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High Standards & High Expectations

NEWSletter

Dear Parents/Guardians

You would think that things may get a little easier at Bishop Fox’s

in the Summer Term as we prepare for the long summer break,

but far from it!

It’s been a tough exam season for all students, spanning from

mid-April until the end of June. Year 11 in particular have had a

tortuous time, sitting more GCSE and BTEC exams than ever

before. Many have been tremendous with their hard work,

commitment and resilience. Attendance to revision classes has

been impressive and the effort given in exam preparation lessons

with their subject teachers has given them the best chance of

achieving the most successful outcomes in August. We all felt

very proud of the way they conducted themselves on leaver’s

day and the Prom, a true celebration of 5 great years at Bishop

Fox’s.

A big thank you to all the school staff for driving much of this

exam work. With special thanks to our Exams Officer Mrs Tucker,

the army of exam invigilators and support staff who have helped

read and scribe for students. It’s been a big ask for many and for

that I am grateful. Also thanks needs to go to the PE faculty and

our students of all year groups who have been forced out of the

Sports hall for so long, even when Taunton’s weather felt far from

‘summery’.

Leaving us in July are a number of long standing and loyal staff.

From the teaching staff Mrs Hampson, Mr Grace, Miss Reed and

Mrs Rivett will be leaving us, and from the support staff

Miss Tabb and Mrs Turner. Each of them will be missed by

colleagues, students and the whole school community but we all

wish them the very best in the future.

In September we welcome Mrs Wood, Miss Moore and

Mrs Wright to the school. We also welcome Miss Whittaker and

Mrs Mortlock back from maternity leave. New internal

appointments include Mrs Thorne who will be Head of Year 11,

Mr Contreras Head of Years 7 and 8, and Miss Clarke is our new

SENCO / Head of Learning Support. Mr Chandler is also

appointed as the Curriculum Team Leader for ICT.

Our Business Manager Mrs Robertson has successfully

managed our budget going forward. 2017/18 is going to be a

lean year for many schools and budgets are being squeezed in

education. But to be one of the few local schools to avoid

redundancies is very impressive indeed and shows some very

prudent financial management.

At the time of writing, the school roll has risen to 942. The new

Year 7 intake is currently at 196 with some appeals still to be

heard. The Year 6 induction days were a great success and we

look forward to welcoming the new cohort of students in the new

academic year. We are encouraged that all school years are

presently at full capacity and there continues to be a significant

waiting list for places.

Year 10 have had a busy few weeks and there are 93 newly

trained prefects ready to take on their roles in September. The

calibre of the cohort has been very impressive this year. Mr

Hennessy and I interviewed and appointed the new team of Head

Prefects. Each will, no doubt, be a fantastic ambassador for the

school.

Activity Days are a bi-annual event and will be running for the

last 3 days of the year. There are trips to Disneyland Paris, La

Fosca in Spain, London musicals, Dr Who in Cardiff, Brecon

Beacons adventure camp, Castell Coch in Wales, cultural trip to

Manchester, horse riding, fishing, craft activities and many more

activities a little closer to home.

Extra curricular activities have been impressive this term. The

long list includes Sports Day, the Prom, a trip to Thorpe Park, a

visit to Exeter University with the Brilliant Club and through STEM

activities; sports leaders and primary sports festivals, Maths

Challenge, Duke of Edinburgh expeditions, extended study,

buddy training, science club went to the Met Office on summer

camp, anti-bullying ambassadors, the drama productions of DNA

and Matilda, the spectacular Summer Concert, B&E Enterprise

competitions and so much more. Whatever talent or interest that

each student has, I guarantee that there is something for

everyone.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank parents and guardians

for your continued support of the school, and I hope that you all

enjoy a restful sunny summer holiday.

Kerry Tonkin, Headteacher


As the year is coming to a close, in the FLC we would like to

share and celebrate with the whole school, the success of

one of our Year 11 students who is leaving. James has a

complex special educational needs profile and he has an

Education Health Care Plan. He has made enormous

progress over his five years and he has been on an

inspirational journey in becoming an independent learner and

an assured young man, with greater confidence, who is ready

for college.

