THE KINGS OF WESSEX SCHOOL A Church of England Foundation School Specialist Technology College Issue no. 83 You can also enjoy in colour on our website: The Kings’ Messenger www.kowessex.co.uk Spring Half Term – February 2009 Dear Parents, This was wonderful drama and I am proud of all our students for their hard work in rehearsals and also of course, to everyone We began the term with the tragic loss of Year 9 who helped behind the scenes. student Elliot Davies in a road traffic accident Sedgemoor District Council’s proposal to withdraw their near his home on the Blakeway. Both Elliot’s funeral and, latterly our school memorial service, annual £200,000 funding for our Kings of Wessex Swimming Pool motivated our extremely successful “Save Cheddar Pool” helped us remember this young man who was so campaign. I am in no doubt that the swift conclusion to secure unexpectedly taken away. Donations from our the future of the pool was due to the huge support of everyone Mufti Day on Friday 13 February 2009 are going to in the community. the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance Service who transported Elliot to the Royal United Hospital Bath. My Following meetings between Kings’ Governors and District thoughts and prayers remain with Elliot’s Mother, his older Councillors, it was agreed to keep the Maintenance Fund at brother Liam, and other close loved ones. £400,000 and the Council will continue their annual £150,000 In special celebration of the tremendous amount of money operational contribution. My sincere thanks must go to all the raised in December’s Charities Week, three large cheques for customers of the Centre, our parents, the First and Middle nearly £5,000 each were presented to the students’ nominated Schools and all our local community partners for helping to charities: Shelterbox, Children’s Hospices Southwest and very drive such a powerful campaign. movingly, to our former Head of Year/Teacher of Geography Back to other school business – our Assertive Mentoring Andy Hitt’s charity Ward 9 at Musgrove Park Hospital where programme continues apace with regular mentor/mentees he sadly died at the end of last October. It was touching to see meetings, and the introduction of some supportive measures Andy’s wife Chris, sons and brother attend the assembly to for students who are not always giving their personal best. I receive their cheque. I know that Andy would have been believe all of our combined efforts can make a real difference delighted with our students for keeping the fun in fundraising and I encourage parents to support their child at home, and for the work of these important charities. ensure they attend their extra sessions in school. Still on the stage - our school production of George Orwell’s Our Easter revision programme has now been published and I classic “Animal Farm” was another spectacular event of theatre hope that Year 11 students will take advantage of this and music. Directed by Subject Leader Simon Shorrock, 41 extremely valuable opportunity to revise and fine-tune for their talented students from Years 10 - 13 provided a lively and forthcoming exams. entertaining performance in our Kings Theatre, with the début of the stadia seating. The young actors brilliantly recreated the My School Leadership Group and I have been conducting Sixth gestures and sounds of the animals, bringing to life the popular Form interviews with applications received from over 200 story of the pigs who led the revolution against Man - until that students. I always enjoy these one-to-one meetings with our young people, and parents who are able to attend. is, they became rather too big for their pig boots. We recently hosted a group of Russian dancers with some of our students involved in the Danzatak dance group. This was an interesting cultural experience, and I am wondering whether they perhaps brought the snow! On a serious note however, I thank parents for making arrangements for the school closures. Finally, I Contents wish you Heads Up 1 and your School Awards 2 families a Design Technology/ICT 3 very English/Maths 4 Science/Languages 5 enjoyable Creative Arts 6 half term Sport Scores 7 holiday and Bulletin Board 8 remind you that we return for the second half of the Spring Term on Monday 23 February 2009. Yours sincerely, CHRIS RICHARDSON Headteacher Spring Half Term Roll of Honour Special Achievement Awards: I am delighted to congratulate our students for their achievements in their subjects and their contribution to the life of our school. Keep doing your best! Bronze (5 merits) Holly Barber 11AB Anthony Cleave 9KL William Davis 9AS Camilla Gibson 11AB Thomas Day 9KL Lauren Faulkner 9AS Matthew Bann 9AH Hannah McGowan 11AB Bethany Florey 9KL Phoebe Gupta 9AS Tristan Cakebread 9AH Jacob Ford 9KL Stephen Pinn 9AS Kayley Kennedy 9AH Silver (15 merits) Lauren Hogarth 9KL Bryony Robinson 9AS Jack Harding 9CC Luke Cutter 9AH Kathryn Manners 9KL Naomi