix students took His debut single “Kiss Me Quick” reached number part in the event, which one on the US Dance Club Songs chart and he showcased music and dance. has performed on stage with the likes of Ariana The Wind Band, led by It is a fully equipped fitness suite with 1 rower, 2 Grande and Jessie Jay. He dropped into The Mrs Reeves and Mrs treadmills, 1 cross trainer, 3 bikes and 6 pulse Phoenix Collegiate to perform to our Year 7 students. Calderbank from the weights machines; and remains a useful addition Following this he answered questions about his life Sandwell Music and to the PE department for curriculum time and and career and then posed for some pictures with Arts Service, were after school. our students. His performances, and the answers he absolutely brilliant. gave to student’s questions, were very inspiring; the Furthermore, there event was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone involved. were wonderful solo Only a few weeks after his visit, he was on the X performances from Ashleigh Heaven, Aalayha Factor performing his second single “Over and Over” Pennant and Abbie Marshall. The Phoenix Vocal in front of millions of viewers. group, led by Miss Neal, did an acapella version of Silent Night, which echoed through the church beautifully. Anna Joppek and Miya Patel Williams mesmerised us with their moves to Jingle Bell Rock. It was a lovely start to the Christmas season. The evening was a complete success so many thanks to everyone involved.

8 www.aspirebelievesucceed.com Rugby day with WASPS Drama - Paul Sackey As year 11 and year 13 students are completing the final year of their courses, it only seems Wasps rugby (now based in appropriate to start to reflect on all of their Coventry) with ex England achievements so far. international rugby star Paul Sackey visited Phoenix on Wednesday 13th Year 11 students have particularly impressed January. During their visit they audiences with their performances of the gave a motivational assembly to scripted play ‘Blood Brothers’ and also with year 9 and then ran 3 one hour training sessions for their recent devised pieces – this is a huge our students including one session for students with achievement, particularly to those students who additional needs. gained top marks for both performances. To top the day off they gave free pairs of rugby Year 13 finished their first year of sixth form in tickets for the Wasps home game v Newcastle on style, with a full scale performance of the play 6th February so students could take their parents. ‘TWO’ by Jim Cartwright. Wasps have also opened up their home the Ricoh Students involved worked extremely hard arena for students to have educational visits during to bring this piece to life, spending months their studies. learning lines and rehearsing to ensure the performance was of extremely high quality and as the performance was set in a pub; they even made their own bar! Year 13 started the new academic year with the ‘Auditions for Actors’ unit, most students gained Distinction grades in Key Stages this unit and many students used their audition pieces to gain places at Universities – some of The Silver which have been accepted Update and Bronze with unconditional offers. With January well out of the way group will be Keep up the good work now and the evenings beginning to undertaking everyone! remain lighter for longer, the DofE team will begin the a Day Year 13, Two by Jim planning and preparation stages for Expedition. This Walk at Cartwright, Shelby Agger year will be the first year that Phoenix will be taking Ironbridge, and Zachary Green silver candidates on Expedition and the hard work is Shropshire well underway. on Friday 18th March. This will allow the groups to harness All candidates have started their first sections in either their map reading and navigation skills. Skills, Physical or Volunteering. It is a requirement that at least 1 section is completed prior to going out on As a committed DofE Centre, we will also be Expedition. This season it is hoped that a water based involved in the DofE Diamond challenge. The Year 13, Two by expedition will be run, along part of the River Wye. Over Diamond Challenge celebrates 60 years of the Jim Cartwright, the last 8 weeks candidates have completed a first aid DofE awards scheme and gives anyone 16+ who Jenny Knott qualification, which will equip and prepare them for the may have not had the opportunity to participate challenges that an expedition can impose. previously, the chance to get involved, have fun and feel brilliant by taking on a challenge. This is an open challenge that adults can do too. More information is available from the DofE Diamond Award website via the following video link. Year 11 https://youtu.be/Z5-XmmD1-3Y Devised - Claire https://dofediamondchallenge.org Stevens If you are interested in joining the Phoenix DofE and Abigail group, or would like more information on the Hodgkinson The first aid module has covered skills in CPR, breaks Diamond Challenge, please see Miss Hancocks or and sprains, cuts and poisoning, bandaging and Mr Jones for more details. immobilising, as well as choking, burns and various first aid scenarios.

