Congratulations to the following

people for the following achieve-

ments:

Samantha Bailey for getting Lord

Lieutenant cadet.

Liv Jones on her charity skydive

for ‘Mind’ and raising £546.40

Hollie Fawke on her charity colour

run for MS, raising £405

All those who have recently

passed their driving test

(if you achieve something each term, con-

tact Gemma Ranford or Georgia Callaghan

in year 13)

Well done to all sixth formers in-

volved in the grease production.

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Places to go this Halloween

half term:

‘Frightmare’ Halloween Festival at

Over Farm in Gloucester all month.

The Everyman Theatre are showing

numerous shows this Halloween ,

e.g. Little Shop of Horrors, The

Marked, The Underground man

etc.

Sudeley castle’s ‘Halloweek’ ex-

ploring the haunted history of the

castle from 24th– 30th of October

Steam and Scream at Gloucester-

shire Warwickshire Railway, ride

through a haunted tuneel and

ghost hunt on Saturday 29th Octo-

ber.

Sixth Form

October Half Term 2016

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Coming back from the summer hol-

idays is a struggle for all of us. We

have six weeks off to do as we

please and then BOOM, school hits

and we sit through the same boring

routine until the next half-term.

Unless of course you enjoy your

education.

But despite the misery of school,

our Sixth form has achieved great

things and we are only mid-way

through October. One of these

great achievements includes Pad-

dle Power, which took place at

Croft Farm on the 23rd of Septem-

ber. This event, organised by the

Year 13 business students, raised

an amazing £2,816 for Teenage

Cancer Trust. The event was a huge

Photos by Harry Morris

Paddled to Success! success, hosting a number of ac-

tivities, such as boat racing, face-

painting and a tombola. A num-

ber of teams took part, including

the deputy teachers who

dressed as zombies and GE4 who

won the races overall.

COMPUTERS, FINALLY!

As I am sure we can all agree the

lack of computers in the Sixth

Form has proven to be a bit of an

inconvenience (to put it politely).

With the crammed conditions of

the library it is clear carrying out

work for our A-levels is going to

be a struggle. At least it would be

if we were not fortunate enough

to have Mrs Johnson and the

newly elected Head Boy, Jamie

Hargreaves, and Head Girl, Keavi-

Jo Rickards, working hard to get

the computers back.

As stated by Jamie in his pre-

Head-Boy speech, his main aim

was to bring computers back into

the Sixth Form. Because of his

determination and the help of

Mrs J, the Sixth Form will now

have them back soon after the

October Half Term.

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With the help of the committee,

Juliet Sirrell and volunteering stu-

dents we have also succeeded in

providing a musical afternoon at

our school for visually impaired

people in and around Tewkes-

bury. This afternoon, as we were

told by Community Secretary Ali-

sha, was held to help give back to

our community. Alisha told us

“doing things like volunteering

really helps us to get involved

and do some good in the world,

and it allows us to have fun at the

same time.” She believes it is

“vital we send the message out

there that, as a school, we are a

key part of the community”.

This event happened on the 6th of

September and was said to be a

‘wonderful afternoon’ by one of

the carers. The afternoon includ-

ed an array of cakes, tea and

coffee provided by Juliet Sirrell,

the commercial assistant and

lunch lady at the school. As well

as a number of musical perfor-

mances and poem-readings deliv-

ered by talents from Years 8 to

12.

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Having a Head Boy and Head Girl

in the school has been a tradition

for many years and this year our

Sixth Form has voted two very

dedicated students to fulfil the

responsibility of the role.

As mentioned above, the lack of

computers was an issue the Heads

have already helped solve, howev-

er this was not their only aim.

After speaking to both the Head

Boy and Head Girl, it is evident

they are very keen to make the

Sixth Form a welcoming and kind

environment for both Year 12 and

Year 13. In doing this they hope to

set up a Student Counselling Com-

mittee enabling students to talk

about any of their concerns re-

garding school or other means.

The Students Counselling Com-

mittee is designed to be under-

standing, we all know of the stress

school brings and it is often hard

to relate to teachers regarding

personal matters. The committee

hopes to bring the Sixth Form

closer together and allow every-

one to have a happy, stress-free

two years.

Our Head Girl, Keavi, says “Last

year sucked for me and so this

year I just want to welcome

everyone every day and let

them know that they’re sup-

ported and I have their backs

with whatever they need”

Hopefully with the help and

guidance from our new Head

Boy and Head Girl this year

won’t suck and we can all look

forward to a much more inclu-

sive and relaxed Sixth Form en-

vironment.

Written by Gemma Ranford

Co-editor- Charmaine Perrett

Editor & Design– Georgia Callaghan

NEW HEAD BOY AND HEAD GIRL!