Summer 2016 The Rutherford Review Headlines This has been a busy and very successful year. I must congratulate Mr Wilson, and o er an even better education. Thank you to all of our stakeholders, parents, Mrs James and Mrs Wells who are retiring this year. I would like to thank them for all carers, governors and students for your support this year. their hard work and commitment to the students and the school over many years. Due to signi cant changes in the structure of other schools in the area we have Looking at the Newsletter you cannot help but be impressed by the quality and range decided to increase our intake numbers in Year 7 and 8 from 60 to 100. This is to of enrichment activities for students. There have been many highlights this year support our traditional catchment areas and to ensure parents can secure a place at however three stand out: the School. We will keep two points of entry open next year, in Year 7 and in Year 9. • The excellent Ofsted report in March This is an incredibly challenging time for parents with so much change occurring in the restructure from the three tier system to a two tier system, especially if you have • Her Majesty’s Inspectors recognising the excellence of our work in the eld of children in Year 8 and lower years next year. As a school we will support families in business partnerships and employer engagement. and out of our catchment area by o ering an excellent education from Year 7 through • The National Business and Education Partnership award at the British Chambers to Year 13. of Commerce annual awards Finally, good luck to the students and families whose association with the School This week we have just heard about a new and exciting partnership with ends at the end of this term. Please keep in touch and share all your successes with Northampton Saints Rugby Club. We are now a partnership school and will have us. To all those returning, have a relaxing and safe summer and we will see you on access to high quality coaching based at Mark Rutherford. the 5th September ready for another exciting and challenging year. As a school, Ofsted clearly stated ‘Pupils’ attitudes to their lessons are very positive, and they enjoy positive relationships with teachers. This means that lessons are calm and productive. Pupils work hard.’ We are not complacent and we know that it is only Mr Richard Millard, through hard work and the right attitude that the School will continue to improve Headteacher

Mark Rutherford becomes a Northampton Saints Partnership School We are delighted to announce that we have secured a partnership with Northampton Saints RFC. Northampton Saints are among the elite rugby clubs in and Europe and were crowned as Premier League Champions as recently as 2014. Initially, our students will be able to access excellent coaching from professional, quali ed coaches. Coaches will include the Elite Player Development Manager, Developing Player Program (DPP) coaches and Saints community coaches. Sessions will begin during the second week of term and are accessible for all ages. The School’s 1st XV will be coached for an hour during an afternoon and all other players will be coached during our extra-curricular provision. These sessions will run until the Bourne to Dance! Christmas Holidays with alternative arrangements to be made for the start of 2017. Five of our Year 10 GCSE Dance students were invited to take part in a Dance There will also be additional coaching opportunities provided by the Elite Player showcase at Lincroft School on Monday 13th June. The show was dedicated to the Development Manager during some lesson time throughout the next school year. highly successful British choreographer, Matthew Bourne, in honour of his recent As a result of this outstanding opportunity, we will be creating a Rugby knighthood. Taking inspiration from his version of The Nutcracker, the dancers for Year 12 students starting in September 2017. Students will complete the BTEC created a piece based around ice skating on a frozen lake in a magical and exciting National Extended Diploma in Sport and Exercise Science whilst developing their fantasy land. The piece was choreographically supported by Miss Jessop and dancers skills in playing, coaching and o ciating Rugby. The partnership will also provide included: Keira Barnes, Victoria Dewin, Ella Fyers, Katie Jones and Graziella Grasso. students with opportunities to visit Northampton Saints' playing and training Colin Foster said: “I wanted to let you know that I had the privilege of attending facilities and gain access to professional sta in elds such as diet and nutrition, the Bourne to Dance performance yesterday evening at . The tness and exercise and data analysis. performance of ‘Skating Silhouettes’ by Mark Rutherford Academy pupils was simply This opportunity is open to both current students as well as those attending other outstanding and very well choreographed. I understand it was choreographed by a institutions. Please contact Mr Snowdon for further information. Year 10 student; it was excellent. The students were incredible in their performance and were a real credit to themselves and their school." Term begins on Monday 5th September Good Schools Guide awards Please check the website for timings for each year group has been awarded two Good Schools Guide School Dinners Awards! For more information please see the School website Please note: from September the price of a school dinner will be £2.45 www.markrutherford.beds.sch.uk Year 10 Applied Art Forest School Illustration Project The students visited the site on a cold, windy day to record and draw the Forest School environment. Although the Forest School is very new and the trees have not Following the success of an illustration project last year for a charity, Mark yet matured, the students were very positive about the potential and could visualise Rutherford’s Year 10 Applied Art students have been commissioned by how it would look in the future. Senior Lecturers, Susan Braud and Dr Perry Knight University, one of the Business Partners, to illustrate a children’s guide to the brand were exceedingly impressed with the students’ responses and their work ethic. new Forest School. This exciting venture enables the students to experience a true Currently the students are working on nal drafts of their books and we vocational opportunity; working with a client and exploring professional ways will announce on the school website which individual’s work will be used of working such as character design, storyboarding, researching references and as the nal book. meeting deadlines.

