History Trip

Arts’ Department

Headteacher’s Commendations

Art Department

Sports News

Partnership News

Number 1

October 2012

In September, I wrote of the excellent news of our students’ success in the public exami-

nations. I can now report that, following re-marks, the percentage of students achieving

at least five A* - C GCSE grades in academic subjects has risen to 87%. This confirms

a significant four year upward trend in academic results which are well regarded by em-

ployers, Colleges and Universities. Almost 50% of students achieved at least one A*

grade. The national campaign regarding the English results continues. Our Governors

have given their full support to the actions taken nationally which are being led by Local

Authorities and Professional Associations which call for a judicial review.

There have been many ‘defining moments’ this term: a trip to the Paralympics, a Primary

School Cross Country Festival led by our students, a trip to the Battlefields of the

Somme, a visit to Cadbury World. Arts activities have included a broadcast on BBC Ra-

dio Hereford and Worcester to launch Children in Need and attendance at a film festival

to view our film which was shortlisted and work with Pitmaston Primary School.

This week GCSE students are enjoying their French Exchange and on Friday GCSE

Geography students depart for a trip to Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius.

On Tuesday, 16th October Year 7 students took part in their first Eucharist at which the

Archdeacon of Worcester, The Venerable Roger Morris presided, support by Reverend

David Ryan and Captain Rick Tett.

Our partnership with the King’s School, Worcester continues to flourish. Several stu-

dents took up bespoke Bursaries for Bishop Perowne students which enable them to

study in King’s Sixth Form. A wide range of joint activities are planned for this year.

We have much to look forward to next term. Tutor Groups have been invited to collect

items for shoe boxes in aid of Operation Christmas Child. We shall be supporting the

Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal holding a Service of Remembrance on Friday, 9th

November. As always we shall celebrate BBC Children in Need.

Community Captains will launch a major event ‘Growvember’ which will run throughout

November in order to raise money for Cancer Charities. Male staff will be asked to

grow moustaches and there will be lucky dip prize draw. Donations of prizes will be

gratefully accepted. We hope to raise a large sum of money for charity and build leader-

ship and Community spirit in the process.

Continued over ………………………….

Newsletter

October 2012

Content Page

Message from Ms Farr 1

Message from the

Governors

2

Message from the

Worship Team

2

Growvember 2

Headteacher’s

Commendations

3-4

Our Vision 5

Term Dates 6-7

Books for Uganda 8

MFL News 8

‘Snow Line’ 8

Remembrance Service

and Carol Service

8

Community News 9

Top Barn 10

News of Former

Students

10

Plus much more …

Academic success that matters

‘Growing together to be the best we can be’

Lord,

Grant us your strength, so that we will have courage in every situation; Grant us your love, so we will never give up on anybody; Grant us your wisdom, so we will show others the path to success; Grant us your mercy, so we will forgive those who have hurt us; Grant us your peace, so we will find the best in everybody; Grant us your hope, so we will never give up; Grant us your joy, so we will recognise and be thankful for all our blessings;

Grant us your grace, so you will always be at our side.

Amen

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Message from the Headteacher continued …..

At half term we say goodbye to Ms Alaine Sheppard our Teaching Assistant with a specialism in English as an additional

language. We thank her for all she has done and wish her well for her relocation.

I should like to thank parents/carers for your support this term, especially for helping to maintain our standards of uniform

and attendance.

I wish everyone a very restful half term.

Ms J Farr—Headteacher

GROWVEMBER

Please support our fundraising for Cancer Charities by:

Sponsoring a teacher to grow a moustache

Buy a ‘lucky dip’ draw ticket at 50p each

Donate a prize

Message from the Governors Outcome of Parent Governor Elections

Governors are pleased to announce that there were two unopposed nominations for the role of Parent Governor. The first nomination was for Mrs Claire Hollins who has been appointed accordingly for a term of four year. The second nomi-nation was for Mr Mike Whitehouse who was approaching the end of his four year term as an existing Parent Governor – he has therefore been re-appointed for a further term of four year. Governors take this opportunity to congratulate both individuals on their appointment and to welcome Mrs Hollins to the Governing Body.

Please note that next term the Governing Body will be looking for further nomination to the role of Parent Governor to fill an outstanding vacancy.

Worship Team News

This first half term has been a productive one for the college worship team; a term that we hope will be the start of a wonderful year

for worship in Bishop Perowne. It has been our priority, for the start of this year, to start recruiting new team members, in the earlier

years of year 7 and 8. This is not only a great way to get those interested in worship involved, but is also integral for the worship team

to continue its long lasting legacy.

