Newsletter 139 - 30.03.12

St Bedes Catholic College Long Cross, Bristol BS11 OSU
Tel: (0117) 3772200 Fax: (0117) 3772201

E-mail: stbedes@bristol.gov.uk Visit our Website: www.stbedescatholiccollege.org 30th March 2012 NEWSLETTER 139 2010
FLAME- National Youth Congress The Flame Congress took place on Saturday 24th March 2012 at Wembley Arena. It was a great opportunity for young people to see how sport and faith meet; how values Holy Week Service such as teamwork, self- discipline, self-sacrifice, Our pupils led us today in a powerful, moving courage and endurance are all deeply rooted in faith. service Born for this, depicting the passion and 18 pupils together with Miss Williams and Mrs Seymour death of our saviour, Jesus. This was an travelled to Wembley Arena to meet 8,500 other young adaptation of the service which they performed to huge Catholics from all over Great Britain. This event tied acclaim at the Cathedral of St Peter and Paul earlier this together the Popes visit to the UK in September 2010 month. Father Tom led us in prayer and reminded us of and the London 2012 Olympics. It was an amazing day the importance of Holy Week and Easter in our liturgical that celebrated our faith, taught us more about God calendar. Ms Hughes encouraged all pupils to attend and enabled us to hear some powerful messages from services in their local parish to celebrate Holy Week Olympians and Para-Olympians such as Jason Gardiner, fully. Please contact your local parish priest for further information. May we take this opportunity to wish you Debbie Flood and Stef Reid. The testimonies given by all a very happy and a Holy Easter. these sports people "taught me about believing in the impossible and reaching for your goals no matter how National Science week at St. Bedes hard the obstacles on the way are." The Science Faculty are still recovering from our busiest Some other thoughts we took away from the day were ever Science week, which ended on 17th March. Our that "sport can help keep children off the streets and recent Tel: (0117) 3772200 Fax: (0117) 3772201 E-mail: st_bedes_s@bristol-city.gov.uk assemblies have been themed around the atom, give them hope and something to live for, something which features on this newsletter as our Science which touched me because I take things like that for Specialism logo - and all pupils should now know a bit granted." The day taught us a lot about our faith and more about Democritus and his sword. Our lunchtime God, "God would not have made us if we were rubbish, lab sessions were well attended with pupils building fiery we are all valuable to God and equal to one another." bridges and rockets amongst other activities. On Thursday and Friday we welcomed around 250 year 4 The day was packed full of speakers, music, drama and and 6 pupils from our link primary schools. The pupils testimonies and we have all taken away something spent the day in workshops learning about forces, space from the day which opened our eyes and made us and the future of the universe. Each group put together think.
Dates for your diary th 16 April Start of Term 5 (Week A) th 20 April Year 7 Reports home th 26 April Prize Giving th 27 April In-service Day th 30 April GCSE exams start
a rocket building kit to take back and use with classes in their own school. We have held science specialist status for nine years now and these events help us to develop the curiosity and fascination of Science which continues to lead to exceptionally high proportion of St Bedes pupils continue with science studies post-16 level.
Eco news The Eco Club has been busy planting bulbs in the Eco area. An arrangement of flowers such as Californian Bluebells, Anemones, Freesias and Dahlia were planted by year 7 & 8 students last Friday lunch time. "We are all looking forward to seeing the flowers start to bloom!"
Earth Hour - Saturday 31st March, 8.30 - 9.30pm WWFs Earth Hour is a simple idea thats quickly turned into a global phenomenon. Hundreds of millions of people turning off their lights for one hour, on the same night, all across the planet. Its about appreciating the brilliant world we all share and how we need to protect it. Not just for an hour a year, but every day. We have encouraged our school community to take part, so why not join in as a family and show you care about our planet. Further information is available at http://earthhour.wwf.org.uk/