Year 11 Devised DofE – Supporting – Tommy Sehmar and Macmillan Coffee ‘Lunch’ Diavonne Lewis Well done to everyone who supported and donated to Macmillan this year. An amazing amount was raised (over £300) and hard work rewarded. A fantastic effort by the DofE students. Thank you!

www.aspirebelievesucceed.com 9 Primary Links / Key Stage 3 Achievements Particular thanks go to our awesome Year 10 helpers, Booster Sessions without whom, the party could not have taken place At Phoenix we are keen to support our local primary as well as to the staff who gave up their evening to pupils and for the 4th year running we are hosting some celebrate the hard work of our students in Year 7 and 8. Gifted and Talented boosters for those Year 6 pupils who exceed in either English or Maths. We encourage parents to collect their children for these sessions and come and see their child at work. Photos of this year’s sessions to follow in the next edition. Key Stage 4 Some groups had academic purposes, but there were some groups purely for students’ enjoyment. Shakespeare Week Achievements A group that was popular with Phoenix students Thanks to Hamsted Junior school for inviting us to was the Video games club, which gave students deliver a Shakespeare workshop to a class of year 5 Birmingham the opportunity to reduce stress by playing games pupils. Ms Wood really enjoyed working with the class University Trip on consoles provided. We also took part in many on some drama linked to The Merchant of Venice. activities throughout the day, from designing new Back in 2015, a few lucky students were selected to visit societies to creating resistant liquids that got the Birmingham University. Once we arrived, we looked stronger as we moved it faster. Christmas Disco around certain areas of the university and explored the With just a week to go until we broke up for the campus before being invited into an assembly. Christmas holiday, a number of students led by We were told about what the University could offer to Courtney Simcox in Year 10, wrote to Mr Hill asking students and about the pros and cons of attending. for a party for the Year 7 and 8 students. They argued Many of the students were asked about their aspirations, that, because of all the hard work they had put in during and found that the University offered many classes to the autumn term, they deserved a party to celebrate aid them and guide them towards their futures. After the it. They were not put off by the frankly crazy timescale assembly, some students who studied at the University they had set for themselves or by the need to not only gave us a tour around the campus. organise it, but fund it themselves. They assured Overall, it was a great experience for Mr Hill that they could do it – and on the evening of They explained that the university had multiple stores everyone who was lucky enough to attend. Wednesday 16th December – they did! With music, including a barbers and three different coffee shops. The Surely the University can expect many decorations, food, drinks, games and security, the university even had its own train station! We were then Phoenix students to attend in a few years! evening was enjoyed by all and will certainly live in the taken to a large room where we were shown the many By Daisy Nock and minds of the staff who supported it. student-run groups. Athena Johnson, Year 9