We are also looking forward to the forthcoming acts of collective worship, especially the remembrance service in November. At Bishop

Perowne, this service is one of the most important of the year, one where we hope to provide a reflective time for students and some-

times the wider community.

Community plays a vital role in all aspects of learning and college life. Although we hold regular community acts of collective worship,

we feel that a stronger link can be made between the worship team and specific communities. Members of the team have therefore

been asked to organise, oversee and take part in acts of worship for their own community. As well as making worship more interac-

tive, this also strengthens the great sense of camaraderie among all our students, whoever they may be.

Hallam Wood—Head Boy

Headteacher’s Commendations The following students have received Headteacher’s Commendations and five Community Credits Their achievements and

contribution to the life of our College are highly valued. Those students marked with a * have more than one Commendation.

College Community Page 3

Kieran Addis Ben Challacombe Charlotte Fletcher* Leigh Hewitt

Bethany Addis Chloe Chapman Emma Fletcher* David Hill

Hashim Ali Bethany Chappell Ruby Fletcher Michael Hill

Claudio Henrique Almeida* Viwe Charlie Luke Ford* Piers Hilton-Turvey

Sophie Amess Alice Chevalier Carl Forsyth Shanice Hobbs

Lauren Amies-Gardner Ewan Cheyne Jordan Fortey William Hodges*

Megan Archdale-Evans Jordana Cholmondeley Olivia Fraser-Clark* Logan Hollins

Bethany Ariss Kaylee Cole* Imogen Fraser-Clark Casey Homer

Penny Ashmore* Megan Collins* Molly Freeth Geraint Howells

Fortune Austin-Ricketts Isobel Collins Bradley Frost Brittany Hughes*

Imogen Barrett* Peter Collins George Fuller* Sarah Hull

Charles Beesley Amelia Collins Bailey Fuller* Charlotte Hurley

Amina Begum Ebony Crawford* Bethany Fuller Haroon Hussain*

Joshua Bentley* Abigail Curtis Harry Fuller* Joshua Ince

Lucy Berry Joseph Cutler Millie Gaffey Joseph Ingles

Matthew Berry Chloe Davies* William Garrad* Hussan Iqbal

Frances Bird Steven Day Georgia Garratley Ethan Jelfs*

Jordan Blake Manuela De Sousa Jordan Gerschowitz Edward John

Benjamin Bluck Harry Dickings Natalie Gilbert Hannah Jones*

Elodie Bonnick* Bethany Dickings* Phoebe Graver Dean Jones

Harry Bott Leah Dimmock Christopher Green* Chloe Jones

Louis Bourke Katie Dinsdale Tiffany-Lea Griffiths Kayleigh Keeling

Ellen Brayford Emily Dinsdale Annika Guru Harry Kendall*

Cameron Brett Jessica Donaldson* Ellie Hand Jessica Key*

Aaron Brett* Megan Done* Luke Handley Matthew Key

Hannah Bridge Jack Downing Harriet Hardwick* Ameer Khan

Benjamin Bridge Joshua Drinkwater Laura-Beth Hardwick Jem King

Alex Brown* Candy Drinkwater* Jack Harper Connor King*

Avril Brown* James Duckworth* Marissa Harrison Layton Kingston

Lily Bunn Shaun Duffy Samuel Hasnip* Kayleigh Lacroix*

Samantha Burns Clara Dunster Jamie Hathaway* Owen Lane

Hannah Bushell Martha Dunster William Haughtey* Owen Langstone

Samantha Busmane* Hayley Dutfield Bethany Haughtey Sophie Lannie

Chloe Cadwallader Holly Edwards Chloe Hawker Alexander Lawrence

Rebecca Capewell Callam Edwards Kate Hawker Katie Leary

Benjamin Carrier* Ike Fallon Katie Hawkins* Eleanor Lee*

Paisley Carrier Harrison Fallon-Wilson Juri Hayes Alexandra Lee*

Kaan Celik George Fildes Ella Healey Samuel Lewington

Sukhraj Chahal Callum Finch-Back William Henshall Jack Llewellyn

Migle Chaleckaite Mary Fisher* Charlotte Herron Frederick Lockett

Headteacher’s Commendations continued ….

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The following students have received Headteacher’s Commendations and five Community Credits Their achievements and

contribution to the life of our College are highly valued. Those students marked with a * have more than one Commendation.