He is a talented young sportsman who has represented the

school throughout at Parallel games, who has run a

lunchtime sports club for the FLC as a Sports Leader and

who plays football and cricket regularly. He has played for

the disabled English cricket team on many occasions.

He has benefitted from robust support from school along

with having extremely supportive parents. However, it is

James himself who must be commended for the progress he

has made and we are immensely proud of him.

Mrs S Hampson, Head of Learning Support

Thanks to the kind donations from local businesses; Monkton Elm Garden Centre,

RGB Building Supplies and Taunton Deane Borough Council, students in Year 8 have

been designing and creating a sensory garden. Although in its early stages, the area

is beginning to take shape.

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CAREERS

25 Year 10 students completed their D of E bronze expedition in June. The students followed a planned route in groups, starting in Cannington

and walking onto the Quantocks, where they camped at Broomfield. Students had to take all of their equipment, food and clothes for the

weekend in their rucksacks and had to cook for themselves using Trangia stoves. After camping overnight, students then made their way to

the final destination - Bishop Fox’s School. The students had to work independently throughout the weekend with staff meeting them at

checkpoints to ensure they were safe. Mr Summerill, who supported the weekend, said “ I am extremely proud of our students. In partnership

with Outposts, we have supported 12 Year 11 students to achieve the silver award and 25 achieved bronze - our most successful year yet!”

DUKE OF EDINBURGH

A busy term in the careers department. Year 10 have justcompleted a hugely successful Work Experience week. Studentsspent five days at a variety of businesses in the county gainingmany new skills and learning about the world of work.

Placements included EDF, County Hall, cafés, shops, garages,sports facilities, vets, IT companies, the hospital and Vivary Parkto name but a few.

Every student was visited by a member of staff from Bishop Fox’sand feedback from both employers and students was excellent.Year 10 were a credit to themselves and to the school.

Year 9 students should start to think and plan over the summerwhere you would like to go - it’s your turn next!!

Work Experience organisation is a massive team effort so thankyou to the students, parents, staff and employers who contributedto such a successful week.

In preparation for college applications (January 2018), Year 10have started to attend one to one careers consultations. Studentsare being encouraged to start looking carefully at courses andcolleges. In addition, 82 Year 10 students recently attended aRichard Huish College experience day where they joined studentsin A level lessons. The students engaged really well and found theday extremely useful and exciting.

65 students also attended Bridgwater and Taunton College(Bridgwater site) where they had the opportunity to try out A leveland BTEC lessons and soak up the college atmosphere. Anotherreally successful day.

On a smaller scale, two Year 10 groups visited the CateringDepartment at Bridgwater & Taunton College (Taunton site). Theywere very impressed by the kitchen/restaurant facilities and thecourses that are on offer. Another small group of Year 9 and Year10 students visited the Art and Textiles Department at Bridgwater& Taunton College (Taunton site), where they had the opportunityto learn about courses and to view the fantastic work the collegestudents had produced for their end of year shows.

Year 10 all attended a presentation by Bridgwater & TauntonCollege during PSHE when they were given an overview of thecollege and the application process. During the autumn term thecolleges will be holding many open evenings and taster days. It isimportant that students and parents attend these to enableinformed choices to be made for Year 13.

Please note college applications will be completed in school on theCurriculum Day in January 2018.

Have a great summer.

Mrs D Dalling, Head of Careers


Year 9 ‘More Able’ students attended the launch of this year’s

Brilliant Club Scholars Programme at the University of Exeter. They

were given lots of information about going to university and a tour

of the impressive Streatham campus. They also met their tutor for

the project who is Dr Rebecca Dewhirst- an associate research

fellow who already has a PhD in plant biochemistry. She will

support the students over a number of tutorials to produce their

own essay on the effects of wildfires on plant evolution. Good luck

to the students over the next few weeks of this project.

EXTENDED STUDYThis term celebrated the completion of our Extended Study

programme. The ‘More Able’ students in Years 7, 8 and 9 were

given the task of creating a project of their own design to work on

outside of lessons throughout the year with only minimal help from

a mentor. The standard of what was produced was extremely high

and all students who reached the end of the programme were a

credit to the school.

Mr Gosden said “It was hard to choose winners amongst the

numerous exceptional projects but credit goes to Oliver Thomas -

(who was awarded bronze), Esme Knight and Isabel Bailey

(awarded joint silver) and Hannah Price (who was awarded gold).