Arts Participation Badges This term saw the launch of the Arts Participation Badges, presented by the Arts Faculty to those students who had been identi ed as showing commitment to the Arts through Art, Photography, Music, Dance and Drama. Gold and Silver badges were awarded retrospectively in recognition of the contribution some students have made over the years to the Arts at Mark Rutherford. Students received a certi cate and a lapel badge to celebrate their achievement. One student said “It’s nice to be appreciated”. We look forward to seeing the badges being worn with pride. The scheme will be fully launched in September 2016 and students will be able to achieve Bronze, Silver or Gold through their participation across the Arts. There are many opportunities available to explore your creativity through extra-curricular clubs, competitions and activities. Those who have already been awarded Silver or Gold will have the opportunity to build on their success and potentially reach Platinum becoming an Ambassador of the Arts.

Ellie Ball–Year 13 MRS Art National Youth Theatre MRS Summer Art Exhibition 2016 Written by: Sophie Rose A most enjoyable evening was had celebrating the creative talent of our AS and In February I went to an audition at Toynbee A2: Art, Applied Art and Photography Students. This well-established event on the Studios in London for the National Youth Theatre, School calendar was well attended and generated some fabulous feedback on the a branch of the National Theatre for performers quality and standard of the work on show. There may still be some Limited Edition aged 14-25. I worked with other auditionees in Prints available to purchase - please see the School website for details. the morning on improvisation and group work, and took part in an individual panel audition in the afternoon - I was one of 5000 auditionees. A couple of months later I received an email saying I’d been accepted on their junior course GIRLS ONLY From September 2016 - one of 500 successful applicants. This means I’ll take part in a two week course in August, living and working at Trinity Laban in London towards my National Youth – Year 7, Year 8 & Year 9 Theatre membership. At the end of the two weeks, we’ll have a presentation of what we The uniform policy requirement will be to wear skirts and trousers purchased have been developing for an invited audience and the artistic director Paul Roseby, and from Prestige Design & Workwear. I’ll become an o cial member of the company. You can obtain these items from either 2 of their shops or online. Following that, I’ll have access to exclusive casting calls and auditions for members only, www.prestigedesignww.co.uk – School Uniform – Mark Rutherford receive information on London based connections and networking, and take part in members-only productions in London theatres. I’ll have a secure membership in the Flitwick Address: Prestige Design & Workwear Ltd, 46 – 48 High Street, National Youth Theatre until my 26th birthday, when I can re-audition for membership Flitwick, Bedford MK45 1DX • 01525 716558 to the National Theatre. Barton-Le-Clay Address: Prestige Design & Workwear Ltd, Unit 12, Alumni of the National Youth Theatre include Daniel Craig, Matt Smith and Timothy Spall. Barton Industrial Estate, Barton-Le-Clay,Bedford MK45 4RP • 01582 883222

Sporting Success The feedback from the partners was very complimentary: “Excellent event, very worthwhile.” Barry Robertson, Hybrid Air Vehicles. Athletics County Championships Success! “Always interested and engaged students. Pleasure to come to these events.” Shannon Munro nished 3rd in the Junior Girls shot putt. STOMOR. Tia Wilson continued her fantastic record of results by winning comfortably in the And the responses from the students: Junior Girls 1500m. “Very educational. I now know how science/maths/geography link in to the Raphael Bouju had another strong competition, he comfortably won the 100m di erent careers.” again, and he then followed this up by winning the Junior Boys long jump with “It helps you think about all the di erent options you have and the variety of jobs a distance of 5.93m with the nal jump of the competition. for an engineer.” Reon Lewis also had an excellent night, he nished 2nd in the 100m to Raphael, before winning the Junior Boys 200m in a time of 24.5s. In his nal event Reon “I have learned more about businesses and elds which I didn’t know I could pursue.” anchored the Junior Boys 4x100m relay team to victory. Several students have also managed to secure work experience through the local Nathan Cox was the winner of the Intermediate Boys 200m, and in the night’s nal companies too. event he ran a fantastic fourth leg for the Intermediate Boys 4x100m relay to secure These are just two of the many events run by Mark Rutherford’s award winning his second victory. Business Partnership team. For further information or to book a place, please contact It was a fantastic evening. Congratulations to all students who took part and got Kath on 01234 290200 or email [email protected] soaked by the rain! Year 7 and 8 Athletics STEM The nal league xture of the season took place against Lincroft and Robert Bruce Middle Schools. Lincroft have an excellent reputation for Athletics so