THE NEWS @ Bingley Grammar School 24 June 2016
DATES TO REMEMBER
Mon 27 June Yr 7 Transition Next Monday we welcome next year’s Year 7 students and their families to our
Evening Transition Evening. 56 of our current Yr 7 students have been selected as transition ambassadors who will assist our teaching staff with admin roles and act as parental guides helping new families and groups to navigate the school.
Mon 27 June Art Exhibition Our GCSE and A-Level Art, Textiles and Photography students work will be on show in N4 from 5:00pm – 8:00pm. Everyone welcome.
Sat 02 July – Yr 10 DofE The qualifying expedition will take place on 2nd and 3rd July around Pateley
Sun 03 July Expedition Bridge. It is essential that all participants attend the remaining after school sessions
to plan their route before the qualifying expedition.
Wed 06 July Summer Picnic The Summer Picnic Music Concert is taking place in N6 on Wednesday 6th July at Music Concert 7:00pm. Families are welcome to bring along picnics to enjoy while they are
watching the entertainment provided by our many music ensembles from Yrs 7-13. Pimms and strawberries will be served at the interval. Tickets can be obtained from the music office: Adult £5.00 and Concessions £4.00.
Tues 12 July Young Musician Elizabeth Kelly (Yr 10) and Jess Kelly (Yr 8) have organised a Young Musician of of the Year the Year Competition which will be held in the Music Department on Tuesday 12th
July at 6:00pm. Please contact Mrs Marks if you would like to attend this event. ([email protected])
Wed 13 July Parent Focus The next parent focus group meeting is in the Brown Cow on Wed July 13th at Group 7:00pm - all welcome. It will be a social drink with a chance to discuss ways of growing the group.
News, Updates and Future Events
Healthy Eating As part of the British Nutrition Foundation’s Healthy Eating Week our Food Technology department ran
Week several events last week with lots of students and staff from across the school community joining in: Smoothie Bar and Fruit Salad Station: Last Monday T15 was turned into a Smoothie bar at break time making delicious fruit smoothies for Yr 7 and Yr 8 students. The students were able to sample different smoothie flavours as well as a wide variety of fruits. To read more on this visit our school website: http://www.bingleygrammar.org/latest-news/hew- smoothie-bar/
Healthy Eating Week Bake Off (House Competition) Each form group in Year 7 and Year 8 were invited to enter one of their students into the competition to create a healthy ‘grab and go’ snack which could end up being served in the school restaurant. To read more on this visit our school website: http://www.bingleygrammar.org/latest-news/hew-house- competition/
Year 7 PSE ‘Eatwell’ Train Last Thursday Yr 7 students were learning about the 'Eatwell plate' and why eating a balanced diet is so important. The group prepared vegetables to make their own version of an Eatwell Train! Complete with tracks, the class made a train with carriages full of healthy nutritious crudites. To read more on this visit our school website: http://www.bingleygrammar.org/latest-news/year-7-pse-healthy-eating-week-/
Space Seeds Our Rocket Science experiment is now complete and the results are in! To read more about our conclusions click on the link: http://www.bingleygrammar.org/latest-news/rocket-seeds/ And to find out if we were correct, watch this video of astronaut Tim Peake telling us which seeds had been in space with him on the International Sapace Station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV6bXBt4Ug0
THE NEWS @ Bingley Grammar School 24 June 2016
The Giving We have joined TheGivingMachine which will allow you to generate cash donations for the school without
Machine it costing you a penny. There are already more than 4,000 schools taking part in this scheme, with the successful schools raising £1,000s every year at no extra cost to parents! You can join to become a Giver by visiting www.thegivingmachine.co.uk - entering your name, e-mail address and postcode and selecting our school as your chosen beneficiary. Then, every time you shop online, logon to The Giving Machine before you shop and you will make free cash donations with every purchase you make. For more information visit the school website: http://www.bingleygrammar.org/parents--carers/the-giving-machine/
Amnesty Earlier this year students from Years 7 to 12 entered the annual Amnesty International Youth Awards International Reporting category. Our students chose to write about a range of human rights issues including refugees, Youth Awards Islamophobia and being homeless. Congratulations to all students who took part in the competition (Megan Watson, Libby Marsh, Poppy Ahern, Daniel Burniston, Masoomah Ahmed) And a huge well done to Halima Kamran and Maryam Peters who were shortlisted for their entries and made it to the top ten in their categories out of over 400 entries. Miss Shah will be launching the competition again next year. Watch this space!