A massive well done to all involved”.

BRILLIANT CLUB


A huge thank you and well done tothis Year’s Sports Leaders. Theyhave helped with intrasport,Sports Day, lunchtime and afterschool clubs, primary schoolclubs, primary school festivals aswell as completing qualificationsand training! They have shownincredible commitment throughoutthe year.


WIMBLEDONFantastic day out for students and staff at the All England Club.

Tickets on Court 2 and Centre Court allowed students to enjoy

seeing Federer, Djokovic, Kerber and many more. The weather was

stunning and it was an excellent day out.

Player of theSeason

Most Committed

Most Improved

7 Anvika Biju Sneha Sajan Ellie Sexton

8 Paizun Hossain Evie Fielder Molly Simpson

9 Lucy Robinson Kaitlyn Margetts CharlotteBaldwin

10 Lauren Knight Beth Moore Erin Pollard

ROUNDERS Player of theSeason

Most Committed

Most Improved

7 TheoCulverhouse James Grant Michael Hudson

8 Jamie Nicholson Sam Jones Luke Margetts

9 Harry Johnston Luke Jones Jack Norris

10 Dan Parsons Harry Phillips Harry Green

CRICKET

english schools athletics: Birmingham

alexander stadium.

Both athletes are a year younger than their

competition age group and achieved their target

of getting to English Schools.

Lydia finished 5th in the U15 Long Jump final

with a personal best in the qualifying round of

5.32m. Lucy ran a tough 300m heat just outside

her personal best, which considering she was

injured 2 weeks ago, is a very impressive effort.

Brilliant achievements girls!

BishoP Fox’s U13s anD U15s

hanDBall ReGional FinalisTsBoth squads qualified for a second year running as County

Handball Champions, into this high level regional competition.

The teams performed exceptionally well with outstanding

performances in the U15s from Lauren Knight (C), Holly McKenna

and Amy Turner and in the U13s from Paizun Hossain, Lydia

Smith and Poppy Pring (C). As a school we are hugely proud of

their achievements and commitment.