Taylor 9AS Katie Turner 9CC Isabelle Moore 9KL Samuel Bath 9AT Katherine Belch 9DPW James Emery 9AH Eleanor Harper 9AH Megan Moxey 9KL Heather Cooke 9AT Isabel Burt 9DPW Rianna O’Shaughnessy 9KL Angus Cumberlidge 9AT Richard Dearsley 9DPW Joshua Page 9AH Charlotte Peto 9AH Madison Rawlings 9KL Ross Dickinson 9AT Sally Eccles 9DPW Callum Rickard 9KL Molly Efford 9AT Lucy Fear 9DPW Naomi Spearey 9AH Finlay Travis 9AH Lewis Stacey 9KL Emily Harris 9AT Edward Gill 9DPW Joel Williams 9KL Danielle Lloyd 9AT Guy Gough 9DPW Lucy Burgess 9AS Lauren Faulkner 9AS Daniel Wood 9KL Lauren Reason 9AT Bethany Holgate 9DPW Nicholas Bayliss 9LDA Samuel Bates 9CC Adam Kelly 9DPW Dixie Gleeson 9AS Phoebe Gupta 9AS Aled Corcoran 9LDA Megan Drinkwater 9CC Hannah Leiper 9DPW Olivia Evans 9LDA Samuel Hill 9CC Joanna Martin 9DPW Joshua Howe 9AS Lewis King 9AS Abbie Hicks 9LDA Edward Lupton 9CC Amy Moss 9DPW Callum McKenzie 9LDA Georgina Mason 9CC Thomas Mundy 9DPW Samuel Minahan-Kemp 9AS Ray O’Brien 9AS Lucy Ratcliffe 9LDA Charlotte Rogers 9CC Mathew Newman 9DPW Harriet Richens 9LDA Ollie Tincknell 9CC Mitchell Pimm 9DPW Matilda Paul 9AS Calum Ponsford 9AS Ashleigh Curley 9LJ Anthony Georgiou 9DPW Nicola Porter 9DPW Lucy Kitching 9LJ Daniel Weare 9DPW Tigan Schofield 9DPW Samuel Bath 9AT James Brannigan 9AT Matt Ktoris 9LJ Abigail Gill 9FH Ruby Tanner 9DPW Jessica Redmond 9LJ Lorna Mortimer 9LDA Samantha Hunter 9LJ Daniel Garrett 9AT Ryan Gourlay 9AT Jake Stitch 9LJ Harry Munt 9LJ Sarah Smith 9ML Fay Arnison 9ML Liam Read 9LJ Eve Heaslip 9SS Lucinda Inman 9AT Greg McGowan 9AT Ryan Baker 9ML Jessica Redmond 9LJ Jonathan Barrett 10CRA Jasmine Bull 9ML Amy Searle 9LJ James Etherington 10CRA Brandon McGuchan 9AT Sophie Pettler 9AT Jed Drake-Brockman 9ML Martha Settle 9LJ Henry Farmer 10CRA Anna Sheldon 9ML Harrison Sheppard 9LJ Samuel Fozzard 10CRA Emma Rayner 9AT George Tyson 9AT Ashley Snelgrove 9ML Benjamin Skinner 9LJ Toby Thorne 10CRA Tiffany Stephens 9ML Rachel Wilson 9LJ Natasha Adams 10DR Jennifer Bridgwater 9CC Matthew Connick 9CC Eppie Tippetts 9ML Alen Jake 9ML Freya Cottrell 10DR Samuel Denham 9SS Joel Butcher 9ML Charles Dew 10DR Megan Drinkwater 9CC Jordan Gatehouse 9CC Laura Fineran 9SS Jodie Ellis 9ML Isobel Gardner 10DR Alysha Poole 9SS Ellen Farrell 9ML Don Hamilton 10DR Zach Gittings 9CC Jack Harding 9CC Lawrence Vickers 9SS Ella Robinson Rattle 9ML Joshua Highmore 10DR Jasmine Crocker 10CRA James Chinnock 9SS Daniel Hutchinson 10DR Samuel Hill 9CC Molly Humphrey 9CC Ben Compton 10DR Samuel Denham 9SS Lily Knowles 10DR Imogen Lukins 10DR Eve Heaslip 9SS Chelsea Mortimer 10DR Robyn Keedwell 9CC Ben Sutlieff 9CC Adam Clegg 10ER Daniel Shuff 9SS Jack Rowley-Noble 10DR Stephanie Craig 10ER Amy Skittrall 9SS Joshua Addis 10ER Sarah Bale 9DPW James Bamber 9DPW Kiri Fisher 10ER Jordan Southey 9SS Jasmine Chadwick 10ER Samuel Poole 10GC Lawrence Vickers 9SS Stephanie Craig 10ER Henry Bishop 9DPW Alastair Colthurst 9DPW Jessica Rogers 10GC Zoe Aston 10JPF Gregory Davies 10ER Richard Dearsley 9DPW Peter Lee 10JPF Amy Doyle 10ER Jennifer Pearce 10JPF Russell Eccleston 10ER Sally Eccles 9DPW Benjamin Fowler 9DPW Camilla Gibson 11AB George Penwarden 10ER Nicole Wilmott 10ER Anthony Georgiou 9DPW Guy Gough 9DPW Gold (25 merits) Charlotte Coggins 10FP Adam Kelly 9DPW Platinum (50 merits) Joseph Rossiter 10FP Emily Bear 9AH Elliott Scott 10FP Joanna Martin 9DPW Samantha Bell 9AH Isaac Taschimowitz 9AS Eleanor Hughes 10JPF Amy Moss 9DPW Ryan Jeffries 9AH Sophie Skelding 9FH Sophie Nash 10JPF Tristan Palmer 9DPW Alexandria Paphitis 9AH James Peebles-Brown 9KL Lauren Haines 10TT Daniel Weare 9DPW Charlotte Peto 9AH James Strawbridge 9KL Stephanie Rogers 10TT Gregory Finlay 9FH Briony Wilds 9AH Lorna Mortimer 9LDA Jessica Searle 10TT Danielle Harris 9FH Cameron Browne 9AS Emily Thorogood 9LDA Will Mellor 9FH Laurence Culliford 9AS Eleanor Chick 9LJ Ayla Williams 10TT Technology Coursework Deadlines: Food Technology: Kings Monday 9 March 2009 Product Design: By Miss Chapman, Making – Friday 13February 2009 Design Technology Enrichment Leader Folder – Monday 23 February 2009 Tech Revision materials will also be available at Euro Disney – Year 9 Technology Trip half term on the Kings Learning Platform – in the Technology Area! After travelling for almost 11 hours we arrived at the Hotel Cheyanne in Euro Disney. Remember the exam is worth 40% of your Technology grade. Computing Trip to UWE ICT and Computing students in Year 11 and 12 recently enjoyed a day at the University of the West England in the Computing, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty. By Miss Lewis Trip Report The day at UWE was fun and informative. We That night and the next day we attended three arrived a little late due to the M4 being closed. So, compulsory sessions given by one of Disney’s resident when we arrived we had sadly, missed the coffee and professional facilitators who used the resort to bring to introductions.