England call up, year group photos and the final exam
European Championships for Jakub
Congratulations to Jakub Piwowar, in Year 8, who qualified for the European Youth Championship which will take place in Croatia at end of July. Table Tennis England invited 14 best players and organised a qualification tournament. Table Tennis England said: “Jakub Piwowar had a 100% record, dropping only one set.” There were only two places available and Jakub won one of them and will be representing England in European Championship. Hours of hard work on and off the table during the three lockdowns has paid off. Jakub will now take a couple of days to recover and relax, before he begins his preparation for the European Championships. Next week Jakub will receive three days of training from national coach, Ryan Jenkins who will visit our school. Huge congratulations to Jakub!
Farewell to Year 11 and 13s
This week our year 11 and 13 students completed their summer assessments. I have been so impressed with how they have applied themselves to their revision, preparation and exams in spite of all of the changes they have had to face. I wish them all the very best of luck and I hope they get the grades they deserve this summer.
Year group photos
On Monday we had our annual year 7, 11 and Sixth Form year group photos. We also took a year 8 photo due to not being able to do it last year. The year 7 and 8 photographs were taken in lovely sunshine, but following a downpour of rain and hail we had to move the staging into The Platform for year 11 and the Sixth Form.
There will be a prom!
We are delighted to be able to put on a prom for our current year 11 is this June. If the government’s roadmap to reopening goes ahead as planned we are looking forward to seeing our year 11s at this summer’s prom.
Thanks to the generosity of so many people, on Tuesday we are inviting the year 11 girls into school so they can choose a prom dress from so many dresses that were donated last year. I would like to thank everyone who donated address as they will be helping to make this summer’s prom a special event for so many of our students.
Year 9 Sport Science
This week our Year 9 Sport Science students have been evaluating the effects of exercise on the body. There is only one real way of getting them to fully appreciate the demands of exercise, and that’s by being put through their paces! Here they are this week, working hard in the fitness suite and recording their heart rate, breathing rate, range of movement and body temperature.
Hospitality & Catering Challenges
A fun packed two weeks for the students of Hospitality and Catering; the students have been baking many delicious and appetising dishes. The spaghetti bolognaise challenge demonstrated wonderful team work with a real focus on the knife skills . The syrup tart pudding was a commitment to practising and developing their pastry skills. I was very impressed by the way they took to the challenge of creating a lattice top on their syrup tart ! Well done
Jumping Success
Olivia Foster in Year 11 and her horse George jumped their way to 5th place out of 83 this weekend in a competition. Congratulations Olivia (and George)!
7,089,191 questions answered
This is how many Tassomai questions our amazing students have answered so far this year! There is no wonder why our students’ knowledge is so incredible. Well done to everyone on their efforts.
Fun Friday!
This week’s Fun Friday challenge was a bottle flip race.
Students of the Week
Year 7 – Olivia Walters and Oscar Hughes
Year 8 – Kaitlin Wright
Year 9 – Penny Richards
Governor’s Bronze Certificates
Year 7 – Ivy Hodgson-Hunt, Ema Kestell, Olivia Walters and Norbert Tomsia