10 www.aspirebelievesucceed.com Work Birmingham Hippodrome offers one week We then went to the box office were I met Richard Experience at placements to young people who want a taster of Wood who showed me how the box office worked. what working in a big theatre is like. Their work I spent some time with Richard listening to some of experience placements are designed to give young the phone calls that he was receiving from customers The Ridgeacre people an idea of what happens during the day-to- wanting to book tickets for different shows. Everyone day life of a presenting theatre, exploring the range in the box office was really friendly and made me feel Pub of work that goes on behind the scenes. comfortable in the working environment. On the 29th of June until the 3rd of July we They recently welcomed one of our students, 15 year Richard who is also visually impaired also gave began work experience at The Ridgeacre pub. old Shania Shaffi. me good advice about going to university in the Arriving early we were dressed correctly for a future and how I should deal with it being a visually normal work day. In our work experience week, impaired person. I felt comfortable talking to Richard we expected to be cleaning tables and helping about being visually impaired and chatting to him set the tables, however, we were taking part in about how I cope with things at school. I found activities that a typical employee would be doing. learning how the box office works very interesting. At first, we were following the employee trainer On the second day I arrived in the morning and Lucinda McMahon, her co-worker Jessica worked in the offices with Rachel Smith from the McMahon and the Manager Eve; observing Education Department. I was working on a mood the way they introduced the customers to the Work Experience at Birminghamboard in the Pinterest Hippodrome app on my IPad, the theme restaurant and how to work at the tills. In no for the board was a toy shop for a ballet called The time, we were waiting tables on our own and Nutcracker where the toys come to life after the toy were working as a team to make sure that all the shop closes. food was given out in appropriate times. This was my first time using Pinterest and I really We were also making desserts, pouring soft enjoyed it. Everyone was really nice and loved my drinks, serving food; taking in the money and mood board. After lunch I then went to a primary giving the change and receipt back to the school called St. Bernadette’s where I watched the customers. Year 6 children practice Annie the musical which was Doing work experience at the Ridgeacre was really fun. enjoyable, scary at first but overall an amazing On the third day I arrived at the theatre in the opportunity that we took part in. morning, and Grace took me to interview different We feel we have gained confidence in working This placement in particular was slightly different as staff members so I could learn about different roles and communicating with adults and we Shania is visually impaired, so staff adapted work in the Hippodrome. have definitely learnt to work in a fast paced experience tasks to suit Shania’s needs. Here’s environment. In February 2016 we have been Shania’s own account of how her placement at We first interviewed Mark O’ Dwyer from IT, Becky offered a part-time job at the Ridgeacre. Birmingham Hippodrome went. Poulton from finance, Charlie Pette from conference and events, Rosanna Milsom from Development and “I first arrived at the theatre on Monday with my Amy Haycock from press. They all told me about their support teacher Miss Dowling; we started off job, what they do every day and how much they all our day with a tour of the Hippodrome guided by enjoy it. Administration Assistant Grace Morgan who looks after work experience students. Grace showed us all Over all I’ve really enjoyed being at the Hippodrome around the building and all the different departments and I have learnt so much about the theatre itself and conference rooms such as the Patrick Centre and the lovely people that work there, and I feel really studio. thankful and lucky for this experience.”

Year 11 A-A* Conference at Birmingham University On Friday 8th January 2016, 29 Year 11 students Later on, each student went on a tour of the campus One of their comments towards us was “Very went to Birmingham University for an A-A* where they learnt about various societies, for impressed, Morgan and Leah showed some conference. example, the Tea Society, Cheerleading Society and brilliant initiative. They also couldn’t wait to learn, Human vs Zombies Society to name a few. Throughout the day they were informed on various they were brilliant with the customers, a delight different things, ranging from the requirements Finally, students visited Unifest, a summer camp for to have at the Ridgeacre. needed to get into university now to different Year 10 and Year 12 which educates and produces Morgan and Leah are more than welcome to schemes that make it easier to get in. skills needed to get into university before having a come back to me once they are old enough. A night of bowling and fine dining. At the beginning of the day the outreach manager better duo, Morgan and Leah were spectacular! Mohammed Ansar, spoke of the change in university The year 12 summer camp is completely free and They should be very proud!! These girls are a requirements. Since AS are being dropped, the gives each person a mentor to help with university great credit to Phoenix Collegiate they have GCSEs students achieve now become more admission and personal statements. They also wonderfully represented the school”. important when applying for university. provide accommodation at the Halls. Working at the Ridgeacre was a delight! Students also learnt that in the future more jobs Ramandeep Sandhu, Daniel Patel, Jessica Young, We didn’t want the week to end! will require a degree, however, the degree can be in Lauren Dangerfield and Simranjeet Kaur, Year 11 Morgan Francis and Leah Longstaff, Year 11 anything, it is the skills achieved that are examined.