LUCY STENNETT & LYDIA SMITHSports News

Bishop Fox’s U13 Handball

Bishop Fox’s U15 Handball

mosT oUTsTanDinG sPoRTs leaDeRPaizun hossain & ollie Thomas

RecoRD BReaKeRsJoe Ponter - 1500m, 4mins 36secs

Lucinda Parr - 300m, 52.84secs

Sam Ponter - 1500m, 4mins 25secs

Lydia Smith - 75m, 11.57secs

Lydia Smith - Long Jump, 5m 24cm

Kaine Savery- 300m, 45.03secs

Lucy Stennett - 4 x 100m RELAY, 57.19sec

Lizzie Horsey - 4 x 100m RELAY, 57.19sec

Evie Cosgrove - 4 x 100m RELAY, 57.19sec

Holly McKenna - 4 x 100m RELAY, 57.19sec

Tom Cave- 800m, 2mins 11sec

RecoRD BReaKeRsLucy Stennett - 100m, 12.89sec

Lucy Stennett - 200m, 25.91sec



Milly McKenna - 4 x 100m RELAY, 62.50sec

Kiara Mutall - 4 x 100m RELAY, 62.50sec

Casey Allaway - 4 x 100m RELAY, 62.50sec

Sneha Sajan - 4 x 100m RELAY, 62.50sec

Holly McKenna - Triple Jump, 10m 10cm

Holly McKenna - 800m, 2mins 44secs

Holly McKenna - 200m, 27.93sec

Holly McKenna - High Jump, 1m 48cm

Holly McKenna - Long Jump, 5m 3cm

SPORTS DAY 2017

mosT oUTsTanDinG PeRFoRmance

milly mcKenna & harry Johnston


SPORTS DAY 2017

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YeaR 7

Ella Wyatt - Long Jump

Gabe Billington - 1500m

Nathan Stowell - Discus

Keegan Bond - Javelin

Milly McKenna - Long Jump,

200m, Relay

Holly Long - Shot Put

Ryan Davis - 800m

Sky Warren - Discus

YeaR 8

Sol Carp - Shot Put

Brandon Palk - 200m

Lana Sorenson - 200m

Zac Sydenham - 800m

Caitlyn Giles - 1500m

Amy Moakes - Discus

YeaR 10

Gabrielle Kanskij - Long Jump

Erica Betteridge - 1500m

Emily Cowan - 300m, 800m

Evie Cosgrove - 200m, 800m,

Discus, Relay

Alex Cannings - Shot, 100m,

200m, Relay

Tom Cave - Javelin

Will Grant - Discus

YeaR 9

Jacob Bell - Long Jump, 100m

Harry Johnston - Triple Jump,

100m, Relay

Emma Davey - Shot Put

Dana Shapter - 1500m

Shannon Taylor - 200m

Jayden Vanstone - Javelin

Peter Young - 800m

Ed Groves - Shot Put

Liam Williams - 100m, Relay

achievemenT awaRDs


SUMMER GAMESRun Shoot competitors were outstanding! We were crowned County

Champions in the Year 7/8 Boys Team, Sam Ponter and Weronika Bak

were crowned Year 9/10 Individual County Champions! Our Year 9/10

Girls Team managed to pick up the silver medals, along with Charlie

Brogden during the Year 9/10 Individual Event.

lYDia smiThsporting achievements:

southwest indoor champion

60m sprint & 60m hurdles

what is your sporting

ambition?

To compete in the English

Schools for hurdles or

combined events.

what is your most memorable sporting moment?

Winning the Southwest indoor championships for 60m sprint

and 60m hurdles.

what advice would you give to someone in sport?

Don’t be scared to try something new and always give it your

best.

where do you see yourself in five years’ time?

In college, hopefully still competing in athletics

who is your sporting idol/role model?

Jessica Ennis Hill

if you could attend any sporting event in the world, what

would it be?

Athletics World Championships

saRah PeRKssporting achievements: Beacon squad

synchronised swimming

what is your sporting ambition?

I want to make the England Talent Squad but in the long term

the International Synchronised Swimming Squad.

what is your most memorable

sporting moment?

It has to be being selected for

the Beacon Squad which is the

team under England Talent but

also achieving a Bronze medal

at the Nationals.

what advice would you give

to someone in sport?

Believe in yourself, have the

right mind set and don’t let

anyone get to you.

where do you see yourself in five years’ time?

I want to have the highest overall score at the Nationals and

be in the International Squad.

who is your sporting idol/role model?

My idol is my private coach – Chloe Shortman as she swam

for Team GB. Also the England duet which train at my club –

Izzy Thorpe and Kate Shortman.

if you could attend any sporting event in the world, what

would it be?

It would be the Olympics as I’ve dreamed of it ever since I

started synchro.

SPORTING PROFILES

Ultimate Frisbee at the Summer Games. Year 8 Teams finished 1stand 2nd in the Somerset Summer Games, making Bishop Fox's

retain their title of County Champions for a second year!

JUnioR TRacK anD FielD aThleTics:

weDnesDaY 7Th JUne10 talented athletes competed at Yeovil on Wednesday 7th June in the

Junior Track and Field Championships. All performed exceptionally

well with outstanding performances from Joe Ponter, winning the

1500m in 4.41 and Lydia Smith breaking the old championship record

in the 75m hurdles with 11.60. Lydia also won the long jump with a

huge jump of 5.05m.

Other results:

Marta Szwajkowska – 800m in 3.03 and shot put 4.98m

Poppy Pring – 200m in 34.24 and 3.56m for long jump.

Gugu Mlotshwa got through from her 200m heat into the final where

she ran a very speedy 200m in 29.76.

Zach Sydenham 3rd in the 800m in a time of 2.42 and 3.96m in the

long jump.

Matt Taylor – 2.58 for 800m and 15.82m in javelin.

Autumn Millard – 1500m in 5.29 and jumped 4.16m in the long jump.

Milly McKenna- 100m in 14.86 and long jump 3.69m (new PB)

Ryan Davis – 800m in 2. 51

PARTICIPATION POLICY REMINDER: Students are required to

change for all PE lessons even when feeling under the weather or

injured. Students will be asked to take part in the lesson and will be

given an appropriate activity such as coaching or officiating. Please

communicate through the planner if your son or daughter is unable

to participate fully in physical activity.