Shania Long* Sophie Proctor Charlotte Steggall

Bradley Long* Stephanie Pugh James Stevens

Matthew Makranczy* Hannah Pugh Craig Strachan

Ella Manchanda Taylor Pugh Emily Studholme

Elisha Martucci Brittany Ratcliffe Jacob Styler*

Jaydon May Rory Rawstron Elliot Sugars

Emily Mayor Eve Rawstron Shahena Sultana

Erinn Melville* Felix Reeves Hannah Surridge*

Kimberley Milton Danielle Reeves Jessica Suthard

Ellie-May Monk Josetta Reid* Claudia Taylor*

Callum Mooney Glyn Reilly-Harrison Jakob Terry

Emma Moore Brittney Reynolds Tabitha Tingle*

Katie Moore Caitlin Roberts Jessica Tobin

Abbie Morgan Georgia Robinson Emily Tooth*

Amy Morris Amelia Ross Georgia Tryner

Hafsah Muminah* Abigail Rudge Zoe Vernon

Saarah Muneebah Flynn Sadler-Bury Emily Wainwright

Ellie Newman* Brendon Samaya* Bradley Walker

Freya Newns Elliot Savage* Chanelle Walsh*

Joshua Nullis Michael Schenk Miles Watts*

Elishah Olatunde* Micquel Semple* Ross Wells

Ashanti Olatunde Shemeka Semple Ashley Whitehouse

Jessica O'Neill Aisha Shabir Faith Williams

Eden Openshaw* Musadaq Shazad* Zak Williams*

Ross Page* Mustafa Shoaib Jennifer Williams

Oliver Parker* Ibrahim Shoaib Joshua Williams

Joseph Parker Emma Shuard Kerry Williams

Jessica Parry* Lindsay Shuker Daniel Wilson*

Nicole Pate Michael Shuker Mark Wilson*

Jordan Pate Michael Siket Hallam Wood

Jack Patey* Lia Silva* Florence Wood

Matthew Patey Louis Simmons Charlie Wood*

Shannon Patrick Kieran Smith Lewis Wood

Jacob Payne-Lunn* Shakara Smith Claudia Woodhouse

Hal Pearson* Jamie Smith Samuel Yeomans

Amber Poulton Jessica Snape

Lucy Preece Sam Sowden

Teagan Preen* Matthew Sowden

Daniel Price* Nathan Stanton

David Prince Bethany Steele*

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College Vision

Our Vision

We seek to develop a caring Christian community in which we nurture individuals; encourage learning, creativity and endeavour; inspire all to excel and reach their potential and to help all young learners grow into active and responsible citizens who are able to make a difference in the World.

To make our vision a reality we aim to:

Develop a faith- centred community based on a love of God, neighbour and self.

Create a culture of learning and achievement in which study, enquiry, innovation and aspiration are highly valued

Grow together to be the best that we can be.

Establish an orderly, happy, safe and caring environment in which all members of the College community can

Grow in confidence and self-esteem.

Provide access to a wide and varied curriculum that is appropriate to students’ needs and learning styles.

Support physical, social and emotional growth.

Develop a sense of responsibility and citizenship, and thereby shape the future.

In order to bring about the best we shall:

Provide excellent teaching, in rich and varied learning environments.

Create positive challenges.

Assess students learning and progress and report on this regularly to parents.

Strive to develop an enriching programme of visits and extra curricular activity.

Respond effectively to students pastoral needs.

Develop positive relationships between staff and students.

Promote good attendance.

Build a strong and robust College/parent partnership.

Develop effective links with the Church and wider communities.

Meet and support the needs of ethnic and minority groups.

Celebrate diversities and differences in our community.

Work as a team towards our shared vision.