www.aspirebelievesucceed.com 11 Key Stage 5 Achievements Phoenix Collegiate 6th form - Stretch Staffordshire University Trip and Challenge Phoenix 6th form continue to As part of SED3 on the 26th January Year 12 They also provided a workshop tailored towards provide a range of aspirational students from Phoenix Collegiate attended employability skills that was delivered to all opportunities for our top achievers Staffordshire learners and provided tips and advice relating in school. University to apprenticeships, degrees and general job for a series applications. This year we have increased the percentage of workshops of students applying for opportunities aimed Students undertook a team building task and relating at supporting them in progression to higher presentation in front of a packed lecture theatre to student education or higher level displaying a range of skills in the process. life, student apprenticeships. loans and the application process for university. Lynnel Masangkay Some of the success stories so far this year include Lynnel Masangkay.

The reports from both students and staff were excellent so thank you to the students for being such great sports and also the staff team led by Ms Ault for ensuring that all students got the best Staffordshire University are an excellent partner of from the day. ours and provided all of the students with a beanie hat on the day to help them keep warm and give Well done Year 12/13 tutor team. them a keepsake for their experience.

group in a round of applause for the staff at the Lynnel will be undertaking a variety of Trips Galore: university. I also would like to thank Mr Stevens, who programmes this year aimed at supporting her despite the groaning of Year 13 students beforehand, with applications to a top university. Wolverhampton gave us a wonderful day out. Kudos. Thirty seven psychology students from Years 12 and As part of 13 visited Wolverhampton University on the Phoenix Jonathan Staten, Year 13 Birmingham Day held on the 26th of January. Universities A2B programme, Realising Lynnel has been Opportunities successful The trip arranged by Mr Stevens saw students tour Realising opportunities is a partnership in gaining a place on their new routes to the university campus and take part in a number of programme between the Russell Group of professions programme. psychology experiments that would be relevant to Universities aimed at facilitating young people This exciting new opportunity provides Lynnel their studies. into higher education at one of the partner with a variety of master classes, events and universities. The day began at 8:45 in the common room (a far professional guidance to support her with more sensible time than the London trip) and when This year we have 10 students from our stretch an application to medicine at Birmingham students arrived in Wolverhampton, they were quickly and challenge cohort on this programme. University. thrown into taking part in an experiment to test As part of the provision they will get Lynnel will also be undertaking a Cambridge memory and its ability to be altered by misleading opportunities to attend events and summer University Shadowing scheme this year. information. schools at top universities and gaining a She will be the first student from Phoenix After this, students took part in tours of the campus’ reduced offer for courses at these to undertake a 3 day course at Cambridge psychology department and a number of psychology universities when they apply University where she will shadow a student activities. Then after lunch, the results of the earlier through UCAS. across lectures in medicine and chemical experiment were handed out and students broke off We in the 6th form are engineering. into groups to work on presenting this information in extremely excited about poster form. This will be an excellent opportunity for Lynnel this programme and the to experience life at one of the top universities The posters were then judged and our winners were: aspirations it will provide in the country and allow her to assess course Charlotte Ford, Molly Patterson, Olivia Jhall, Jordan to students content and structure as well as making links for Herr, Jorge Smith and Jack Carswell. The trip was here at her future UCAS application. rounded off by Head Boy Tom Willetts, who led the Phoenix.

12 www.aspirebelievesucceed.com Pastoral 100% Attendance Trip to London Last term Phoenix was offered a limited number of 100% attendance but were not lucky - this time - in tickets on the London Eye which was combined to the draw. There will be other rewards and you will be Make Your include a day out in London with a famous burger bar automatically included in the future draws. Mark Youth lunch included while we were there. Parliament ballot Phoenix students were given the opportunity to participate in parliamentary democracy in September by taking part in the annual Make Your Mark ballot.