this was Year 7/8: always going to be a challenge for our athletes. However, the following students Last term we launched our brand new excelled and achieved some outstanding performances: CREST award club (Creativity in Science and Technology) for Year 7 and 8 students. William Biziki – 1st in triple jump (8.91m) Students are researching and planning Plamedi Bomolo – 1st in long jump (3.83m) either project or practical work with William Biziki – 1st in 100m the aim of taking this to the ‘Big Bang’ Willow Tucker – 2nd in 1500m (6.18) Regional STEAMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths and Medicine) Zahi Kasem – 2nd in 800m Festival to be held at University, Polhill campus in June. Completed Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers projects ranging from the use of Hydroponics to grow plants in space to the e ects of gravity will then be submitted for bronze CREST award. A big thank you from the PE department to everyone that donated their Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers to the School. This year we have been able to purchase the Year 8: following with the vouchers you have donated; a set of non-slip marker cones, 24 Four Year 8 students took part in this year’s regional Salters Chemistry Festival at sequencing spots, 6 aluminium relay batons, a set of water bottles for sporting Bedfordshire University, Luton campus. Niamh Brennan, Mya Ditta, Nathanael xtures, 12 hula hoops and 1 precision balance board. Holman and Bren Martin took part in two forensic-style challenges against eleven Latest PE and Sports News other schools. They worked brilliantly as a team and were commended on how well they represented our school. For all of the latest PE and sports news including extra-curricular club and xture updates, sportsperson of the month awards and exam information follow the PE Year 9 STEM day and family STEM evening: department on twitter via @MRutherfordPE. Both students, and parents/carers are 60 Year 9 students had the opportunity to take part in a STEM day in April run by The encouraged to follow as we look to establish a new means of communicating PE Smallpeice Trust. Students worked in teams on a number of engineering challenges information. with a focus on designing and building a system to lter, collect, detect and pump collected rainwater as part of an integrated system on a new smart building. Winning teams or individuals were then invited to participate in a family STEM evening, where Business Partners' Breakfast Meetings families and students competed for fabulous prizes, again thanks to The Smallpeice Trust. We have had two very successful breakfast meetings this term; one in April on the Many congratulations go to Summer Rogers, Aimar Che Isa and Kyle Ruta who won a Creative Arts and one in May with a focus on Engineering. Smallpeice Marine Engineering residential course at Portsmouth University. Creative and Performing Arts Year 10: Students had an insight into careers in the Arts when strains of a jazz saxophone Year 10 STEM students have now embarked on the second year of our STEM were heard in the usually studious Space 4 Learning; alongside workshops on scholarship programme funded by ARM. Working in teams and using kit donated by redesigning the school logo with local graphic artist Bally Meeda and listening to VEX robotics, they are designing and building a ‘clawbot’ robotic arm at a competitive inspiring talks from local musicians, artists, editors and arts organisers, amongst level. Classroom STEM concepts will be put to the test on the playing eld as the others. Ex students and sta were also persuaded to return to share their successes winning team of students will then take part in a challenge against other schools on and achievements. the STEM scholarship programme in October. Two students, Freya Bambridge and Jack Rising have also earned a Smallpeice Nuclear Engineering residential course at “The whole place was buzzing with students jostling to talk to the musicians and Lancaster University. artists.” Careers Coordinator, Kath Unwin. “I enjoyed having the range of musicians there to talk about getting yourself out Year 11: there and actually getting known in the industry.” Music student Arkwright Scholarship update - many congratulations go to Brandon Ruta and “I’ve got to say I’m so impressed with it all, such an amazing opportunity for the Samuel West who have now passed the rst two rounds of an intense process to students and something that is needed in teaching in the arts so congratulations earn the right to become an Arkwright Engineering Scholar. This prestigious award to you. Great speakers, good interaction and well organised.” Michael Naylor, will allow them to gain work experience, Engineering mentors and nancial support Professional Dancer during their A Level studies. They will nd out in the summer whether they have been successful in their application, so ngers crossed for both of them! Engineering Business Breakfast The students heard a presentation from Ellie Marcham, Bedford Borough’s Year 12: Economic Development O cer about Engineering in Bedford past and present, and Many congratulations go to Chiana Khindey who has successfully applied for, and some statistics on the pay and demand for Engineers