FRench clUB (monday 1.20-1.55pm)

French Club students have had a very productive term creating

jigsaw quiz activities on a range of language topics as well as

cultural landmarks and festivals. They have now moved on to

practising for a potential performance of a play on the French

Revolution and Bastille Day – watch this space! Vive la Révolution!

sT James’ FRench TasTeR DaY

Year 9 & 10 French Club students helped run a French Day at St

James’ Church School last month. Students from Year 1 to Year 6

learned songs in French and undertook workshops with games

run by the students throughout the day. An excellent day was had

by all, and a select group of KS4 students have been invited back

to help run their weekly French Club until the end of term.

sPanish clUB

Spanish Club have been creative this term, making projects on a

chosen festival and presenting them to the group – these have

included posters, powerpoint presentations and even short plays!

They have also been making some festival sombreros and getting

into the spirit of the Spanish fiesta!

YeaR 10 JaPanese

Having expressed an interest in learning some Japanese this term,

a small group of Year 10 students have had ten taster lessons in

the language with their teacher Noriko Williams. They hope to

continue with the language in the Autumn term of Year 11 and we

plan to offer this opportunity again in the Summer Term for any

Year 10 students (current Year 9s) next year who are up for this

challenge! In their last lesson they followed instructions in

Japanese to create an origami hat. ありがとう

MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Congratulations to two of our Year 11 students, Megan Dyke and

Kurtis Fletcher, who have received a Bursary award for their

outstanding work in business. This was awarded by the Taunton

Chamber of Commerce. Pictured: Megan Dyke and Kurtis Fletcher

with Deputy Headteacher Steve Summerill.

Bursary AwardSuccess

Bridgwater & Taunton College Year 9 Summer School40 students attended Taunton Collegefor 3 taster days at the beginning of Julyin vocational courses such asengineering, graphics and media, andpublic services. Students had access tospecialist staff and resources over thethree days, including a fully functionalhairdressing salon! All 40 students weregreat ambassadors for the school, andhad very positive experiences for thethree days.


It has been a heat wave of movie magic in the summer term for

music. With most of our time dedicated to the Summer Concert

and the GCSE exams there hasn’t been a moment’s rest! So well

done to all Year 11s that have completed their GCSE music.

SUMMER CONCERTTo complete an amazing year in music we finished the term with

two nights of our fantastic Movie Magic summer concert. The term

culminated in a fantastic performance from the likes of soloists

such as Meredith Willis, Alice Vernon, Evie Cosgrove, Louis Jarmin

and Max Gauntlett. Brilliant group acts such as choir, chamber

choir, orchestra and staff choir, as well as some amazing

performances from our brass, samba and ukulele. School of Rock

also made their debut appearance.

As always, we at the music department are grateful to all staff,

parents and students for helping in many different ways with the

concert. A huge congratulations to Miss Wride and her team for

the amazing performance! We look forward to what they achieve

next year.

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EXTRA CURRICULARWe have been lucky this year to offer group brass and samba lessons after school again as well as offering the hugely popular School

of Rock. All students involved are loving it and making huge progress on their instruments. Next year we are proud to be offering these

opportunities to Year 7 and Year 8 again as well as for continuing students in Year 9 and 10. We will also be offering ukulele group and

School of Rock as well as our choir and orchestra so sign up in September for these all exciting classes.

If you are interested in starting either instrumental or singing lessons then please come to the music department for a letter. We currently

offer brass, woodwind, string, percussion and vocal lessons.

From all of us in the music team have a lovely summer holiday! We look forward to seeingyou all in the new school year.

DANCEBoys Foxonic Dance Company performed their latest performance

piece 'Mish Mash Boom' at the Tacchi Morris arts centre as part

of the Inspired Take Art Celebration evening.

Year 9 students competed in the Somerset Enterprise Challenge

against a range of schools from across the county.

This year’s challenge was to create a Christmas promotional

campaign for the Holiday Inn, Taunton. The students needed to

pitch their idea to a panel of judges including the President of the

Chamber of Commerce Nigel Pearce, Nadine Ackland of TDBC

and Emma Hughes from The Holiday Inn.

The students’ ideas were fantastic ranging from Luxury Spa

weekends to an Evening of Local Produce. All of the presentations

were commended by the judges Emma Hughes said she felt “the

students had really captured the ethos of the hotel”.