Attendance - be there, be in it to win it, if you’re in The criterion for student selection to go on this you learn and you win. fabulous trip was a student having 100% attendance Paul Harris and the Phoenix Pastoral and with absolutely NO time off in term 1 in 2015 / 2016. Attendance teams 2016 Amazing. Well done you. Problem - there were far too many students with 100% attendance than we had tickets - oh dear. Not to worry - we had to use the good old lucky dip draw system to choose the names - which we did - and As part of their Each year Phoenix provides each student with a they went! A great day had by all, brilliant photos as Student Planners enrichment planner to help them keep track of homework, you can see and more and more positive comments curriculum, they plan their work and monitor things like their from the coach company and the London Eye staff discussed the attendance. This year again our school has about our splendid students who knew how to behave issues affecting worked with the print company APM Print to properly and sell the great name which is PHOENIX. young people today design the internal layouts and through a student and voted on the main ones that Well done all, thank you to the staff who went and competition the following students were chosen they wanted the Youth Parliament to discuss in a huge well done to those students who also have as winners. a House of Commons debate on 15th November Liam Lawley, Luke Simmonds and Charlotte 2015. The top three issues that our students Waters all from Year 8 came up with the idea voted for were: A Living Wage, A Curriculum to Mr Harris is talking of famous writers and famous books and since prepare us for life and Transport. Rubbish – again. winning, have been working on the layouts with ‘I am glad that Phoenix took part in this ballot the design company. They are seen below with as it is important that students get to vote for This is totally true – he talked a load of rubbish at the their prizes of an Amazon Fire tablet and case. issues that affect them individually.’ start of last term and is doing so again now. Jardell Miller, Youth Police and Crime By this we of course mean LITTER – and the Commissioner and Member of the Youth PHOENIX ANTI LITTER CRUSADE. Parliament. Litter is an issue at Phoenix – as indeed in many schools – and there is no excuse for it. The good news is - it is a problem that is easily fixed as stated in assemblies on the matter previously. After half term we will have: Governors shadow We look forward to seeing their design as part of • Formed links with the national the 2016/17 planners which will also be used in students Eco Schools campaign other schools across the region. Last term and again a few weeks ago, members • Formed links with the Midlands Well done Charlotte, Liam and Luke and thank of the governing body shadowed a student for Litterwatch campaign the day to see the typical Phoenix school day you to APM Print. • An agreed anti-litter school policy from the perspective of the student. • School council input into the anti-litter campaign They were here from 8.30am – 3.30pm. • Student designed anti-litter posters across Mobile phones Both governors thoroughly enjoyed the day and the school Over Christmas many students were given a new were extremely impressed with our students, our • Sanctions in place to deal with litter louts mobile phone. Can I please remind parents that teachers and our lessons. • More bins in popular areas around our ever should a mobile phone be seen or heard on site They were also impressed with the behaviour of changing site they will be confiscated by staff. our students around the site between lessons • Recycling bins in strategic areas Could I also pass on the comments from West and at break and lunchtime. • Wheelie bins in key areas such as the snack shack Midland Police that across Birmingham and West They provided some very useful ideas for • A stock of new paper pickers, black bags and Bromwich there has been a spate of robberies of improvements and both agreed that they were gloves for those that find themselves in the young people who are using their mobile phones quite tired at the end of a busy student day at Phoenix litter detentions. on the way to and from school. Please keep Phoenix. Imagine doing 5 of those a week! – your valuables safe at home. Watch this space – together we can transform Our students are made of sturdy stuff! our school. Mike Smith – Deputy Head Teacher

