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FOOD FESTIVAL AND FETEReady Steady Cook CompetitionThe annual “Ready Steady Cook” competition at the school fete took place once moteams of two Year 7 pupils representing each House: Harry Lawrenson and Bailey Sprules from Curnock; Emily McDonagh and Amy Pontin from Davis; James Lockhart and Thomas Williams from Evers; and Lottie Abell and Charlotte Cooper from Patterson.

The competitors prepared seasonal salads using a wide range of ingredients from the characteristic carrier bags, presenting them most attractively. The ingredients were kindly provided by Budgens at Wash Common. Each team designed and made a delicious dresswhich added to the uniqueness of each salad.The salads were judged by Jamie Allenof the Hoggett and Hoof Restaurant in Newbury market place; and Mike, who were most impressed with the skill and enthusiasm of the competitors.

BartholoNews16 July 2013

The weekly newsletter of St Bartholomew’s School.

FOOD FESTIVAL AND FETE Ready Steady Cook Competition The annual “Ready Steady Cook” competition

school fete took place once more with ear 7 pupils representing each

Harry Lawrenson and Bailey Sprules from Curnock; Emily McDonagh and Amy Pontin from Davis; James Lockhart and Thomas Williams from Evers; and Lottie Abell and Charlotte Cooper from Patterson.

he competitors prepared seasonal salads using a wide range of ingredients from the characteristic carrier bags, presenting them most attractively. The ingredients were kindly provided by Budgens at Wash Common. Each team designed and made a delicious dressing, which added to the uniqueness of each salad.

Jamie Allen, owner of the Hoggett and Hoof Restaurant in Newbury market place; and the head chef

who were most impressed with the skill and enthusiasm of the competitors.

The winning team were Amy Pontin and Emily McDonagh for Davis, who were each presented with a cookery book, a certificate, and a chopping board made in the cdepartment from teak sourced from the old school. The runners up also received cookery books and certificates. I would like to express my sincere thanks to Rowena Overend from the Parents’ Association. Well done to all who participated in this most enjoyable event. Mrs L Eastman Head of Design & Technology PICTURES FROM THE FETEThank you to everyone who helped and supported the Food Festival and Fete on 6 July. This has helped raise valuable funds for the school. For more photos of the event see page

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The winning team were Amy Pontin and Emily McDonagh for Davis, who were each presented with a cookery book, a certificate,

d a chopping board made in the construction department from teak sourced from the old school. The runners up also received cookery books and certificates. I would like to express my sincere thanks to Rowena Overend from the Parents’

to all who participated in this most

Head of Design & Technology

PICTURES FROM THE FETE Thank you to everyone who helped and supported the Food Festival and Fete on

This has helped raise valuable funds

For more photos of the event see page 8.

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Issue No: 694

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CURRICULUM ENRICHMENT AND SKILLS DAYS Year 8 The Year 8 curriculum day started some six weeks earlier when groups were formed and discussions concerning choice of charity were made. The process over the intervening weeks involved various team members designing posters, contacting the charities for information which was then included in a presentation to other groups, choosing an appropriate baton along with a costume to represent the charity of their choice. On the day the groups were a blaze of vibrant colour and enthusiastic energy.

Running for an hour in temperatures that touched 28°C the students involved showed amazing resilience, determination and commitment in a bid to pass the baton around the track at Brown’s Meadow as many times as possible.

They were unwavering in their efforts, displaying qualities that made the organising P.E. department very proud to be associated with such a worthwhile occasion. Batons travelled as far as 47 laps of the track in the 60 minutes – a total of almost 12 miles. The final task is to collect the sponsor money and ensure that so many worthwhile charities benefit from such a splendid event. Mr M Hart

SARIS As part of the Curriculum Enrichment and Skills days, staff were able to participate in the activities in a number of ways. Some staff took the opportunity to experience wearing a sari, and thoroughly enjoyed it!

Pictured are Mrs Sims, Mrs Haddrell and Mrs Hodgkin. CUSHIONS Textiles lessons have seen Year 7 students designing and making cushions. Two girls in 7C1 got inspiration for their unique designs from decor in their bedrooms. Libby Davis, pictured right, used colours for her owl to coordinate with her room, whilst Molly Dummett developed a sea theme with her cushion featuring an anchor.

END OF TERM Term ends on Tuesday 23 July. Students will be dismissed at

12.30pm. Students must remember to take home all their belongings.