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Term Dates—2012—2013

AUTUMN TERM 2012

TERM STARTS Wednesday, 5th September 2012

HALF TERM Monday, 29th October – Friday, 2nd November 2012

TERM ENDS Thursday, 20th December 2012

SPRING TERM 2013

TERM STARTS Tuesday, 8th January 2013

HALF TERM Monday, 18th February – Friday, 22nd February 2013

TERM ENDS Thursday, 28th March 2013

SUMMER TERM 2013

TERM STARTS Tuesday, 16th April 2013

HALF TERM Monday, 27th May – Friday, 31st May 2013

TERM ENDS Wednesday, 24th July 2013

Good Friday Friday, 29th March 2013

Easter Monday Monday, 1st April 2013

May Day Monday, 6th May 2013

Spring Bank Holiday Monday, 27th May 2013

Teacher Education Days

Monday, 3rd September 2012

Tuesday, 4th September 2012

Friday, 26th October 2012

Monday, 7th January 2013

Monday, 15th April 2013

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AUTUMN TERM 2013

TERM STARTS Wednesday, 4th September 2013

HALF TERM Monday, 28th October – Friday, 1st November 2013

TERM ENDS Friday, 20th December 2013

SPRING TERM 2014

TERM STARTS Tuesday, 7th January 2014

HALF TERM Monday, 17th February – Friday, 21st February 2014

TERM ENDS Friday, 11th April 2014

SUMMER TERM 2014

TERM STARTS Tuesday, 29th April 2014

HALF TERM Monday, 26th May – Friday, 30th May 2014

TERM ENDS Friday, 18th July 2014

Good Friday Friday, 18th April 2014

Easter Monday Monday, 21st April 2014

May Day Monday, 5th May 2014

Spring Bank Holiday Monday, 26th May 2014

Teacher Education Days

Monday, 2nd September 2013

Tuesday, 3rd September 2013

Friday, 25th October 2013

Monday, 6th January 20014

Monday, 28th April 2014

Term Dates 2013—2014

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School books for New Hope Children’s Centre, Uganda

Modern Foreign Languages News

Bon voyage to our French Exchange students heading to Neuville aux Bois Friday 19 October- Wednesday 24 October. They have a very interesting and fun packed week planned - including a trip to Paris, to Orléans and a picnic at a beautiful château at Chamerolles. They will also spend some time in our exchange school- Collège Léon Delagrange - discovering how different school in France is!

Kasana Childrens’ Centre in Luwero, Uganda began in 1988 caring for 5 street boys and a parentless family of 3 boys and 2 girls in a single mud building as home for the staff and children, school room, church, office and clinic. It now houses 140 orphans, runs a free primary school, vocational training, nurture and love, food and medical care for over 350 local children and New Hope Academy teaches 137 secondary students.

Money raised on a Bishop Perowne non-uniform day will buy urgently needed text books for both schools as pupils have to share scarce books making class and homework difficult to do. They love to learn and are very excited by the prospect of new books and are already grateful to Bishop Perowne pupils for providing money to buy them.

‘Snow Line’

In the event of inclement weather and school is forced to close we shall notify the following organisations:

Radio Wyvern

BBC Hereford and Worcester

BRMB

Heart FM

The Bear

A notice will also appear on the College website (www.bishopperowne.co.uk) and a text will be sent to all parents/carers, please ensure that we have your up to date contact telephone numbers.

You are cordially invited to up and coming events:

Service of Remembrance—Friday, 9th November 2012 at 10.30am

Carol Service—Friday, 14th December 2012 at 7.00pm—Worcester Cathedral

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Community Parliament News—Autumn Term

The newly appointed Year 11 Parliament Leadership Team has been building on the solid founda-tions of the Summer Term, when they took over in such an amazingly positive way from the previ-ous Leadership Team. Well done to them for their enthusiasm, hard work and commitment to our community so far. They are brimming with ideas and are working together on several whole col-lege projects this term.

They are now looking at renewing the Community notice boards to bring them right up to date with photos of the class representatives and the individual community leaders. We now have a whole Community activities board for displaying community news and photos to share the activities and fund raising events. This should encourage even more students to take part!

The team will again be involved in Arts Week helping to organise the smooth running of activities with Mr Plant. They are currently encouraging students from all year groups to be involved to make Arts Week even bigger and better in the Summer Term to come

They are also organising whole college fund raising events based on ‘Growvember’, which will support Cancer charities. The team will launch this on the last day of this half term when non-uniform day will kick start the enthusiasm and fund raising they will lead until Christmas. We will be encouraging staff, students and parents/carers to participate in different ways to help make this a successful and exciting campaign!

Mrs L Stevens

Community Leader—Fearnley

Available Shortly …….

Bishop Perowne Church of England College Calendar 2013

Contains a selection of photos taken by our outstanding Gifted and

Talented students several of whom ‘swept the board’ in the

Midlands Photograph Competition.

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News of Former Students of Bishop Perowne

Jon Stammers

Jon studied at Bishop Perowne from 1994 to 1999. Mrs Stammers wrote to tell us that he had received his PhD in Elec-

tronic Engineering from the University of York. Jon is currently a teacher of Physics at a secondary school near Sheffield

and hopes to be able to become a lecturer when the opportunity arises.

If you have any news of former Bishop Perowne students please do contact Mrs Wigley, Headteacher’s P.A. on 01905

746804 or email to kwi@bishop-perowne.worcs.sch.uk.

Top Barn Farm Experience—Student Leadership Team

As part of the Leadership Team, you need to have good ‘team’ skills. Such as listening/giving other people the change to have their

opinion and forming ideas. These skills do not necessary come instantly, therefore the Student Leadership Team were given the op-

portunity by Ms Farr to attend an activities day at Top Barn Activity Centre.

The team participated in various team building activities in order to build on our skills as individuals and as a team and also our com-

munication techniques.

