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BMS News - Easter Edition April 2015 www.benshammanor.co.uk Pi to 81 Places! Leading up to World Pi day (14th March 2015 = 3.1415….) Pupils in the Maths dept. started learning the digits of pi. In the assembly on Friday 13th March 4 pupils a�empted to recite pi, 3 students did really well (approximately 24 decimal places) but one student went all the way to 81 decimal places. Well done to Lubhan! Other Maths News Some great Mathema�cs this term from the year 8's, they have worked on Data Handling learning how to complete a survey and use their data to make Pictograms, Bar charts and Sca�er graphs. All pupils are working towards Magic Maths Award presented each week in achievement assembly, Keep up the good work! New Staff We welcome a new member of Staff, Lovelace OseiSafo, to work with our Post16 department and also with KS4 Mathema�cs. BMS NEWS Alison wins Jack Petchey Award! Our cook Alison was recently nominated for the Jack Petchey Award and won. A statement by both Pupils and Staff praised Alison for her friendly nature, her willingness to help others and for her delicious food. Well Done! It has been another busy, enjoyable term at Bensham Manor School. Our 32 year 11s and several Post 16 students are preparing to move on. They have been involved in College Link courses and interviews.We wish them all well with their examina�ons and comple�ng coursework next term. We have had lots of offsite visits and ten year 10 are enjoying 5 days away from home on a farm in Wiltshire as I write. We are very proud to have been reassessed by Investors in Children and IQM this term. I'll put a link to their posi�ve reports on the website. I do hope you enjoy the news le�er and get a flavour of what is going on. Summer term commences on Monday 13 April. We are closed Monday 4 May Bank holiday and Thursday 7 May as school is a polling sta�on. Have a peaceful holiday. FROM THE HEAD EASTER EDITION A Fond Farewell Sadly we say goodbye to Paula a�er nearly ten years service at Bensham.Her new job is just 5 minutes from home. We wish her well and thank her for all her hard work.

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Page 1: BMS News - Easter Edition April 2015 BMS NEWS · BMS News - Easter Edition April 2015 Pi to 81 Places! Leading up to World Pi day (14th March 2015 = 3.1415….) Pupils in the Maths

BMS News - Easter Edition April 2015

www.benshammanor.co.uk

Pi  to  81  Places!  

Leading  up  to  World  Pi  day  (14th  March  2015  =  3.1415….)  Pupils  in  the  Maths  dept.  started  learning  the  digits  of  pi.    In  the  assembly  on  Friday  13th  March  4  pupils  a�empted  to  recite  pi,  3  students  did  really  well  (approximately  24  decimal  places)  but  one  student  went  all  the  way  to  81  decimal  places.    Well  done  to  Lubhan!  

Other  Maths  News  

Some  great  Mathema�cs  this  term  from  the  year  8's,  they  have  worked  on  Data  Handling  learning  how  to  complete  a  survey  and  use  their  data  to  make  Pictograms,  Bar  charts  and  Sca�er  graphs.    All  pupils  are  working  towards  Magic  Maths  Award  presented  each  week  in  achievement  assembly,  Keep  up  the  good  work!  

New  Staff  We  welcome  a  new  member  of  Staff,  Lovelace  Osei-­‐Safo,  to  work  with  our  Post-­‐16  department  and  also  with  KS4  Mathema�cs.  

BMS  NEWS

Alison  wins  Jack  Petchey  Award!  

Our  cook  Alison  was  recently  nominated  for  the  Jack  Petchey  Award  and  won.  A  statement  by  both  Pupils  and  Staff  praised  Alison  for  her  friendly  nature,  her  willingness  to  help  others  and  for  her  delicious  food.    

Well  Done!

It  has  been  another  busy,  enjoyable  term  at  Bensham  Manor  School.  Our  32    year  11s  and  several  Post  16  students  are  preparing  to  move  on.  They  have  been  involved  in  College  Link  courses  and  interviews.We  wish  them  all  well  with  their  examina�ons  and  comple�ng  coursework  next  term.  We  have  had  lots  of  offsite  visits  and  ten  year  10  are  enjoying  5  days  away  from  home  on  a  farm  in  Wiltshire  as  I  write.  We  are  very  proud  to  have  been  reassessed  by  Investors  in  Children  and  IQM  this  term.  I'll  put  a  link  to  their  posi�ve  reports  on  the  website.  I  do  hope  you  enjoy  the  news  le�er  and  get  a  flavour  of  what  is  going  on.  Summer  term  commences  on  Monday  13  April.  We  are  closed  Monday  4  May  Bank  holiday  and  Thursday  7  May  as  school  is  a  polling  sta�on.  Have  a  peaceful  holiday.

FROM  THE  HEAD

EASTER  EDITION

A  Fond  Farewell  

Sadly  we  say  goodbye  to  Paula  a�er  nearly  ten  years  service  at  Bensham.Her  new  job  is  just  5  minutes  from  home.  We  wish  her  well  and  thank  her  for  all  her  hard  work.

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BMS News - Easter Edition April 2015

Residential Some  of  our  Year  10s  have  taken  a  break  from  Bensham  this  term  to  spend  some  �me  at  Jamie’s  Farm  in  Wiltshire.  Whilst  there,  pupils  took  part  in  team  building  exercises  as  well  as  helping  out  on  the  farm.  A  few  pupils  even  tried  lambing.  The  trip  was  a  great  success  and  all  of  

the  pupils  enjoyed  the  experience.

Please  visit  www.benshammanor.co.uk  for  more  of  the  latest  news  and  events  rela�ng  to  the  school.

School  Council  Congratula�ons  to  the  school  council  for  helping  achieve  the  successful  reassessment  for  Investors  in  Pupils  award.

10BC  10BC  completed  their  Edexcel  unit  on  'Healthy  Living'  through  regular  visits  to  the  outdoor  gym  at  Lloyd  Park.

Reading is on the Up! Thanks  to  ini�a�ves  across  the  school  we  are  proud  to  say  that  reading  levels  across  most  of  our  pupils  have  increased  significantly.  A  

special  men�on  goes  to  all  the  boys  in  9FA  who  have  increased    their  reading  ages  since  

September  2015  ranging  from  9  months  -­‐  3  years  6  months!  

Science  and  Engineering  Day  2015  Another  successful  science  and  Engineering  day  planned  by  the  science  

department.  A  whole  school  event  involving  lots  of  different,  exci�ng,  hands  on,  innova�ve  and  fun  ac�vi�es  to  engage  students  in  science  in  all  subject  areas.    The  day  started  off  with  the  solar  eclipse,  students  experienced  the  change  in  light  and  temperature.  They  even  tried  out  the  solar  eclipse  glasses  despite  it  being  cloudy.  Other  events  included  making  exploding  volcanoes,  large  internal  organ  body  collages  and  t-­‐shirts,  a  drama�za�on  of  a  heart  transplant,  exploding  demonstra�ons  and  dry  ice  and  colour  workshops.  There  were  lots  of  heated  debates  and  discussions  involving  a  ban  on  E  cigare�es  and  the  crea�on  v  evolu�on  controversy.  Students  learnt  about  dinosaurs,  played  

circula�on  and  food  chain  board  games,  compared  potato  chips  with  

carrot  chips,  they  made  fruit  and  vegetables  ba�eries,  helicopters  and  brain  hats.  Students  from  a  local  primary  school  were  invited  to  the  event  they  enjoyed  the  workshops  and  science  demonstra�ons.  They  thanked  us  for  a  warm  welcome  and  an  exci�ng  day.