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LATIN FOR BEGINNERS

To parents of current Year 8

students Letters have been sent home to parents of students who have expressed an interest in taking up Latin in Year 9. Lessons will take place next year on Mondays after school from 3.30-4.30. If your son or daughter is interested in starting Latin but has not taken a letter home, please contact Ms E Coin at school by phone or email: ecoin@stbarts.co.uk

SMARTIES CHALLENGE

10P3 and Miss Jones took part in the Smarties challenge, eating their way through 25 packets of Smarties and then filling them with 20ps. They raised £167.40 for the Patterson House Charity, the Meningitis Trust.

DAVIS DIARY

We are sure that everyone has enjoyed the glorious sunshine we have had lately as we head to the end of our summer term.

A huge thank you to everyone in Davis for raising £3 615.32 so far this year, for our House Charity Sanfilippo MPS Society. 9D2 have raised the most so far this year - £303.79. A cheque will be presented to the charity in September. We will then be inviting students to give a presentation to nominate a new local charity, and parents and students will have the opportunity to vote. Please give this some thought over the summer holidays. Well done to Hannah Perry 7D2 who is the first girl in the Martial Arts School to pass the deputy black belt.

Congratulations to Yasmin Ryder who recently represented Berkshire in the 1500m English Schools National Championship. House Chess. Davis came 3rd. Congratulations to Harry Murphy who won all his matches. Well done! Awards have been issued as follows Good Work prizes Silver Awards Brooke Dury Hannah Perry Emily McDonagh Amy Pontin Angel Stone Sam MacDonald

Phoebe Cave Archie Perks Jasmine Hounslow Frankie Tyford Ella Joyce Amy Quesada-Getgood Tobi Sonubi Dermott Gannon James Dalton Matt Grey Connor Warren

Gold Awards Junior House Colours

Harry Elliott Sam Benitez Oliver Overend Thomas Olive Nathan Curtis Christopher Pattenden Max McConachie Jessica Reddin Alice Kidd

Amy Pontin and Emily McDonagh winning Ready Steady Cook at the Fete

Sadly this term we say farewell to some of our Davis tutors. Miss Burton 8D1, Miss Shayler 12D3, we wish them well in their new posts and also to Mrs Ember. Mrs Davies will take up a new role as Key Stage 4 coordinator from September. May you have a wonderful summer and good holidays. Mrs Hodgkin, Miss Thorne and Mrs Lee

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READING CHALLENGE AWARDS Year 7 A special Reading Challenge assembly was held by Mrs Haddrell on Monday 1 July, when books were awarded to each Gold Award and Platinum Award winner. The Reading Champions from each class, who had been nominated by their English teacher, were awarded an extra book, and will be invited to other special events over the next year. Mrs Haddrell made a special award to the student who had showed immense commitment to reading: Isaac Fernandes 7C2 (right), who had read 152 books (a school record). The regular members of the Spelling Squad were awarded a dictionary and thesaurus for their commitment to regular weekly practice starting in the autumn for The Times Spelling Bee competition. Unfortunately The Times decided that they would not go ahead with the competition this year. Spelling Squad: Emily Carr 7E2, Isaac Fernandes 7C2, Stephen Chooi 7C2, Anna Kersley 7E1, Max Forsyth 7D1, Jacob Adams 7D1. Finally, the excitement mounted as the totals for the highest achieving tutor groups in the Reading Challenge were announced, and Mrs Haddrell opened an envelope with the name of the top tutor group, 7C2. 3rd 7P1 496 books 2nd 7C3 526 books 1st 7C2 695 books 7C2 have been invited to the library for special activities (the Library Olympics) and refreshments with their English teacher, Miss Oxner. Reading Champions: 7C1 Lili Lukehurst 7C2 Isy Hart 7C3 Lucy Matthews 7D1 Andrew McDowell 7D2 Holly Shaw 7E1 Mitchell du Sart Murray 7E2 Emily Carr 7E3 Ben McCarthy 7P1 Victoria Osborn 7P2 Alice Points Champion of Champions: 7C2 Isaac Fernandes

As well as Isaac Fernandes, the following students all read over 80 books: Alice Points 7P2, Lucy Matthews 7C3, Isy Hart 7C2 and Lili Lukehurst 7C1 2012/13 Platinum Award winners (over 16 books read) 7C1 Libby Davis, Molly Dummett, Oscar

Hesketh-Field, Olly Hill, Marc Jenner, Lili Lukehurst, Karolina Piotrak

7C2 Lewis Beechey, Evie Bennett, Stephen Chooi, Isaac Fernandes, Will Harris, Isy Hart, Harry Lawrenson, Polly Leaman, Joshua Nixon, Sophie Powell, Liam Wellman