www.aspirebelievesucceed.com 13 Let me tell you that running my own business has Several members Miscellaneous exposed me to some brilliant opportunities. The of Phoenix staff highlight was in 2012, when I was selected as 1 of 6 made themselves people in the UK to accompany Sir Richard Branson on look a bit silly Success story a trade mission to India, in the aim of learning how to for a good cause Having recently been awarded an expand a business internationally. last year, raising entrepreneurial award, I was asked £785 in the process. Mr Hill, to share my story. Now it’s hard Mr Harris, Mr Price and Mr to believe I only left Menzies High McAusland joined many others School 5 years ago. across the world in changing the face of men’s health by A month after leaving school I got my taking part in Movember. For first job. Any guesses what it could one month their fuzzy faces have been? It was packing pitta breads in a factory. It were a billboard for awareness might not sound like hard work, but it was. Six months of serious conditions affecting On top of that I’ve also been down the line I managed to get an apprenticeship which men’s health, including: fortunate enough to have was a step in the right direction. physical inactivity; mental pitched in front of Peter Jones illness; prostate and testicular I completed my apprenticeship in 6 months because CBE, subsequently becoming cancer. I saw another opportunity arise, and it was to join the a national ambassador of PJEA, which is founded by Peter Jones of Dragons Den. the Peter Jones Foundation. Through assemblies all students That pushed me further in the right direction, as the 1 Which then led onto being were told about the Movember year program was designed to help you build a business invited to Buckingham foundation’s aims. The hope from scratch. Palace to pitch to HRH the is that we can save lives - not just of our students, but of Skip a few years and now at the age of 22 I’ve Duke of York, KG. their families and friends - by successfully sold one business which was an e-learning I have also been part of the steering group raising awareness of illnesses, and encouraging academy. By no means did I sell it for millions, but for Solihull College, as well as that I’ve been a board men to visit a doctor when they have a concern. it was a healthy sum which validated my progress. I member of the UK’s largest business and enterprise continue to do business in the online education area, education charity, Young Enterprise. But to sum it all up Watch out for next year, when we hope that which may sound boring, but it’s far from it. My sole I would say - just do something. Once you do one thing some of our students might join in the fun! intention going forward in business at the moment is you’ll see other opportunities appear. I always think long Look at moteam.co/phoenix-collegiate for more to generate that magical revenue figure of £1 Million, I term, but take short term actions that will get me there. information. want to achieve it within 3-5 years - then onwards and upwards from there. Ravinder Deol – ex student Raising money for Hair today gone tomorrow On Thursday 26th November 2015 Mr Jones, SENCO lots of members of staff were taking part in, Mrs the SEN play area at Phoenix, braved the clippers for charity Beard oiled and sharpened her clippers in readiness Pupil support is in full money raising mode in order for the event. to provide a suitable outside play area in the new build for children with additional needs, allowing vulnerable students to increase their physical activity and social skills.

While other men were growing their moustaches Mr You will be pleased to know Jones, wanting to be different and came up with the Mr Jones was unscarred brilliant idea of shaving off all his hair! and was very grateful for The school has been quoted a £40,000 target from the builders in order to supply an outside area Inviting students and staff to witness this for a small his new range of hats he received for Christmas! as it is not within the new build funding. We hope contribution to the ‘Movember’ cancer fund raising to have an area with rubber tarmac, a covered section with seating and some sporting facilities. Pantomime trip SEN Coffee Pupil Support took a group of students to see Peter Pan at the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton on Friday 22nd Morning January. The trip was funded by the money that had We have had to put on hold our been raised by the SEN department. SEN parents’ coffee mornings All students and staff had a wonderful whilst we manage the exciting time, the stars of the show were the building works happening at Phoenix. Now the Chuckle Brothers who had the audience So far we have already raised a builders are moving onto the next stage, we laughing from start to finish. The students whopping £6000 but we still have a are planning to hold our next coffee morning all enjoyed the experience of the theatre; long way to go. If you wish to help near the end of March – please keep your eye their behaviour was impeccable and they contribute or sponsor this facility on the school website for details. were an absolute credit to the school. please do contact us in pupil support.