In total we participated in eight activities including raft building, the low rope challenge, island hopping and spiders web. We crossed

a river on a bridge we had made and finding our way across a ‘marsh’ using only planks and ropes.

We really enjoyed our time at Top Barn and wish to thank all the staff for making it a memorable day.

The Student Leadership Team

OPEN TUESDAY

All parents/carers are reminded

‘Open Tuesday’

Every Tuesday between 3.00 pm-4.00 pm

A chance to meet with a member of the Senior Leadership Team

without a prior appointment.

Parents/carers are seen on a first come/first seen basis.

The length of the meeting will depend on the number of people waiting to

be seen

History Department News

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Paris Trip Newsletter Report

On arrival in Paris we embarked on a picturesque river cruise along the Seine

where the students took in the delights of the city during the evening. The following

day it was an early start before we visited the D’Orsay museum followed by a trip up

the Eiffel Tower. The views were awe inspiring and the students left with apprecia-

tion of the beauty of Paris. After climbing down from the tower the students visited

Sacre Coeur and the area of Montmartre where they had some free time. Many of

the students took the opportunity to have a picture portrait done of themselves at

this famous artist quarter. The next day the students visited the Palace of Ver-

sailles where they learnt about the growth of absolutist rule and history of the

French Revolution. Afterwards the students had a walking tour of Paris and with

achy feet we enjoyed a lovely dinner at a restaurant by the Arc de Triomphe.

The day after we drove to Ypres where the students were able to empathise with

the World War One troops by experiencing life in the trench system. Afterwards the

students visited Tyne Cott Cemetery to pay their respects to the soldiers who are on

the memorial wall. One of our students shared a story of her Grandfather who had

individually disarmed a German machine gun bunker by being willing to sacrifice

himself with a hand grenade if the Germans would not surrender. For this incredi-

ble bravery, he was awarded the Victoria Cross. We ended this very moving day by

attending the Menin Gate Ceremony.

Our final day was spent with free time in Bruges where the students explored the

town and visited the shops. Of course the many chocolate shops were the most

popular! The students found this a very rewarding and educational visit which de-

veloped their moral and spiritual consciousness.

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History Department News continued …..

Trip to the WWI Battlefields.

As part of the GCSE Modern World History’s controlled assessment on World War One the History department took students on a two

day visit to the World War One battlefields. The day began early at 3.30am! We all met on the misty playground and set out on your

historical adventure. After stopping off at Maidestone to pick up our guide Ashley and a travelling through the Euro tunnel we arrived

in Belgium to begin our tour. Our first stop was at one of the hundreds of war cemeteries in Ypres where students got an introduction

to why the First World War began and we had an interactive session where the students played the parts of different countries in the

war and attempted to outflank each other in the hope of reaching the sea before the opposing side. After this we moved on to some

original trenches where the students learned about trench life. We handled original equipment from the time such as grenades

(decommissioned of course) many of which were made from old jam tins, also at this site we learnt about the role of animals in the

war including horses. After this we visited Tyne Cott which is one of the largest memorials to the missing and the students got to in-

vestigate how the methods of fighting changed and developed throughout the war which eventually led to victory, such as the creep-

ing barrage and map shooting. After a very intensive and long day we went to the town of Ypres for dinner which was enjoyed by all

but not quite as much as the chocolate shopping afterwards! We finished the day with a moving last post service at the Menin Gate

ceremony where the fallen unknown soldiers of World War One have been remembered with a last post ceremony everyday at

8.00pm, without fail since 1927, apart from when Belgium was occupied by the Nazis during the Second World War.

On day two we woke early to croissants to give ourselves energy for the day ahead. We travelled to the Somme in France where we

re-enacted ‘going over the top’ of the trenches. The students were then filmed attempting to cross no mans land. The students en-

joyed this experience except those who got hit by a machine gun bullet! After this we had a grenade throwing competition in which the

students all embarrassed the teachers by being much more effective at throwing the grenade in the direction of the German trench.

After this we stopped at Hill 60 to discover how the allies used mining warfare to give them an advantage in the war. After this we

stopped off at the Ulster Tower memorial and learnt about the Ulstermen’s contribution to the battle of the Somme and there was time

for some photos with an original WWI rifle. The tour continued with a stop off at two of our students Great Grandfather’s graves. Char-

lie Aljaradat was moved to be the first member of his family to visit the grave in quite some time and he left a memorial cross to mark

this. Ellie Church also found the grave of her Great Grandfather who was an officer in the Manchester Yeomanry and would have

worked alongside Wilfred Owen who was part of the same regiment. As the day continued we moved on to Thiepval which is another

majestic memorial to the missing and finally we headed to Deville wood where Ashley our guide read us the Poem by Wilfred Owen

