Summer 2017 Welcome to our latest edition of the ‘Communiqué’ from Archbishop Temple School. A message from the Headteacher Dear Parent/Carer, Our musicians performed throughout the year at different events. About 120 pupils are When George Gershwin said “Summer time currently receiving lessons in school. So far 70 and the living is easy”, he obviously didn’t work ABRSM (practical and theory) and Rock School at Archbishop Temple School, where we’ve exams from Grade 1-8 have taken place this been as busy as ever! academic year with another set of exams taking place in July. Junior Concert Band performed in This year, Archbishop Temple School sports the National Concert Band final for the second teams have not only grown in numbers, but year running this year. Senior have grown in confidence and consequently Percussion Group are performing at The City of have brought home even more trophies than Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Centre as last year. We have over 90 teams in school part of the Music For Youth National from Year 7 through to Year 11, who Festival. Jess Gillam, BBC Young Musician collectively, have played over 250 fixtures since Finalist, gave a saxophone masterclass and September, with more still to come. One of our short recital earlier this year. The World Music most successful teams has been the Under 13 Competition in Holland is fast approaching and Girls’ Football Team who reached the Senior Concert Band and Senior Percussion Lancashire Final, Preston District Final, and got are both performing there. It is true to say that to the last 16 in the whole country. Without a the programme for both groups has challenged doubt, our most successful team this year, and and stretched our musicians. in the history of the school, is our Year 7 Boys’ Football Team. This group of boys have played Our exam results continue to be a cause of over 40 fixtures and won the Preston Cup, the celebration and a source of huge pride. We Preston League, the Lancashire Cup and were continue to be at the very top of leagues tables, in the National Final at St George's Park, despite changes to the way in which coming third overall. I would like to thank both achievement is measured. At the core of our pupils and staff for all the hours of dedication they’ve shown in the training and coaching, and also say thank you to all the parents for their support along the way. Archbishop Temple School, St Vincent’s Road, Fulwood, Preston PR2 8RA Telephone: 01772 717782 Website: www.archbishoptemple.com work is achievement in all This work also allows us to at Archbishop Temple School, areas, we are a school which access additional funding. As and that business includes our values academic excellence. you will know from the recent extra-curricular offer being We work to ensure that our election campaign school incredibly strong. pupils have opportunities to funding is currently a serious excel as musicians, as sports issue. We are in a relatively We have continued to offer a men and women, but also as strong position as we are an wide variety of trips and visits, caring and informed citizens. oversubscribed school, but we both within the UK and further Our motto of ‘Faith, Nurture, have already seen cuts of afield. Our pupils have taken Service’, is far more than mere around £100k a year. Reforms part in technology words, but a philosophy, which proposed during the last competitions, industrial visits, underpins everything we do. parliament to the funding drama trips, as well as visiting formula would see us as lose Iceland, the World War 1 Our school continues to be an additional £70k per year. battlefields and Auschwitz. incredibly popular within our We’ve voted in mock elections, local community. The past few Like most public services the welcomed the Archbishop of years have seen applications vast majority of our budget York and been part of the for one of our 150 places in goes on people, and we have Commonwealth Service in Year 7 increase significantly. already made hard decisions Westminster Abbey. We trust I’m pleased that our community about not replacing people that Year 7 will enjoy their shows such confidence in our when they leave, but if this upcoming trip to work, despite the wide choice funding formula is implemented Northumberland and return to of schools in this area. we are beyond the stage of school full of tales of their efficiency savings. I would like adventures. We continue to develop close to add that our local MP, Ben working relationships with local Wallace, has been very We hope that many of you will schools. We were designated supportive, and I am hoping join us for a very as a teaching school two years that with the pressure being special summer concert at 7pm ago and we formed an alliance brought to bear by a group of on Friday 7th July at with over 40 local primary and back bench Conservative MPs, Preston Minster. Further details secondary schools. This has including Mr Wallace, we won’t can be found on page 9. allowed us to run our own see these proposed changes teacher training scheme, do implemented. I want to take this opportunity most of our in-service training to thank all our families for their ourselves and develop our own In the light of the financial support for the school over the research projects. This year pressures that are on us, I past year, and wish everyone a our teaching school work was would also like to say a very relaxing and restful holiday. We reviewed by an Ofsted sincere “thank you” to our look forward to welcoming all inspector and we were then wonderful PTA for the work our children back into school offered the additional role of a they do to provide extra on Tuesday 5th September. National Support School, with resources to the school, me designated as a National raising nearly £4000 this year With warm regards, Leader of Education. This is a alone. We are very grateful for very significant recognition of this essential support. Mrs G. Jackson the excellence of the work we Headteacher do at Archbishop Temple Despite being in uncertain School and an accolade of times, we are doing everything which I am very proud. we can to ensure that business as usual continues to happen 2 like a champion rejoicing to UCLAN VISIT run his course. 6 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth. The bible’s claim is that all The Year 8 UCLAN visit is a creation is teaching us about yearly event that enables pupils JOE, OUR CHAPLAIN, what God is like and the Sun to take part in workshops that TALKS ABOUT THE JOYS teaches us some particularly examine several underlying OF THE SUN wonderful things. Did you spot principles of our society – Law how the sun is described? Like and Justice and Human Rights. When I moved to Preston at a bridegroom and a champion the end of August my who let the whole earth feel All 154 Year 8 pupils set off on neighbour looked at me in their warmth. Psalms are double decker buses at 9am disbelief. She then said “Why poetry and this image is here to with the teachers. We had our have you moved here? It’s the tell us something about the sun introduction lecture in the main wettest and greyest place on and something about Jesus. In lecture theatre which is really earth!” My neighbour wasn’t the bible Jesus is the large before splitting off into given to understatement. The bridegroom who comes in love House groups to meander all strange thing has been that the to win his bride the Church. around the buildings for each first month my family were in The sun in the sky is a picture one hour workshop. Each Preston we barely saw a drop of just a big and far the love of workshop seemed to use an of rain and the last month has Jesus goes. Jesus’ love is for important social issue or topic been the same. When the sun all and his love is so good that and then we had to look at it is out life just seems that little as far as the east is from the from all the viewpoints and bit better. Why is that? west that’s how he has decide what we thought was removed our sins from us. most important. We looked at many types of prejudice – age, Next time you enjoy the gender, race, class, education sunshine why not remember and wealth. and rejoice in the warmth of the love that Jesus has for Unfortunately, we were not you and for all. If the sun can able to experience the mock break through the wet and court trial this year which was a Here are some words from grey of Preston so can Jesus’ big disappointment but we got Psalm 19: love break into what ever is to eat our packed lunches going on in your life. When the together with all our friends 1 The heavens declare the sun is out life feels a little from the different Houses and glory of God; better and when you know overall, I learnt quite a lot about the skies proclaim the work Jesus even the darkest days the importance of our Human of his hands..