Bishop Fox’s, the winning team, took the trophy for the third time,

narrowly beating Preston School, Yeovil to second place.


Somerset Enterprise Challenge Day

Students at Bishop Fox’s have had the opportunity to take part in

a range of Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM)

focused activities this year. Here are just a few highlights from

across the year.

· Year 10 Triple Scientists were amazed to gain first-hand

experience of being in a nuclear power station during a visit to

Hinkley Point.

· Year 10 and Year 11 students wowed the judges at the Fleet Air

Arm Museum as part of technology focused competitions and

Curriculum Day visits this year; the work of Poppy Elsmore and

Dulcie Lanaghan being most impressive.

· In Year 9 Caedmon Emery, Will Grabham, Diya Paul, Lanella Wall

and Gianpaolo Morelli-Thompson gave up some of their Easter

holidays to attend a Low Carbon Residential at Cannington Court

run by EDF.

· Twenty students from Year 9 were selected to take part in a

renewable energy themed workshop which saw them making

electromagnets and learning about different sources of energy.

· Thirty students from Year 8 battled it out at a STEM day to design

and make a propelled carrier that would transport an egg safely,

as far as possible when launched at high speed. Resources were

limited, creativity was high and everyone demonstrated their true

competitive streak.

· Forty students recently attended the South West Big Bang Fair

at Exeter University, Jess Strong, a Year 8 student wrote the

following report:

The sTem Day at exeter

“On Wednesday 21st June, a big assortment of different year

groups went to the Big Bang Show at Exeter University. First we

went to the Space Academy aeronautics show, where we made

CD hovercrafts, straw rockets and futuristic paper shuttles. Next,

we made our way to a room with project stalls; there were eco-

friendly plastic collecting buoys, safety beanies, methods of food

preservation and much more. After we had our break, we

journeyed up to the Sports Hall (which was undoubtedly

ENORMOUS) and had a good look around at all the stalls that

were set up there. There was a planetarium, educations VR

headsets, university advertising stalls and robotics. It was a truly

amazing trip and extremely beneficial to all involved. Many thanks

to Mrs Bedford-Hill, Mr Bryan, Mr Gosden and Miss Cooper.”

(Jess Strong, Year 8)

Despite all of this STEM is not yet done for the year. Mr Bryan and

Miss Matthews are taking a small selection of Year 7 students to

the MET Office to stay overnight in July. We look forward to

hearing what they discover on their return.

Many thanks to all of the staff who have been involved in the

planning, co-ordinating and running of these activities and a huge

well done to the students that have been involved, each and every

one has been an excellent representative for our school.

A STEM update...

We were very proud of all those individuals who had the

confidence and took the time to apply for the position of Prefect

at the school in the 2017-18 academic year. Collectively all the

applicants were very strong candidates and it was a very difficult

decision to whittle the numbers down to the final successful teams

Congratulations to all those who have been selected, it is a

fantastic achievement. As ambassadors of the school, we take

great pride in the prefects being positive role models for all

students to look up to. There are various important roles that the

prefects fulfil including helping with Reading Rebels in KS3, Wake

and Shake, supporting homework club in C1, organising the

careers library, co-ordinating successful practice interviews with

Mrs Dalling, doing lunchtime duties, entertaining the masses in the

hall, supporting school events, showing people around the school,

being guides at Open Evening, meeting and greeting at Parents’

Evenings and a whole lot more!

It is going to be a busy year for all but we are confident that there

is no better group of students to work with.

The prefect training day on 15th June was a great success,

learning how to deal with situations that may arise, with advice

also shared on how prefects can be more assertive. Mr Hennessy,

Mrs Causley and Mrs Keedwell provided activities that were fun

and helped them work together in teams. These are important

skills in life and we hope that, as a result of the training day, they

feel confident in being able to be effective in their new roles that

really start in September.

Massive congratulations to the new Head Prefect team. It has

been particularly difficult this year to select the Head Prefects due

to the exceptional calibre of the Year 10 prefects.

The selection of Head Prefects is a very rigorous process with the

eight candidates completing a gruelling interview with Ms Tonkin

and Mr Hennessy. It is through these interviews where the various

roles are decided.