‘The Parable of the old men and the young’ and the students reflected upon the words and what was meant by them. We all found this

a deeply moving and spiritual experience as the men in Deville wood did not fight for huge monuments like Thiepval, they fought to

restore normality and to ensure that future generations could walk through places like Deville wood freely. This wood which has re-

grown since it was destroyed during the war and is a very peaceful place to consider each life that was lost in this war. Each student

was then given their own memorial cross and some time to reflect when they found a piece of earth to lay their cross and remember

that one solider who gave his life so that we can all work freely today as is said all across the country on the 11th of November :

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

Wilfred Owen ‘The Parable of the old men and the young’

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and went, And took the fire with him, and a knife. And as they sojourned both of them together, Isaac the first-born spake and said, My Father, Behold the preparations, fire and iron, But where the lamb for this burnt-offering? Then Abram bound the youth with belts and straps, And builded parapets and trenches there, And stretchèd forth the knife to slay his son. When lo! an Angel called him out of heaven, Saying, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, Neither do anything to him, thy son. Behold! Caught in a thicket by its horns, A Ram. Offer the Ram of Pride instead. But the old man would not so, but slew his son, And half the seed of Europe, one by one.

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Oxfordshire Relate Film Festival 2012

On Friday 11th October a group of students from Bishop Perowne College attended the premier of six short films which were the

shortlisted entries for the Oxfordshire Relate Film Festival.

Accompanied by Mr John Bailey, Chair of Governors, who had introduced the students to the idea of entering the Festival, the group

travelled to 'The Theatre' in Chipping Norton and saw themselves up on the same screen as Dame Judi Dench.

The six films were a mixture of international entries by professional and amateur film makers but Bishop Perowne were the only

school entry to be shortlisted. Our film, 'Love In The Age of Twitter' was shown alongside another that was produced by the Swiss

Broadcasting Corporation and the eventual winning entry 'ROFLMAO' made by a writer and film maker based in Dublin.

The students entered a short film which explored the ways in which love is expresses through social networking sites and various oth-

er electronic means called 'Love In The Age Of Twitter' - taking the title from the name of the festival. It was entirely produced in Col-

lege and directed by our Creative Advisor Mr Dan Morgan.

At the screening there were many members of the audience who congratulated our students on an original and thoroughly enjoyable

interpretation of the theme and many implored the group to continue making films and entering the Festival in future years.

Arts Department News

Children in Need and BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester

What is the best way of promoting the school and involvement in one of the nation’s best loved charity events? Why, appearing on the

BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester Sunday Breakfast Show of course!

At 0800 hours on Sunday, 14th October Mrs Miller, Penny Ashmore, Harriet Hardwick, Alex Lee and Eleanor Lee presented them-

selves at the BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester studios to talk about the Choir’s involvement in this year’s Children in Need fund-

raiser. The radio station put the school forward to represent the county in the formation of a West Midlands regional choir at BBC Bir-

mingham on the night of Friday 16th November. This choir will be part of a much larger nationwide choir singing an arrangement of

the Simon and Garfunkel hit Bridge Over Troubled Waters to be transmitted on the live Children in Need show.

Michael Collie, the presenter of the Breakfast Show, spoke to us about past fundraising efforts, what it was like to be part of a Church

of England School as well as a Performing Arts College and the opportunities available for fundraising and performance during term

time. We were invited back in to the studio to discuss a news article about the success of the singer Adele and the issue surrounding

a Christian chocolate company being advised against using the colour purple for their chocolate bars by Cadbury. As the choir only

received the music for the Children in Need song during the latter part of the week, Penny and Ellie sang the opening of Love Song by

Taylor Swift as a taster of the talent the choir has to offer.

The students represented the College wonderfully and had much to say, so much that they dropped plenty of hints to the producer to

invite them back for a follow up interview.

Watch this space for news of a regular Bishop Perowne slot on BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester in the future - we hope!

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Art Department News

Glass Art Workshop at Bishop Perowne Church of England College

Parents of Bishop Perowne Church of England College, as well as parents of local primary schools in the local vicinity were invited to take part in a glass art workshop on Saturday 22nd September .

The workshop was primarily funded by NADFAS, who have also funded a print making workshop, as well as a contribu-tion by the College and a small contribution by the participants.

All those who took part had a fantastic time, led by a Siobhan Jones, the artist who travelled from Basingstoke to deliver the workshop! A participant said:

“The day was brilliant – it went by so quickly, I learnt so much and had such a good time. Siobhan was so inspirational – I can’t wait for another day like today – thank you.”