in the local area. gained, a prestigious Nu eld placement this summer. Only 22 students in the whole This was followed by a very enthusiastic talk from Barry Robertson about the new region were chosen this year from an extensive eld of applicants so Chiana is to be Airship being developed at Cardington Hangar. commended. Chiana will be working on a Oceanography project run by The Open University in Milton Keynes. The students were then given the opportunity to talk informally to a wide selection of engineering companies. We had representatives from Network Rail, Baker Perkins, Villiers park update: yet again, Mark Rutherford students have bene ted from our STOMOR, Biotechnology company Algenuity and local companies Briton EMS, Axis on-going excellent relationship with Villiers Park Trust, with Joseph Lamey, Thomas Electronics, Manton Engineering, Hybrid Air Vehicles, Lockheed Martin and ARA. Je erys, Freya Temperton and Emily Pocock all being o ered a free residential course Training providers were West Anglia and Bedford Colleges, SSG, AECOM and to include either Ecology and Evolution, Forensics or Mathematics this summer. BHR group. Youth Speaks Year 12 Visiting Speakers Mark Rutherford’s public speaking team Year 12 have had a range of visiting speakers. Ben Lewis spoke about his role as a have been crowned District Champions curate and previous employment as a policeman and publican. Kathryn Thompson of in the Rotary Club’s prestigious Youth Warwick University talked about the importance of the ancient to the modern world Speaks Competition. The three sixth and how it is represented to mould our understanding of the contemporary world. formers who represented the school Kathryn also explained her doctoral studies. Our nal visitor was Professor Joe Nellis, are: Nasreen D’Agostino Main Speaker, Deputy Director of Cran eld School of Management and Professor of Global Economy Thomas Je erys Chair Person and who tackled the EU referendum debate. proposer of the Vote of Thanks Through Speakers for Schools we were joined by former Arsenal Vice Chairman, David Matt Darby. Their winning topic was: Dein who oversaw the winning of eighteen trophies. He also rose to be Vice-Chairman “Manners in the 20th Century”. The of the Football Association and served on numerous UEFA and FIFA Committees. As an trio later took runner-up position in early proponent of the renaissance of women’s football he was President of the Arsenal the regional nal where the individual Ladies Team. Conspicuously he brought Arsene Wenger to Arsenal and was a prime award for “Best Vote of Thanks” in the mover in launching the Premier League. During an entertaining hour full of anecdotes, competition was awarded to Matt Darby. This is the most successful year yet for the he spoke about football as a business, the characters he meets and also provided Mark Rutherford team who have reached the District semi- nals for the last four motivational messages for the students. These included that the past cannot be consecutive years. changed but the future can, the need to ‘stick your neck out’ and to take pride, striving to be the best you can be. To conclude Mr Dein answered a variety of questions about issues in the modern game. Finally congratulations to Dr Tyrrell who was able to identify the original ve clubs of the Premiership. New Sixth Form late policy There has been a change in the late policy for Sixth Form students which began on their return from study leave. Two or more lates per week to tutor time will trigger an automatic one-hour detention after school on a Friday. Parents/carers will be noti ed via the ‘in touch’ system (please ensure we have an up-to-date email address). Students will be noti ed during tutor time on Friday via their tutor.

In the British Computer Society (Bedford) Coding Competition two teams, one in Year 7 and one in Year 8 both won rst prize!

Hilary Murray returned to School... Hilary Murray returned to school this year to talk to Year 12 about her life and career. She left Mark Rutherford School in 1983 to study Social Sciences at South Bank University. As with many young people, she was not sure of her future career path but found a position as a secretary at Reed Elsevier, a book publisher. This was the start of her career. Hilary worked in sales and marketing for 20 years, in a variety of di erent roles, on adult and then children’s books. In 2009 she became Managing Director at Scholastic Children’s Books. Hilary is now Chief Executive O cer at Hachette Children’s Group. Their authors and brands include well-known names such as Cressida Cowell, Robert Muchamore, Mick Inkpen, David Almond, Enid Blyton, Rainbow Magic and Beast Quest. Our nal visitor for the year was Professor Joe Nellis, Deputy Director of Cran eld School of Management and Professor of Global Economy. Professor Nellis has been actively chairing numerous debates about membership of the EU around the Borough this summer. During his visit, he discussed the arguments put forward by both sides in the debate and explained how much of what is claimed is unknown. Usefully he focussed upon what is known about EU membership and about leaving. This successful talk helped to provide the detail absent from the media coverage of the referendum.