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Rugby world cup Fan Zone 2015 Sportsfest at Twenty Year 8 students attended the Rugby world cup Fan Zone in Birmingham in September. Students Wolverhampton took part in many activities. They were given opportunities to experience all the different skills in Rugby in a safe and fun way such University as tackling and passing. Twenty three Year 10 GCSE students attended Sportsfest at the University of Wolverhampton, Walsall campus.

The trip was part of the promotion for the Rugby World cup and Phoenix took some Year 8 students from PE as a reward.

Basketball u16’s Our under 16 team played back to back games of basketball (4 quarters of x 7mins = 28 mins) against St Michael’s and George Salters in October. Although they were up in both games at the end of the third quarter they lost both games by 4 points. 31-35 and 28-32. George Salters beat Phoenix for the league last year to be the best team in Sandwell and they have their own basketball academy which is the sole role of their coach in the school. If Phoenix had not of ran out of gas The team was excellent and a credit to themselves They took part in various activities including they would have beaten them!!!! and the school! fitness testing in the Labs, martial arts, Parkour and games for people with disabilities.

kept his nerve to lift the ball into the back of the net Year 10 Football for the equalizer! Delirium ensued thinking a point was An incredibly exciting game involving our Year 10 saved! football team, saw them with a mountain to climb after However, the final sting in the tail was yet to come as conceding two early goals against Q3 in October last the Q3 boys had a shot from distance in stoppage time, term! However, a goal from Ciprian Turcanu brought which was tipped around the post for a corner! With a Well done to Bethany Stokes and Ciprian them back into the game and with a determined loaded penalty area, in the final attack of the match, a Turcanu who won tickets to West Bromwich v defensive display, especially from goalkeeper Haydyn Q3 head rose highest to dispatch a great header into Newcastle doing a timed dribbling competition. Abrahams, they were back in the game! the roof of the Phoenix net! Game over! In the final minute of normal time, Junior Sunder was A great game, with excellent spirit and skill shown by sent through, one on one with the Q3 keeper and he both sides, well done.

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Year 11 Badminton The Year 11 boys in the photo represented Phoenix in the Sandwell schools’ Badminton competition. Two teams where entered and each team came 1st and 2nd out of 5 schools - beating Wood Green, George Salters, ACE, Health Futures and Wodensborough.

U13 Girls Handball They went through to represent the North of The students above represented Phoenix in the with Sandwell Academy and Phoenix in joint Sandwell but lost in the final. Some excellent U13 Girls Handball tournament at Wood Green second place. performances. in January. Congratulations to the following students: Nevaeh It was a fantastic effort from all of the team who Leveridge, Ashleigh Heaven, Amber Dee, Sinead demonstrated outstanding behaviour and drive Slade, Jenaye Williams, Linda Jokubauska and Year 7 Football throughout. George Salters finished in 1st position Shanahya Sterling. Congratulations to Mr Hughes and the Year 7 Football team who won a closely fought game, 2-3 against Q3 in October last term. U14 netball team On 21st January, the u14’s represented Phoenix and Sandwell North for 3rd place against Oldbury Academy. The girls played some of the best netball this season and won convincingly with a score of 13-3. This was a big victory.

Some excellent performances and a great first win for this new team and its manager, in only their second game! Year 11 Badminton The Year 11 boys played badminton and U16 Netball beat George Salters, ACE and Wood Green to On 20th January, the u16 team won against represent the North of Sandwell last term. St Michael’s 9-7. Both teams came 2nd in the North and South of the borough. Effectively coming 3rd out of 12 teams. Netball U 16 is all students under this age and U14 Year 7, 8 and 9.

They played St Michael’s in the final with some good performances but lost. Well done to Arun Rana, Tarandeep Dhanda, Shamsher Singh, Owen Carter and Daniel Patel!

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