We wish the team the very best for 2017-18; leading a team of

your peers can have its difficulties but we are confident that you

all have the attributes to do your job exceptionally well.

PREFECTS

HEaD PrEFECTS

The new Head Prefect team with their specific areas of

responsibility are:

Emma CaNaVaN

Head GirlSaVINDU aLaGODa

Head Boy

LaUrEN KNIGHT

Duty Team LeaderTOm CaVE

Duty Team Leader

CaTHErINE KELLOW

Leader of the Careers Team

SaHIL SaJaN

Duty Team Leader

HaNNaH WOOD

Leader of the SEN Team

JONaH BILLINGTON

Duty Team Leader


Drama PrODUCTIONS

The drama department have had a busy

Summer term. GCSE drama students have

been to London to see DNA to inspire their

own production which they performed to a

small audience.

There has also been a whole school

production of Matilda which saw some of

our Year 7 students take on lead roles.

It has been another very busy year for the

Student Council at Bishop Fox’s. The

elected representatives from each tutor

group have met each half term to discuss a

range of pressing issues.

Representing the student body, they started

the year with a SWOT analysis (Strengths,

Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats)

which was taken to the Senior Leadership

Team and the site team to discuss and help

inform planning. The Student Council has

been regularly kept informed and their views

sought across a wide variety of the school’s

strategic development priorities. In addition,

the School Council had a ballot and chose

Cancer Research UK as the National Charity

for 2016-17; the local charities are Think

Amy and St. Margaret’s Hospice Care.

STUDENT COUNCIL


2016/17 - a great year at Fox’s!

Communications: If you haven't yet

signed up to receive school

communications by email, please contact

the school office as soon as possible with

your email address.

Student Absence: Please ring the

ABSENCE line on 255019, not the main

switchboard, when reporting student

absences or email:

[email protected]

Lost property: Please collect from

Reprographics before the end of term,

before it is disposed of!

SNAPCHAT UPDATEPlease be aware that snapchathave recently launched a newfeature. Snapmap now allows usersto see the location of theirsnapchat contacts, accuratelypinpointing where you are.

However, with safety being themain concern, the location-sharingis optional and may be disabled.There are three possible privacysettings:Ghost mode: Where only you cansee your position.Friends Mode: Any contact cansee your location.Select friends:You choose who cansee your location.

There is a thorough explanationand more information of how tostay safe online at:www.childnet.com

SOCIAL MEDIAIf you’re not already, get followingour social media accounts for allthe latest news, photographs andevents.Facebook: Bishop Fox’s SchoolTwitter: @BishopFoxsInstagram: Bishopfoxstaunton

wilD swimminG - saFeTY PRecaUTions

During the summer holidays, especially on hot days, it might be

tempting to go for a cooling dip in the river or pond – but please

be aware that this is potentially dangerous, even for strong

swimmers and for both adults and children.

Both The Wildlife Trust and Canal and River Trust have offer

comprehensive safety advice you can follow on their websites.

The Canal and River Trust offer this advice:

‘Even the strongest swimmers may face difficulties in the water.

The water will be cold, even in the summer; which will take your

breath away and leave you gasping for air. The shock of the cold

water will also mean that your blood will rush away from your

muscles to protect your vital organs, leaving your muscle and

limbs without energy to keep you afloat. There may be unseen

objects which could cause you injury. Open water is often murky

so you won’t be able to tell the depth. It could be much deeper

than you expect or much shallower than you expect, making it

very dangerous if you jump in… There are no life guards on the

waterways and many stretches of the coast to rescue you if you

get into difficulties. There are no ladders to get out. If you fall

in the water, it is likely you will be wearing clothes which will

become heavy when wet making it much harder to stay afloat or

lift yourself out of the water.’

We hope that you find other ways to enjoy your summer

holidays and cool down with swimming in the swimming pool

or in Lifeguard patrolled designated safe swimming areas in the

sea.

supervision prior to start of school: We

are aware that some students arrive at

school before 7.30am in the morning.

Whilst we appreciate the necessity for some

students to be dropped off early, we cannot

accept responsibility for their supervision

until 8.30am in the morning. Whilst many

staff are here much earlier than this, we are,

as you will appreciate, engaged in other

work related activities at these times.


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