GCSE Art Exhibition 2012

On Wednesday 3rd October, the John Bailey Gallery was opened to celebrate the achievements of the Year 11 students who have recently left Bishop Perowne Church of England College. Parents and ex- students alike came to see the work and had a thoroughly good time discussing the work and the inspiration and perspiration behind each piece – a brilliant evening of celebration!

St Richards Hospice Art workshop with the Year 7 and 8 Art Club

On Wednesday 3Rd October, St Richards Hospice worked with the Year 7 and 8 Art Club on a workshop based on ‘lifesticks’. The hos-pice started the workshop by describing the work that they do and then introduced the group to what lifesticks are and how to make them. In this workshop, the lifesticks were used to

detail life events, but they are also used to find meaning through using different coloured wool wrapped around sticks to represent and ex-press emotions/ feelings without having to use words.

Every event is different with its outcomes, and a sharing session ends each workshop, as it did with the Art Club to share what different parts of each others lifesticks represented as well as the colours chosen.

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Fire Work Safety Advise from Hereford and Worcester Fire Service

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Fire Work Safety Advise from Hereford and Worcester Fire Service

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Sports Department News This week we started our first round of fixtures against some very strong Nunnery Wood teams.

There have been many positives and this is mainly due to the increased number of pupils attend-ing practice. Not all of the results have gone in our favour but we have performed well and been very competitive in all.

Year 7 football won 3-0 and played some fantastic stuff in their first game for the School. Adam Biddle scored a hat trick and we defended equally as well.

Year 10 football lost 2-3 with Ollie Biddle scoring, we were winning 2-0 after 2 minutes!

Year 9 Rugby lost 52- 0. Although we got well and truly beaten we kept trying to the final whistle and deserved a try for our endeavours.

Year 8 Football again took the lead only to lose 6-1, we had 18 players in this match and alt-hough we deserved to lose they kept trying right to the end.

We will continue to improve with the positive attitude of the pupils and then hopefully some more results will go our way.

Mr J Preece—Subject Leader for P.E.

Results

Versus—Chantry

Yr 7 Football lost 7-1

Year 8 Rugby lost 42 -12

Year 9 Football won 8-0

Yr 9 Rugby won 31 -27

Yr 10 Football won 5-3

Year 11 Rugby won 17 -10

Some really strong performances from the boys. The Year 7 had a squad of 20 and the rotations unsettled the side, this led to the defeat but there were some excellent individual performances. The Year 10 Football team played really well and fully deserved to win. The Year 9’s came from behind to win a brilliant game in the last 5 minutes. The boys demonstrated real guts and deter-mination to win the match.

Well done to all concerned.

Olympic Legacy Day

The Olympic Legacy Day is on the 25th of October, We are hoping for 420 pupils to get involved in different sports on this day. There will be opportunities to participate in Football, Netball, Bad-minton and Table – Tennis.

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Sports Department News Cross Country Festival

On the afternoon of the 28th September two hundred eager children from Year 5 arrived on

the College fields for a testing Cross Country event. We were very fortunate that the

weather was dry and sunny, great conditions for running.

The GCSE PE students were an integral part of the smooth running of the event, warming

up the children , marshalling and encouraging all the children as they ran around both of

the fields .

In the girls race Northwick finished with bronze St Barnabas silver and St Georges took

gold. In the boys race Claines finished with bronze and Northwick silver and gold. Well

done to Northwick which won the overall competition with Claines runners-up. It was good

to see so many youngsters competing together and showing real support for each other

regardless of ability. Northwick and St Barnabas went on to compete in the City Schools

Cross country at RGS.

Well done to the following for leading the competition and acting as good role models for

the children. Kieran Addis, Louis Bourke, Katie Dinsdale, Jordan Fortey, Bailey Fuller,

George Fuller, William Garrad, Luke Handley, Samuel Hasnip, Jamie Hathaway, Katie

Hawkins, Juri Hayes, David Hill, Joshua Ince, Edward John, Dean Jones, Mathew Key,

Mathew Makranczy, Ross Page, Amber Poulton, Kieran Smith, Jessica Suthard, Claudia

Taylor, Bradley Walker, Ross Wells, Zak Williams, Daniel Wilson, Mark Wilson, Samuel

Yeomans.

TRIG LIFE By Fiona Morris and Rhian Myers

We have a problem and we’re very perplexed!

We have a right-angled triangle and we’ve go to find X!

We’ve got a side and two angles but that’s all for now!

Until we find X, let’s find our how!

Do we use the SOH, the CAH or the TOA?

We’ve got ADJ and OPP so it’s got to be the TOA!

We have x = TAN 30!

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Let’s re-arrange the equation and get 8.660254038 …..