Year 8 – Joe Hosking
Year 9 – Hannah Carr
Principal’s Gold Certificates
Year 7 – Lilly Phillips, Benjamin Watts, Lewis Watt, Sophie Nicholson, Lalia Heavens, Diego Zulhayir, Ben Charters, Ashton, Wilkinson, Alfie Mahoney-Billis, Oscar Hughes, James Evers, Oliwia Tuczynska and Cerys Lowe
Year 8 – Jarad Silk and Curtis Poynton
Year 9 – Penny Richards
Principal’s Silver Certificates
Year 7 – Tom Thorner, Erin Bond, Austin Howell, Bella Kirby, Charlie Hope, Lucy Gerry O’Connor, Jess Silvester, Charlie Green, Lily Corderoy, Shelby Spencer, Emily Meloy, Bastian johns-Kouadio, Kirah Clee and Albie Baker
Year 8 – Jassica Taylorson, Elliott Lawton, Lilly John, Lexi Silvester, Harvey Squires, Lauren Catt, Oliver Boyce, Sam Hext, Samuel Eaton, Kara Wills, Maisy Green, Elliott Mills, Thomas Harrison and Phoebe Hewings
Year 9 – Bogdan Pamfile, Freya Hyde, Millie Randall, Melissa Arscott and Harrison Clarke
Principal’s Bronze Certificates
Year 7 – Nebil Zorel, Matt Wadling, Lucas West, Summer Thompson, Maisy Moran, Faith Wagstaffe, Charlie Frankum, Laura McCondichie, Saffron Kelsey, Poppy Hedworth, Sonny Paton, Erin Wiseall, Alfie Jeneway, Theo Hardman, Lucian Churchward, Lana Northcott, Charlie Dudley and Buster Watson
Year 8 – Ollie Clarke, Ruby Denison, Brooke McKenna, May Treadaway, Kasha-Lilly Borge, Tyrone Ross, Lucy Smyth, Nina Hocking, Warren Spink, Jacob Tarr, Jack Flay, Karl Burton, Sajor Camara, Maddison Rees, Grace Dicken, Harry Hollomby, Lewis Ralph, Abbie Dodd, Aliyah Davey, Mia Weston, Ashton Jeffs, Jayden Gardner, Shaun Pinto, Alfie Harnett, Maisy Green, Harry Russell, Thomas Stimpson, Maya Davies, Amari Hadley, Nikola Drygiel, Skye Williams, Caden Somerset, Chloe Rae, Kaitlin Wright, Melvin Page, Mia Keenan, James Lovell, Lucy Mangan-Smale, Ella McLachlan, Marcus Jenkins, Rose Phillips, Ashton Jeffs, Mia Weston, Aliyah Davey, Abbie Dodd, Lewis Ralph, Abby Green, Klaudia Opel, James Ferris, Harry Hollomby, Finn Mallen, Oliver Keating, Jude Snell, Jayden Langhorn, Nisha Cosslett, Oliver Stevens, Amelia Read, Summer Connolly, Serena Iordache and Bailey Driscoll-Wilding
Year 9 – Oliver Whire, Klara Cornforth, Joseph Oborn, Charlotte Sweeney, Craig Mintern, Charlie Fox, Lily-Anne Winterton, Gabrielle Jeneway, Harley Stevens, Dylan White, Ben German, Phoebe Staples and James Scrimgeour
Year 10 – Frankie Cuss, Alisha Morris, Mason Payne, Kieran Johnson, Lewis Vinson and Dimitar Dinev
House Stars of the week
Year 7
Brunel – Olivia Riches
Christie – Amelia Rogers
Darwin – Jayden Morris
Fawcett – Ryan Williams
Harrison – Kayden Whittred
Kitson – Liam Trapp
Nearne – Nelly Siuchninski
Pengelly – Ivy Hodgson-Hunt
Year 8
Brunel – Ellis Stuckey
Christie – Owen houghton
Darwin – Luca Cronje
Fawcett – Cameron Bolton-Caulfield
Harrison – Libbie Green
Kitson – Harry Watt
Nearne – Igor Piewiszko
Pengelly – Mia Keenan
Year 9
Brunel – Phoebe Parker
Christie – Harrison Stevens
Darwin – Dylan White
Fawcett – Jeb Whatley
Harrison – Abigail Taylor
Kitson – Oliver McMullen
Nearne – Layla Batten
Pengelly – Melissa Arscott
Homework Stars of the week
Year 7
Brunel – Tom Kowalski
Christie – Oscar Hughes
Darwin – Katie Rowe
Fawcett – Billy Wilcox
Kitson – Letoja Hoxha
Nearne – Jack Wooley
Pengelly – Bella Giffard
Year 8
Brunel – Keira Harevy-Jones
Christie – Bebe Giles
Darwin – Sam Stimpson
Fawcett – Esme Brabon
Harrison – Enrika Vasiliauskaite
Kitson – Oscar Tankielun
Nearne – Skye Williams
Pengelly – May Treadaway
Year 9
Brunel – Hayden Gibson-Roche
Christie – Toby Morris
Darwin – Lilly-Ella Ross
Fawcett – Rachel Breach
Harrison – Josh Hawkings
Kitson – Paradis Shears
Nearne – Amy Wilson
Pengelly – Keryn Giffard