Cheerleading Last Thursday our Cheerleading team competed at the School's Cheerleading competition at Tong
Success High School. Miss Iles took a fantastic team of girls who have been practising and working really hard for this competition. They performed amazingly and came first winning their category! Miss Iles was so proud of their attitude, their determination and of course, the result. They were an absolute credit to the school and have improved so much since they started practising. A perfect example of our Ethos - belong, grow, succeed. Well done and good luck to the team who are now through to the West Yorkshire Youth Games in July!
BGS Mock EU This week our staff have been talking with their classes about the EU debate. Miss Shah provided Referendum resources from First News, a newspaper aimed at children and teenagers to give students more information about the leave and remain campaigns. Bingley Grammar School voted to remain in the EU with 72% voting to remain and 28% to leave. The whole purpose of our mock referendum was to engage young people with politics and give them an understanding of issues that will affect them in the future. We also hope to encourage students to use their democratic right to vote when they are 18. Miss Shah would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part and to staff who assisted with the ballot. To read more on this story visit the school website: http://www.bingleygrammar.org/latest-news/bgs-mock-eu-referendum/
Social Media Did you know Bingley Grammar School is on twitter (@bingleygrammar) and we are now also on Facebook (www.facebook.com/BingleyGrammarSchool). Follow us and ‘Like’ our page to keep up to date with the goings on at Bingley Grammar School. These pages will be closely monitored.
Bright Sparks Last Wednesday our school-run playgroup, Bingley Bright Sparks, did a sponsored walk in aid of a local Sponsored girl suffering from Rett Syndrome. The children arrived in fancy dress and toddled along the canal to the
Walk five rise locks and back from St Aidan's Church in Crossflatts. The group had a lovely morning and hope that the money raised will help Isabelle and her family. To read more on this and view photographs of the walk visit our school website: http://www.bingleygrammar.org/latest-news/bright-sparks-sponsored-walk/
Bright Sparks Earlier this week Annette from the Pre-school brought in a dental health awareness kit with giant teeth &
Dental Health toothbrushes. These went down very well with the toddlers who practised lots of brushing! Many thanks to Annette for organising the resources & display.
Yr 10 Business Year 10 Business students were a credit to school when they recently made a fact finding trip into Bingley
Studies town centre. On a mission to gather primary research data to support their GCSE Business controlled assessment, they independently approached local small business owners in order to interview them and their customers, in addition to other data collection. They now go on to collate secondary data, using all their research to then produce their controlled assessment write-up which will be worth up to 25% of their final grade. Well done all!
Yr 10 GCSE Letters regarding this compulsory activity/trip to Ilkley have gone out to all students. Consent forms and
Geography payment to the finance office by Thursday 30th June please! Any queries please contact Miss Wales.
THE NEWS @ Bingley Grammar School 24 June 2016
Yr 8 PCSO Beasley has been talking to Yr 8 to raise awareness of social issues such as antisocial behaviour, online safety and the importance of developing positive relationships. Students have fed back that they have found the sessions informative and challenging. Mrs Green said students’ behaviour and engagement was exemplary.
Duke of Yesterday Kat Long, Operations Officer for DofE West Yorkshire, presented our students and Mr Morse
Edinburgh with our Direct Licence certificate! Our bronze award students are looking forward to their assessed expedition near Pateley Bridge next weekend - good luck to all 8 of our bronze teams!
Bingley Bingley Biathlon is a family event for all ages and abilities and will be held in Bingley pool and Myrtle Park
Biathlon from 12pm on Sunday, 10 July. The Biathlon involves an age graduated swim at Bingley Pool and a run through Myrtle Park. Bingley Harriers and Athletics Club, Bingley Amateur Swimming Club and Friends of Bingley Pool are the organisers and it promises to be a fun afternoon with food stalls, brass band etc. If you would like to take part please see Mr McGregor for an application form.
This week our whole school community has been discussing the EU referendum. Our Economics students have been concentrating specifically on the economic results of the leave and remain stance. Their week has culminated with a visit from Prof. Damian Ward, Dean of Business School at the University of Hertfordshire who has spent the day with our Yr 12 students. We would like to thank Prof. Damian Ward for giving his time to share his extensive knowledge in this field.
Luke Weston – Head teacher