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Community Sport The St Bede's Community Sports team recently teamed up with the Gloucestershire FA to donate sports kit to the Bank Leaze Primary School Uganda exchange. The exchange saw 2 Bank Leaze members of staff travel to Uganda recently with a supply of sports kit to hand out to a local school. The picture shows the children all kitted out in their new kit and then just about to kick off in a match. Enrichment Week 10th 13th July 2012 Much of the arrangements for the Enrichment Week are now in place. As ever, when we offer such a varied programme of activities and trips, there is a cost involved. This year, recognising that many families may be feeling the effects of the credit crunch, we are heavily subsidising the cost, to hold it at 16. Enrichment week is a time when the formal curriculum is suspended and year 7, 8 and 9 pupils participate in a variety of experiences, developing knowledge and skills to support children in future learning. Full details will be given later in the year. If there are hardship issues in any family, please contact Mrs White, in confidence.
E-SAFETY TIP Be aware that most mobile phones now on sale in shops give access to the internet. If you do not allow your child a computer in their bedroom it may be worth considering asking for mobile phones to be left downstairs at night time. LAST BRAINTEASER ANSWER If you said first you are wrong. You arrive second. If you overtake the second person and take his place, you arrive second. WISE WORDS! "A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. Reginald B Mansell
Wembley Tour and Olympic Site Visit On Wednesday, 44 Year 9/10 pupils with staff had a fantastic experience visiting the Olympic village in advance of the athletes. SPORT RESULTS Boys Football Year 7 vs Brunel Won 1 Year 8 vs Downend Won 2-1 Year 9 vs Abbeywood Won 3-2 Year 10 vs Bristol Met. Won 3-0 Senior Basketball Well done to the Senior Boys Basketball who came runners up in the Bristol Schools Championship. The team battled excellently through a tough semi-final against St Bernadette's, winning by just 2 points. The team had to play their final straight after that game and were unlucky to lose it in the last quarter of the play. The team just ran out of energy and ended up losing 44 - 36. Sports Festival On Tuesday, 78 pupils travelled to Coombe Dingle to participate in the Bristol Sports Festival. The college chose to represent South Africa this year due to the work that Sister Martha does in the country. The pupils wore green to represent the country and many pupils brought flags to wave which were made for the occasion by the Art department. St Bedes won the Olympic School Spirit Award for hard work and enthusiasm. All had great fun and participated in different activities that are not available in college including Flag Football, Street Dance, Cheerleading, Extreme Golf, Futsal, DJ Skills, Ultimate Frisbee, BMX, Mini Tennis, Team Building, Martial Arts, Lacrosse, Korfball and Handball. 7 a Side Starting all the way back in November, the 7 a side tournament has been in full swing. With over 200 participants, playing in 19 different teams of two ages groups, it has been the most popular and successful competition yet. After 82 fixtures being played over 3 lunchtimes a week, we would like to congratulation the winning teams Valencia in the Year 10/11 league and Fulham in the Year 8/9 league.
BRAINTEASER
It was Easter in Easter village and all the Easter bunnies are joyful. The annual Easter egg hunt was just finished. The Easter egg hunt is where four Easter bunnies search for any of the four coloured eggs and then cross the finish line. Can you figure out which Easter bunny found which egg and what place they finished? Easter bunnies- Mr Hops, Jumper, Long Ears and Littlenose Easter Eggs- blue, red, green, and yellow. Clues: 1. Long Ears did not finish in 2nd place, Jumper did not st finish in 1 , Long Ears found the red Easter egg, The bunny that finished in 2nd did not find the green egg, Mr Hops did nd not find the blue egg, Littlenose did not finish in 2 , The nd bunny that found the blue egg did not finish 1st or 2 and Hops finished in 4th.
Fulham
Valencia
Sports Ties Congratulations to the following girls who achieved sports ties for outstanding contribution to college sport - Sarah Bonehill, Bethan Hughes, Yasmin Jarvis and Anicia Skeates.

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St Bedes Catholic College Long Cross, Bristol BS11 OSU

Tel: (0117) 3772200 Fax: (0117) 3772201

Tel: (0117) 3772200 Fax: (0117) 3772201

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