St Bedes Catholic College

Long Cross, Bristol BS11 0SU

Tel: (0117) 3772200 Fax: (0117) 3772201

22nd July 2014

NEWSLETTER 182
2010
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
22nd July
End of Term 6 Pupils depart at
1.30pm
th
14 August
A/S Level Results Day from
10.00am
st
21 August
GCSE Results Day from 10.00am
st
21 August
Sixth Form Enrolment
11.00am-2.30pm
nd
22 August
Sixth Form Enrolment
11.00am-2.30pm
th
29 August
Sixth Form Enrolment
11.00am-2.30pm
st
1 September In-service day
2nd September Pupils return to College
FIVE TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST MEETS PUPILS
On Tuesday 15th July
four Year 9 pupils had
the opportunity to
meet Olympic gold
medallist Sir Steve
Redgrave for a sports
day with a difference.
The event, held at The
Gateway School, was
part of the Sporting Promise initiative which offers
alternative sports to encourage more young people to
participate in sport. Annie Hazell, Olivia Johnson,
Brendan Rahill and James Slaney were given the
opportunity to play ultimate Frisbee and dodgeball
with Sir Steve Redgrave. They also met Paralympic
rower Naomi Riches, GB judo star Tom Reed and
Welsh 1,500m Commonwealth hopeful Chris Gowell.
The whole day was just amazing. Sir Steve Redgrave
was so inspirational and so much fun! He told us that
anything is possible if we follow our dreams. He also
allowed us to take selfies with him!

ENJOY THE HOLIDAY

As we break for what will hopefully be a lovely long
holiday, may I thank all our families, friends and
parishes for their support this year. We have had yet
another successful year and there is still much we can
do to improve further. I have read the responses to
the Parents Survey and will look at improvements we
can make next year based on these. I was delighted to
read so many positive comments made by you on our
work, Thank you.
I hope all our families have a fabulous and well
deserved holiday. Please note Monday 1st September
is an In-service day. Pupils return to College on
Tuesday 2nd September.
STAFFING
As we approach the end of the year, we have 7 staff
who are leaving us for pastures new, some retiring,
others moving to new schools.
Mrs A Carroll, Modern Foreign Languages Retiring
Mrs C Lovell, English and Psychology Retiring
Mrs V Hall, Mathematics Moving to a new school in
Devon
Miss E ODonnell, Science Change of career
Mr T Parker, Head of Design Technology Moving to
Hong Kong
Mr W Harding, Religious Formation Moving to St.
Pius X
Miss A Donkin, Learning Support Assistant Change of
career
Our sincere thanks for the service of all staff leaving,
and our good wishes go with them. Particular thanks
to the longest serving staff Mrs Carroll and Mrs Lovell
who have between them served the college extremely
well for some 33 years inspiring generations of young
people. We hope they enjoy a long and happy
retirement.
I will be pleased to let you know in September the new
staff who will be joining St Bedes.
Ms Hughes, Principal

1914-2014
THE CENTENARY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
St Bedes Catholic College with be commemorating
the centenary of the First World War in a number of
ways from September 2014.
Year 9 pupils will be going on a Centenary First
World War Battlefields Trip in October and all Year
9 pupils will be studying the First World War in their
lessons.
The History department would like to
commemorate this event by creating a gallery
display of photographs and information about
family, relatives or friends of pupils and staff at St
Bedes who either fought in the First World War,
served in the auxiliary forces or who had an
interesting story to tell about life on the Home
Front.
If you can supply us with any First World War
stories and photographs, we will display the
information alongside the St. Bedes pupils to whom
they are connected.
Please bring any information to Mrs Lewis in D13 by
Friday, 5th September 2014.
PAST PUPIL SUCCESS
Congratulations to Lauren Canvin (2004-2009) who
has just been awarded a First Class Honours Degree
in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University.
Congratulations also to past pupil Harrison Hazell
(2004-2009) who has graduated at the University of
West of England with a Bachelor of Science Honours
Degree in Environmental Science 2:1. We always
look forward to receiving news from our past pupils
so please keep us posted.
SUMMER HOLIDAY SPORTS ACTIVITIES
During the school summer holiday the St Bede's
Community Sports team will be running sports
activities from 9am-3pm from Monday 28th JulyFriday 29th August. The activities are for boys and
girls aged 7-14. There will be three weeks of multisports and two weeks of football activities. The cost
is 40 per week or 10 per day. If any of our
families are experiencing hardship we may be able
to help. Please contact Mrs OHagan.
For further information and to book onto the
courses please contact Rob Allan, Community
Sports Development Officer, on 07825 767582 or
r.allan@stbcc.org.

A/S LEVEL RESULTS

The College will be open from 10am 12pm for
pupils to collect A/S Level results on Thursday 14th
August.

GCSE RESULTS DAY

The College will be open from 10am - 12pm for
pupils to collect GCSE results on Thursday 21st
August. There will also be a careers guidance
representative to provide additional support for
anyone wishing to choose alternative post 16 route,
in light of results.

SIXTH FORM ENROLMENT

Year 13 - Friday 15th August from 11.00am
2.30pm
Year 12 - Thursday 21st August and Friday 22nd
August from 11.00am 2.30pm and Friday 29th
August also from 11.00am-2.30pm.

WORLD CUP COMPETITION

Congratulations to Mrs McCauleys Tutor Group
9PLMC who were the winners of the World Cup
Door Decorating competition. The tutor group
decorated their door in colour of the host nation
Brazil. Well done.

ACTIVE KIDS VOUCHERS

A big thank you to all the parents and carers who
have contributed to the collection of Sainsburys
Active kids vouchers. We received 2200 in total and
used them to purchase a range of kitchen
equipment for the Food Technology Department.
We look forward to using the new equipment
during our practical classes next year.
WISE WORDS
Do your little bit of good where you are; its those
little bits of good put together that overwhelm the
world.
Desmond Tutu
SPaG Matters
Between you and me
Between you and I