Well that’s our poem about our friend trig!

So when you’re faced with a triangle, no matter how big,

You’ll know exactly what to do to work it out!

Then you can tell your friends what trig is about!!

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Design and Technology Educational Partnership - Yamazaki Mazak Ltd and Cranham Primary School

The Yeti’s Great Shave (Or Mr Westrip Gets a Haircut)

Year 10 Resistant Raterials students were given a challenge last year; to design and produce an activity wall to entertain and educate

young students at Cranham Primary School. The wall has been created in the playground and when our students visited the site to

interview potential users, it was a thirty two foot long blank canvas standing 8 feet high.

Following interviews they set to work putting written information and descriptions into roughly sketched interpretations.

A variety of games and counting activities were designed and all were presented to the Head of Cranham Primary School when he

visited Bishop Perowne. Mr Morgan was very impressed with the design, thought, and interpretation of initial ideas and accepted all

the designs.

One design was for a magnetic ‘snakes and ladders’ game. One hundred steel tiles to be cut and coloured, and then mounted on a

backing board prior to erecting on site. Numerous avenues were identified to produce these tiles. A tentative plea for help was di-

rected towards our friends at Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd.

An exchange of phone calls followed clarifying our request and requirements. A final phone call confirmed that the tiles were ready for

collection; our friends at Mazak had not only produced laser-cut steel tiles, but had also prepared a number of ‘spares’.

When the tiles were collected, the Marketing Manager asked for a brief synopsis relating to the request and the tiles use. This was

given and an agreement made to produce a plaque to be produced to accompany the finished product.

It is with grateful thanks to Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd that they were able to assist us in the production of this product. We now look to

have the tiles colour powder coated for a congenial and pleasant finish.

Friday 14th September, during second break, Duckworth 2 students and some ‘lucky’ (?) Year 11 students had the opportunity to fi-

nally rid Mr. Westrip of his ridiculously large, fluffy and curly hairdo.

Students who wished to watch this spectacle were asked to make a 50p minimum donation to enter the College Theatre to witness

the event, with all proceeds being donated to Cancer Research UK.

Mr. Westrip, who prior to a ‘wager’ with his eight year old son in May 2011, had never had long hair in his life, was ‘excited’ to be re-

turning to his normal look, but was ‘more than a little nervous’ about how the final product would look. Mr. Westrip had said prior to the

hair cut: ‘I’ve hammered my son in our ‘who could go the longest without a haircut’ bet – in spite of his protestations - but I’m fed up

with spitting it out of my mouth, having it blow in my face and the good natured banter that goes along with having a ridiculous hair-

style.’ Mr Westrip wanted to raise awareness of just how prevalent cancer has become – according to the Cancer Research UK web-

site, it is estimated that more than one in three people in the UK will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime.

Mr. Reeves (Assistant Head) pledged a full £10 to the charity effort if Mr. Westrip loses the top but sticks with the beard below. Mr.

Reeves said: ‘I’m looking forward to the end of his ridiculous Yeti-style look.’

The event finally raised the sum of £100.00.

www.cancerresearchuk.org Before

We continue to rely on the support of our partner schools and colleges to make the Arts College a success. Many thanks for all they have

done so far…

Claines Church of England Primary School

Northwick Manor Primary School

Perdiswell Primary School

St Barnabas Church of England Primary School

St George’s Church of England Primary School

The King’s School, Worcester

University of Worcester

Worcester College of Technology

Worcester Sixth Form College

Yamazaki Mazak UK Limited

The parents and staff past and present who

make up:

The Friends of Bishop Perowne

Merriman’s Hill Road

Worcester

WR3 8LE

Tel: 01905 746800

Fax: 01905 746846

Website:www.bishopperowne.co.uk

Email: info@bishop-perowne.worcs.sch.uk

October 2012

Headteacher: Ms Julie Farr

We seek to develop a caring Christian Community in which we nurture individuals, encourage learning, creativity and

endeavour, inspire all to excel and reach their potential and to help all young learners to grow into active and responsible

citizens who are able to make a difference in the world.

29th October—2nd November Half Term Holiday

5th November Students return to school—WEEK A

8th November Year 7 Parents Consultation

29th November Former Year 11 Certificate Evening

3rd December Options Booklets issued to Students

6th December Year 8 Parents Consultation

14th December Carol Service—Worcester Cathedral

20th December End of Term Eucharists

21st December Start of Christmas Holidays

7th January Teacher Education Day

8th January Students return to school—WEEK B

24th January Year 11 Parents Consultation

31st January Year 8 Options Evening

18th February—22nd February Half Term Holiday

Important dates for your diary at a glance