7C3 Georgina Ainsley, Kalebh Black, Canberk Caner, Kerri Dunn Gibson, Charlotte Fitzgerald, Gregor Lindsay, Hannie Makant, Lucy Matthews, Tyler Perris, Millie Pope, Harry Seymour, Bailey Sprules, Amy Turner, William Wood

7D1 Matthew Forsyth, Sophia Goddard, Andrew McDowell, Harry Murphy, Michael Repton,

7D2 Luken Coleman, Amber Cracknell, Emily McDonagh, Andrew Mead, Hannah Perry, Joshua Philip, Amy Pontin, Kieran Portlock, Holly Shaw, Khushi Singh, Theo Thomas, Ella Townsend, Bethany Wolak

7E1 Mitchell du Sart Murray, Nina Emetulu, Michael Emmerson, Ciara Evans, Elsa Oakes, Owen Oakes, Anna Stearn, Thomas Williams

7E2 Emily Carr, Isabel Lainsbury, Lilia Norman, Megan Ryder

7E3 Keira Atkins, Oliver Barnes, Aimee Cussell, Ben McCarthy, Molly Overend, Brijana Stanton-Jones, Luke Tucker

7P1 Sophie Breakspear, Sofia Furnell, Bethan Harris, Lucy James, Isabelle Lloyd, Steph Noble, Victoria Osborn, Sofia Pivarell Booth, Courtney Renouf, Ellen Spillane, Hannah Tilley, Katherine Wadge-Berrospi, Joshua Wojcik

7P2 Lottie Abell, Charlie Babbage, Abigail Beamish, Bethan Cutts, Abbie Eade, Grace Fletcher, Taya Hutchings, Andy Joo, Alice Points, Isabella Scott, Louis Taviner-Measures

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Gold Award (12 books) 7C1 Archie Awford, Thea Manton, Joshua

Rowe 7C2 George Howell, Matthew Morgan,

Jamie Pratten 7C3 Alex Colston, Jamie Johnson, Rebekah

Manley, James Page 7D1 Jacob Adams, Nicholas Emberlin,

Joseph Hennessey, Tegan Scapens, 7D2 Josh Benn, Mattie Gale, Sarah

MacAllan, Oliver Pape, Maria White 7E1 Luka Collins, Lewis McGuinness,

Lucy Morris, Matthew White 7E2 Victoria Bullock, Oliver McDonald,

Bethany Pinfold 7E3 Thomas Banning, George Conington,

Hamza Khalid, Tyler Harris, Joel Varghese

7P1 Sam Bell, Mia Bhandari, Oliver Davey 7P2 Henry Chandler, Ben Dunbar,

Charlotte Egginton, Isobel Langley, Nathan Moore-Mason

Some more statistics: A total of 4164 books were read (nearly double last year’s total), and 651 certificates were signed personally by Mrs Haddrell. Mrs Thomas, Librarian

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD SCHEME Following the launch of the scheme to current Years 9 and 10, students are now able to register for the

scheme on line. Further information will be available on the extra curricular opportunities page of the website, or by contacting Mrs Sims. Mrs M Sims, Deputy Headteacher

SPORTS DAY RECORDS Well done to everyone who took part

in this year’s Sports Days. The results are currently being checked and will be published as soon as possible. Congratulations to the following students who broke school records. Year 9 Javelin R Stanton 26.10 Year 10 200mA M Calkin 26.53 800mA G Bradford 2.37.30 1500m Y Ryder 5.11.30 Javelin C Randall 42.90

ADVICE AFTER EXAM RESULTS

The A Level results date is 15 August and GCSE results date is 22 August. Mr Robbins, Head of Sixth Form, and other members of staff, will be available to offer advice and support on the following days: A2 Results and UCAS 15 August 10am – 2pm 16 August 10am – 2pm GCSE and Sixth Form Options 22 August 10am – 1pm 23 August 10am – 2pm The Sixth Form office will be open during these times. This will enable appointments to be made by ringing 01635 576368 (Sixth Form Office) or emailing sixthform@stbarts.co.uk

WARHORSE A group of Year 9 students had an exciting visit to London last Tuesday. They took part in a workshop on puppetry,

before walking through central London to the New London Theatre to see the award-winning production of Warhorse. The workshop enabled them to gain an understanding of the role of the puppeteers, and how illusions can be created on stage. The students were selected for the effort and progress they had made throughout the year, and were rewarded with an inspiring trip, which should motivate them to aim high in the future! Mrs Knott

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BOYS’ PE Year 8 Cricket Team Win South West Final The Year 8 cricket team recently represented Berkshire against eight other counties in the Chance to Compete 8-a-side South West Final at Bristol Grammar School. In the opening game against the team from Somerset, St Bart’s started slowly and did not bowl to their usual high standard and conceded 67 runs in 6 overs. However the team battled back strongly to tie the game with good innings from Jamie Maughan, Tom Murrell and James Bird. St Bart’s even had the chance to steal the game with 1 run needed from the last 2 balls. However both Tom Murrell and Oscar Day were run out and the team had to settle for the draw.

The team responded excellently with a comfortable win in their second game against the team from the Isle of Wight. Batting first St Bart’s again scored 67, which included 22 runs off the last over thanks to the aggressive batting of James Bird and the strong support of Luke Davies. The boys then bowled very well, restricting their opponents to only 49 runs and taking 6 wickets. The pick of the bowlers was Michael Seath, who took 3 wickets in his over. The win ensured that the team came top of their group and qualified for the winner’s pool. Weather had delayed the start of the tournament so the final games were reduced to an exciting 1 over per side game. In the first game St Bart’s bowled first and restricted their opponents from Wiltshire to only 9 runs. Jamie Maughan and James Bird comfortably reached the target in 4 balls. In the second game against the team from Buckinghamshire, St Bart’s scored a massive 27 runs thanks to

brilliant play from James Bird, who hit 3 sixes and a 4. Oscar Day also batted well in the over, hitting a boundary with his first ball. Their opponents weren’t able to get anywhere near the target and St Bart’s were crowned South West champions. The team now go on to represent the South West in the National Final at Northamptonshire County Cricket Club in September.

The team - James Bird, Jamie Maughan, Oscar Day, Michael Seath, Luke Davies, Olly Smithson, Archie Perks, Tom Murrell and Matt Smith. Mr Gibbons

GIRLS’ PE Rounders – Year 7 Year 7 girls have performed exceptionally well over this rounders season. With a great batting side St Bart’s created endless opportunities to grasp the win over their opponents. However, it has been their improvements as a fielding team that have secured comfortable wins against The Clere, John O’Gaunt, Theale Green, Little Heath, St Gabriel’s, Trinity, Park House and The Downs. Well done to all who have been involved this year:- Finola Mangan, Izzie Lainsbury, Alice Points, Millie Pope, Dani Reed, Sophie Harrop, Thea Manton, Molly Dummett, Emma Street, Katherine Wadge-Berrospi, Hannah Perry, Lauren Bell, Emily McDonagh and Megan Ryder. Superb performances and effort have resulted in St Bart’s taking gold in the Area Tournament as well as league winners. The league final highlighted their ability as a team winning against The Downs 24 – 6 ½ with player of the match Lauren Bell.

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Rounders – Year 9 As a result of a great rounders season, Year 9 had the opportunity to represent West Berkshire in the Berkshire Games. On a wet and windy day the girls committed themselves with a positive attitude and a desire to win. The first few games saw St Bart’s get into their rhythm fielding and batting excellently, winning their games against Reading, Maidenhead and Windsor. Bracknell Forest hosted a solid team, however, St Bart’s fought equally well with some great fielding and batting which saw a very close victory 5 – 4 ½ . Wokingham were our greatest rivals showcasing a very good bowler, backstop, second base and fielding team which prevented St Bart’s from scoring highly. Despite this the girls kept calm and fielded well to reduce the number of rounders from some big batters. However their team were just too strong and beat St Bart’s 7-3. Our final game was a battle for silver. The girls threw everything at Slough and scored some good rounders, but after a valiant fielding innings St Bart’s fell short by ½ a rounder, losing 5 ½ - 5. The girls played brilliantly all day bringing home the bronze medal.

Team – Bobbi Lainsbury, Emily Brooker, Olivia Lockyear, Saffron Langley, Maia Brown, Sam Jarman, Alex Jarman, Annie Taylor, Jo Kirk, Saskia Spencer, Hannah Bousfield and Imani Asembo.

QUAD KIDS COUNTY FINAL

Wednesday 3 July at Wellington College Congratulations to the girls who took part in the Quad Kids County Finals. Having arrived at Wellington College and watched a superb opening ceremony to the school games competition, the athletes were taken to Bracknell athletics track to compete in their competition. Each athlete had to take part in four disciplines and scored points for their times and distances achieved – 100m, 800m, Vortex throw and long jump. The girls finished in first place which is an excellent result in a competition of this standard. Well done to L Bell, S Harrop, L Dove, M Pope and K Berrospi. Mrs L Leach

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FOOD FESTIVAL AND FETE 2013 Picture Gallery